Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972) was born on this day in history.   

1908  Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building) was born on May - 23.   

1909  On May - 23 birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

1910  Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House) was born on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1910  On May - 23 birth of margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)   

1911  On May - 23 birth of boris Kremenliev, composer   

1911  Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society) was born on May - 23.   

1912  On this day in history birth of david Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)   

1912  On this day in history birth of john Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)   

1912  Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)   

1913  On May - 23 birth of ian Graeme, major-general   

1913  Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico was born on May - 23.   

1914  Alec Dickson, founder (VSO) was born on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history birth of barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)   

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

1914  On May - 23 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 this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history birth of margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)   

1917  On this day in history birth of edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)   

1918  On May - 23 birth of bulent Arel, composer   

1918  On this day in history birth of bumps Blackwell, rocker   

1918  Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward) was born on May - 23.   

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  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 May - 23 birth of humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)   

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

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

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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 May - 23.   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

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