23 August Births

Published : 23 Aug 2019, 11:18

Jagoroniya Desk

August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1482 – Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)
1498 – Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)
1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)
1579 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)
1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
1724 – Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
1754 – Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1769 – Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)
1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)
1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)
1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
1843 – William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 – William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
1850 – John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)
1852 – Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
1867 – Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
1872 – Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)
1875 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)
1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
1891 – Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1894 – John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
1897 – Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
1900 – Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)
1903 – William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)
1905 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
1905 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
1906 – Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)
1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)
1910 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
1912 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
1912 – Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008)
1913 – Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)
1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1919 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1921 – Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
1922 – Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
1922 – Jean Darling, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1922 – George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer (d. 2003)
1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)
1927 – Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)
1927 – Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer
1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)
1929 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
1929 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
1929 – Vera Miles, American actress
1929 – Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (d. 2018)
1930 – Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)
1931 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
1932 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)
1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist
1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator
1933 – Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster
1935 – Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
1936 – Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (d. 1964)
1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)
1938 – Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
1938 – Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
1940 – Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
1940 – Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
1941 – Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
1942 – Nancy Richey, American tennis player
1943 – Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
1943 – Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
1943 – Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1943 – Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)
1947 – Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
1947 – Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
1947 – Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
1948 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
1948 – Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1948 – Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
1948 – Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1949 – Shelley Long, American actress
1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1950 – Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
1951 – Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014)
1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan[1]
1952 – Santillana, Spanish footballer
1952 – Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
1953 – Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
1954 – Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
1954 – Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
1955 – David Learner, British actor
1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
1959 – Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
1961 – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
1961 – Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
1961 – Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
1963 – Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
1964 – Kong Hee, Founder & former senior pastor of City Harvest Church
1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
1967 – Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1967 – Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano
1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer
1969 – Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)
1969 – Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
1969 – Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
1971 – Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
1971 – Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan
1972 – Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1972 – Anthony Calvillo, Canadian football player
1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
1972 – Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player
1973 – Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
1974 – Lexi Alexander, American film and television director
1974 – Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman
1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English folk musician
1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player
1977 – Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
1977 – Jared Fogle, former spokesperson for chain restaurant Subway
1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman
1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer
1978 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1978 – Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
1979 – Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
1979 – Saskia Clark, English sailor
1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
1979 – Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author
1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player
1980 – Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
1981 – Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player
1982 – Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
1983 – James Collins, Welsh footballer
1983 – Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
1983 – Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
1983 – Tony Moll, American football player
1983 – Fiona Onasanya, British Labour Party politician and criminal[2]
1983 – Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
1984 – Glen Johnson, English footballer
1984 – Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
1985 – Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
1986 – Neil Cicierega, American comedian and musician
1986 – Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
1986 – Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
1988 – Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
1988 – Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
1989 – Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer[3]
1989 – Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
1989 – Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
1990 – Seth Curry, American basketball player
1993 – Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
1994 – August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
1997 – Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

Source: wikipedia

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