People born on May 23

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

Li Bai

Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)

John Bardeen

American physicist and engineer

Pär Lagerkvist

Swedish writer (1891–1974)

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer

Alan García

President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)

Hans Frank

German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946)

Konstantinos VII

Byzantine emperor

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

Otto Lilienthal

German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

Douglas Fairbanks

American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939)

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

Antonis Samaras

Prime Minister of Greece (2012–2015)

Daniele Massaro

Italian association football player