History Births on May 23

Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)

#Cora_Sadosky

Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster

#Marcella_Mesker

Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter

#Salwa_Eid_Naser

Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Maxwell_(musician)

Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver

#Gérard_Larrousse

Joe Gomez, English footballer

#Joe_Gomez_(footballer)

Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer

#Ezequiel_Schelotto

Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)

#Alfred_P._Sloan

W?adys?aw Horodecki, Polish architect (d. 1930)

#W?adys?aw_Horodecki

Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (d. 1945)

#Josef_Terboven

John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

#John_Newcombe

Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic

#Gabriel_Liiceanu

József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (d. 1927)

#József_Rippl-Rónai

Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)

#Artie_Shaw

Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)

#Epitácio_Pessoa

Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater

#Ilia_Kulik

Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)

#Alicia_de_Larrocha

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player

#Teymuraz_Gabashvili

Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer

#Tom_Tykwer

Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter

#Reinhard_Hauff

Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675)

#Bertholet_Flemalle

James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)

#James_Buchanan_Eads

Scott Raynor, American drummer

#Scott_Raynor

Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter

#Mitch_Albom

George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1910)

#George_Throssell

Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer

#Myriam_Boyer

Rasual Butler, American basketball player (d. 2018)

#Rasual_Butler

Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1919)

#Anatole_Mallet

Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Luka_Bloom

Linden Ashby, American actor

#Linden_Ashby

Morgan Pressel, American golfer

#Morgan_Pressel

Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

#Sebastián_Fernández

Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Buck_Showalter

Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 1374)

#Gongmin_of_Goryeo

Dan Evans, British tennis player

#Dan_Evans_(tennis)

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (d. 1813)

#Prince_Augustus_Ferdinand_of_Prussia

Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)

#Hans_Frank

Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer

#Angelo_Ogbonna

Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)

#Nina_Otkalenko

Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)

#Kevork_Ajemian

Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician

#Ruth_Metzler

Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer

#Silvio_Proto

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)

#Juan_Caramuel_y_Lobkowitz

Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager

#Daniele_Massaro

César Pinares, Chilean footballer

#César_Pinares

James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852)

#James_Pradier

Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858-1859 (d. 1862)

#Manuel_Robles_Pezuela

Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)

#Margaret_Wise_Brown

Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)

#Otto_Lilienthal

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)

#Rosemary_Clooney

Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)

#Celestine_Sibley

Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal

#Daniel_DiNardo

Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)

#Felix_Steiner

Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 93rd President of Peru (d. 2019)

#Alan_García

Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver

#Rubens_Barrichello

Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player

#Anatoly_Karpov

Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)

#Elias_Ashmole

Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)

#Peter_Kenilorea

Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper

#Katharina_Althaus

Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)

#Corrado_Gini

Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire

#Martin_Saggers

Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India

#Perumbidugu_Mutharaiyar_II

Melissa McBride, American actress

#Melissa_McBride

Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)

#Franz_Mesmer

Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)

#Franz_Schlik

Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)

#Andrea_Pazienza

Aaron Donald, American football player

#Aaron_Donald

Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)

#Ignaz_Moscheles

Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater

#Alexei_Sitnikov

Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912)

#Józef_Wieniawski

Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer

#Theofanis_Gekas

Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter

#Ryan_Coogler

Nigel Davenport, English actor (d. 2013)

#Nigel_Davenport

Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)

#Isabella_Ford

Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)

#Carl_Bloch

Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian race car driver

#Sérgio_Sette_Câmara

Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer

#Hugo_Almeida

John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#John_Bardeen

Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)

#Herbert_Marshall

Charles Kimbrough, American actor

#Charles_Kimbrough

Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)

#Betty_Garrett

Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria

#Ursula_Plassnik

Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach

#Graeme_Hick

Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)

#Douglas_Fairbanks

Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress

#Ingeborg_Hallstein

Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)

#Hélène_Boucher

J?nis Fr?drihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891)

#J?nis_Fr?drihs_Baumanis

Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer

#Ruben_Zadkovich

William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939)

#William_O'Connor_(fencer)

Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (d. 1666)

#Paul_Siefert

Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport

#Bryan_Herta

Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)

#Paul_Augustin_Mayer

John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)

#John_Payne_(actor)

Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

#Joshua_Lederberg

Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player

#Brian_Campbell

Barbara Barrie, American actress

#Barbara_Barrie

Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)

#Lorenzo_Sawyer

Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984)

#Lou_Brouillard

Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)

#Karlheinz_Deschner

Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981)

#Barbara_Ward,_Baroness_Jackson_of_Lodsworth

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor

#Marvelous_Marvin_Hagler

Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer

#Lea_DeLaria

George Osborne, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer

#George_Osborne

Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player

#Sam_Timmins

Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter

#Guinevere_Turner

Joan Collins, English actress

#Joan_Collins

Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)

#Pär_Lagerkvist

Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (d. 1995)

#Joe_Slovo

Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)

#Zack_Wheat

Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur

#Drew_Carey

Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)

#Jules_Dumont_d'Urville

Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist

#Norrie_May-Welby

Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Ricardinho

Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Gary_Roberts_(ice_hockey)

William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)

#William_Hunter_(anatomist)

Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)

#Carl_Linnaeus

Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter

#Lena_Meyer-Landrut

Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (d. 1932)

#Amaldus_Nielsen

Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer and grandfather of Diana Spencer (d. 1975)

#Albert_Spencer,_7th_Earl_Spencer

Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian race car driver

#Felipe_Drugovich

Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)

#Ambrose_Burnside

Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player

#Ben_Ross

Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Zalman_King

Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)

#Margaret_Fuller

Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1877)

#Rómulo_Díaz_de_la_Vega

Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (d. 1976)

#Adriaan_Roland_Holst

Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player

#Paul_Sironen

Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist

#Martin_Parr

Philip I of France (d. 1108)

#Philip_I_of_France

Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist

#Wim_Stroetinga

Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (d. 1983)

#Betty_Nuthall

Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)

#Helen_O'Connell

Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic

#Friedrich_Achleitner

Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)

#Robert_Moog

Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet

#Jewel_(singer)

William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)

#William_VI,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Kassel

Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)

#Thoralf_Skolem

Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)

#Giuseppe_Parini

Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017)

#Martin_McGuinness

Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece

#Antonis_Samaras

Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Gracie_Otto

Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs

#Manuela_Schwesig

Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)

#Scatman_Crothers

Bray Wyatt, American wrestler

#Bray_Wyatt

Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)

#Charles_Barry

Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)

#Denis_Compton

Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician

#Viviane_Baladi

Luca De La Torre, American footballer

Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer

Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer

Coy Craft, American footballer

Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer

Razvan Marin, Romanian footballer

Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer

Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player

Kristina Kucova, Slovakian tennis player

Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete

Alice Tait, Australian swimmer

Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer

Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician

Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer

Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer

Karen Duffy, American actress

Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (d. 1995)

David Graham, Australian golfer

Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer

Bjorn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)

Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)

Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)

Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer

Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)

Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)

Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012)

Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012)

Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)

Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)

S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)

Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009)

Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)

Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)

Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (d. 1999)

Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)

Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)

Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)

Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)

Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (d. 1967)

Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)

William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)

`Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)

Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)

Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (d. 1173)

Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161)

K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)