May 23rd – Famous Birthdays!

May 23

May 23rd – Famous Birthdays!

The Tweens News | English

Happy Birthday To:

* 1052 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
* 1606 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
* 1617 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
* 1707 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
* 1729 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799)
* 1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d. 1815)
* 1741 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1801)
* 1790 – Jules Dumont d’Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
* 1794 – Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870)
* 1795 – Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860)
* 1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist (d. 1850)
* 1820 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
* 1820 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
* 1834 – Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
* 1865 – Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
* 1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)
* 1879 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
* 1883 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939)
* 1884 – Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)
* 1887 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)
* 1888 – Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)
* 1889 – Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
* 1890 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
* 1891 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
* 1893 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
* 1895 – Billy Smith English Footballer (d. 1956)
* 1896 – Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
* 1898 – Scott O’Dell, American author (d. 1989)
* 1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
* 1910 – Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
* 1910 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999)
* 1910 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
* 1910 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
* 1911 – Paul Mayer, German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2010)
* 1912 – Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
* 1912 – Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
* 1912 – John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
* 1913 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer
* 1917 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
* 1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997)
* 1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer
* 1920 – Helen O’Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
* 1921 – James Blish, American author (d. 1975)
* 1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician (d. 2008)
* 1923 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
* 1924 – Karlheinz Deschner, German researcher and writer
* 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
* 1925 – Mac Wiseman, American musician
* 1928 – Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
* 1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
* 1928 – Nigel Davenport, English actor
* 1928 – Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
* 1929 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
* 1930 – Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
* 1931 – Barbara Barrie, American actress
* 1933 – Joan Collins, English actress
* 1934 – Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
* 1935 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (d. 2009)
* 1936 – Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
* 1936 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor
* 1938 – Peter Preston, English journalist and author
* 1939 – Reinhard Hauff, German film director
* 1939 – Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
* 1939 – Jack McCarthy, American poet
* 1940 – Giles Gordon, Scottish literary agent (d. 2003)
* 1942 – K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
* 1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
* 1943 – General Norman Johnson, American singer (Chairmen of the Board)
* 1943 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
* 1943 – Alan Walden, American manager, publisher, promoter, and booking agent
* 1944 – John Newcombe, Australian tennis player
* 1945 – Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)
* 1946 – Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
* 1946 – H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
* 1947 – Bernard Comrie, English linguist
* 1947 – Ann Hui, Hong Kong film director
* 1947 – Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995)
* 1948 – Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player
* 1949 – Alan Garcia, President of Peru
* 1949 – Daniel DiNardo, American Roman Catholic cardinal
* 1951 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
* 1951 – Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
* 1952 – Anne-Marie David, French singer
* 1953 – Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician
* 1954 – Marvin Hagler, American boxer
* 1954 – Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
* 1955 – Luka Bloom, Irish singer/songwriter
* 1956 – Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
* 1956 – Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
* 1956 – Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
* 1956 – Albert Voorn, Dutch equestrian
* 1957 – Mark Arnold, American actor
* 1957 – Jimmy McShane, Northern Irish singer and frontman of Baltimora (d. 1995)
* 1958 – Mitch Albom, American writer
* 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host (The Price Is Right)
* 1958 – François Feldman, French singer
* 1958 – Paul Street, American author and historian
* 1959 – Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist
* 1959 – Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player
* 1961 – Karen Duffy, American actress
* 1962 – Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV personality
* 1963 – Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
* 1963 – Gregg “Opie” Hughes, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
* 1965 – Tom Tykwer, German film director
* 1965 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
* 1966 – Graeme Hick, English cricketer
* 1966 – Gary Roberts, professional ice hockey player
* 1966 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch TV host and producer
* 1967 – Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
* 1967 – Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead)
* 1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress
* 1970 – Nanette Burstein, American director/producer
* 1970 – Bryan Herta, American race car driver
* 1970 – Matt Flynn, American musician
* 1970 – Blake Schwendiman, American author
* 1971 – Laurel Holloman, American actress
* 1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian racing driver
* 1973 – Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician
* 1973 – Maxwell, American singer
* 1973 – Mirjam Sterk, Dutch politician
* 1974 – Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
* 1974 – Jewel, American singer
* 1974 – Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
* 1974 – Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
* 1975 – Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
* 1976 – Kelly Monaco, American actress
* 1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
* 1977 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
* 1977 – Annabel Kosten, Dutch freestyle swimmer
* 1978 – Mike González, American baseball player
* 1978 – Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
* 1978 – Scott Raynor, American drummer (blink-182)
* 1979 – Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1979 – Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
* 1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player
* 1980 – Lane Garrison, American actor
* 1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
* 1980 – Gary Brackett, American football player
* 1981 – Gwenno Saunders, Welsh dancer and singer (The Pipettes)
* 1982 – Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
* 1982 – Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
* 1982 – Tristan Prettyman, American musician
* 1983 – Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
* 1983 – Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
* 1983 – Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
* 1984 – Adam Wylie, American actor
* 1984 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and commercial model
* 1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
* 1985 – Wim Stroetinga, Dutch racing cyclist
* 1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
* 1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer
* 1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer