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  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  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  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 May - 23.   

1911  On May - 23 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  Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust) was born on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history birth of ian Graeme, major-general   

1913  Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1914  On May - 23 birth of leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)   

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

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

1916  On May - 23 birth of m Jean Francaix, composer   

1916  On May - 23 birth of margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)   

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  On this day in history birth of bumps Blackwell, rocker   

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

1919  On May - 23 birth of betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

1919  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

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 this day in history.   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27