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Birthdays of Personalities on May 23

1598 : Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1617 : Elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 : Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1707 : Carolus Linn‘us, Sweden, biological classifier
1710 : Fran‡ois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 : William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729 : Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734 : Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 : Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1754 : Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1790 : Jules-S‚bastien-C‚sar Dumont d'Urville, explorer
1795 : Charles Barry, architect
1812 : Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 : Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1820 : James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1824 : Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 : Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 : Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1837 : James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1844 : 'Abdu'l-Bah , early Bah '¡ leader ('Azamat 7, 1)
1848 : Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)
1848 : Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
1849 : K roly earl Khuen-H‚derv ry, Premier of Hungary (1910-12)
1866 : Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist
1873 : Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
1886 : Hermann Neiáe, writer
1888 : Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
1890 : Virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer
1891 : P„r Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel 1951)
1898 : Joseph Hazen, lawyer
xxxx : Charles Pierce, SF, female impersonnator (Judy Garland)
xxxx : Charytin, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, TV entertainer (El Show de Charytin)
xxxx : Phil Allocco, rocker (Law & Order-Whiskey Song)
1903 : Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
1907 : Kenneth Allen, engineer
1907 : Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant
1908 : John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
1908 : Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)
1909 : Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat
1910 : Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
1910 : Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
1910 : Hugh Casson CH, architect
1911 : Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)
1912 : David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)
1912 : Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
1913 : Ian Graeme, major-general
1914 : Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
1914 : Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
1914 : Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
1915 : Clyde Wiegand, physicist
1916 : Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)
1918 : Bumps Blackwell, rocker
1919 : Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary
1921 : James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)
1921 : Montague Modlyn, broadcaster
1921 : Sanderson Temple, circuit judge
1922 : Dennis Compton, author/crickleter
1923 : Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
1924 : Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
1924 : Michael McCrum, master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
1928 : Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
1929 : Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
1930 : Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pa, painter
1932 : James Lester, MP
1932 : John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
1933 : Bruce A Peterson, US test pilot (M2, HL-10)
1933 : Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture & land & fishing (CDA)
1934 : Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
1934 : Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
1935 : Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
1935 : Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
1936 : Douglas John Gorman, businessman
1936 : Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1937 : John Mazza, horse trainer
1938 : John R Miller, (Rep-R-WA, 1985- )
1938 : Peter Preston, editor (Guardian)
1939 : Ron Stevens, horse trainer
1943 : Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat
1943 : Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
1944 : Giles Smith, TV journalist
1944 : Olga Maitland, MP
1944 : Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
1945 : Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire
1945 : Misty Morgan, country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard)
1946 : Tom Dorris, horse trainer
1949 : Alan Garc¡a P‚rez, pres of Peru (1985-90)
1952 : "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
1952 : James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1955 : John Stevens, MEP
1958 : Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
1960 : Theo Vogelaars, pop bassist (Tr”ckener Kecks/Paid Love)
1968 : Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson, Laguna Beach Ca, WPVA (Nationals-13th-1995)
1970 : Ricky Gutierrez, Miami FL, infielder (Houston Astros)
1971 : Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 : Marshall Boze, San Manual AZ, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1972 : Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 : Rene Ingoglia, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1974 : Duane Clemons, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1974 : Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You)
1974 : Kimber West, Atlanta GA, playmate (Feb 1997)
1975 : Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1976 : Kelly Marie Monaco, Phila PA, playmate (April, 1997)
1980 : Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)

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