Famous People Born on December 23

♑ Capricorn

• Richard Dannatt (1950) — British Army officer (born 1950)
• Wesley Clark (1944) — United States Army general (born 1944)
• Adly Mansour (1945) — Interim President of Egypt (2013–2014)
• Susan Lucci (1946) — American actress (born 1946)
• Lorna Tolentino (1961) — Filipino actress and film producer (born 1961)
• Gerrit W. Gong (1953) — American religious leader
• Arthur Gilligan (1894) — English cricketer
• Charan Singh (1902) — Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
• Barry Kooser (1968) — American artist
• Anthony Phillips (1951) — British musician and composer (born 1951)
• Esther Phillips (1935) — American singer (1935–1984)
• Bernard Pollard (1984) — American football player (born 1984)
• Frederic Forrest (1936) — American actor (1936–2023)
• Bobby Ross (1936) — American football player and coach (born 1936)
• Nancy Graves (1939) — American painter and sculptor (1939–1995)
• Jari Mäenpää (1977) — Finnish heavy metal musician
• Jack Ham (1948) — American football player (born 1948)
• Jim Harbaugh (1963) — American football coach (born 1963)
• Kenneth M. Taylor (1919) — World War II pilot and flying Ace (1919–2006)
• Emperor Zhenzong (968) — Emperor of Song China from 997 to 1022
• Jess Harnell (1963) — American voice actor and singer (born 1963)
• Cody Ross (1980) — American baseball player (born 1980)
• Keiji Muto (1962) — Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
• David Davis (British politician) (1948) — English politician (born 1948)
• Ronnie Schell (1931) — American actor (born 1931)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790) — French classical scholar, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs (1790–1832)
• Dost Mohammad Khan (1793) — Emir of Afghanistan (r. 1826–39 and 1843–63)
• Maritza Correia (1981) — Puerto Rican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-breaker
• Holly Madison (1979) — American television personality (born 1979)
• Samuel Smiles (1812) — British author (1812–1904)