Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/March 23
- 1606 - Death of Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)
- 1638 - Birth of Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
- 1749 - Birth of Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
- 1754 - Birth of Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
- 1769 - Birth of William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
- 1881 - Birth of Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Birth of Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
- 1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes
- 1907 - Birth of Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Birth of Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
- 1934 - Birth of Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician
- 1982 - Death of Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Death of Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)