List of Famous people who born in 1923

Eugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of GOSE, GCM José Fontinhas, Portuguese poet. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry.

İsmet Vehit Güney was a Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lira in 1960. Güney's design was unique, as the Republic of Cyprus is the first country in the world to display a map on its flag. In 2008, Kosovo became the second country to adopt a national flag displaying a map.

Wong Po-yan was a Hong Kong industrialist and politician. He was the first chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong from 1995 to 1999.

Olavo Egídio Setúbal was a Brazilian industrialist, banker and politician. He was Mayor of São Paulo from 1975 to 1979, Minister of External Relations from 1985 to 1986, and chairman of the Itaúsa conglomerate from 2001 to his death in 2008.

Heliodora Carneiro de Mendonça, better known by her pseudonym Bárbara Heliodora, was a Brazilian theatre critic, writer and translator, specialized in the works of William Shakespeare.