Famous Births on 23 Aug

Famous Births on 23 Aug

1486 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
1524 - François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (d. 1590)
1623 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
1724 - Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1741 - Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1769 - Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)
1783 - William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval officer (d. 1819)
1805 - Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1814 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877)
1829 - Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1920)
1836 - Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
1843 - William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 - Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 - Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 - William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)
1852 - Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883)
1852 - Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
1854 - Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (d. 1925)
1864 - Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (d.1936)
1868 - Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
1875 - Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)
1875 - William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1880 - Alexander Grin, Russian writer (d. 1932)
1883 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (d. 1953)
1884 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (d. 1949)
1884 - Ogden L. Mills, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-1932 (d. 1937)
1900 - Ernst Krenek, Austrian-born composer (d. 1991)
1900 - Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978)
1901 - John Sherman Cooper, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (d. 1991)
1903 - William Primrose, Scottish violist (d. 1982)
1905 - Constant Lambert, British composer (d. 1951)
1908 - Hannah Frank, Scottish Artist and Sculptor
1910 - Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (d. 1979)
1911 - Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (d. 1998)
1912 - Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
1917 - Tex Williams, American singer (d. 1985)
1919 - Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (d. 1984)
1921 - Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner
1922 - Pierre Gauvreau, Quebec painter, television writer and producer
1922 - Jean Darling, American child actress
1922 - George Kell, baseball player
1923 - Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
1924 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer (d. 2005)
1924 - Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 - Robert Mulligan, American movie and television director
1926 - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist, (d. 2006)
1927 - Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
1928 - Marian Seldes, American actress
1929 - Vera Miles, American actress
1930 - Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France
1931 - Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1932 - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria (d. 1978)
1932 - Mark Russell, American comedian, musician, and political commentator
1933 - Pete Wilson, Governor of California
1933 - Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
1934 - Sonny Jurgensen, American football player
1936 - Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (d. 2001)
1943 - Nelson DeMille, American novelist
1944 - Antonia Novello, former United States Surgeon General
1945 - Rayfield Wright, American football player
1946 - Keith Moon, English singer and drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
1947 - Willy Russell, British playwright
1947 - David Robb, British actor
1948 - Daniel Ruettiger "Rudy", University of Notre Dame football legend
1948 - Andrei PleÅŸu, Romanian writer, essayist
1949 - Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer
1949 - Geoff Capes, English Strongman
1949 - Shelley Long, American actress
1949 - Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor
1951 - Jimi Jamison, American singer (Survivor)
1951 - Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004)
1951 - Queen Noor of Jordan
1952 - Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1953 - Bobby G, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
1954 - Charles Busch, American director, writer, actor and drag queen
1956 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
1956 - Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician
1956 - Skipp Sudduth, American actor
1957 - Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
1958 - Julio Franco, Atlanta Braves, oldest regular position player in MLB history
1959 - George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
1960 - Chris Potter, Canadian actor
1960 - Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist
1961 - Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
1961 - Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
1962 - Martin Cauchon, Canadian politician
1963 - Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
1963 - Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
1963 - Park Chan-wook, Korean director and screenwriter
1964 - Kong Hee, Singaporean, Founder and Senior Pastor of the City Harvest movement in Asia
1964 - Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist
1965 - Roger Avary, Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer
1966 - Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
1968 - Chris DiMarco, American golfer
1969 - Geneviève Brouillette, Quebec television and film actress
1969 - Keith Tyson, English artist
1969 - Jeremy Schaap, American sportswriter
1970 - Brad Mehldau, American pianist
1970 - River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
1970 - Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
1971 - Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
1971 - BoneCrusher, American rapper
1972 - Martin Grainger, English footballer
1972 - Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican baseball player
1973 - Casey Blake, American baseball player
1974 - Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor
1974 - Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
1974 - Shifty, American musician (Crazy Town)
1974 - Ray Park, Scottish actor
1975 - Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler
1975 - Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 - Scott Caan, American actor
1977 - Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
1978 - Julian Casablancas, American musician
1978 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
1979 - Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
1980 - Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Rex Grossman, American football player
1981 - Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
1981 - Ozzy Lusth, American Survivor contestant
1981 - Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
1981 - Carmen Luvana, American pornographic actress.
1982 - Scott Palguta, professional soccer player
1982 - YTCracker, American musician
1982 - Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
1983 - Sun Ming Ming, Chinese basketball player
1984 - Glen Johnson, English footballer
1986 - Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician
1987 - Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer
1988 - Daniel Schwaab, German footballer
1995 - Eliza Pineda, Filipina child actress
686 - Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)