| 144151 | December 23 | Birth | 1621 – Edmund Berry Godfrey, English judge (d. 1678) |
| 144152 | December 23 | Birth | 1689 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755) |
| 144153 | December 23 | Birth | 1690 – Pamheiba, Indian emperor (d. 1751) |
| 144154 | December 23 | Birth | 1713 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (d. 1749) |
| 144155 | December 23 | Birth | 1732 – Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (d. 1792) |
| 144156 | December 23 | Birth | 1750 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827) |
| 144157 | December 23 | Birth | 1758 – Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician (d. 1834) |
| 144158 | December 23 | Birth | 1777 – Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825) |
| 144159 | December 23 | Birth | 1790 – Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (d. 1832) |
| 144160 | December 23 | Birth | 1804 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic (d. 1869) |
| 144161 | December 23 | Birth | 1805 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844) |
| 144162 | December 23 | Birth | 1812 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (d. 1904) |
| 144163 | December 23 | Birth | 1819 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889) |
| 144164 | December 23 | Birth | 1822 – Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875) |
| 144165 | December 23 | Birth | 1839 – János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (d. 1917) |
| 144166 | December 23 | Birth | 1843 – Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1924) |
| 144167 | December 23 | Birth | 1854 – Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author (d. 1926) |
| 144168 | December 23 | Birth | 1864 – Princess Zorka of Montenegro (d. 1890) |
| 144169 | December 23 | Birth | 1867 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (d. 1919) |
| 144170 | December 23 | Birth | 1870 – John Marin, American painter (d. 1953) |
| 144171 | December 23 | Birth | 1874 – Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (d. 1956) |
| 144172 | December 23 | Birth | 1878 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (d. 1972) |
| 144173 | December 23 | Birth | 1885 – Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964) |
| 144174 | December 23 | Birth | 1896 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957) |
| 144175 | December 23 | Birth | 1900 – Merle Barwis, American-Canadian super-centenarian (d. 2014) |
| 144176 | December 23 | Birth | 1900 – Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975) |
| 144177 | December 23 | Birth | 1902 – Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990) |
| 144178 | December 23 | Birth | 1902 – Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987) |
| 144179 | December 23 | Birth | 1907 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005) |
| 144180 | December 23 | Birth | 1907 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (d. 1991) |