History Births on June 23

Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker

#Patrick_Bokanowski

Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer

#Takeshi_Matsuda

Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990)

#Len_Hutton

Adam Faith, English singer (d. 2003)

#Adam_Faith

Frances McDormand, American actress, winner of the Triple Crown of Acting

#Frances_McDormand

Bill King, English commander and author (d. 2012)

#Bill_King_(Royal_Navy_officer)

Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)

#Bob_Fosse

Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor

#Al_G._Wright

Giambattista Vico, Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1744)

#Giambattista_Vico

Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman (d. 2018)

#Bill_Torrey

Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager

#Zinedine_Zidane

Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1998)

#Hal_Laycoe

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (d. 1801)

#Déodat_Gratet_de_Dolomieu

Marcel Reece, American football player

#Marcel_Reece

Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robert_Hunter_(lyricist)

Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002)

#Irene_Worth

David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)

#David_Lewis_(politician)

Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Italian nobleman (d. 1496)

#Charles_II,_Duke_of_Savoy

Joel Edgerton, Australian actor

#Joel_Edgerton

Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast

#Chellsie_Memmel

Mike James, American basketball player

#Mike_James_(basketball,_born_1975)

Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager

#Patrick_Vieira

Alexandra Trusova, Russian figure skater

#Alexandra_Trusova

Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout

#Savvas_Poursaitidis

Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (d. 1992)

#Mohamed_Boudiaf

Ola Ullsten, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 2018)

#Ola_Ullsten

José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer

#José_Rojas_(footballer,_born_1983)

Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (d. 1929)

#Albert_Giraud

Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1997)

#Jack_Pickersgill

LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager

#LaSalle_Thompson

Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (d. 1979)

#Amédée_Gordini

Nampalys Mendy, French footballer

#Nampalys_Mendy

Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician

#Raj_Babbar

Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player

#Paola_Suárez

Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1924)

#Sándor_Bródy_(writer)

Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman

#Martin_Klebba

Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist (d. 1947)

#Huda_Sha'arawi

Verena Holmes, English engineer (d. 1964)

#Verena_Holmes

Paul Arthurs, English guitarist

#Paul_Arthurs

Mario Ghella, Italian racing cyclist

#Mario_Ghella

Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer

#Peter_O'Malley_(golfer)

Tara Morice, Australian actress and singer

#Tara_Morice

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (d. 1786)

#Giovanni_Battista_Guadagnini

Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player

#Mark_Hendrickson

Selma Blair, American actress

#Selma_Blair

Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (d. 1486)

#Margaret_of_Denmark,_Queen_of_Scotland

Miriam Karlin, English actress (d. 2011)

#Miriam_Karlin

Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator

#Becky_Cloonan

Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (d. 1641)

#Johan_Banér

June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2003)

#June_Carter_Cash

Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (d. 1966)

#Anna_Akhmatova

Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer

#Emmanuelle_Vaugier

Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager

#Michèle_Mouton

Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (d. 1846)

#Karol_Marcinkowski

Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1979)

#Cyclone_Taylor

Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jordan_Nolan

John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (d. 2005)

#John_Garang

Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager

#Wade_Barrett_(soccer)

Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)

#Tribhuvan_of_Nepal

Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Joss_Whedon

Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017)

#Lawson_Soulsby,_Baron_Soulsby_of_Swaffham_Prior

Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter

#Diana_Trask

Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1910)

#Carl_Reinecke

Virbhadra Singh, Indian politician

#Virbhadra_Singh

Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)

#Edward_VIII

Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager

#Jean_Tigana

John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change

#John_Hayes_(British_politician)

Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)

#Wilma_Rudolph

Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (d. 1938)

#Quintin_McMillan

Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1987)

#Donn_F._Eisele

Brandon Stokley, American football player

#Brandon_Stokley

Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (d. 1929)

#Norman_Pritchard

William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (d. 2001)

#William_P._Rogers

Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (d. 1972)

#Harold_Barrowclough

Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami

#Maurice_Ferré

Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)

#Oda_Nobunaga

Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper

#Jaan_Jüris

Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jason_Mraz

Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter

#Chet_Faker

Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (d. 1789)

#Fletcher_Norton,_1st_Baron_Grantley

Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge, United States Supreme Court Justice

#Clarence_Thomas

Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player

#Brooks_Laich

Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece

#Costas_Simitis

Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer

#Colin_Montgomerie

Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)

#Alan_Turing

Shah Shuja, Mughal prince (d. 1661)

#Shah_Shuja_(Mughal_prince)

Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

#Georges_Rouquier

James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

#James_Meade

Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster

#Gordon_Bray

Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)

#Derek_Boogaard

Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer

#Donald_Harrison

Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate

#Martti_Ahtisaari

Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator

#Daniel_J._Drucker

David Howell, English golfer

#David_Howell_(golfer)

John Milton Bernhisel, American physician and politician (d. 1881)

#John_Milton_Bernhisel

Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player

#Vasek_Pospisil

Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)

#Gordon_B._Hinckley

Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer

#Randy_Jackson

Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)

#Francis_II,_Duke_of_Brittany

Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper

#Levern_Spencer

Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster

#Matt_Light

Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (d. 2010)

#Morris_R._Jeppson

Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (d. 1927)

#Paul_Heinrich_von_Groth

Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician (d. 1935)

#Bronson_M._Cutting

Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer

#Bryan_Brown

Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)

#Alfred_Kinsey

LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player

#LaDainian_Tomlinson

KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician

#KT_Tunstall

Art Modell, American businessman (d. 2012)

#Art_Modell

Keith Sutton, English bishop (d. 2017)

#Keith_Sutton_(bishop)

Anna Chennault, Chinese widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (d. 2018)

#Anna_Chennault

Richard Arnold, English lawyer and judge

#Richard_Arnold_(judge)

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor

#Arnaldo_Pomodoro

Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer

#Miguel_Ángel_Angulo

Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager

#Hayden_Foxe

Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter

#Antony_Costa

Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer

#Laura_Ràfols

Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2008)

#Dercy_Gonçalves

Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chuck_Billy_(vocalist)

Ahmet Hamdi Tanp?nar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (d. 1962)

#Ahmet_Hamdi_Tanp?nar

Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, former First Lady of Ivory Coast

#Marie-Thérèse_Houphouët-Boigny

Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast

#Luiza_Galiulina

Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster

#Shaun_O'Hara

Doris Johnson, American politician

#Doris_Johnson

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, American government and non-profit executive

#Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell

Melissa Rauch, American actress

#Melissa_Rauch

Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

#Duffy_(singer)

Paul Findley, American politician (d. 2019)

#Paul_Findley

James Levine, American pianist and conductor

#James_Levine

Ted Shackelford, American actor

#Ted_Shackelford

John Fell, English churchman and influential academic (d. 1686)

#John_Fell_(bishop)

Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Glenn_Danzig

Caesarion, Egyptian king (d. 30 BC)

#Caesarion

Tim Anderson, American baseball player

#Tim_Anderson_(baseball)

Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author

#Kjell_Albin_Abrahamson

Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Memphis_Bleek

Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Katie_Armiger

Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player

#Francesca_Schiavone

Marvin Grumann, German footballer

Clevid Dikamona, French footballer

Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer

Christy Altomare, American actress and singer songwriter

Rolf Wacha, German rugby player

Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer

Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician

Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer

Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach

Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer

Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer

Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter

Robert Brooks, American football player

Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist

Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast

Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician

Zoran Janjetov, Serbian singer and illustrator

Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer

Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster

Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician

Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and current President of Armenia

Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy

Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician

Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach

Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic

Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist

Keith Newton, English footballer (d. 1998)

Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter

Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician (d. 1962)

Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015)

Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (d. 2009)

Scott Burton, American sculptor (d. 1989)

Niki Sullivan, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)

Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician

Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist

Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager

Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge

Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (d. 1981)

Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic

Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician

John Elliott, English historian and academic

Michael Shaara, American author and academic (d. 1988)

Klaus von Dohnányi, German politician

Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010)

John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop

Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer

Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust

Frank Bolle, American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator

Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (d. 1945)

Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (d. 2016)

Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)

Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2001)

James Cumes, Australian author, economist, public servant and diplomat

Saleh Ajeery, Kuwaiti astronomer

Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (d. 2016)

Lawson Little, American golfer (d. 1968)

Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (d. 2000)

Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (d. 1987)

Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1992)

Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race (d. 1981)

Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I (d. 1814)

Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1745)

Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (d. 1459)