Famous Births on 23 Feb

Famous Births on 23 Feb1417 - Pope Paul II (d. 1471)1583 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)1633 - Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703)1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)1648 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)1680 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)1685 - Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque comr (d. 1759)1723 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)1729 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809)1743 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)1809 - William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (d. 1868)1842 - Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)1850 - César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)1868 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963)1873 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)1874 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (d. 1956)1878 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935)1883 - Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)1889 - Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)1889 - Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)1891 - Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)1899 - Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)1899 - Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981)1901 - Edgar Ende, German painter (d. 1965)1904 - Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)1904 - William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993)1904 - Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)1908 - William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)1914 - Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)1915 - Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)1915 - Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979)1918 - Richard G. Butler, American fascist (d. 2004)1920 - Paul Gérin-Lajoie, French Canadian politician1923 - Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician1924 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)1924 - Claude Sautet, French film director (d. 2000)1927 - Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (d. 2007)1928 - Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (d. 1990)1928 - Hans Herrmann, German race car driver1929 - Elston Howard, American Baseball Player1931 - Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (d. 2004)1932 - Majel Barrett, American actress1937 - Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician1938 - Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)1940 - Peter Fonda, American actor1941 - Ron Hunt, baseball player1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach1944 - Bernard Cornwell, English historical novelist1944 - John Sandford, American novelist1944 - Johnny Winter, American musician1945 - Allan Boesak, South African activist1946 - Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco)1947 - Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician1947 - John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)1948 - Doug Moench, American comic book writer1949 - Marc Garneau, French Canadian astronaut1950 - Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality1951 - Ed Jones, American football player1951 - Patricia Richardson, American actress1952 - Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith)1953 - Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine1955 - Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer1955 - Howard Jones, British pop singer1958 - Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist1958 - David Sylvian, English musician (Japan, Nine Horses)1959 - Richard Dodds, British field hockey player1960 - Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan1960 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician1961 - Kelly Hansen, American drummer (Summer Lights)1962 - Michael Wilton, American musician (Queensrÿche)1963 - Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player1963 - Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician1964 - John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe)1965 - Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress1965 - Helena Suková, former Czech tennis player1965 - Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer1965 - Kristin Davis, American actress1967 - Tamsin Greig, English actress1968 - Justin Bell, British racing driver1969 - Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist1969 - Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer1970 - Niecy Nash, American actress1970 - Marie-Josée Croze, French Canadian actress1971 - Jeong Chan, South Korean actor1971 - Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer1971 - Melinda Messenger, English television presenter1971 - Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player1972 - Rondell White, American baseball player1972 - Steve Holy, American country singer1973 - Jack Case, American artist1973 - Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)1974 - Leko, American DJ1974 - Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician1974 - Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer1975 - Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress1975 - Robert Lopez, American comr1975 - Michael Cornacchia, American actor1976 - Kelly Macdonald, British actress1976 - Scott Elarton, American baseball player1977 - Kristina Šmigun, Estonian cross-country skier1978 - René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13)1978 - Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)1979 - D-Roc, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)1980 - Karan Singh Grover, an Indian television actor1981 - Gareth Barry, English footballer1981 - Charles Tillman, American football player1982 - Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor1982 - Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor1983 - Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian1983 - Emily Blunt, British actress1983 - Mido, Egyptian footballer1983 - Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player1986 - Holly Brook, American musician1986 - Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN)1986 - Jerod Mayo, American Football player1989 - Evan Bates, American ice dancer1994 - Dakota Fanning, American actress

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