Famous Births on 23 Nov

Famous Births on 23 Nov

1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)
1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
1749 - Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (d. 1800)
1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (d. 1797)
1785 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881(?))
1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1889 - Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league identity (d. 1964)
1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948)
1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006)
1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
1914 - Michael Gough, English actor
1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
1923 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. 1994)
1924 - Anita Linda, Filipino actress
1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician (d. 1990)
1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (d. 2005)
1928 - Jerry Bock, American Broadway composer
1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author
1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer
1932 - Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
1934 - Robert Towne, American screenwriter and director
1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
1943 - Sue Nicholls, British actress
1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer
1944 - James Toback, American writer and director
1945 - Jerry Harris, American sculptor
1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
1945 - Steve Landesberg, American actor
1945 - Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
1946 - Bobby Rush, American politician
1946 - Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
1946 - Diana Quick, English actress
1948 - Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politician
1951 - David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
1952 - Bill Troiano, musician
1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer
1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American musician
1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
1954 - Ross Brawn, British Honda Racing F1 team principal
1955 - Steven Brust, American author
1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
1955 - Mary Landrieu, American politician, senior senator of Louisiana
1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
1960 - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
1961 - Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
1961 - Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
1963 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
1963 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
1966 - Jerry Kelly, American professional golfer
1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer
1968 - Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
1970 - Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
1971 - Lisa Arch, American actress
1972 - Chris Adler, American musician (Lamb of God)
1973 - Trick Daddy, American rapper
1974 - Jamie Sharper, American football player
1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor
1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
1978 - Kayvan Novak, English actor
1979 - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
1980 - David Britz, American nano-technologist
1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
1985 - Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater
1987 - Nicklas Backstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 - Anurag Kashyap, 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)