October 23 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is October 23, your zodiac sign is Scorpio ♏, your birthstone is Opal or Tourmaline and your birth flower is Marigold or Cosmos. You share your birthday with Pelé and Paul Kagame.
- Zodiac sign
- ♏ Scorpio
- Element
- Water
- Ruling planet
- Pluto and Mars
- Birthstone
- Opal, Tourmaline
- Birth flower
- Marigold, Cosmos
- Day of year
- 296th
- Popularity
- 198th of 366
- Half birthday
- April 23
- Next October 23
- October 23
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October 23 zodiac: Scorpio ♏
People born on October 23 fall under Scorpio, the 8th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from October 23 to November 21. Scorpio is a fixed water sign ruled by Pluto and Mars, and its symbol is the scorpion.
Cusp birthday: October 23 sits on the boundary between Scorpio and Libra. The exact moment the Sun changes signs shifts slightly from year to year, so people born on this date may want to check their birth year and time.
Scorpio is a water sign associated with depth, intensity and transformation. Scorpios are traditionally described as determined, perceptive people who feel things strongly and rarely do anything halfway.
Famous people born on October 23
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on October 23, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1940Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
- Born 1957President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)
- Born 1959American comedy musician (born 1959)
- Born 1976Canadian-American actor (born 1976)
- Born 1985Albanian American actress and author
- Born 1942American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
- Born 1954Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
- Born 1905Swiss physicist (1905-1983)
- Born 1908Soviet physicist
- Born 1992Spanish footballer
- Born 1875American physical chemist
- Born 1920Italian writer and journalist (1920–1980)
- Born 1959American filmmaker (born 1959)
- Born 19285th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003
- Born 1994American actress and model (born 1994)
- Born 1925American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
- Born 1979Indian film actor
- Born 1993Brazilian association football player (born 1993)
- Born 1927Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)
- Born 1974Indian journalist and author
- Born 1989Ukrainian association football player
- Born 1964American bass guitarist
- Born 1951President of Kosovo
- Born 1835American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897
- Born 1961Spanish footballer
- Born 1991Swedish association football player
- Born 1971Czech politician
- Born 1975Indian actress
- Born 1805Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)
- Born 1947Polish footballer (1947–1989)
- Born 1960American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
- Born 1965Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Born 1997English footballer (born 1997)
- Born 1849Japanese politician (1849-1940)
- Born 1947Palestinian political leader (1947–2004)
- Born 1817French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist
- Born 1905American swimmer (1905–2003)
- Born 1994Japanese association football player
- Born 1987Canadian association football player
- Born 1966Italian racing driver and para-cyclist (1966–2026)
October 23 birthstone
Opal (play of many colours). Opal is linked with creativity, hope and imagination, thanks to its shifting rainbow colours.
Tourmaline (pink and many other colours). Tourmaline is associated with compassion, balance and emotional healing.
October 23 birthday facts
- October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years), leaving 69 days until the end of the year.
- October 23 is the 198th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 11,100 babies born on an average October 23(1% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, October 23 birthdays fall in autumn. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in spring.
- Babies born on October 23 were most likely conceived around January 31 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is April 23, six months after October 23.
- October 23 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is October 23?
October 23 falls under Scorpio ♏, which runs from October 23 to November 21. Because October 23 is on the edge of the sign, some astrologers say people born that day are on the Scorpio–Libra cusp.
What is the birthstone for October 23?
The birthstone for October 23 is Opal or Tourmaline, the October birthstones. The October birth flowers are Marigold and Cosmos.
Who are famous people born on October 23?
Famous people born on October 23 include Pelé (1940), Paul Kagame (1957), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Masiela Lusha (1985), Michael Crichton (1942).
How common is a October 23 birthday?
October 23 is the 198th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 11,100 babies born on an average October 23.
What day of the year is October 23?
October 23 is the 296th day of the year in common years and the 297th day in leap years.