| SIFANHASSAN | Ethiopian-born Dutch runner who won the women's London Marathon on 23 April 2023 (5,6) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Actor Sir John Mills died on 23 April, the same date which playwright died? (11) |
| MAROT | Veronique ....., women's London Marathon winner in 1989 (5) |
| HASSAN | Dutch runner who took gold in the 2024 Olympic women's marathon, Sifan _ (6) |
| SOYUZ | Longest-serving manned spacecraft design in use, first launched with crew on 23 April 1967; Russian, 'union' (5) |
| SIFAN | Dutch runner who became the Women's 10,000m European record holder in 2020, _ Hassan (5) |
| SHURAKITATA | Ethiopian long- distance runner who won the men's London Marathon in October 2020 (5,6) |
| BRIANHARMAN | US golfer who won his first Open Championship on 23 July 2023 (5,6) |
| ALBERTKORIR | Kenyan long-distance runner who won the men's 2021 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:08:22 (6,5) |
| TRACYAUSTIN | American tennis player who won the women's singles titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens (5,6) |
| LOISTOULSON | British diver who won the women's 10 metre platform gold medal at the inaugural European Games in 2015 |
| MADISONKEYS | American tennis player who won the women's singles title at the 2025 Australian Open (7,4) |
| SAINTGEORGE | His feast day is 23 April (5,6) |
| JANANOVOTNA | Czech tennis player who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 (4,7) |
| LAWRENCE | Kenyan long-distance runner who won the men's Boston Marathon on 15 April 2019 (8,7) |
| CHERONO | Kenyan long-distance runner who won the men's Boston Marathon on 15 April 2019 (8,7) |
| MAXVERSTAPPEN | Belgian-born Dutch racing driver who won the 2023 Formula One World Championship (3,10) |
| DESIREELINDEN | American long-distance runner who won the women's foot race at the 2018 Boston Marathon: 2 wds. |
| NOGUCHI | Mizuki ___, Japanese runner who won the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics |
| YIYUN | Li who won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for "The Book of Goose," about a literary hoax concocted by two French teen-agers in the nineteen-fifties (April, 2023) |
