Births on the 23rd of May in history

Births

Date	Type	Text
23 May 0635	birth	K'inich Kan B'alam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
23 May 1052	birth	Philip I of France (d. 1108)
23 May 1100	birth	Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161)
23 May 1598	birth	Claude Mellan: French engraver / cartoonist / painter, baptized
23 May 1606	birth	Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)
23 May 1617	birth	Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)
23 May 1620	birth	Pieter Neefs the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
23 May 1644	birth	Thomas Eisenhut composer
23 May 1696	birth	Johann Caspar Vogler, German organist and composer (d. 1763)
23 May 1707	birth	Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
23 May 1707	birth	Carolus Linn
23 May 1710	birth	Francois-Gaspard Adam: French sculptor (garden sculptures)
23 May 1710	birth	Fran
23 May 1718	birth	William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
23 May 1729	birth	Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)
23 May 1734	birth	Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
23 May 1734	birth	Friedrich Anton Mesmer Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
23 May 1735	birth	Charles Joseph prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
23 May 1737	birth	Louis Francois Chambray: Composer
23 May 1737	birth	Louis Fran
23 May 1741	birth	Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)
23 May 1741	birth	Andrea Lucchesi composer
23 May 1753	birth	Giovanni Battista Viotti violonist/composer
23 May 1754	birth	Andrea Appiana Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
23 May 1756	birth	Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer
23 May 1759	birth	Antoinio da Silva Leite composer
23 May 1790	birth	Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
23 May 1790	birth	Jules-S
23 May 1794	birth	Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
23 May 1794	birth	Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer
23 May 1795	birth	Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
23 May 1799	birth	Thomas Hood English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
23 May 1810	birth	Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
23 May 1812	birth	Henri A Esquiros French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
23 May 1813	birth	Mason Brayman Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
23 May 1820	birth	James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
23 May 1820	birth	Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
23 May 1824	birth	Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)
23 May 1824	birth	Ambrose Everett Burnside Major General (Union volunteers)
23 May 1828	birth	Edward Hitchcock America's 1st professor of physical ed (Amherst College)
23 May 1832	birth	Pieter J B C R van der Aa: Dutch Indologist / geographer
23 May 1832	birth	Pieter van der Aa Leyden Holland, Dutch Indologist/geographer
23 May 1834	birth	Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)
23 May 1837	birth	James Sanks Brisbin Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
23 May 1843	birth	Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer
23 May 1844	birth	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
23 May 1844	birth	'Abdu'l-Bah
23 May 1848	birth	Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)
23 May 1848	birth	Helmuth J L von Moltke German general/chief of staff (WWI)
23 May 1849	birth	K
23 May 1851	birth	Antoni Stolpe composer
23 May 1855	birth	Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)
23 May 1859	birth	Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (d. 1913)
23 May 1862	birth	William "Dummy" Hoy: Professional baseball player who lived to 99
23 May 1862	birth	William "Dummy" Hoy professoressional baseball player who lived to 99
23 May 1864	birth	William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939)
23 May 1864	birth	Louis Glass composer
23 May 1865	birth	Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
23 May 1866	birth	Gustav Aschaffenburg German psychiatrist/criminalologist
23 May 1867	birth	John Exley, American rower (d. 1938)
23 May 1871	birth	Saint George Ashe, Maltese-English rower (d. 1922)
23 May 1871	birth	Sigurd Lie composer
23 May 1873	birth	Leo Baeck rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
23 May 1875	birth	Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)
23 May 1879	birth	Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand soldier and pediatrician (d. 1963)
23 May 1879	birth	Dezső Lauber, Hungarian tennis player and architect (d. 1966)
23 May 1882	birth	William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
23 May 1882	birth	James Gleason New York NY, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
23 May 1883	birth	Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
23 May 1883	birth	Ferenc Talányi, Slovenian journalist and painter (d. 1959)
23 May 1884	birth	Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)
23 May 1886	birth	Hermann Nei
23 May 1887	birth	Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)
23 May 1887	birth	Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)
23 May 1888	birth	Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
23 May 1888	birth	Adrian Roland Holst Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
23 May 1889	birth	Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (d. 1967)
23 May 1890	birth	Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
23 May 1890	birth	Virginia Eames Fort Davis TX, entertainer
23 May 1891	birth	Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
23 May 1891	birth	P
23 May 1893	birth	Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
23 May 1895	birth	Billy Smith, English footballer and manager (d. 1956)
23 May 1896	birth	Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)
23 May 1898	birth	Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)
23 May 1898	birth	Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (d. 1945)
23 May 1898	birth	Frank McHugh actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)
23 May 1898	birth	Joseph Hazen lawyer
23 May 1899	birth	Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian
23 May 1900	birth	Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
23 May 1900	birth	Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)
23 May 1901	birth	Edmund Rubbra Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch)
23 May 1902	birth	Frank Buckland, Canadian businessman (d. 1991)
23 May 1902	birth	Mark Lothar composer
23 May 1903	birth	Walter Reisch: United States -- Screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
23 May 1906	birth	Pran Nath Thapar, Indian general (d. 1975)
23 May 1906	birth	Hellmuth Christian Wolff composer
23 May 1907	birth	Kenneth Allen engineer
23 May 1907	birth	Matthew Campbell British senior civil servant
23 May 1908	birth	John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
23 May 1908	birth	Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
23 May 1908	birth	Paul Dozois, Canadian politician (d. 1984)
23 May 1908	birth	Christian GK Ba
23 May 1908	birth	Max Abramovitz US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)
23 May 1909	birth	Edwin Arrowsmith diplomat
23 May 1910	birth	Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)
23 May 1910	birth	Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (d. 1999)
23 May 1910	birth	Scatman Crothers, American actor, singer, dancer, and guitarist (d. 1986)
23 May 1910	birth	Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
23 May 1910	birth	Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)
23 May 1910	birth	Franz Jozef Kline US expressionist painter
23 May 1911	birth	Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984)
23 May 1911	birth	Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)
23 May 1911	birth	Boris Kremenliev composer
23 May 1911	birth	Melvin M Payne president (National Geographic Society)
23 May 1912	birth	Marius Goring: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom -- Actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
23 May 1912	birth	Betty Astell, English actress and screenwriter (d. 2005)
23 May 1912	birth	Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
23 May 1912	birth	John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
23 May 1912	birth	David Barran CEO (Midland Bank, England)
23 May 1912	birth	Jean Fran
23 May 1912	birth	Samuel Curran vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
23 May 1913	birth	Ian Graeme Major-General
23 May 1914	birth	Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
23 May 1914	birth	Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (d. 1981)
23 May 1914	birth	Alec Dickson founder (VSO)
23 May 1914	birth	Leo Lerman actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
23 May 1914	birth	Travis Kemp dancer/teacher
23 May 1915	birth	S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)
23 May 1915	birth	Clyde Wiegand physicist
23 May 1916	birth	M Jean Francaix: Composer
23 May 1916	birth	Margaret Hayden Rector playwright (living legacy award 1995)
23 May 1917	birth	Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
23 May 1918	birth	Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
23 May 1918	birth	Bulent Arel composer
23 May 1918	birth	Bumps Blackwell rocker
23 May 1919	birth	Robert KJE Antonissen: South African literary
23 May 1919	birth	Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
23 May 1919	birth	Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Prince Jagat Singh (d. 2009)
23 May 1919	birth	Avraham Drori, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician (d. 1964)
23 May 1919	birth	Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (d. 2012)
23 May 1919	birth	Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
23 May 1919	birth	Robert Antonissen South African literary
23 May 1920	birth	Sid Melton: Brooklyn, New York -- Actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
23 May 1920	birth	Helen O'Connell, American singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993)
23 May 1921	birth	Loren Tindall: Oklahoma, United States -- Actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)
23 May 1921	birth	James Blish, American author and critic (d. 1975)
23 May 1921	birth	Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
23 May 1921	birth	Edna Skinner, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
23 May 1921	birth	James [Benjamin] Blish US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)
23 May 1921	birth	Montague Modlyn broadcaster
23 May 1921	birth	Sanderson Temple circuit judge
23 May 1922	birth	Dennis Compton author/crickleter
23 May 1923	birth	Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
23 May 1923	birth	Walter Wolfrum, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
23 May 1923	birth	Nirode Chowdhury Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52)
23 May 1924	birth	Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)
23 May 1924	birth	Clyde King, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
23 May 1924	birth	Desmond Carrington British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
23 May 1924	birth	Michael McCrum master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
23 May 1924	birth	V N Swamy cricketer (one Test India vs New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45)
23 May 1925	birth	Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
23 May 1925	birth	Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys)
23 May 1926	birth	Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)
23 May 1926	birth	Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African politician (d. 1995)
23 May 1927	birth	Bodil Skjånes Dugstad, Norwegian politician
23 May 1928	birth	Jeannie Carson, English-American actress and singer
23 May 1928	birth	Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
23 May 1928	birth	Nigel Davenport, English actor (d. 2013)
23 May 1928	birth	Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1998)
23 May 1928	birth	Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)
23 May 1929	birth	Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)
23 May 1929	birth	Joe Modise South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
23 May 1929	birth	Ulla Jacobson Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
23 May 1930	birth	Richard Anuszkiewicz: Erie, Pennsylvania -- Painter
23 May 1930	birth	Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic
23 May 1931	birth	Barbara Barrie, American actress and author
23 May 1931	birth	Patience Cleveland, American actress (d. 2004)
23 May 1931	birth	José da Conceição, Brazilian high jumper (d. 1974)
23 May 1931	birth	Jos
23 May 1932	birth	Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
23 May 1932	birth	James Lester MP
23 May 1932	birth	John Lyons Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
23 May 1932	birth	Mary Fickett Bronxville NY, actress (Ruth Martin-All My Children)
23 May 1933	birth	Joan Collins, English actress, singer, and author
23 May 1933	birth	Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
23 May 1933	birth	Jean-Louis Lagadec, French footballer and coach (d. 2012)
23 May 1933	birth	Bruce A Peterson US test pilot (M2, HL-10)
23 May 1933	birth	Gerrit J M Braks Dutch minister of agriculture & land & fishing (CDA)
23 May 1933	birth	Joan [Henrietta] Collins London England, actress (Alexis Carrington Colby-Dynasty)
23 May 1934	birth	Robert Moog, American businessman, invented the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
23 May 1934	birth	Malcolm Gill deputy head (Bank for International Settlements)
23 May 1935	birth	Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, English politician
23 May 1935	birth	Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)
23 May 1935	birth	Juliet Campbell British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
23 May 1935	birth	Lord Grenfell head of External affairs European office, world bank
23 May 1936	birth	John Drury, English priest and author
23 May 1936	birth	Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
23 May 1936	birth	Charles Kimbrough, American actor and singer
23 May 1936	birth	Douglas John Gorman businessman
23 May 1936	birth	Robert Sangster horse owner/trainer
23 May 1937	birth	John Mazza horse trainer
23 May 1938	birth	Johnny Ball, English radio and television host
23 May 1938	birth	Peter Preston, English journalist and author
23 May 1938	birth	John R Miller (Representative-R-WA, 1985- )
23 May 1939	birth	Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
23 May 1939	birth	Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
23 May 1939	birth	Jack McCarthy, American poet and author (d. 2013)
23 May 1939	birth	Ron Stevens horse trainer
23 May 1940	birth	Giles Gordon, Scottish author and agent (d. 2003)
23 May 1940	birth	Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
23 May 1940	birth	Levan Moseshvili, Georgian basketball player and coach
23 May 1941	birth	Martin Puryear, American sculptor and painter
23 May 1941	birth	Jackson Hill composer
23 May 1942	birth	Michael Ashburner, English biologist and academic
23 May 1942	birth	Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
23 May 1942	birth	Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
23 May 1942	birth	Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
23 May 1943	birth	Norman Johnson: Singer / songwriter
23 May 1943	birth	Peter Kenilorea: Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
23 May 1943	birth	General Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (Chairmen of the Board and The Showmen) (d. 2010)
23 May 1943	birth	Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
23 May 1943	birth	Alan Walden, American businessman and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records
23 May 1943	birth	General George Norman Johnson US singer (Down at the Beach Club)
23 May 1943	birth	John "Poli" Palmer rocker (Family)
23 May 1943	birth	Lars-Ake Nilsson diplomat
23 May 1944	birth	Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood: US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
23 May 1944	birth	Alan Bowman, English scholar and academic
23 May 1944	birth	John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
23 May 1944	birth	Giles Smith TV journalist
23 May 1944	birth	Olga Maitland MP
23 May 1944	birth	Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
23 May 1945	birth	Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
23 May 1945	birth	Lauren Chapin, American actress
23 May 1945	birth	Elliott Bernerd English broker/multi-millionaire
23 May 1945	birth	Misty Morgan country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard)
23 May 1946	birth	Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
23 May 1946	birth	Stephen Marks, English businessman
23 May 1946	birth	H. Paul Shuch, American astronomer and engineer
23 May 1946	birth	Tom Dorris horse trainer
23 May 1947	birth	Bernard Comrie, English-American linguist and academic
23 May 1947	birth	Ann Hui, Hong Kong actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
23 May 1947	birth	Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (d. 1995)
23 May 1947	birth	Jonathan Pryce North Wales, stage actor (Miss Saigon)
23 May 1948	birth	Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
23 May 1948	birth	Reggie Cleveland, Canadian-American baseball player
23 May 1949	birth	Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
23 May 1949	birth	Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 93rd President of Peru
23 May 1949	birth	Janet Thornton, English biologist and academic
23 May 1949	birth	Alan Garc
23 May 1950	birth	Linda Thompson: Memphis, Tennessee -- Actress (Hee Haw)
23 May 1950	birth	Bruce Hay, Scottish rugby player and engineer (d. 2007)
23 May 1950	birth	Martin McGuinness, Irish soldier and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
23 May 1951	birth	Anatoli Karpov: USSR -- World chess champion (1975-85)
23 May 1951	birth	Judy Rodman: Riverside, California -- Country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too)
23 May 1951	birth	Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
23 May 1951	birth	Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
23 May 1951	birth	Anatoliy Karpov USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
23 May 1952	birth	Anne-Marie David, French singer
23 May 1952	birth	Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
23 May 1952	birth	Deborah Adair actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
23 May 1952	birth	James Mankey rocker (Concrete Blonde)
23 May 1953	birth	Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician
23 May 1954	birth	Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
23 May 1954	birth	Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
23 May 1954	birth	Michel Roux Jr., English-French chef and author
23 May 1955	birth	Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
23 May 1955	birth	John Stevens MEP
23 May 1956	birth	Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
23 May 1956	birth	Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby player
23 May 1956	birth	Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
23 May 1956	birth	Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
23 May 1956	birth	Albert Voorn, Dutch horse rider
23 May 1957	birth	Mark Arnold, American actor
23 May 1957	birth	Craig Brown, English journalist and critic
23 May 1957	birth	Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora) (d. 1995)
23 May 1958	birth	Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
23 May 1958	birth	Drew Carey, American actor and game show host
23 May 1958	birth	Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
23 May 1958	birth	Serge Dupire, Canadian actor
23 May 1958	birth	François Feldman, French singer-songwriter
23 May 1958	birth	Frank Jelinski, German race car driver
23 May 1958	birth	Jack Lohman, English historian and curator
23 May 1958	birth	Paul Street, American journalist, historian, and author
23 May 1958	birth	Shelly West Cleveland OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West)
23 May 1958	birth	Thomas Reiter Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
23 May 1959	birth	Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist and academic
23 May 1959	birth	Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
23 May 1959	birth	Bob Mortimer, English comedian and actor
23 May 1960	birth	Linden Ashby, American actor and martial artist
23 May 1960	birth	Theo Vogelaars pop bassist (Tr
23 May 1961	birth	Dave Babych: Edmonton, Alberta -- NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
23 May 1961	birth	Karen Duffy, American model and actress
23 May 1961	birth	Kevin Romine baseball player
23 May 1962	birth	Matt Wrack, English firefighter and union leader
23 May 1962	birth	Karen [Duff] Duffy New York NY, MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks)
23 May 1962	birth	Keith Brantley Scott Air Force Base IL, marathoner (Olympics-96)
23 May 1963	birth	Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and sportscaster
23 May 1964	birth	Staci Greason: Denver, Colorado -- Actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
23 May 1964	birth	Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
23 May 1964	birth	Kenny Gattison NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
23 May 1965	birth	Charlie Hayes, American baseball player
23 May 1965	birth	Melissa McBride, American actress and casting director
23 May 1965	birth	Woorkeri Raman, Indian cricketer and coach
23 May 1965	birth	Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
23 May 1965	birth	Paul Sironen, Australian rugby player and police officer
23 May 1965	birth	Athanasios Skourtopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
23 May 1965	birth	Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
23 May 1965	birth	Kappei Yamaguchi, Japanese voice actor and singer
23 May 1965	birth	James Hasty NFL cornerback (Kansas City Chiefs)
23 May 1965	birth	Lilian Drescher Venezuela, tennis star
23 May 1965	birth	Woorkeri Venkat Raman cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder)
23 May 1966	birth	Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch television host and producer (d. 2008)
23 May 1966	birth	Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
23 May 1966	birth	Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
23 May 1966	birth	Heidi Rohi, Estonian fencer
23 May 1966	birth	Helena Bonham Carter London, actress (Fort Worth, Howards End)
23 May 1967	birth	Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
23 May 1967	birth	Xu Demei, Chinese javelin thrower
23 May 1967	birth	Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
23 May 1967	birth	Carlos Mercenario, Mexican race walker
23 May 1967	birth	Philip Selway, English drummer and songwriter (Radiohead)
23 May 1967	birth	Craig John Monk Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
23 May 1968	birth	Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson: Laguna Beach, California -- WPVA (Nationals-13th-1995)
23 May 1968	birth	Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
23 May 1968	birth	Daryl Hobbs NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
23 May 1969	birth	Pat Hurst: San Leandro, California -- LPGA golfer (1995 Rolex Rookie of the Year)
23 May 1969	birth	Mindi Abair, American saxophonist and compoaser
23 May 1969	birth	Ramon Caraballo baseball player
23 May 1970	birth	Ricky Gutierrez: Miami, Florida -- Infielder (Houston Astros)
23 May 1970	birth	Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
23 May 1970	birth	Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
23 May 1970	birth	Matt Flynn, American drummer and producer (Maroon 5 and Gandhi)
23 May 1970	birth	Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
23 May 1970	birth	Grahae Hick cricketer
23 May 1971	birth	Marshall Boze: San Manual, Arizona -- Pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
23 May 1971	birth	Laurel Holloman, American actress and painter
23 May 1971	birth	George Osborne, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
23 May 1971	birth	Issac Booth NFL cornerback/safety (Cleveland Browns)
23 May 1971	birth	Joseph Rogers CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
23 May 1972	birth	Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
23 May 1972	birth	Isabelle Fijalkowski WNBA center/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
23 May 1972	birth	Marco van Hoogdalem Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
23 May 1972	birth	Rene Ingoglia running back (Buffalo Bills)
23 May 1972	birth	Shannon Brown NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
23 May 1973	birth	Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
23 May 1973	birth	Klaus Ambrosch, Austrian decathlete
23 May 1973	birth	Juan José Padilla, Spanish bullfighter
23 May 1973	birth	Mirjam Sterk, Dutch minister and politician
23 May 1973	birth	Ron Trent, American DJ and producer
23 May 1973	birth	Verna Vasquez Miss Universe-best swimsuit (Curacao, 1997)
23 May 1974	birth	Kimber West: Atlanta, Georgia -- Playmate (February 1997)
23 May 1974	birth	Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
23 May 1974	birth	Ken Jennings, American computer scientist, author, and game show contestant
23 May 1974	birth	Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
23 May 1974	birth	Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
23 May 1974	birth	Charlie Young, Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and singer
23 May 1974	birth	Duane Clemons linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
23 May 1974	birth	Jewel [Kilcher] St George UT, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You)
23 May 1975	birth	Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor and television host
23 May 1975	birth	Michiel van den Bos, Dutch DJ and composer
23 May 1975	birth	Vincent Goossens soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
23 May 1976	birth	Kelly Marie Monaco: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Playmate (April, 1997)
23 May 1976	birth	Melanie Joyce Bell: Vernon, New Jersey -- Miss America - New Jersey (1997)
23 May 1976	birth	Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
23 May 1976	birth	Sinha, Brazilian-Mexican footballer
23 May 1976	birth	Kelly Monaco, American model and actress
23 May 1977	birth	Annabel Kosten, Dutch swimmer
23 May 1977	birth	Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
23 May 1978	birth	Mike Gonzalez, American baseball player
23 May 1978	birth	Carolyn Moos, American basketball player and trainer
23 May 1978	birth	Scott Raynor, American drummer (Blink-182)
23 May 1979	birth	Rasual Butler, American basketball player
23 May 1979	birth	Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
23 May 1979	birth	Martin Giroux, Canadian singer and actor
23 May 1979	birth	Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player and coach
23 May 1980	birth	Gary Brackett, American football player
23 May 1980	birth	Lane Garrison, American actor
23 May 1980	birth	Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
23 May 1980	birth	Chris Gethard, American actor and screenwriter
23 May 1980	birth	Sarah Louise Catherwood Christchurch New Zealand, 4x200 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
23 May 1981	birth	Pierre Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
23 May 1981	birth	Tim Robinson, American actor and screenwriter
23 May 1981	birth	Gwenno Saunders, Welsh singer and dancer (The Pipettes)
23 May 1982	birth	Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
23 May 1982	birth	Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
23 May 1982	birth	Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
23 May 1983	birth	Josh Pace, American basketball player
23 May 1983	birth	Heidi Range, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes and Atomic Kitten)
23 May 1983	birth	Alex Shelley, American wrestler and singer
23 May 1984	birth	Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
23 May 1984	birth	Sam Milby, American-Filipino actor and singer
23 May 1984	birth	Adam Wylie actor (Picket Fences)
23 May 1985	birth	Kanyeria, Kenyan songwriter and producer
23 May 1985	birth	Shafiq Chitou, Beninese boxer
23 May 1985	birth	Sekou Cissé, Ivorian footballer
23 May 1985	birth	Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
23 May 1985	birth	Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
23 May 1985	birth	Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
23 May 1986	birth	Angela Martini, Albanian model, Miss Universe Albania 2010
23 May 1986	birth	Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
23 May 1986	birth	Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
23 May 1987	birth	Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
23 May 1987	birth	Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
23 May 1988	birth	Danny de Jong, Dutch actor
23 May 1988	birth	Lorenzo De Silvestri, Italian footballer
23 May 1988	birth	Vaness del Moral, Filipino actress and dancer
23 May 1988	birth	Morgan Pressel, American golfer
23 May 1988	birth	Roope Ranta, Finnish ice hockey player
23 May 1988	birth	Zachary Wohlman, American boxer
23 May 1989	birth	Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
23 May 1990	birth	Ricardo dos Santos, Brazilian surfer (d. 2015)
23 May 1990	birth	Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
23 May 1990	birth	Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
23 May 1991	birth	Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
23 May 1992	birth	Olesia Karmi, Finnish figure skater
23 May 1992	birth	Asenate Manoa, Fijian-Tuvaluan runner

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