Authors Born on May 23
- Abdu'l-Bahá Leader, 1844
- Alexandra Robbins Journalist, 1976
- Alfred P. Sloan Businessman, 1875
- Allister Coetzee Coach, 1963
- Ambrose Burnside Politician, 1824
- Anatoly Karpov Chess Player, 1951
- Ann Hui Actress, 1947
- Anthony J. Carson Officer, 1869
- Antonis Samaras Politician, 1951
- Apollo Robbins Artist, 1974
- Artie Shaw Composer, 1910
- Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Economist, 1914
- Candace Camp Novelist, 1949
- Carl Linnaeus Botanist, 1707
- Carl Safina Biologist, 1955
- Celestine Sibley Journalist, 1917
- Charles Kimbrough Actor, 1936
- Charlie Hunter Guitarist, 1967
- Claudia Hammond Writer, 1971
- Craig Brown Critic, 1957
- Dana Priest Journalist, 1957
- Daniel Humair Drummer, 1938
- Darren Styles Record Producer, 1975
- David George Hogarth Archaeologist, 1862
- Dennis Holme Robertson Economist, 1890
- Dina Titus Politician, 1950
- Douglas Fairbanks Actor, 1883
- Drew Carey Actor, 1958
- Edward Norton Lorenz Mathematician, 1917
- Eric Nies Model, 1971
- Franz Kline Painter, 1910
- Gary McCord Golfer, 1948
- George Osborne Politician, 1971
- Gerald Holton Physicist, 1922
- Gerald Kogan Judge, 1933
- Gerald Maxwell Rivera Singer-Songwriter, 1973
- H. Jon Benjamin Actor, 1966
- Hans Alfred Nieper Doctor, 1928
- Hans Frank Lawyer, 1900
- Harry Graf Kessler Diplomat, 1868