Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  On May - 23 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 this day in history birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

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

1910  Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter was born on May - 23.   

1910  On this day in history birth of hugh Casson CH, architect   

1910  On May - 23 birth of scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)   

1910  On this day in history 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  David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England) was born on May - 23.   

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ian Graeme, major-general   

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

1914  On May - 23 birth of alec Dickson, founder (VSO)   

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

1914  On this day in history birth of leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)   

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

1915  On May - 23 birth of clyde Wiegand, physicist   

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

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 May - 23.   

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

1918  Bumps Blackwell, rocker was born on this day in history.   

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

1919  Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 birth of james [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)   

1921  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

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

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27