23 May Births

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Births

635 – K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
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)
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)
1735 – Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Austrian field marshal and noble (d. 1814)
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)
1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
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)
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)
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 and grandfather of Diana Spencer (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)
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 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
1910 – Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)
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 – Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, American bandleader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer (d. 1985)
1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1919 – Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
1919 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican-American singer and politician (d. 2012)
1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
1920 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
1921 – James Blish, American author and critic (d. 1975)
1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player and composer (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)
1925 – Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1926 – Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)
1926 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African politician (d. 1995)
1928 – Jeannie Carson, English-born American-based actress and singer
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
1930 – Richard Anuszkiewicz, American painter and sculptor
1930 – Charles Kelman, American ophthalmologist (d. 2004)
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, American businessman, invented the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
1935 – Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, English politician
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 – Giles Gordon, Scottish author and agent (d. 2003)
1940 – Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
1940 – Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophnist (d. 2002)
1940 – Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
1942 – Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
1942 – Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
1943 – General Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1943 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)
1943 – Alan Walden, American businessman and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records
1944 – Tiki Fulwood, American R&B/funk/jazz drummer (Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 1979)
1944 – John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1945 – Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
1946 – David Graham, Australian golfer
1946 – Danny Klein, American rock bass player (The J. Geils Band)
1946 – Stephen Marks, English businessman
1947 – Bernard Comrie, English-American linguist and academic
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, 93rd President of Peru
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
1953 – Rick Fenn, English rock guitarist and songwriter
1954 – Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
1955 – Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
1956 – Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1956 – Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
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
1958 – Shelly West, American country singer
1959 – Daniel Alfredson, Swedish film director
1959 – Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist and academic
1959 – Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
1963 – Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
1964 – Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
1965 – Melissa McBride, American actress and casting director
1965 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
1965 – Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1966 – Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
1966 – Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
1967 – Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
1967 – Philip Selway, English drummer and songwriter
1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
1969 – Mindi Abair, American saxophonist and composer
1970 – Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Matt Flynn, American drummer and producer
1970 – Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
1971 – George Osborne, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
1973 – Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1974 – Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
1974 – Ken Jennings, American computer scientist, author, and game show contestant
1974 – Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
1975 – Darren Styles, English record producer
1975 – Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor and television host
1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Sinha, Brazilian-Mexican footballer
1976 – Kelly Monaco, American model and actress
1977 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
1978 – Mike Gonzalez, American baseball player
1978 – Scott Raynor, American drummer
1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player
1979 – Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
1980 – Chris Gethard, American actor and screenwriter
1981 – Pierre Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1982 – Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984 – Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
1985 – Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
1986 – Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
1986 – Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
1986 – Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
1987 – Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 – Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer
1988 – Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
1989 – Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
1990 – Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
1990 – Dan Evans, British tennis player
1990 – Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
1991 – Aaron Donald, American football player
1993 – Andy Janovich, American football player
1993 – Stephon Tuitt, American football player
1995 – Tyus Bowser, American football player
1996 – Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
1997 – Joe Gomez, English footballer
1997 – Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
1997 – Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
1997 – Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
1997 – Coy Craft, American footballer
1998 – Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
1998 – Luca de la Torre, American footballer
1998 – Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
1998 – Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer

Source: wikipedia