Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

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

1908  On May - 23 birth of max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)   

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  On May - 23 birth of franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter   

1910  On May - 23 birth of hugh Casson CH, architect   

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

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

1911  Boris Kremenliev, composer was born on May - 23.   

1911  On this day in history birth of melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)   

1912  David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England) was born on May - 23.   

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

1912  Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust) was born on May - 23.   

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  Alec Dickson, founder (VSO) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1914  Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher was born on this day in history.   

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

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer was born on May - 23.   

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  Bulent Arel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history birth of bumps Blackwell, rocker   

1918  On this day in history birth of denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)   

1919  On May - 23 birth of betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

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

1920  On this day in history birth of helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)   

1920  Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas) was born on May - 23.   

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 May - 23 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

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

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

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.