On This Day
This Day in History: (23-April)
Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576)
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
William Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor (d.1616)
Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1861)
Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
Ethel Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)
Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)
Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)
Folke Jansson, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1965)
Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)
E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
Cliff Bricker, Canadian runner (d. 1980)
Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)
Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)
Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)
Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner (d. 2013)
Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
Sinah Estelle Kelley, African-American chemist (d. 1982)
Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)
Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)
Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman
Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout
Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright
Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic
Michael Bowen, Gibraltarian-English archbishop
Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)
Annie Easley, African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
David Mills, English cricketer (d. 2013)
Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter
Bill Hagerty, English journalist
Lee Majors, American actor
Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)
Michael Copps, American academic and politician
Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer
Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema
Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)
Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)
Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
Herve Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director
Blair Brown, American actress
Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic
Glenn Cornick, English bass player (Jethro Tull) (d. 2014)
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish republican activist; co-founder, Irish Republican Socialist Party (1974); British MP Mid Ulster (1969-74)
Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
Paul Collier, English economist and academic
David Cross, English violinist
John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
Narada Michael Walden, African-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
Judy Davis, Australian actress
Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
Robby Naish, American windsurfer
Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
Leni Robredo, Filipina activist, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player
Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
Richard Wolstencroft, Australian director and producer
Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
Carlos Dengler, American bass player
Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
Bobby Shaw, American football player
Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
John Cena, American wrestler
Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
Lee Young-pyo, South Korean footballer
Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
Jaime King, American actress and model
Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
Carl Higbie, American Navy SEAL, author, and political commentator
Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
Alysia Montaño, American runner
Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
Emily Fox, American basketball player
Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
Dev Patel, English actor
Nathan Baker, English footballer
Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality