List of Famous people born on January 23rd

Alban Marc Lafont is a French professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Nantes on loan from Serie A side Fiorentina.

Leonid Aleksandrovich Komarov is a Finnish–Russian professional ice hockey centre for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). A natural centre early in his career, Komarov has made the transition to being able to play all three forward positions.

Patriarch Filaret is the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. He was the honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (2018–2019), and the former Metropolitan of Kyiv of the Russian Orthodox Church (1966–1992). He was defrocked and in 1997 excommunicated by the ROC.

Joséphine de Meaux is a French actress and director.

Lee Jung-eun is a South Korean actress. She is best known internationally for her role as the housekeeper Moon-gwang in the Academy Award winning film Parasite.

Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andujar began playing tennis at 6 years old and has won four ATP Tour singles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. He trained in Valencia, Spain at the Tennis Club El Collao.

Patrick Capper Haden is the former athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 through 1981. He also played in the World Football League (WFL) for the Southern California Sun in 1975.

Dawn O'Porter is a British writer, director and television presenter. She was born in Alexandria, Scotland, but raised in Guernsey.

Jeffrey Alan Samardzija, nicknamed Shark, is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He played college baseball and football for the University of Notre Dame, and was recognized as a two-time All-American wide receiver. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2008. He then played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs from 2008 to 2014, the Oakland Athletics in 2014, the Chicago White Sox in 2015, and the San Francisco Giants from 2016 to 2020. He was an MLB All-Star in 2014.

Rekha Bhardwaj is an Indian singer and live performer. She has received two Filmfare and one National Awards. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi and Malayalam languages.