Carl Linnaeus (born May 23, 1707) Swedish taxonomist – Systema Naturae (1735)
Sebastian Cordero (born May 23, 1972) Ecuadorean filmmaker – Rabia / Rage (2009)
Pär Lagerkvist (born May 23, 1891) Swedish essayist, novelist, 1951 Nobel Prize winner – Barabbas (1950)
Walter Reisch (born May 23, 1903) U.S. / Austrian screenwriter – Ninotchka 1939