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Birthdays of Personalities on April 23

1823 : Abdl-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61)
1828 : Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)
1500 : Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician
1838 : Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter
1914 : Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)
1915 : Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
1923 : Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
1907 : Baroness Dudley
1947 : Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist [or 1940]
1928 : Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
1922 : Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
1967 : Brent Muscat, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
1975 : Bret Anderson, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
1955 : Captain Sensible, rocker
1943 : Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness
1889 : Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher
1924 : Colin Welch, columnist/critic
1935 : David Evans, MP
1922 : Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
1919 : Dorian Leigh, San Antonio TX, model, sister of Suzy Parker
1941 : Ed Stewart, British DJ
1899 : Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)
1861 : Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal
1898 : Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)
1852 : Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)
1936 : Elias, [Etienne Michiels], Flemish painter
1920 : Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
1855 : Ernst L Wolzogen, German writer/founder (Cabaret šberbrettl)
1970 : Frank Temming, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1953 : Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1908 : Frederick Hawkins, dancer
1708 : Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
1981 : Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael
1964 : Gen, [Simon Matthews], English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones)
1697 : George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
1929 : George Steiner, professor (English)
1804 : Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)
1941 : Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
1902 : Halld¢r Laxness, Iceland, novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955)
1932 : Halston, [R Halston Frowick], fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame)
1908 : Herbert Telley, British actuary
1943 : Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island)
1917 : Jacob Kistemaker, nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge)
1966 : Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player (NAC)
1818 : James Anthony Froude, historian
1791 : James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)
1924 : James Colin Ross Welch, journalist
1923 : James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland)
1926 : James P Donleavy, Brooklyn, novelist (Ginger Man, Onion Eaters)
1932 : Jim Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running)
1974 : Joey Kent, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers)
1827 : Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer
1464 : Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
1818 : John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
1949 : John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon)
1900 : Joseph Green, film maker
1775 : Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)
1936 : Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter
1803 : Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
1484 : Julius C‘sar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
1938 : Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker
1897 : Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
1951 : Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch MP (VVD)
1905 : Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)
1812 : Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
1897 : Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)
1598 : Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
1924 : Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
1896 : Margaret Kennedy, novelist
1906 : Maria Arnoldo, [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer
1918 : Maurice Druon, [Kessel], French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt)
1882 : Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)
1858 : Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)
1958 : Max Planck, physicist (Quanta Physics)
1930 : Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop (Southwark)
1547 : Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quioxite)
1955 : Mike Smith, British DJ
1892 : Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer
1914 : Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at SF Zen Center
1952 : Narada, [Michael Walden], Mich, rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else)
1928 : Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet
1821 : Pierre Dupont, song writer
1892 : R Huelsenbeck, writer
1948 : Richard Day, engineer/development expert
1926 : Richard Laws, Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge)
1940 : Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
1933 : Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
1936 : Roy Orbison, Vernon Tx, rocker (Pretty Woman)
1938 : Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office
1974 : Sam Madison, cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1728 : Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)
1867 : Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)
1813 : Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)
1960 : Steve Clark, Hillsborough England, rock guitarist (Def Leppard)
1938 : Steven D Symms, (Sen-R-ID, 1981- )
1955 : Su Ingle, British TV hostess
1909 : Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant
1810 : Thomas Wright, historian
1952 : Tony Maselli, (fictional character on "Who's the Boss")
1960 : Valerie Bertinelli, Del, (1 Day at a Time, Sydney); Ms Eddie Van Halen
1937 : Victoria Glendinning, author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions)
1899 : Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada)
1791 : W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
1949 : Walter Sweeney, MP
1966 : Wayne Drinkwalter, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1939 : William Hagerty, editor (People)

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