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 this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

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

1910  On this day in history birth of franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter   

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  Boris Kremenliev, composer was born on May - 23.   

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

1912  David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England) was born on this day in history.   

1912  John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun) was born on this day in history.   

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

1912  Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University) was born on this day in history.   

1913  Ian Graeme, major-general was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 23 birth of leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)   

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

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

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

1916  Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995) was born on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 birth of bumps Blackwell, rocker   

1918  On May - 23 birth of denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)   

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

1919  On this day in history birth of robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary   

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  On this day in history birth of humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)   

1921  On this day in history birth of james [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)   

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

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

1153  On May - 23 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  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history 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 this day in history.