Famous Births on 23 May

Famous Births on 23 May

1052 - King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1606 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
1617 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1718 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. 1783)
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)
1795 - Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860)
1810 - Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (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)
1824 - Ambrose Burnside, American Union Civil War general (d. 1881)
1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)
1848 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
1865 - Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)
1879 - DezsÅ' 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)
1896 - Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
1898 - Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
1900 - Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
1908 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1908 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (d. 1934)
1910 - Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
1910 - Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
1910 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999)
1910 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
1912 - Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
1912 - Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
1912 - John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
1913 - Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico
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
1923 - Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot
1925 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1925 - Mac Wiseman, American musician
1928 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
1928 - Nigel Davenport, English actor
1928 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
1928 - Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
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)
1936 - Charles Kimbrough, American actor
1936 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
1938 - Peter Preston, English journalist and author
1939 - Reinhard Hauff, German film director
1939 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1942 - K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
1942 - Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
1943 - General Norman Johnson, American singer (Chairmen of the Board)
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
1951 - Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
1951 - Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
1952 - Anne-Marie David, French singer
1952 - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, American boxer
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
1957 - Jimmy McShane Northern Irish singer and front man of Baltimora, (d. 1995)
1957 - Mark Arnold, American actor
1958 - Mitch Albom, American writer
1958 - Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host
1958 - François Feldman, French singer
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)
1964 - Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 - Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
1965 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
1966 - Graeme Hick, English cricketer
1966 - Gary Roberts, professional ice hockey player
1967 - Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
1967 - Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead)
1968 - Guinevere Turner, American actress
1970 - Blake Schwendiman, American author
1970 - Bryan Herta, American race car driver
1970 - Nanette Burstein, American director/producer
1970 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
1971 - Laurel Holloman, American actress
1972 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
1974 - Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
1974 - Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
1974 - Jewel, American singer
1974 - Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
1975 - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
1976 - Kelly Monaco, American actress
1976 - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
1978 - Mike González, American baseball player
1978 - Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
1978 - Scott Raynor, American drummer (formerly of blink-182)
1979 - Rasual Butler, American basketball player
1979 - Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
1979 - Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Lane Garrison, American actor
1980 - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
1981 - Gwenno Saunders, Former Welsh dancer, now singer with The Pipettes
1982 - Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
1982 - Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
1982 - Tristan Prettyman, American musician
1983 - Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
1983 - Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
1983 - Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
1984 - Adam Wylie, American actor
1985 - Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
1986 - Ruben Zadkovich, Australian soccer player
1988 - Morgan Pressel, American golfer