Born on January 23rd, 1887
Weekday
Sunday
January 23rd, 1887 was a Sunday.
Age
People born on January 23rd, 1887 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 137 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
♒
Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)
January 21st, 1887 - February 19th, 1887
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 50,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 868 days, exactly on September 11th, 2026, people who were born on January 23rd, 1887 will be 51,000 days old!
50,132 Days
7,161 Weeks
1,647 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on January 23rd?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd
Born on January 23rd, 1887
Dorothy Payne Whitney
American philanthropist
*January 23rd, 1887, Washington, D.C. †December 15th, 1968, Dartington HallStasys Šimkus
Lithuanian composer (1887-1943)
*January 23rd, 1887, Motiškiai †October 15th, 1943, KaunasJózsef Reményi
Hungarian sculptor and coin designer
*January 23rd, 1887, Košice †December 25th, 1977, BudapestSame Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?
79 Alexander Cunningham
British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)
*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London
79 Pitirim Sorokin
Russian sociologist (1889-1968)
*January 23rd, 1889, Turya †February 10th, 1968, Winchester
Heinrich Brunn
German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)
*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee.jpg "David Hand")
86 David Hand
American animator and filmmaker
*January 23rd, 1900, Plainfield †October 11th, 1986, San Luis Obispo
91 Chita Rivera
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City
87 Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate
51 Édouard Manet
French painter (1832–1883)
*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris
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Same year
Born in 1887
77 Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)
*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-MartinPierre Taittinger
French politician
*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris
88 Saint-John Perse
French poet and diplomat
*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères
73 Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna
97 Marc Chagall
Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)
*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
95 Arthur Rubinstein
Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva
32 John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist
*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow
107 George Abbott
American writer and director (1887-1995)
*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach
95 Lynn Fontanne
British actress (1887–1983)
*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County
69 Josef Lada
Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)
*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague_ca._1915.jpg "Joseph Lamb")
72 Joseph Lamb
American composer of ragtime music
*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn
62 Carmen Lyra
Costa Rican politician and writer
*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City
79 Lajos Áprily
Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize
*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, BudapestChiang Kai-shek
Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)
*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei
69 Huntley Gordon
Canadian actor (1887-1956)
*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys.jpg "Carlos Dávila")
68 Carlos Dávila
Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)
*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.
81 Boris Karloff
English actor (1887–1969)
*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst
98 Georgia O'Keeffe
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe
58 Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)
*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus FortressBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on January 23rd
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 23rd.
Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_DayEspousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espousals_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_MaryJanuary 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji_JayantiWorld Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_League_for_Freedom_and_DemocracyDate as a Roman numeral / digit
23.1.1887
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.