Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1908  On this day in history birth of john Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)   

1908  Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building) was born on May - 23.   

1909  On May - 23 birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

1910  Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House) was born on May - 23.   

1910  On May - 23 birth of franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter   

1910  On May - 23 birth of hugh Casson CH, architect   

1910  On this day in history birth of scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)   

1910  Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952) was born on May - 23.   

1911  On May - 23 birth of boris Kremenliev, composer   

1911  Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society) was born on this day in history.   

1912  David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England) was born on May - 23.   

1912  On May - 23 birth of john Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)   

1912  Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 23 birth of samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)   

1913  On May - 23 birth of ian Graeme, major-general   

1913  On May - 23 birth of ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico   

1914  On this day in history birth of alec Dickson, founder (VSO)   

1914  On this day in history birth of barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)   

1914  On May - 23 birth of leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)   

1914  Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist was born on this day in history.   

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer was born on May - 23.   

1916  On May - 23 birth of margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)   

1917  Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) was born on this day in history.   

1918  Bulent Arel, composer was born on May - 23.   

1918  Bumps Blackwell, rocker was born on May - 23.   

1918  Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward) was born on May - 23.   

1919  On this day in history birth of betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

1919  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary was born on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history birth of helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)   

1920  Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas) was born on May - 23.   

1921  Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young) was born on May - 23.   

1921  On this day in history birth of james [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)   

1921  Loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost) was born on May - 23.   

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1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.