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Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, professionally known as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
Famous Birthdays on January 23
1998 — XXXTentacion
American rapper (died 2018)
January 23 has 206 recorded notable births across history, from 1350 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 23
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- 1899 The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first president. Source
- 1846 Slavery in Tunisia is abolished. Source
- 1789 Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth. Source
- 1656 Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. Source
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After the Hudson landing, Sullenberger became an outspoken advocate for aviation safety and helped develop new protocols for flight safety.
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In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.
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Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett.
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For the first 10 years of its existence, Baba was the top star of All Japan, while also serving as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in 1972 till his death in 1999.
More major people born on January 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1951
Chesley Sullenberger
American airline pilot and safety expert
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American retired aircraft pilot, diplomat and aviation safety expert, who is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he…
1985
Doutzen Kroes
Dutch model and actress
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret.
1962
David Arnold
English composer
David Arnold is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films (1997–2008), as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), Shaft (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Four…
1938
Giant Baba
Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (died 1999)
Shohei Baba , best known by his ring name Giant Baba , was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter, and professional baseball player.
1985
Jeff Samardzija
American baseball and football player
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija, nicknamed "Shark", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
1918
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H.
1971
Kevin Mawae
American football player and coach
Kevin James Mawae is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons.
1930
Tanya Savicheva
Russian child diarist (died 1944)
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva, commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva, was a Soviet Russian teenage diarist who wrote a diary for several months, whilst enduring the siege of Leningrad during World War II.
1975
Phil Dawson
American football player
Philip Drury Dawson is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 years.
1932
Larri Thomas
American actress and dancer (died 2013)
Larri Thomas was an American actress and dancer. She began her career by participating in a string of television commercials and eventually signed a contract with NBC.
1900
William Ifor Jones
Welsh organist and conductor (died 1988)
William Ifor Jones was a Welsh conductor and organist. Born into a large coal-mining family and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student in London from 1920 to 1925.
1925
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (died 1995)
Martin Louis Paich was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor.
1737
John Hancock
American general and politician, first Governor of Massachusetts (died 1793)
John Hancock was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.
1953
Alister McGrath
Irish priest, historian, and theologian
Alister Edgar McGrath is an Irish theologian, Anglican priest, intellectual historian, scientist, Christian apologist, and public intellectual.
1919
Bob Paisley
English footballer and manager (died 1996)
Robert Paisley was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.
1876
Otto Diels
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
Otto Paul Hermann Diels was a German chemist. His most notable work was done with Kurt Alder on the Diels–Alder reaction, a method for cyclohexene synthesis.
1838
Marianne Cope
German-American nun and saint (died 1918)
Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi, was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse. She was founding director of St.
1975
Tito Ortiz
American mixed martial artist
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is an American former mixed martial artist, politician, and professional boxer.
1920
Henry Eriksson
Swedish runner (died 2000)
Knut Henry "Krylbo" Eriksson was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships.