August 23 - Births

Births

1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (d. 1590)
1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish theologian, historian, astronomer, and writer (d. 1675)
1724 – Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French navy officer and explorer (d. 1788)
1754 – Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1757 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1775)
1769 – Georges Cuvier, French biologist (d. 1832)
1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)
1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (d. 1819)
1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)
1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1920)
1836 – Marie Henriette of Austria (d. 1902)
1843 – William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 – William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)
1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German composer (d. 1925)
1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
1875 – William Eccles, English physicist (d. 1966)
1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and writer (d. 1959)
1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (d. 1932)
1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general (d. 1953)
1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer (d. 1991)
1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American politician (d. 1991)
1903 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (d. 1982)
1905 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor (d. 2008)
1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer (d. 1970)
1909 – Leila Danette, American actress
1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1910 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (d. 1979)
1911 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski-jumper (d. 1998)
1912 – Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1919 – Vladimir Rokhlin, Soviet mathematician (d. 1984)
1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 – Sam Cook, English cricketer (d. 1996)
1922 – Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet (d. 2007)
1922 – Jean Darling, American actress and singer
1922 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (d. 2011)
1922 – George Kell, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director (d. 2008)
1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (d. 2006)
1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator
1927 – Martial Solal, French pianist and composer
1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress
1929 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
1930 – Vera Miles, American actress
1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France
1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian, singer, and pianist
1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Pete Wilson, American politician, 36th Governor of California
1934 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player
1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (d. 2001)
1942 – Letta Mbulu, South African singer
1943 – Nelson DeMille, American novelist
1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican physician, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
1945 – Bob Peck, English actor (d. 1999)
1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player
1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 1978)
1947 – Rex Allen, Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – David Robb, English-Scottish actor
1947 – Willy Russell, English playwright an composer
1947 – Terje Rypdal, Norwegian guitarist and composer (The Vanguards)
1948 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian PLO head of intelligence (d. 1992)
1948 – Andrei Pleşu, Romanian philosopher, journalist, and politician
1948 – Rudy Ruettigerr, American football player
1948 – Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist
1949 – Geoff Capes, English strongman
1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1949 – Shelley Long, American actress
1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot)
1951 – Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Survivor)
1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan
1952 – Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer
1953 – Bobby G, English singer (Bucks Fizz)
1953 – Ernst Savkovic, German footballer
1954 – Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician
1956 – Hans-Jürgen Salewski, German footballer
1956 – Skipp Sudduth, American actor
1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player
1959 – George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
1960 – Rodney Greenblat, American graphic designer
1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Heavy Bones)
1960 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor
1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Army of Anyone)
1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer
1961 – Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician
1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor (Happy Mondays and Black Grape)
1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, screenwriter, and producer
1963 – Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
1963 – Richard Illingworth, English cricketer
1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
1964 – Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist
1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean pastor, founded the City Harvest Church
1964 – Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese wrestler
1964 – Wendy Pepper, American fashion designer
1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian screenwriter, director, and producer
1966 – Charley Boorman, English actor and writer
1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
1967 – Ant, American comedian and actor
1967 – Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano
1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer
1969 – Geneviève Brouillette, Canadian actress
1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American sportscaster and author
1969 – Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
1970 – KK, Indian singer and composer
1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball coach
1970 – Brad Mehldau, American pianist and composer
1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
1970 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
1971 – Bone Crusher, American rapper
1971 – Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
1972 – Mark Butcher, England cricketer
1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer
1972 – Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer
1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player
1973 – Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
1973 – Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
1974 – Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
1974 – Christian Beranek, American actor, writer, and producer
1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
1974 – Shifty Shellshock, American singer-songwriter and actor (Crazy Town)
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (Blue Murder)
1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand-American basketball player
1976 – Scott Caan, American actor
1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player
1977 – Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
1977 – Jelena Rozga, Croatian singer (Magazin)
1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter (The Strokes)
1979 – Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
1979 – Ritchie Neville, English singer (Five)
1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
1979 – Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
1980 – Diamondog, Angolan rapper and journalist
1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player
1980 – Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
1981 – Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
1981 – Ozzy Lusth, Mexican reality show contestant
1981 – Carmen Luvana, American porn actress
1982 – YTCracker, American DJ and computer hacker
1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player
1982 – Trevor Wright, American actor
1983 – J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (d. 2010)
1983 – James Collins, Welsh footballer
1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, English actress
1983 – Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
1983 – Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
1983 – Tony Moll, American football player
1984 – Kristy Bruce, English actress
1984 – Glen Johnson, English footballer
1986 – SkyBlu, American singer and dancer (LMFAO)
1986 – Neil Cicierega, American animator, actor, director, and producer
1986 – Kim Feenstra, Dutch model
1986 – Brett Morris, Australian rugby player
1987 – Nikki Gil, Filipino actress and singer
1987 – Danny Page, Australian basketball coach
1988 – Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
1988 – Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
1988 – Kimberly Matula, American actress
1989 – Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
1989 – Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
1990 – Wesley Singerman, American voice actor
1995 – Eliza Pineda, Filipino actress
1996 – Cesar Flores, Canadian actor
1996 – David Gore, American actor
2001 – Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor
2003 – Alana Mansour, Australian actress