Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 23

1812  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1813  On this day in history birth of stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)   

1813  Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian was born on April - 23.   

1818  On this day in history birth of john Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872   

1821  On this day in history birth of pierre Dupont, song writer   

1823  Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) was born on April - 23.   

1827  On April - 23 birth of johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1828  Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902) was born on this day in history.   

1838  Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1852  Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937) was born on April - 23.   

1853  Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1858  On April - 23 birth of max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)   

1861  On this day in history birth of edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal   

1865  Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943) was born on April - 23.   

1867  On this day in history birth of simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)   

1872  On this day in history birth of violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)   

1876  Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925) was born on April - 23.   

1877  On this day in history birth of arthur Farwell, composer   

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) was born on April - 23.   

1881  Otakar Sini, composer was born on April - 23.   

1882  On this day in history birth of albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1882  On April - 23 birth of max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)   

1888  Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967) was born on April - 23.   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher was born on April - 23.   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer was born on this day in history.   

1890  Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado) was born on this day in history.   

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) was born on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history birth of minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer   

1892  On this day in history birth of r Huelsenbeck, writer   

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) was born on April - 23.   

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) was born on April - 23.   

1894  On this day in history birth of george Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X)   

1894  On this day in history birth of cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)   

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0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.