Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

1910  Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House) was born on this day in history.   

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

1910  Hugh Casson CH, architect was born on May - 23.   

1910  Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history birth of margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)   

1911  Boris Kremenliev, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1912  On this day in history birth of marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)   

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

1913  Ian Graeme, major-general was born on May - 23.   

1913  On May - 23 birth of ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico   

1914  Alec Dickson, founder (VSO) was born on May - 23.   

1914  On May - 23 birth of barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)   

1914  Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine) was born on May - 23.   

1914  Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher was born on May - 23.   

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

1916  On this day in history birth of m Jean Francaix, composer   

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

1918  Bumps Blackwell, rocker was born on this day in history.   

1918  Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward) was born on this day in history.   

1919  Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) was born on this day in history.   

1919  On May - 23 birth of robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary   

1920  Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) was born on May - 23.   

1920  On this day in history birth of sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)   

1921  Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young) was born on May - 23.   

1921  James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader) was born on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history birth of loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)   

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 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  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27