On This Day
This Day in History: (23-May)
K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
Philip I of France (d. 1108)
Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161)
Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (d. 1173)
Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 1374)
Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (d. 1666)
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)
Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675)
Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (d. 1813)
Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)
Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)
Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852)
Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)
Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891)
Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)
Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1919)
Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912)
Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (d. 1932)
George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1910)
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)
Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)
József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (d. 1927)
Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (d. 1930)
William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939)
Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)
William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)
Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)
Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)
Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (d. 1976)
Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (d. 1967)
Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer and grandfather of Diana Spencer (d. 1975)
Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)
Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)
Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)
Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (d. 1945)
Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)
John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)
Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (d. 1999)
Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)
Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984)
Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)
Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (d. 1983)
Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009)
Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981)
S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)
Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012)
Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)
Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)
Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-born South African activist and politician (d. 1995)
Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
Nigel Davenport, English actor (d. 2013)
Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)
Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)
Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic
Richard Anuszkiewicz, American painter and sculptor
Charles Kelman, American ophthalmologist (d. 2004)
Barbara Barrie, American actress
Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
Joan Collins, English actress
Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, English politician
Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)
Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
Charles Kimbrough, American actor
Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
Giles Gordon, Scottish author and agent (d. 2003)
Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)
Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
Martin Puryear, American sculptor
Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
General Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)
Alan Walden, American businessman and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records
Tiki Fulwood, American R&B/funk/jazz drummer (d. 1979)
John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
Stephen Marks, English businessman
Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (d. 1995)
Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 93rd President of Peru
Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
Shelly West, American country singer
Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
Karen Duffy, American actress
Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
Mindi Abair, American saxophonist and composer
Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Matt Flynn, American drummer and producer
Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
George Osborne, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
Darren Styles, English record producer
Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
Mike Gonzalez, American baseball player
Scott Raynor, American drummer
Rasual Butler, American basketball player
Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
Pierre Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
Morgan Pressel, American golfer
Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
Dan Evans, British tennis player
Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
Aaron Donald, American football player
César Pinares, Chilean footballer
Andy Janovich, American football player
Stephon Tuitt, American football player
Tyus Bowser, American football player
Riley Woodcock, Australian footballer
Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
John Requejo, American footballer
Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
Coy Craft, American footballer
Joe Gomez, English footballer
Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
Luca de la Torre, American footballer
Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
Daniel Köstl, Czech footballer