Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1923

January 1
  • Birth of Chalmers Goodlin; US test pilot (XS-1). [1]
  • Birth of Milton Jackson in the USA; vibraphonist (Milt of Bags). [1] [5]
January 5
  • Birth of Robert L Bernstein in New York City, New York, USA; publisher (Random House). [1]
  • Birth of Sam Phillips in rural Alabama, USA; musician, Sun Records company founder (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins). [1] [457]
January 8
  • Birth of Iva Michiels [Rik Ceuppens]; Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa). [1]
  • Birth of Johnny Wardle; cricket player (Yorkshire and England left-arm bowler of 1950s). [1]
  • Birth of Larry Storch in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch). [1] [457]
January 13
  • Birth of Jack Watling in London, England; actor (Nanny, Adventure for Two, Naked Heart). [1]
January 15
  • Birth of Lee Teng-hui; president of Republic of China (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988-). [1]
January 16
  • Birth of Martin Stokken in Norway; nordic relay (Olympics-silver-1952). [1]
  • Birth of Roy Lanham; rocker (Sons of the Pioneers). [1]
  • Birth of Willem Aantjes; Dutch political leader (CDA). [1]
January 17
  • Birth of Onno Molenkamp; Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift). [1]
January 19
  • Birth of Jean Stapleton in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, Edith Bunker - All in the Family). [1] [457]
January 22
  • Birth of Diana Douglas in Devonshire, Bermuda; actress (The Cowboys, Paper Chase, Days of Our Lives). [1] [457]
January 23
  • Birth of Florence Halop in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Florence - Night Court, St. Elsewhere). [1]

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  • Birth of Horace Ashenfelter; American 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
  • Birth of Walter M[ichael] Miller Junior; American sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars). [1]
January 26
  • Birth of Anne Jeffreys in North Carolina, USA; actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Paddy Chayevsky [Sydney]; American dramatist (Marty, Hospital) (dies 1981). [1] [5]
January 31
  • Birth of Eddie Ryder in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Slick Jones - General Hospital). [1]
  • Birth of Joanne Dru in Logan, West Virginia, USA; actress (Guestward Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon). [1]
  • Birth of Norman Mailer in New Jersey, New York City, New York, USA; mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked and the Dead). [1]
February 2
  • Birth of Al "Red" Schoendienst; baseball manager/second baseman (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]
  • Birth of Bonita Granville in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger). [1]
  • Birth of James Dickey in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; author/poet/actor (Deliverance). [1]
  • Birth of Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; gossip columnist (New York Daily News, NBC-TV). [1]
February 4
  • Birth of Conrad Bain in Alberta, Canada; actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of George H H Lascelles; English earl of Harewood/leader (Covent Garden). [1]
  • Birth of Keefe Brasselle in Elyria, Ohio, USA; actor (Be Our Guest). [1]
February 9
  • Birth of Brendan Behan in Dublin, Ireland; author/poet (Hostage). [1]
  • Birth of Kathryn Grayson in North Carolina, USA; vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate). [1]
  • Birth of Norman E Shumway in Michigan, USA; pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon. [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Cesare Siepi in Milan, Italy; basso (New York Metropolitan Opera). [1]
February 12
  • Birth of Franco Zeffirelli in Florence, Italy; movie director (Romeo and Juliet). [1]
  • Birth of James Abdnor; American politician (Senator-Republican-South Dakota, 1981-87). [1]
February 13
  • Birth of Chuck Yeager; American test pilot (first man to break sound barrier). [1] [5]
February 14
  • Birth of Derrick Holden-Brown; CEO (Allied-Lyons). [1]
  • Birth of Jay Herbert; golfer (1960 PGA winner). [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Keene Curtis in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (The Magician, Amanda's). [1]
  • Birth of Yelena Bonner in Moscow, Russia; soviet dissident/wife of Andre Sakharov. [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Alden Winship Clausen in Hamilton, Illinois, USA; banker (President of World Bank). [1]
February 18
  • Birth of Allan Melvin in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (The Brady Bunch, Barney - All in Family). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Forbes Burnham; premier of Guyana (1964-85). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Lucille Bremer; dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies). [1]
  • Birth of Zvi Zeitlin in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; violinist/professor (Eastman School). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Roger Parker; British Lord Justice of Appeal. [1]
February 27
  • Birth of Dexter Gordon; US tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Charles Durning in Highland Falls, New York, USA; actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Fury, The Sting, Tootsie). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Bonita Granville; actress/producer (Perry Mason). [1]
  • Birth of Duncan White in Ceylon; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1948). [1]
March 2
  • Birth of Don Taylor; cricket player (New Zealand 3 Tests, Auckland stands with Sutcliffe in Wisden). [1]
  • Birth of Robert H Michel; American politician (Representative-Republican-Illinois, 1957-). [1]
March 4
  • Birth of Patrick Moore in England; astronomer/writer (A-Z of Astronomy). [1]
  • Birth of Piero J d'Inzeo in France; equestrian show jumper (Olympics-gold-1952, 1964). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Ed McMahon in Detroit, Michigan, USA; TV host (The Tonight Show, Star Search). [1]
  • Birth of Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg; college president (Wolfson at Oxford). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Booth Colman in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Zaius - Planet of the Apes, Civil Wars, Daniel Boone). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz; premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77). [1]
  • Birth of Sembene Ousmane; Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir). [1]
March 9
  • Birth of André Courréges in France; fashion designer (introduced the miniskirt). [1]
  • Birth of James Buckley; American politician (Senator-Republican-New York). [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Ara Parseghian; football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame). [1]
  • Birth of [Kenneth C] "Jethro" Burns in Conasauga, Tennessee, USA; mandolinist/country singer (Homer and Jethro). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Althea Louise Brough Clapp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; tennis player (four-time Wimbledon champion). [1]
  • Birth of Ad[rianus C] de Besten; Dutch literary (River Basin). [1]
  • Birth of Terence Alexander in London, England; actor (Tony - Behind the Scenes). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Hjalmar Andersen in Norway; speed skater-1500/5000m/10,000m (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
  • Birth of Walter M Schirra Junior in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7). [1]
March 15
  • Birth of Laurence A Tisch in New York City, New York, USA; CEO (Loews Corp). [1]
March 16
  • Birth of George Bean; cricket player (92 runs in 3 Tests for England versus Australia). [1]
March 17
  • Birth of Margaret Bondfield; chairman (Trades Union Congress). [1]
March 19
  • Birth of Tige Andrews in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Captain Adam Greer - Mod Squad). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Marc Saporta; French writer/essayist (Le Grand Défi). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Mort Lindsey in Newark, New Jersey, USA; orchestra leader (The Merv Griffin Show, Judy Garland Show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Philip Abbott in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; actor (Arthur Ward - The FBI). [1] [457]
March 22
  • Birth of Cor N van Dis Junior; Dutch Member of Parliament (SGP, 1971-94). [1]
  • Birth of Marcel Marceau in Strasbourg, France; mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Arnie Weinmeister; AAFC, NFL defensive tackle (New York Yankees, New York Giants). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Murray Hamilton in Washington, North Carolina, USA; actor (Rich Man Poor Man). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Lee Hale in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Entertainers). [1]
  • Birth of Gene Shalit; movie critic (Today show). [457]
March 26
  • Birth of Bob Elliot in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; comedian (Bob and Ray, Get a Life). [1]
  • Birth of Clifton Williams in Traskwood, Arkansas, USA; band master (Sinfonians). [1]
  • Birth of Elizabeth Jane Howard; British novelist (After Julius). [1]
  • Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette-Rosine Bernard], actress (Queen Elizabeth), dies at age 77. [1]
March 27
  • Birth of Louis Simpson; Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death). [1]
  • Birth of Victor Hochhauser; British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra). [1]
March 31
  • Birth of Donald Argee Barksdale in Berkley, California, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
  • Birth of Lawrie Miller in New Zealand; cricket player (opening bat in 13 Tests). [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Bobby Jordan in Harrison, New York, USA; actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Jacob "Jaap" Firet; Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Jan Sterling in New York City, New York, USA; actress (First Monday in October, High School Confidential). [1]
  • Birth of John Smith; English large landowner/financier/Member of Parliament (Conservative). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Manon H E Alving; Dutch actress (Short American). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Michael V Gazzo in Hillside, New Jersey, USA; actor (Cookie, Fear City). [1]
  • Birth of Nguyen Van Thieu; president of South Vietnam (1965-75). [1]
  • Birth of Stanley Orme; chairman (British Labour Party). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Edward Mulhare in Cork, Ireland; actor (Daniel Gregg - Ghost and Mrs Muir). [1]
  • Birth of Franco Corelli in Ancona, Italy; tenor (Don José - Carmen). [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Floyd M Simmons; actor/decathlete (Olympics-bronze-1948, 1952). [1]
  • Birth of John Watkins; cricket player (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Ann Miller [Lucille Ann Collier] in Houston, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (On the Town). [1]
  • Birth of Maria Callas; opera singer (Carmen). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Douglas Wass; CEO (Equity and Law Life Assurance Company). [1]
April 17
  • Birth of Harry Reasoner in Dakota City, Iowa, USA; newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS). [1]
  • Birth of Lindsay Anderson in Bangalore, India; director (Thursday's Children). [1]
  • Birth of Lloyd Biggle Junior; US sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly). [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Baroness Platt of Writtle; British CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission). [1]
  • Birth of Leif Panduro; Danish writer (Kick me in the Traditions). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Hugh O'Brian; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp). [457]
April 20
  • Birth of Tito Puente in Puerto Rico; bandleader (Dance Mania). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Andrea Domburg; Dutch actress (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Aaron Spelling in Dallas, Texas, USA; TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, The Mod Squad) (dies 2006). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Hugh Lloyd; actor (Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising). [1]
  • Birth of Paula Fox; US children's books author (Poor George). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Bowring; CEO (C T Bowring). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Avram Davidson; American sci-fi writer (Joyleg, Phoenix and the Mirror, Peregrine Primus, Rork!). [1]
  • Birth of James Kirkup; travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland). [1]
  • Birth of Nathan "Dambuzza" Mdledle; singer (played a major role in the evolution of South African music). [1]
April 25
  • Birth of Aafje J R Bouber [Blom]; actress (Traveller Without Baggage). [1]
  • Birth of Albert King in Indianola, Mississippi, USA; blues singer/guitarist ("Bad Look Blues"). [1]
  • Birth of Anita Bjorak; actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People). [1]
  • Birth of Melissa Hayden in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Oliver Millar; surveyor (Queen's Pictures). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Adele Mara in Dearborn, Michigan, USA; actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Irvin Kershner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Never Say Never Again). [1]
  • Birth of Maxine Audley in London, England; actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards). [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Al Lewis; actor (Grandpa - The Munsters). [1]
  • Birth of Alan Wharton; cricket player (England batsman once versus New Zealand 1949, scored 7 and 13). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Joseph Heller in Brooklyn, New York, USA; novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award). [1] [5]
May 3
  • Birth of Ralph M Hall; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1981-). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Godfrey Quigley; actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of Elizabeth Sellars in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (Chalk Garden). [1]
May 7
  • Birth of Anne Baxter in Michigan City, Indiana, USA; actress (All About Eve movie, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks - Batman TV show, Myra - Marcus Welby TV show, Victoria - Hotel TV show, Love Boat TV show, Name of the Game TV show). [457]
  • Birth of Pete V Domenici; American politician (Senator-Republican-New Mexico, 1973-). [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Joan Moriarty; Brigadier matron-in-chief/director (Army Nursing Services). [1]
  • Birth of Lord Vincent Gordon "Gordy" Lindsay White; English industrialist/multi-millionaire. [1]
May 12
  • Birth of Giovanni Testori; Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli). [1]
  • Birth of Lord Laing; English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire. [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Diane Arbus [Nemerov] in New York City, New York, USA; photographer (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Nudists). [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Richard Avedon; US photographer (1957 ASMP award). [1]
May 17
  • Birth of Miles Wingate; deputy master (Trinity House). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Mennin[i] in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Moby Dick). [1]
May 18
  • Birth of Liam Sullivan in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA; actor (Mapoy - Monroes). [1]
May 20
  • Birth of Edith Fellows in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets). [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Alicia de Larrocha in Copenhagen, Denmark; pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica). [1]
  • Birth of Nirode Chowdhury; Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52). [1]
May 24
  • Birth of Siobhan McKenna in Ireland; stage actress (Saint Joan). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of John Weitz; spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places). [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Horst Tapper; German director/actor (Derrick). [1]
  • Birth of James Arness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Matt Dillon - Gunsmoke, The Thing). [1]
  • Birth of Oren Lee Staley; first president of National Farmers Organization (1955-79). [1]
  • Birth of Roy Dotrice in Guernsey, Channel Islands; actor (The Wizard). [1]
May 27
  • Birth of Henry Kissinger; US Secretary of State (1973-77), Nobel Peace Prize (1973). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Lord Freyberg; British Colonel of General Staff. [1]
May 28
  • Birth of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in India; film star (Patala Bhairavi). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Earl of Morley; Lord Lieutenant (Devon). [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Jimmy Lydon in Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA; actor (Richard - Love That Jill, The First Hundred Years, The Gale Storm Show). [1] [457]
May 31
  • Birth of Clint Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-). [1]
June 5
  • Birth of Daniel Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; composer ("Signs of Zodiac"). [1]
June 10
  • Birth of Earl Hamner Junior in Schuyler, Virginia, USA; TV narrator (The Waltons). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch] in Czechoslovakia; billionaire/CEO (New York Daily News). [1]
June 17
  • Birth of Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch; AAFC, NFL halfback, end (Los Angeles Rams). [1]
June 21
  • Birth of John Compton in Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA; actor (Shannon - The D.A.'s Man). [1]
June 24
  • Birth of Jack Carter in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon, Stage Show, Ed Sullivan Show). [1] [457]
June 27
  • Birth of Paul F Conrad in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 1971, 1984). [1]
June 29
  • Birth of Chou Wen-Chung Cheefoo in China; composer (Mode of Shang). [1]

End of 1923 January-June. Next: 1923 July.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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