History Births on April 23

Stephen Dalton, English air marshal

#Stephen_Dalton

Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

#Tony_Lupien

Egemen Ba???, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs

#Egemen_Ba???

Narada Michael Walden, African-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

#Narada_Michael_Walden

Judy Davis, Australian actress

#Judy_Davis

Robby Naish, American windsurfer

#Robby_Naish

Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)

#Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland

George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host

#George_Lopez

Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Léo_Jaime

Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

#Halldór_Laxness

Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

#Johannes_Fibiger

Paul Collier, English economist and academic

#Paul_Collier

Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)

#Steve_Clark

Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)

#Granville_Woods

Darren Huckerby, English footballer

#Darren_Huckerby

Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

#Bertil_Ohlin

Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer

#Angel_Locsin

Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player

#Rafael_Fernandes_(baseball)

Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete

#Alistair_Brownlee

Barry Hawkins, English snooker player

#Barry_Hawkins

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer

#Hilmar_Örn_Hilmarsson

George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic

#George_Steiner

Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist

#Rowley_Leigh

Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality

#Joanna_Krupa

Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)

#Michel_Fokine

Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor

#Gianandrea_Noseda

Blair Brown, American actress

#Blair_Brown

Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)

#Jim_Bottomley

Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)

#Ed_Stewart

Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)

#Guy_Simonds

Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter

#Jorge_Fons

Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality

#Gigi_Hadid

Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)

#Georges_Vanier

Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver

#Pierluigi_Martini

Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)

#Janet_Blair

John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)

#John_de_Vere,_12th_Earl_of_Oxford

Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)

#Sandra_Dee

Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director

#Jean-François_Stévenin

Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)

#Shirley_Temple

Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player

#Patrick_Poulin

Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)

#Félix_Vicq-d'Azyr

Dev Patel, English actor

#Dev_Patel

Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player

#Willie_Mitchell_(ice_hockey)

Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist

#Bram_Schmitz

Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)

#Stephen_A._Douglas

William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)

#William_Penn_(Royal_Navy_officer)

Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576)

#Johann_Stumpf_(writer)

Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)

#Frederick_Whitaker

Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland

#Paavo_Lipponen

Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)

#Lee_Miller

Ethel Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)

#Ethel_Smyth

Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Michael_Kadosh

Prince Louis of Cambridge, Prince of the United Kingdom

#Prince_Louis_of_Cambridge

Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast

#Yelena_Shushunova

Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Aaron_Dessner

Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)

#Frank_Borzage

Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)

#Princess_Charlotte_Amalie_Wilhelmine_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Amira Medunjanin, singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina

#Amira_Medunjanin

Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)

#Johann_Friedrich_Doles

Ian Henderson, English rugby league player

#Ian_Henderson_(rugby_league)

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)

#Ruggero_Leoncavallo

Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner (d. 2013)

#Diosa_Costello

Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)

#Edward_Stafford_(politician)

Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)

#Arie_den_Hartog

James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)

#James_Anthony_Froude

Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)

#Ngaio_Marsh

Leni Robredo, Filipina activist, 14th Vice President of the Philippines

#Leni_Robredo

Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)

#Jan_Hooks

Lee Young-pyo, South Korean footballer

#Lee_Young-pyo

Carlos Dengler, American bass player

#Carlos_Dengler

Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Claude_Julien_(ice_hockey)

Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)

#Dolph_Briscoe

Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)

#Maarten_Tromp

Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.

#Bas_Haring

Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)

#Afonso_II_of_Portugal

Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player

#Alexandra_Kosteniuk

Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)

#Johannes_Hudde

Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter

#Frans_Koppelaar

Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)

#Karel_Doorman

Lee Majors, American actor

#Lee_Majors

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)

#Joan_of_France,_Duchess_of_Berry

Melina Kanakaredes, American actress

#Melina_Kanakaredes

John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist

#John_Miles_(musician)

Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)

#Oleg_Penkovsky

Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author

#Hans_Välimäki

Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)

#Lucius_D._Clay

John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer

#John_Hannah_(actor)

Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)

#Warren_Spahn

Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player

#Daniela_Hantuchová

Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist

#Unity_Dow

Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor

#Jesse_Lee_Soffer

Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)

#Halston

Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States.

#Judy_Agnew

James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)

#James_Buchanan

Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)

#Fritz_Wotruba

Song Kang, South Korean actor

#Song_Kang

Alysia Montaño, American runner

#Alysia_Montaño

Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)

#Georg_Fabricius

Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)

#Minoru_Shirota

Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player

#Lenka_Wienerová

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)

#Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby

Folke Jansson, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1965)

#Folke_Jansson

Jaime King, American actress and model

#Jaime_King

Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

#Max_Planck

Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist

#Michael_Moore

Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)

#Wei_Yuan

Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director

#Neville_Brody

Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)

#Frédéric_Ozanam

John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

#John_Oliver

Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)

#Winthrop_M._Crane

Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Tony_Esposito

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)

#Arthur_Moeller_van_den_Bruck

John Boye, Ghanaian footballer

#John_Boye

Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)

#Duncan_Renaldo

Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)

#Vilna_Gaon

Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer

#Michael_Arroyo

Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager

#Tayfur_Havutçu

Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner

#Gezahegne_Abera

Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic

#Robert_Burgess_(sociologist)

Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)

#Roy_Orbison

Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright

#Pierre_Labrie

Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)

#Louis_Muhlstock

Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer

#Victor_Anichebe

Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)

#Hervé_Villechaize

Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress

#Jacqueline_Boyer

Valerie Bertinelli, American actress

#Valerie_Bertinelli

Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

#Maurice_Druon

Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Ronald_Neame

George of Pod?brady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)

#George_of_Pod?brady

Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)

#Chuck_Harmon

Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)

#Simone_Simon

Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)

#Ray_Peterson

Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter

#Pascal_Quignard

Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)

#Thomas_Romney_Robinson

Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)

#Timothy_McVeigh

Kal Penn, Indian-American actor

#Kal_Penn

Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player

#Andruw_Jones

Matt Freeman, American bass player (Rancid and Operation Ivy)

#Matt_Freeman

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish republican activist; co-founder, Irish Republican Socialist Party (1974); British MP Mid Ulster (1969-74)

#Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey

Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player

#Nicole_Vaidišová

Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater

#Sven_Kramer

Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player

#Paul_Vaughan_(rugby_league)

Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)

#Julius_Caesar_Scaliger

Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)

#Ray_Tomlinson

Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Ryan_Walter

Michael Copps, American academic and politician

#Michael_Copps

Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)

#Ali-Agha_Shikhlinski

Paul Belmondo, French race car driver

#Paul_Belmondo

Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach

#Gail_Goodrich

Annie Easley, African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)

#Annie_Easley

Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

#Lester_B._Pearson

Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor

#Barry_Douglas_(musician)

Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)

#Yiannis_Moralis

John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor

#John_Cena

Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer

Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter

Nathan Baker, English footballer

Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater

Emily Fox, American basketball player

Carl Higbie, American Navy SEAL, author, and political commentator

Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter

Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier

David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach

Bobby Shaw, American football player

Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player

Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist

Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer

Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager

Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist

Richard Wolstencroft, Australian director and producer

Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach

Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player

Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)

Jörg Deisinger, German bass player

Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician

Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)

Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)

James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter

Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician

David Cross, English violinist

Serge Thériault, Canadian actor

Glenn Cornick, English bass player (Jethro Tull) (d. 2014)

Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)

Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema

Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

Bill Hagerty, English journalist

Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)

David Mills, English cricketer (d. 2013)

Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic

George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)

Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)

Michael Bowen, Gibraltarian-English archbishop

Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)

J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)

Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)

Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)

Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)

Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (d. 2018)

Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)

Sinah Estelle Kelley, African-American chemist (d. 1982)

Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)

Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)

Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)

E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)

Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)

Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (d. 1953)

John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)

Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)

Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)

Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)

Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)

Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)