Every yearMay 23
Everything May 23 celebrates
Nothing falls on May 23 every year. 1 rule-dated observance lands on it in some years.
No observance falls on May 23 every year.
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on May 23 in some years.
Preakness Stakes — 2027
Born on May 23
Historic figures
- Carl Linnaeus1707–1778Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist
- Pär Lagerkvist1891–1974Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- John Bardeen1908–1991American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Alan García1949–2019Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru
- Otto Lilienthal1848–1896German pilot and engineer
- Douglas Fairbanks1883–1939American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- Margaret Fuller1810–1850American journalist and critic
- Joshua Lederberg1925–2008American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
- ʻAbdu'l-Bahá1844–1921Iranian religious leader
- Jules Dumont d'Urville1790–1842French admiral and explorer
Celebrities & public figures
- Anatoly Karpovb. 1951Russian chess player
- Joan Collinsb. 1933English actress
- Lena Meyer-Landrutb. 1991German singer-songwriter
- Drew Careyb. 1958American actor
- Rubens Barrichellob. 1972Brazilian race car driver
- Ryan Cooglerb. 1986American film director and screenwriter
- Jewelb. 1974American singer-songwriter
- Richard Ayoadeb. 1977British actor
- Joe Gomezb. 1997English footballer
- Alexandra Ealab. 2005Filipino tennis player
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers May 23 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see May 23, 2027.
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