People born on December 23

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

Alexander I of Russia

Tsar of the Russian Empire from 1801 to 1825

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), SPD

Joseph Smith

Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)

Henry IV of France

King of France and Navarre; first French monarch of the House of Bourbon (1553-1610)

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

Sixtus V

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590

Carla Bruni

Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France

Mamnoon Hussain

12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French literary critic (1804-1869)

Vicente del Bosque

Spanish footballer

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Sicilian writer and prince (1896-1957)

Stefan Hell

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany

Charan Singh

Fifth prime minister of India (1902-1987)

Queen Silvia of Sweden

Queen consort of Sweden