Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 23

1812  Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 23.   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer was born on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history birth of abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)   

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

1828  On this day in history birth of albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  On this day in history birth of alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

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

1853  On this day in history birth of winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)   

1858  On this day in history birth of max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)   

1861  On April - 23 birth of edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal   

1865  On this day in history birth of ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) was born on April - 23.   

1872  Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1876  Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

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

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of otakar Sini, composer   

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

1882  On this day in history birth of max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)   

1888  On April - 23 birth of georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history birth of donald Nichols Tweedy, composer   

1890  On April - 23 birth of marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)   

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  On April - 23 birth of frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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.