List of Famous people who born in 1923

Courtney Keith "Bingo" Allen was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and National Hockey League (NHL) head coach and general manager. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was the executive vice-president of the Philadelphia Flyers, a position he held from 1980 for the rest of his life.

Harold ("Hal") Warren Lewis was an American Emeritus Professor of Physics and former department chairman at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was chairman of the JASON Defense Advisory Group from 1966 to 1973, and was active in US government investigations into safety of nuclear reactors.

James "Osie" Johnson was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.

Giorgio Tozzi was an American operatic bass. He was a mainstay for many years with the Metropolitan Opera, and sang principal bass roles in nearly every major opera house worldwide.

Özdemir Asaf was one of the prominent Turkish poets during the early Republican period.

Ulf Grenander was a Swedish statistician and professor of applied mathematics at Brown University.

Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M was a Ukrainian Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.