August 23rd
- 1814 – George M. Bibb left office of US Senator from Kentucky.
- 1876 – Joseph R. Underwood died, aged 84.
- 1901 – John Sherman Cooper born.
- 1942 – Lee Roy Reams born.
- 1967 – Nathaniel Cartmell died, aged 84.
- 2007 – William E. McAnulty, Jr. died, aged 59.
- 2013 – Richard J. Corman died, aged 58.
- 2013 – Charles Lisanby died, aged 89.
- 2016 – Joseph Chilton Pearce died, aged 90.
