July 23 is the birthday of many prominent personalities - poets, writers, actors, composers and representatives of other professions. Some fans still celebrate this date, when the famous characters of our history were born, who left their mark on it.
Birthday people born before the 20th century
In addition to the fact that July 23 is the date of the accomplishment of some famous historical events - the return of the city of Azov by Russia and the Battle of Palzig - many Russians and foreigners were born on this very day. For instance:
- the founder of the dynasty of the rulers of Milan - Francesco Sforza - in 1401;
- Pope Clement XI;
- famous composer Alexei Nikolaevich Titov;
- poet and critic of the 19th century - Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky;
- paintings by Peder Severin Kreyer, born in Denmark in 1851;
- American Albert Warner;
It was he, along with three more brothers, who founded the Warner Brothers film company, on which many famous films were shot.
- Actor from Germany - Emil Jannings, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in the films Anne Boleyn and The Last Order;
- Russian artist, and then French emigrant Boris Grigoriev;
- the author of famous detective stories Raymond Chandler, born in the USA in 1888;
- Academician and designer of aircraft engines in the USSR Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov;
- German politician who led Germany from 1969 to 1974, Gustav Heinemann.
Celebrities who were born on July 23rd in the 20th century
The list of such people is even larger and more diverse. Celebrities born on July 23 celebrated and celebrate their birthday:
- Yuri Pavlovich (Georges) Annenkov - famous artist;
- chemist and Nobel laureate Vladimir Prelog, born in 1906;
- His Holiness Pimen, who headed the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia from 1971 to 1990;
- the author of the popular songs in the USSR "School Waltz" and "Moscow Nights" Mikhail Matusovsky;
- the famous Portuguese singer Amalia Rodrigues, who was born in 1920 and died in 1990;
- Actor of Soviet theater and cinema Yuri Katin-Yartsev;
- Italian director Damiano Damiani;
He directed such films as "Day of the Owl" and "Confession of the Police Commissioner".
- Cyril Kornblat, author of science fiction novels from the USA;
- director of the films "Rafferty" and "Young Ekaterina" Semyon Aranovich;
- artist, graphic artist and collage artist Vagrich Bakhchanyan;
- Singer and People's Artist of Azerbaijan Flora Kerimova;
- Actor Alexander Kaidanovsky, who starred in the famous "Stalker" and "At home among strangers, a stranger among friends";
- famous Soviet footballer Tengiz Grigorievich Sulakvelidze;
- Outstanding football coach, born in Colombia in 1957 - Luis Fernando Montoya;
- keyboardist and backing vocalist of the band "Depeche Mode" Martin Gore;
- American film actor and eccentric star Woody Harlson;
- host of the Muzoboz program Ivan Demidov;
- Guitarist of the band "Guns N'Roses" Slash (Saul Hudson).
