October 23 - Births

Births

• 1503 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
• 1516 – Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
• 1634 – Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)
• 1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)
• 1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
• 1715 – Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
• 1762 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
• 1766 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)
• 1771 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
• 1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
• 1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857)
• 1801 – Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851)
• 1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)
• 1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
• 1815 – João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
• 1817 – Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875)
• 1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, and 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
• 1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
• 1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
• 1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
• 1870 – Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)
• 1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
• 1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
• 1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)
• 1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
• 1893 – Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1894 – Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
• 1896 – André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
• 1900 – Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)
• 1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
• 1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress
• 1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet
• 1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer
• 1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
• 1928 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)
• 1928 – Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1985)
• 1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
• 1931 – William P. Clark, American jurist, and 44th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1931 – Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
• 1936 – Philip Kaufman, American film director
• 1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military turned guerrilla leader (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1940 – Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar"
• 1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer
• 1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician
• 1942 – Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008)
• 1942 – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Mike Harding, English singer and comedian
• 1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
• 1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer
• 1946 – Mel Martinez, American politician
• 1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur
• 1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist
• 1949 – Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
• 1949 – Nick Tosches, American writer
• 1951 – Charly García, Argentine singer
• 1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, former (2nd) President of Kosovo
• 1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005)
• 1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
• 1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer
• 1957 – Martin Luther King III, American human rights advocate
• 1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author
• 1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer
• 1959 – Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor
• 1959 – Sam Raimi, American film director
• 1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
• 1960 – Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (d. 2008)
• 1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist
• 1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer
• 1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
• 1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player
• 1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American Author
• 1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)
• 1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American writer
• 1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player
• 1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver
• 1967 – Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
• 1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian writer
• 1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress
• 1970 – Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster
• 1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American Model and Photographer
• 1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian composer
• 1971 – Christopher Horner, American cyclist
• 1972 – Bryan Pratt, Missouri Politician
• 1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress
• 1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
• 1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Michelle Beadle, American television personality
• 1975 – Odalys García, Cuban actress
• 1975 – Jessicka, American artist
• 1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
• 1976 – Cat Deeley, English model and television personality
• 1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
• 1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricket player
• 1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
• 1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer
• 1978 – Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
• 1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer
• 1979 – Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
• 1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player
• 1981 – Shoo, South Korean singer and actress
• 1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
• 1983 – Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
• 1983 – Josh Strickland, American entertainer
• 1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
• 1984 – Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain
• 1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress
• 1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress
• 1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer
• 1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress
• 1987 – Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)
• 1990 – Stevie Brock, American singer
• 1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan