Famous Births on 23 Jul

Famous Births on 23 Jul

1301 - Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)
1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
1503 - Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)
1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)
1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
1796 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. 1868)
1823 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian Catholic priest and archbishop (d. 1894)
1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. 1910)
1851 - Charles Bannerman, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
1856 - Lokmanya Tilak, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1920)
1864 - Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (d. 1903)
1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919)
1884 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. 1950)
1886 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976)
1886 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish League of Nations official (d. 1978)
1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author (d. 1959)
1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (d. 1975)
1895 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989)
1898 - Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1987)
1898 - Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. 1977)
1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976)
1901 - Hank Worden, American actor and rodeo cowboy (d. 1992)
1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1906 - Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931)
1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
1913 - Michael Foot, English politician
1918 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1920 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (d. 1999)
1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
1923 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
1923 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. 1958)
1923 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
1924 - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (d. 2005)
1927 - Gérard Brach, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)
1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006)
1931 - Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter
1931 - Claude Fournier, French Canadian film director and screenwriter
1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host and performer (d. 1991)
1935 - Jim Hall, American race car driver and constructor (Chaparral Cars)
1935 - Hein Heinsen, Danish artist
1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973)
1936 - Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1937 - Dave Webster, Led his football team to a National Championship in 1958
1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host
1938 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
1938 - Götz George, German actor
1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor
1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress
1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
1941 - Richie Evans, 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion (died at Martinsville in 1985)
1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002)
1942 - Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
1943 - Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (d. 2007)
1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author
1947 - David Essex, English singer
1947 - Torsten Palm, Swedish racing driver
1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
1948 - John Hall, American politician and former rock musician
1949 - Clive Rice, Former South African cricketer
1950 - Alan Turner, Former Australian cricketer
1950 - Blair Thornton, Canadian guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American judge
1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress
1952 - Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player (d. 1995)
1952 - Paul Hibbert, Former Australian cricketer
1953 - Graham Gooch, Former English cricketer
1957 - Nick Galis, Greek basketball player
1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
1960 - Al Perez, American professional wrestler
1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor
1961 - André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author
1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor
1964 - Ed Forchion, American marijuana activist
1965 - Slash, American guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician
1966 - Samantha Beckinsale, English actress
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
1968 - Nick Menza, American musician, drummer
1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player
1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel
1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer
1970 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress
1971 - Christopher Lee, Singaporean actor and model
1971 - Chris Michalek, American musician
1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer
1972 - Marlon Wayans, American actor
1972 - Floyd Reifer, Former West Indian cricketer
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern
1973 - Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor.
1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis)
1973 - Omar Epps, American actor
1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player
1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
1974 - Stephanie March, American actress
1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
1974 - Kathryn Hahn, American actress
1975 - Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor
1975 - Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress
1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
1976 - Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 - Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
1979 - Richard Sims, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
1979 - Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1979 - Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican professional wrestler
1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child)
1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41)
1981 - Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
1982 - Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
1983 - Andrew Eiden, American actor
1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
1984 - Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
1985 - Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer
1985 - Matthew Murphy, English musician (The Wombats)
1986 - Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress
1986 - Nelson Philippe, French racing driver
1986 - Reece Ritchie, English actor
1988 - Pippa Bennett-Warner, English actress
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
1996 - Rachel G. Fox, American actress
645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)