Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  On May - 23 birth of john Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)   

1908  On this day in history birth of max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)   

1909  Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 23 birth of artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)   

1910  Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter was born on this day in history.   

1910  Hugh Casson CH, architect was born on this day in history.   

1910  Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 23 birth of margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)   

1911  On this day in history birth of boris Kremenliev, composer   

1911  On May - 23 birth of melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)   

1912  On this day in history birth of david Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)   

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

1912  On May - 23 birth of marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)   

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

1913  On this day in history birth of ian Graeme, major-general   

1913  On this day in history birth of ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico   

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

1914  Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth) was born on this day in history.   

1914  Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine) was born on May - 23.   

1914  On this day in history birth of travis Kemp, dancer/teacher   

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

1916  On this day in history birth of m Jean Francaix, composer   

1916  Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995) was born on this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history birth of bulent Arel, composer   

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

1918  Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward) was born on this day in history.   

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

1919  On May - 23 birth of robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary   

1920  Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) was born on this day in history.   

1920  On May - 23 birth of sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)   

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

1921  James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader) was born on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 23 birth of loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)   

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1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

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  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.