August 23rd, 1988

Born on August 23rd, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 978 days, exactly on December 22nd, 2026, people who were born on August 23rd, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 23rd?

August 23rd, 1954

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.

August 23rd, 2010

A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist bus in Manila, holding its occupants hostage for nearly eleven hours and killing eight of them before being killed by police himself.

August 23rd, 2006

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.

August 23rd, 1989

Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.

August 23rd, 1944

King Michael dismissed the pro-Axis government of General Ion Antonescu, placing Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of World War II.

August 23rd, 1943

Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

August 23rd, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

August 23rd, 1933

The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

August 23rd, 1914

In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

August 23rd, 1898

The Southern Cross Expedition (dogsled team pictured), the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.

August 23rd, 1873

The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.

August 23rd, 1775

King George III issued a proclamation (copy pictured) that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

August 23rd, 1514

Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.

August 23rd, 1305

William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

August 23rd, 2023

A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on-board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 23rd

Born on August 23rd, 1988

35

Jeremy Lin

American basketball player

*August 23rd, 1988, Torrance

35

Vaani Kapoor

Indian actress

*August 23rd, 1988, Noida

35

Carl Hagelin

Swedish ice hockey player

*August 23rd, 1988, Södertälje

35

Kimberly Matula

American actress

*August 23rd, 1988, Fort Worth

35

Alice Glass

Canadian electronic music singer

*August 23rd, 1988, Toronto

35

Esin Varan

Turkish actress

*August 23rd, 1988, Artvin

35

Sudeepa Singh

Indian actress

*August 23rd, 1988, Amritsar

35

Daniel Schwaab

German footballer

*August 23rd, 1988, Waldkirch

35

Jimmy Nirlo

French association football player

*August 23rd, 1988, Oyonnax

35

Miles Mikolas

Baseball player

*August 23rd, 1988, Jupiter

35

Olga Govortsova

Belarusian female tennis player

*August 23rd, 1988, Pinsk

35

Amy Pemberton

British actress

*August 23rd, 1988, Suffolk

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 23rd?

41

Kobe Bryant

American basketball player (1978–2020)

*August 23rd, 1978, Philadelphia †January 26th, 2020, Calabasas

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

36

Alexandra Roach

Welsh actress

*August 23rd, 1987, Ammanford

45

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

38

Adrian Molina

American screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1985, Yuba City

49

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

39

Glen Johnson

English association football player (born 1984)

*August 23rd, 1984, Greenwich

41

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

*August 23rd, 1982, Vallejo

32

Isabella Tobias

American ice dancer

*August 23rd, 1991, New York City

34

Trixie Mattel

American drag queen

*August 23rd, 1989, Milwaukee

33

Tomáš Hasilla

Slovak biathlete

*August 23rd, 1990, Brezno

46

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

89

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

*August 23rd, 1927, Talmont †April 25th, 2017, 6th arrondissement of Paris

36

Nikki Gil

Filipino actress and singer

*August 23rd, 1987, Manila

74

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

34

Asha Negi

Indian television actress

*August 23rd, 1989, Dehradun

40

James Collins

Welsh association football player (born 1983)

*August 23rd, 1983, Newport

37

Ayron Jones

American musician

*August 23rd, 1986, Seattle

74

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day) which are celebrated on August 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on August 23rd, 1988
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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