People born on August 23

1988

Niki Leinso, Croatian singer and songwriter (b: August 23, 1988)
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1978

Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (b: August 23, 1978)
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Julian Casablancas, musician (b: August 23, 1978)
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1975

Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler (b: August 23, 1975)
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1974

Ray Park, British actor (b: August 23, 1974)
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1970

Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian (b: August 23, 1970)
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River Phoenix, American actor (b: August 23, 1970 ; d: October 31, 1993)
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1966

Rik Smits, Dutch basketball player (b: August 23, 1966)
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1963

Kenny Wallace, American race car driver (b: August 23, 1963)
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1956

Andreas Floer, German mathematician, Floer homology, (b: August 23, 1956 ; d: May 15, 1991)
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1952

Vicky Leandros, Greek singer (b: August 23, 1952)
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1951

Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (b: August 23, 1951 ; d: May 9, 2004)
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Queen Noor of Jordan (b: August 23, 1951)
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1949

Shelley Long, American actress (b: August 23, 1949)
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Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor (b: August 23, 1949)
► Biography of Rick Springfield

1947

Keith Moon, English singer and drummer (The Who) (b: August 23, 1947 ; d: September 7, 1978)
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David Robb, British actor (b: August 23, 1947)
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1943

Nelson DeMille, American novelist (b: August 23, 1943)
► Biography of Nelson DeMille

1936

Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (b: August 23, 1936)
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1934

Barbara Eden, American actress (b: August 23, 1934)
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Sonny Jurgensen, American football player (b: August 23, 1934)
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1933

Pete Wilson, Governor of California (b: August 23, 1933)
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1932

Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria (b: August 23, 1932)
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Mark Russell, American comedian, musician, and political commentator (b: August 23, 1932)
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1930

Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b: August 23, 1930)
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1929

Vera Miles, American actress (b: August 23, 1929)
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1924

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer (b: August 23, 1924)
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Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (b: August 23, 1924)
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1923

Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b: August 23, 1923 ; d: April 18, 2003)
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1922

George Kell, baseball player (b: August 23, 1922)
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1917

Tex Williams, American singer (b: August 23, 1917)
► Biography of Tex Williams

1912

Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (b: August 23, 1912 ; d: February 2, 1996)
► Biography of Gene Kelly

1911

Birger Ruud, Norwegian athelete (b: August 23, 1911 ; d: June 13, 1998)
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1905

Constant Lambert, British composer (b: August 23, 1905 ; d: August 21, 1951)
► Biography of Constant Lambert

1903

William Primrose, Scottish violist (b: August 23, 1903 ; d: May 1, 1982)
► Biography of William Primrose

1901

John Sherman Cooper, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (b: August 23, 1901)
► Biography of John Sherman Cooper

1900

Ernst Krenek, Austrian-born composer (b: August 23, 1900)
► Biography of Ernst Krenek

1884

Will Cuppy, American humorist (b: August 23, 1884 ; d: September 19, 1949)
► Biography of Will Cuppy

1883

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b: August 23, 1883 ; d: September 2, 1953)
► Biography of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV

1875

William Eccles, English radio pioneer (b: August 23, 1875 ; d: April 29, 1966)
► Biography of William Eccles

1869

Edgar Lee Masters, American author (b: August 23, 1869)
► Biography of Edgar Lee Masters

1864

Eleftherios Venizalos, Prime Minister of Greece (b: August 23, 1864)
► Biography of Eleftherios Venizalos

1852

Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (b: August 23, 1852)
► Biography of Arnold Toynbee

1849

William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (b: August 23, 1849)
► Biography of William Ernest Henley

1847

Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b: August 23, 1847 ; d: September 12, 1927)
► Biography of Sarah Frances Whiting

1829

Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b: August 23, 1829)
► Biography of Moritz Cantor

1785

Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval officer (b: August 23, 1785 ; d: August 23, 1819)
► Biography of Oliver Hazard Perry

1783

William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (b: August 23, 1783 ; d: September 22, 1852)
► Biography of William Tierney Clark

1769

Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (b: August 23, 1769)
► Biography of Georges Cuvier

1754

King Louis XVI of France (b: August 23, 1754 ; d: January 21, 1793)
► Biography of Louis XVI of France

1741

Jean-François de Galaup, count de La Pérouse, French explorer (b: August 23, 1741)
► Biography of Jean-François de Galaup, count de La Pérouse

1623

Stanis?aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b: August 23, 1623 ; d: May 18, 1675)
► Biography of Stanis?aw Lubieniecki

1524

François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b: August 23, 1524 ; d: February 12, 1590)
► Biography of François Hotman

1486

Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b: August 23, 1486 ; d: March 28, 1566)
► Biography of Sigismund von Herberstein

686

Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (b: August 23, 686 ; d: October 22, 741)
► Biography of Charles Martel

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