List of Famous people born on February 23rd
Casimir Funk
Kazimierz Funk, commonly anglicized as Casimir Funk, was a Polish Jewish biochemist, generally credited with being among the first to formulate the concept of vitamins, which he called "vital amines" or "vitamines".
Vasily Mate
Vasily Vasilyevich Mate, or Mathé, was a Russian artist and engraver. While he was not the author of any major original works, he was one of the major engravers in Russia during the late 19th century. He collaborated with major Russian painters and produced engravings of their paintings, thus helping popularize Russian art.
L
L is the stage name of Raphaële Lannadère, a French singer-songwriter, born February 23, 1981.
Stanley Cohen
Stanley Cohen was a sociologist and criminologist, Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, known for breaking academic ground on "emotional management", including the mismanagement of emotions in the form of sentimentality, overreaction, and emotional denial. He had a lifelong concern with human rights violations, first growing up in South Africa, later studying imprisonment in England and finally in Palestine. He founded the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.
Finn Porath
Finn-Dominik Porath is a German professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Holstein Kiel.
Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Hedwig of Brandenburg, a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 to 1589, by her marriage with the Welf duke Julius.
Jakob Stämpfli
Jakob Stämpfli was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1854-1863).
Peter of Portugal
Peter I was the second son of King Sancho I of Portugal and his wife Dulce, infanta of Aragon, and would eventually become Count of Urgell and Lord of the Balearic Islands.
Georgy Shchedrovitsky
Georgy Petrovich Shchedrovitsky was a Soviet and Russian philosopher and methodologist, public and cultural figure. The creator of the system-thinking methodology, the founder and leader of the Moscow methodological circle, the ideological inspirer of the "methodological movement."
Yakov Zeldovich
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, also known as YaB, was a Soviet theoretical physicist, who is known for his prolific contributions in cosmology and the physics of thermonuclear and hydrodynamical phenomena.