List of Famous people born on August 23rd

Rik Smits, nicknamed "The Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.

Gözde Kansu is a Turkish actress.

Julio César Franco Robles is a Dominican former professional baseball player and coach, who is a hitting coach for the farm team of the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). He spent most of his playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), entering the major leagues in 1982 and last appearing in 2007, at which time he was the oldest active big league player. During that stretch, Franco also spent two seasons playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and one season playing in the KBO.

Shintaro Shimizu is a Japanese football player who plays for FC Ryukyu.

Bah Ndaw is a Malian military officer and politician. He has been president of Mali since 25 September 2020. Between May 2014 and January 2015 he was Minister of Defense.

Mark Alan Butcher is a British cricket commentator and former English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement in 2009. He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Poonamben Maadam is a politician from Gujarat state in India. She was elected to Lok Sabha from Jamnagar seat in 2019. Earlier, she was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in Jamnagar district.

Richard Kinard Sanders is an American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982).

Steve Edwards is an American television and radio personality in Los Angeles, California morning shows, including AM Los Angeles, Two on The Town, and Good Day L.A.. From 2001-05, he hosted GDLA's nationally-syndicated companion show, Good Day Live, which aired on many Fox-owned and affiliated stations. Currently he is a regular fill-in host at KABC radio as well as hosting 2 podcasts, OK LA, with former co-hosts Jillian Barberie and Dorothy Lucey, from Good Day LA and Steve Edwards Confessions: an in-depth interview with newsmakers and people who have impacted our culture.

Sway Calloway is an American journalist, radio personality, executive producer and rapper. Known as Sway, he is known for hosting music, news, and culture programming. He was the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Wake Up Show as one half of the duo Sway & King Tech. Sway now hosts “Sway in the Morning” on SiriusXM Shade45 as well as the MTV show TRLAM.