October 23
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Art and culture
Births
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 1844 - Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
- 1865 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
- 1869 - John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
- 1870 - Bishop Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)
- 1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
- 1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)
- 1880 - Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
- 1885 - Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
- 1888 - Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
- 1893 - Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1894 - Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
- 1896 - André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
- 1900 - Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- 1904 - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
- 1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
- 1908 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
- 1909 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)
- 1918 - James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1919 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Coleen Gray, American actress
- 1923 - Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet
- 1923 - Ned Rorem, American composer
- 1923 - Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
- 1925 - Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994)
- 1927 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher
- 1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
- 1931 - Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)
- 1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Puerto Rican golfer
- 1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director
- 1939 - Ellie Greenwich, American singer
- 1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
- 1941 - Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician
- 1942 - Michael Crichton, American writer
- 1942 - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Mike Harding, English singer and comedian
- 1945 - Kim Larsen, Danish singer
- 1946 - Graça Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela
- 1946 - Mel Martinez, American politician
- 1948 - Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur
- 1949 - Nick Tosches, American writer
- 1949 - Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician, Former member of Motörhead
- 1951 - Charly Garcia, Argentine singer
- 1951 - Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo
- 1952 - Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist
- 1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
- 1956 - Dwight Yoakam, American singer
- 1958 - Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor
- 1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director
- 1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
- 1960 - Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist
- 1961 - Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer
- 1961 - Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers
- 1962 - Doug Flutie, American football player
- 1964 - Robert Trujillo, American bassist
- 1965 - Al Leiter, American baseball player
- 1965 - Augusten Burroughs, American writer
- 1966 - Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver
- 1967 - Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
- 1969 - Trudi Canavan, Australian writer
- 1970 - Jasmin St. Claire, West Indian actress
- 1971 - Christopher Horner, American cyclist
- 1974 - Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
- 1975 - Odalys Garcia, Cuban actress
- 1975 - Jessicka, American artist
- 1975 - Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
- 1976 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1976 - Cat Deeley, English model and television personality
- 1978 - Steve Harmison, English cricketer
- 1978 - Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Jorge Solis, Mexican professional boxer
- 1979 - Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
- 1980 - Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 - Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
- 1982 - Mirel Radoi, Romanian footballer
- 1982 - Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
- 1983 - Josh Strickland, American entertainer
- 1983 - Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
- 1984 - Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
- 1985 - James Kotecki, American political blogger
- 1986 - Jake Robinson, English footballer
- 1987 - Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)
- 1988 - Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player
- 1990 - Stevie Brock, American singer
- 1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan
Deaths
- 42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC)
- 930 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)
- 1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
- 1550 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
- 1581 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
- 1616 - Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)
- 1688 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610)
- 1730 - Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
- 1764 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)
- 1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
- 1869 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
- 1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)
- 1885 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829)
- 1910 - Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
- 1915 - W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848)
- 1921 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b. 1840)
- 1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)
- 1942 - Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901)
- 1944 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- 1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
- 1959 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
- 1978 - Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)
- 1983 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 1984 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892)
- 1984 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)
- 1986 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)
- 1989 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
- 1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Bob Grim, baseball player (b. 1930)
- 1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
- 1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
- 2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British artist (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)
- 2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
- 2003 - Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)
- 2004 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)
- 2005 - Willaim Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
- 2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
- 2006 - Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)
Notes
- Daniel Wildenstein
- Restif de la Bretonne
- Théophile Gautier
- Catherine Robbe-Grillet
- Al Jolson
- Christian Dior
- Marcel Brion
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Philip Kaufman
- Edward Kienholz
- Zane Grey
- Bert Haanstra
- Alexander Afanasyev
- Adalbert Stifter
Philip Kaufman (1936 - )
Ang Lee (1954 - ) Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese film director. Lee won the 2006 Best Director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain (2005).
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