Every yearAugust 23
Everything August 23 celebrates
8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for August 23 every year.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Buttered Corn DayLead | Food | |
| 02 | Hug Your Sweetheart Day | Celebration | |
| 03 | Internaut Day | Tech | |
| 04 | National Cheap Flight Day | Celebration | |
| 05 | National Cuban Sandwich Day | Food |
| 06 | National Sponge Cake Day | Food | |
| 07 | Ride the Wind Day | Celebration | |
| 08 | Valentino Day | Celebration |
Born on August 23
Historic figures
- Kobe Bryant1978–2020American basketball player and businessman
- Gene Kelly1912–1996American actor, singer, and dancer
- Georges Cuvier1769–1832French biologist and academic
- Kenneth Arrow1921–2017American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Giuseppe Meazza1910–1979Italian footballer and manager
- Eleftherios Venizelos1864–1936Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece
- Robert Solow1924–2023American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Houari Boumédiène1932–1978Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria
- River Phoenix1970–1993American actor
- Robert Curl1933–2022American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Celebrities & public figures
- Halimah Yacobb. 1954Singaporean unionist and politician
- Scott Caanb. 1976American actor
- Park Chan-wookb. 1963South Korean director
- Jeremy Linb. 1988American basketball player
- Vera Milesb. 1930American actress
- Julian Casablancasb. 1978American singer-songwriter and producer
- Barbara Edenb. 1931American actress and singer
- Shelley Longb. 1949American actress
- Jay Mohrb. 1970American actor
- Queen Noor of Jordanb. 1951Queen of Jordan from 1978 to 1999
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers August 23 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see August 23, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.