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Birthdays of Personalities on August 23

1486 : Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat
1524 : Fran‡ois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)
1593 : Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
1740 : Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1751 : Louis-Fran‡ois Beffara, lexicographer
1754 : Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
1769 : Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La RŠgne Animal)
1773 : Jakob F Fries, German philosopher
1809 : Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
1818 : Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1829 : Moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1832 : Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1851 : A Jir sek, writer
1864 : Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)
1867 : Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)
1869 : Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]
1869 : James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
1881 : Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist
1885 : Henry Thomas Tizard, scientist
1889 : A Lichtenstein, writer
xxxx : Jimmy Ward, Ct, rocker (Steelheart-She's Gone)
xxxx : Michael Davis, SF Calif, comedian/juggler (The News is the News)
1901 : Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman
1901 : John Sherman Cooper, (Sen-Ky)
1903 : Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian/senator
1903 : William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola)
1908 : Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli)
1908 : Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP
1911 : Albert Alberts, writer/journalist (French battle)
1912 : Jara Ribnikar, writer
1912 : Lord Kissin, president (GPG)
1913 : Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show)
1913 : Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant
1919 : Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO (Rothmans International)
1920 : Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke)
1922 : Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid)
1922 : Jack Boddy, British trade union leader
1923 : Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70)
1924 : Denis Sargan, econometrician
1924 : Ephraim Kishon, writer
1924 : Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia
1927 : Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
1927 : Houari Boum‚dienne, president of Algeria (1965-78)
1927 : John Hoskyns, director-general (Institute of Directors)
1930 : Andy Ireland, (Rep-R-FL, 1977- )
1930 : John Fairclough, British scientific adviser
1930 : Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France
1931 : Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
1932 : Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
1933 : Manfred Donike, chemist drug test pioneer
1933 : Pete Wilson, (Sen-R-CA, 1983-88/Gov-R-Ca 1991- )
1935 : Brendan Jackson, British air marshal
1936 : Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters)
1939 : Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office
1939 : Ronald [Ronny] A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles
1942 : Patricia McBride, Teaneck, NJ, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1943 : Dale Campbell-Savours, MP (Lab)
1943 : Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security
1944 : Antonia Novello, 14th US Surgeon General (1990-92)
1947 : Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy)
1947 : Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1947 : Willy Russell, author/playwright (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita)
1948 : Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar)
1948 : Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman (NY Yankees)/1st designated hitter
1949 : Geoff Capes, shot putter
1949 : John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist
1949 : Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot (Flying Tigers)
1949 : Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch MP (CDA)
1949 : Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
1949 : Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky)
1951 : Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor)
1951 : Mark Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1951 : Queen Noor, of Jordan
1952 : Cathy St George, Norfolk Va, playmate (Aug, 1982)
1952 : Dalton Reed, singer
1953 : Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
1953 : Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German FR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
1956 : ? Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day
1956 : David A Wolf, Indianapolis Ind, MD/astronaut (STS 58, sk: 89/91)
1961 : Bobby Gubby, rocker
1962 : Glenn Healy, Pickering, NHL goalie (NY Rangers)
1967 : Markus Ketterer, Helsinki FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland)
1970 : LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper
1973 : James Roe, wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
1994 : Beatty, son of Warren Beatty & Annette Bening

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