Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 23

Births

 * 686 - Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
 * 1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1792)
 * 1912 - Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
 * 1927 - Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (d. 2017)
 * 1933 - Pete Wilson, Governor of California
 * 1946 - Keith Moon, English singer and drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
 * 1949 - Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor
 * 1958 - Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player
 * 1970 - Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
 * 1978 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (d. 2020)

Deaths

 * 634 - Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph
 * 1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot (executed)
 * 1926 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895) (pictured)