Born on

April 23

The people most looked up on this day.

1. 1999

   Son Chaeyoung

   South Korean rapper and singer

2. 1925

   Art Hoppe

   Newspaper columnist (1925-2000)

   died 2000

3. 1964

   Bill Browder

   American-born British businessman and political activist (born 1964)

4. 1958

   Yvonne Ridley

   British journalist, war correspondent and political activist

5. 1947

   Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

   Irish socialist and republican political activist

6. 1886

   Źmitrok Biadula

   Jewish Belarusian poet, writer, political activist (1886–1941)

   died 1941

7. 1991

   Leila Hosseinzadeh

   Marxist-Leninist political activist from Iran

8. 1797

   Salomon Plessner

   German rabbi and Bible commentator

   died 1883

9. 1997

   Andrew Callaghan

   American journalist, YouTuber (born 1997)

10. 1989

    Antoine Daniel

    French livestreamer and vlogger

The number one song on April 23

Every year from 1959 to 2026, from the chart week that April 23 fell in.

1. 2026

   Choosin' Texas

   Ella Langley

2. 2025

   Luther

   Kendrick Lamar and SZA

3. 2024

   Too Sweet

   Hozier

4. 2023

   Kill Bill

   SZA

5. 2022

   First Class

   Jack Harlow

6. 2021

   Rapstar

   Polo G

7. 2020

   Blinding Lights

   The Weeknd

8. 2019

   Old Town Road

   Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

9. 2018

   Nice for What

   Drake

10. 2017

    Shape of You

    Ed Sheeran

11. 2016

    Work

    Rihanna featuring Drake

12. 2015

    See You Again

    Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

13. 2014

    Happy

    Pharrell Williams

14. 2013

    Just Give Me a Reason

    Pink featuring Nate Ruess

15. 2012

    Somebody That I Used to Know

    Gotye featuring Kimbra

16. 2011

    E.T.

    Katy Perry featuring Kanye West

17. 2010

    Rude Boy

    Rihanna

18. 2009

    Boom Boom Pow

    The Black Eyed Peas

19. 2008

    Bleeding Love

    Leona Lewis

20. 2007

    Give It to Me

    Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake

21. 2006

    Bad Day

    Daniel Powter

22. 2005

    Candy Shop

    50 Cent featuring Olivia

23. 2004

    Yeah!

    Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

24. 2003

    In da Club

    50 Cent

25. 2002

    Foolish

    Ashanti

26. 2001

    All for You

    Janet

27. 2000

    Maria Maria

    Santana featuring The Product G&B

28. 1999

    No Scrubs

    TLC

29. 1998

    Too Close

    Next

30. 1997

    Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

    Puff Daddy featuring Mase

31. 1996

    Because You Loved Me

    Céline Dion

32. 1995

    This Is How We Do It

    Montell Jordan

33. 1994

    Bump n' Grind

    R. Kelly

34. 1993

    Informer

    Snow

35. 1992

    Jump

    Kris Kross

36. 1991

    Baby Baby

    Amy Grant

37. 1990

    Nothing Compares 2 U

    Sinéad O'Connor

38. 1989

    Like a Prayer

    Madonna

39. 1988

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go

    Whitney Houston

40. 1987

    I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

    Aretha Franklin and George Michael

41. 1986

    Kiss

    Prince and the Revolution

42. 1985

    We Are the World

    USA for Africa

43. 1984

    Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)

    Phil Collins

44. 1983

    Come On Eileen

    Dexys Midnight Runners

45. 1982

    I Love Rock 'n' Roll

    Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

46. 1981

    Kiss on My List

    Daryl Hall and John Oates

47. 1980

    Call Me

    Blondie

48. 1979

    Heart of Glass

    Blondie

49. 1978

    Night Fever

    Bee Gees

50. 1977

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    Thelma Houston

51. 1976

    Disco Lady

    Johnnie Taylor

52. 1975

    (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song

    B. J. Thomas

53. 1974

    TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

    MFSB and The Three Degrees

54. 1973

    Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

    Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

55. 1972

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

    Roberta Flack

56. 1971

    Joy to the World

    Three Dog Night

57. 1970

    ABC

    The Jackson 5

58. 1969

    Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)

    The 5th Dimension

59. 1968

    Honey

    Bobby Goldsboro

60. 1967

    Somethin' Stupid

    Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra

61. 1966

    (You're My) Soul and Inspiration

    The Righteous Brothers

62. 1965

    The Game of Love

    Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders

63. 1964

    Can't Buy Me Love

    The Beatles

64. 1963

    I Will Follow Him

    Little Peggy March

65. 1962

    Good Luck Charm

    Elvis Presley

66. 1961

    Runaway

    Del Shannon

67. 1960

    Stuck on You

    Elvis Presley

68. 1959

    Come Softly to Me

    The Fleetwoods

Chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100, compiled by Wikipedia and released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike. Birthed is not affiliated with Billboard or Wikipedia.

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