October 23
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Art and culture
- 1957 - Catherine Robbe-Grillet marries Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Births
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director
- 1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
- 1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
- 1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director
- 1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
Deaths
- 1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)
- 1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)
- 1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
- 1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
Notes
- Daniel Wildenstein (September 11, 1917 - October 23, 2001) was a major international art dealer
- Restif de la Bretonne (October 23, 1734 – February 2, 1806), called Rétif de la Bretonne, was a French novelist.
- Christian Dior (January 21, 1905 – October 23, 1957), was an influential French fashion designer.
- Marcel Brion (November 21 1895 in Marseille - October 23 1984 in Paris) was an essayist, novelist and art critic.
- Edward Kienholz (October 23, 1927 – June 10, 1994) was an American installation artist
- Bert Haanstra (31 May 1916 – 23 October 1997) was a Dutch film and documentary director
- Alexander Afanasyev
- Adalbert Stifter
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