Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1908  On May - 23 birth of john Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)   

1908  Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 23 birth of edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat   

1910  On this day in history birth of artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)   

1910  Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter was born on this day in history.   

1910  Hugh Casson CH, architect was born on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history birth of scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)   

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

1911  On May - 23 birth of boris Kremenliev, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1914  On this day in history birth of alec Dickson, founder (VSO)   

1914  Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth) was born on this day in history.   

1914  Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine) was born on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history birth of travis Kemp, dancer/teacher   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist was born on this day in history.   

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer was born on this day in history.   

1916  Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995) was born on this day in history.   

1917  Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) was born on May - 23.   

1918  On May - 23 birth of bulent Arel, composer   

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

1918  On May - 23 birth of denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)   

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

1919  On this day in history 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  Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas) was born on May - 23.   

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

1921  On May - 23 birth of james [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)   

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 May - 23 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  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

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