Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972) was born on May - 23.   

1908  Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building) was born on this day in history.   

1909  Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat was born on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1910  On this day in history 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 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  John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun) was born on this day in history.   

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

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)   

1914  On May - 23 birth of travis Kemp, dancer/teacher   

1915  On this day in history birth of clyde Wiegand, physicist   

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

1916  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1919  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary was born on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 birth of humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)   

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

1921  Loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost) was born on this day in history.   

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

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

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 May - 23.   

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

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

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