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Birthdays of Personalities on March 23

1638 : Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist
1699 : John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
1736 : Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
1749 : Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
1761 : John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1769 : William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils)
1801 : Peterus D Regout, Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
1808 : Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook)
1818 : Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
1823 : Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73)
1825 : Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898
1847 : Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian
1854 : Alfred Milner, Giessen Germany, British governor (Cape colony)
1858 : Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1860 : Horatio W Bottomley, British? journalist/swindler
1863 : Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh
1876 : Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
1881 : Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
1881 : Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937)
1882 : C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
1883 : Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria
1887 : Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
1887 : Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch
1887 : Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window)
1887 : Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation)
1898 : Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
xxxx : Sarah Buxton, LA Calif, (Annie Douglas-Sunset Beach)
1900 : Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)
1901 : Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands)
1905 : Paul Grimault, animator
1905 : Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor (London)
1907 : Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)
1907 : Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician
1908 : Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate
1911 : Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player
1911 : Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison (James Bond films)
1911 : Denis Wright, diplomat
1911 : Edward Warner, diplomat
1912 : Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars)
1915 : Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar
1917 : H C Allen, American historian
1917 : Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show)
1919 : Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal
1920 : Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
1921 : Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)
1921 : Ian Todd, pres (Royal College of Surgeons)
1924 : Peter Godfrey, chartered accountant
1925 : Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
1925 : David McNee, commissioner (Metropolitan Police)
1928 : 11th duke of Beaufort, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1928 : Alfred Morris, British MP
1929 : Albert H Crews, astronaut
1929 : Michael Manser, architect
1929 : Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954)
1931 : Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- )
1933 : Geoffrey Leigh, CEO (Allied London Properties)
1933 : Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman)
1934 : Bryan Bass, headmaster (City of London School)
1935 : Desmond Pitcher, CEO (Merseyside Development Corporation)
1937 : Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (613 MPH-Spirit of America)
1938 : Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
1938 : Kenneth J Gregory, warden (Goldsmiths' College)
1942 : Jimmy Miller, US pop drummer (Rolling Stones, Mot”rhead)
1943 : Peter Graves, supt minister (Westminster Central Hall)
1948 : Michael Gleeson, otolaryngologist
1948 : R J Bennett, FBA/geographer
1949 : Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)
1949 : Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love)
1950 : P R Scott, Headmaster (Bancroft's School, Woodford Green)
1953 : Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP
1956 : Andrew Mitchell, British MP
1956 : Laura Thorne, chef (named one of 10 best American chefs)
1960 : Oscar Michael Moore, journalist
1968 : Curtis Mayfield, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1968 : David Maeva, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1968 : Mark Maddox, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1970 : Turhon O'Bannon, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 : Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1973 : Rob Lazeo, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1974 : Scott Galyon, linebacker (NY Giants)
1990 : Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson

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