Famous Birthdays for May 23rd

Pre-1600

• 635 – K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
• 675 – Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
• 1052 – Philip I of France (d. 1108)
• 1100 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161)
• 1127 – Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (d. 1173)
• 1330 – Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 1374)
• 1586 – Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (d. 1666)

1601–1900

• 1606 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)
• 1614 – Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675)
• 1617 – Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)
• 1629 – William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)
• 1707 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
• 1718 – William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
• 1729 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)
• 1730 – Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (d. 1813)
• 1734 – Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
• 1741 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)
• 1789 – Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)
• 1790 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
• 1790 – James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852)
• 1794 – Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
• 1795 – Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
• 1800 – Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1877)^[12]
• 1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
• 1817 – Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)^[13]
• 1820 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
• 1820 – Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
• 1824 – Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)
• 1834 – Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891)
• 1834 – Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)
• 1837 – Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1919)
• 1837 – Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912)
• 1838 – Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (d. 1932)
• 1840 – George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1910)
• 1844 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
• 1848 – Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)
• 1855 – Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)
• 1861 – József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (d. 1927)
• 1863 – Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (d. 1930)
• 1864 – William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939)
• 1865 – Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)
• 1882 – William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
• 1884 – Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)
• 1887 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)
• 1887 – Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)
• 1887 – C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (d. 1941)^[14]
• 1888 – Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (d. 1976)
• 1888 – Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
• 1891 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)
• 1898 – Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)
• 1898 – Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (d. 1945)
• 1899 – Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
• 1900 – Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
• 1900 – Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)

1901–present

• 1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
• 1910 – Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)
• 1910 – Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)
• 1910 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
• 1911 – Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (d. 1983)
• 1912 – Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• 1912 – John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981)
• 1915 – S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
• 1919 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Nigel Davenport, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)
• 1930 – Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (d. 2019)
• 1931 – Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1932 – Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Joan Collins, English actress
• 1933 – Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1934 – Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
• 1936 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1939 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1939 – Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
• 1940 – Bjorn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)
• 1940 – Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
• 1940 – Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive^[15]
• 1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
• 1942 – Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
• 1943 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)
• 1944 – John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
• 1946 – David Graham, Australian golfer
• 1947 – Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (d. 1995)
• 1948 – Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
• 1949 – Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
• 1949 – Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (d. 2019)
• 1950 – Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
• 1951 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1951 – Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 – Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
• 1954 – Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer^[16]
• 1954 – Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor (d. 2021)^[17]
• 1955 – Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
• 1956 – Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
• 1956 – Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1958 – Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
• 1958 – Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Linden Ashby, American actor
• 1961 – Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1961 – Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist^[18]
• 1962 – Karen Duffy, American actress
• 1963 – Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
• 1964 – Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1965 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1965 – Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1965 – Melissa McBride, American actress
• 1965 – Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 – Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
• 1966 – Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
• 1967 – Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
• 1970 – Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
• 1971 – George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
• 1972 – Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
• 1973 – Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
• 1974 – Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
• 1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Richard Ayoade, British actor, director and writer
• 1977 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 – Scott Raynor, American drummer
• 1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player (d. 2018)
• 1979 – Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
• 1984 – Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 – Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
• 1985 – Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
• 1986 – Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 1986 – Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
• 1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1987 – Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
• 1988 – Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
• 1988 – Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer
• 1989 – Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Dan Evans, British tennis player
• 1990 – Kristina Kucova, Slovakian tennis player^[19]
• 1990 – Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
• 1991 – Aaron Donald, American football player
• 1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter^[20]
• 1991 – César Pinares, Chilean footballer
• 1996 – Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
• 1996 – Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
• 1996 – Razvan Marin, Romanian footballer
• 1997 – Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
• 1997 – Coy Craft, American footballer
• 1997 – Joe Gomez, English footballer
• 1997 – Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• 1997 – Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
• 1998 – Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
• 1998 – Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
• 1999 – James Charles, American internet personality^[21]
• 1999 – Trinidad Cardona, American singer and songwriter^[22]
• 2000 – Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian-Italian racing driver^[23]