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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dannie Abse
Novelist
22-Sep-1923   Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve
Terence Alexander
Actor
11-Mar-1923   Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac
Lindsay Anderson
Film Director
17-Apr-1923 30-Aug-1994 If...
Philip W. Anderson
Physicist
13-Dec-1923   Solid state physics
Mother Angelica
Religion
20-Apr-1923   Roman Catholic evangelical nun
Barbara Cox Anthony
Business
1923 28-May-2007 Cox Enterprises billionaire
Diane Arbus
Photographer
14-Mar-1923 26-Jul-1971 Influential photographer
James Arness
Actor
26-May-1923   Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke
Alexandre Astruc
Film Director
13-Jul-1923   Les mauvaises rencontres
Victor G. Atiyeh
Politician
20-Feb-1923   Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
Richard Attenborough
Film Director
29-Aug-1923   Gandhi
Richard Avedon
Photographer
13-May-1923 1-Oct-2004 Photographer of the human predicament
Gaetano Badalamenti
Criminal
1923 29-Apr-2004 Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses
Conrad Bain
Actor
4-Feb-1923   Phillip Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes
Bob Barker
Game Show Host
12-Dec-1923   The Price Is Right
Warren Barker
Composer
16-Apr-1923 3-Aug-2006 Composer for 77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Baxley
Actor
1-Jan-1923 7-Jun-1990 Period of Adjustment
Anne Baxter
Actor
7-May-1923 12-Dec-1985 The Razor's Edge
Brendan Behan
Playwright
9-Feb-1923 20-Mar-1964 The Hostage
Glen Bell
Business
1923   Taco Bell founder
Helen Delich Bentley
Politician
28-Nov-1923   Congresswoman from Maryland, 1985-95
Herschel Bernardi
Actor
20-Oct-1923 9-May-1986 Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant
Michael A. Bilandic
Politician
13-Feb-1923 16-Jan-2002 Mayor of Chicago, 1976-79
Anita Björk
Actor
25-Apr-1923   Miss Julie
Betsy Blair
Actor
11-Dec-1923   Marty
Yelena Bonner
Activist
15-Feb-1923   Activist-wife of Andrei Sakharov
Walerian Borowczyk
Film Director
2-Sep-1923 3-Feb-2006 The Beast
Keefe Brasselle
Actor
7-Feb-1923 7-Jul-1981 A Place in the Sun
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Dolph Briscoe
Politician
23-Apr-1923   Governor of Texas, 1973-79
Pamela Britton
Actor
19-Mar-1923 17-Jun-1974 Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian
Christine Brooke-Rose
Novelist
16-Jan-1923   Out
Charles F. Brush III
Archaeologist
3-Apr-1923 1-Jun-2006 Explorers Club president 1978-81
Larry Buchanan
Film Director
31-Jan-1923 2-Dec-2004 Mars Needs Women
James L. Buckley
Politician
9-Mar-1923   US Senator from New York, 1971-77
Jack Burke, Jr.
Golf
29-Jan-1923   Winner, 1956 Masters and PGA Championship
Maria Callas
Singer
4-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Diva soprano of the 1950s
Italo Calvino
Author
15-Oct-1923 18-Sep-1985 Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore
Arvid Carlsson
Scientist
25-Jan-1923   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Helena Carter
Actor
24-Aug-1923 11-Jan-2000 Invaders from Mars
Jack Carter
Comic
24-Jun-1923   Stand-up comic, actor
Carolyn Cassady
Author
28-Apr-1923   Wife of Neal Cassady
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright
29-Jan-1923 1-Aug-1981 Network
Linda Christian
Actor
13-Nov-1923   Ex-Wife of Tyrone Power
Ivor Cutler
Poet
15-Jan-1923 3-Mar-2006 Glasgow Dreamer
Leora Dana
Actor
1-Apr-1923 13-Dec-1983 Some Came Running
Linda Darnell
Actor
16-Oct-1923 10-Apr-1965 Star Dust
Sam Dash
Government
c. 1923 29-May-2004 Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee
Roberto De Vicenzo
Golf
14-Apr-1923   Winner, 1967 British Open
James Dickey
Poet
2-Feb-1923 19-Jan-1997 Deliverance
Gordon R. Dickson
Novelist
1-Nov-1923 31-Jan-2001 Dorsai
Harrison Dillard
Track and Field
8-Jul-1923   Olympic hurdler
Larry Doby
Baseball
13-Dec-1923 18-Jun-2003 First African-American in AL
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Doris Dowling
Actor
15-May-1923 18-Jun-2004 The Lost Weekend
Betsy Drake
Actor
11-Sep-1923   Every Girl Should Be Married
Alan Dugan
Poet
12-Feb-1923 3-Sep-2003 Poems
Andrew Duggan
Actor
28-Dec-1923 15-May-1988 Bourbon Street Beat
Robin Chandler Duke
Activist
13-Oct-1923   Former president of NARAL
Charles Durning
Actor
28-Feb-1923   The Muppet Movie
Freeman Dyson
Physicist
15-Dec-1923   Theoretical physicist at Princeton
Donald Easum
Diplomat
1923   US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77
Bob Elliott
Comic
26-Mar-1923   Half of Bob & Ray
Ahmet Ertegün
Business
21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder
King Fahd
Royalty
1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Fyvush Finkel
Actor
9-Oct-1923   Picket Fences
Val Fitch
Physicist
10-Mar-1923   Time not necessarily reversible
Rhonda Fleming
Actor
10-Aug-1923   Spellbound
Antony Flew
Philosopher
11-Feb-1923   British Libertarian philosopher
Peter Fowler
Physicist
27-Feb-1923 8-Nov-1996 Cosmic radiation
Mad Frankie Fraser
Criminal
13-Dec-1923   Notorious British bank robber
Clarence Gaines
Basketball
21-May-1923 18-Apr-2005 Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93
D. Carleton Gajdusek
Scientist
9-Sep-1923   Kuru (slow virus infections)
Peter Gay
Historian
20-Jun-1923   The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
Estelle Getty
Actor
25-Jul-1923 22-Jul-2008 The Golden Girls
Philip Geyelin
Journalist
27-Feb-1923 9-Jan-2004 Former editor of the Washington Post
Nathan Glazer
Pundit
25-Feb-1923   Co-Editor, The Public Interest
Nadine Gordimer
Author
20-Nov-1923   South African novelist
Dexter Gordon
Jazz Musician
27-Feb-1923 25-Apr-1990 Influential bop saxophonist
Harold Gould
Actor
10-Dec-1923   Martin Morganstern on Rhoda
Gloria Grahame
Actor
28-Nov-1923 5-Oct-1981 The Bad and the Beautiful
Bonita Granville
Actor
2-Feb-1923 11-Oct-1988 These Three
Richard Gregory
Psychologist
24-Jul-1923   Optical illusions and "hands-on" science
Gilbert Gude
Politician
9-Mar-1923 7-Jun-2007 Congressman from Maryland, 1967-77
Jean Hagen
Actor
3-Aug-1923 29-Aug-1977 Singin' in the Rain
Ralph Hall
Politician
3-May-1923   Congressman, Texas 4th
Murray Hamilton
Actor
24-Mar-1923 1-Sep-1986 Jaws
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Film/TV Producer
10-Jul-1923   The Waltons
Alex Hannum
Basketball
19-Jul-1923 18-Jan-2002 NBA Hall of Famer
Joseph Hansen
Author
19-Jul-1923 24-Nov-2004 Dave Brandstetter detective series
Warren E. Hearnes
Politician
24-Jul-1923   Governor of Missouri, 1965-73
Jay Hebert
Golf
14-Feb-1923 25-May-1997 Winner, 1960 PGA Championship
Anthony Hecht
Poet
16-Jan-1923 20-Oct-2004 The Hard Hours
Joseph Heller
Author
1-May-1923 12-Dec-1999 Catch-22
Charlton Heston
Actor
4-Oct-1923 5-Apr-2008 The Ten Commandments
Arthur Hiller
Film Director
22-Nov-1923   An Alan Smithee Film
Patrick Hillery
Head of State
2-May-1923 12-Apr-2008 President of Ireland, 1976-90
Deane R. Hinton
Diplomat
12-Mar-1923   US Ambassador to Panama, 1990-94
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
Football
17-Jun-1923 28-Jan-2004 LA Rams halfback 1949-57
Seth Holt
Film Director
1923 14-Feb-1971 The Nanny
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Politician
21-Sep-1923   Governor of Virginia, 1970-74
Kevork S. Hovnanian
Business
c. 1923   Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises
Gordon Jackson
Actor
19-Dec-1923 15-Jan-1990 Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Head of State
6-Jul-1923   Final communist leader of Poland
Rick Jason
Actor
21-May-1923 16-Oct-2000 Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!
Anne Jeffreys
Actor
26-Jan-1923   Marion Kerby on Topper
Glynis Johns
Actor
5-Oct-1923   Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins
Elizabeth Jolley
Novelist
4-Jun-1923 13-Feb-2007 Mr. Scobie's Riddle
Thad Jones
Jazz Musician
28-Mar-1923 20-Aug-1986 Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader
Geri M. Joseph
Journalist
19-Jun-1923   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1978-81
Erland Josephson
Actor
15-Jun-1923   The Sacrifice
James Karen
Actor
28-Nov-1923   The Return of the Living Dead
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Business
c. 1923 4-Apr-2002 California tract housing developer
Charles Keating
Business
4-Dec-1923   Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
Yasar Kemal
Author
6-Oct-1923   Mehmet, My Hawk
Hugh Kenner
Critic
7-Jan-1923 24-Nov-2003 The Poetry of Ezra Pound
Irvin Kershner
Film Director
29-Apr-1923   The Empire Strikes Back
Barney Kessel
Guitarist
17-Oct-1923 6-May-2004 Be-bop guitarist
Jack S. Kilby
Inventor
8-Nov-1923 20-Jun-2005 Electrical engineering pioneer
Albert King
Guitarist
25-Apr-1923 21-Dec-1992 Blues electric guitarist
Norman Kirk
Head of State
6-Jan-1923 31-Aug-1974 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-74
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   Secretly bombed Cambodia
Richard G. Kleindienst
Government
5-Aug-1923 3-Feb-2000 US Attorney General, 1972-73
Eugene Kleiner
Business
12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist
Ted Knight
Actor
7-Dec-1923 26-Aug-1986 Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore
Walter Kohn
Chemist
9-Mar-1923   Density-functional theory
C. M. Kornbluth
Novelist
23-Jul-1923 21-Mar-1958 The Space Merchants
Murray Krieger
Critic
27-Nov-1923   The Play and Place of Criticism
Stephanie Kwolek
Chemist
31-Jul-1923   Invented Kevlar
Peter Lawford
Actor
7-Sep-1923 24-Dec-1984 Rat Pack member
Jerome H. Lemelson
Inventor
18-Jul-1923 1-Oct-1997 Inventor with a very good lawyer
Jozef Lenart
Head of State
3-Apr-1923 11-Feb-2004 Czech Prime Minister 1963-8
Denise Levertov
Poet
24-Oct-1923 20-Dec-1997 With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads
Al Lewis
Actor
30-Apr-1923 3-Feb-2006 Grandpa on The Munsters
Roy Lichtenstein
Painter
27-Oct-1923 29-Sep-1997 Whaam!
György Ligeti
Composer
28-May-1923 12-Jun-2006 Lontano, Lux Aeterna
Moira Lister
Actor
6-Aug-1923 27-Oct-2007 Seven Waves Away
Richard W. Lyman
Educator
18-Oct-1923   President of Stanford University, 1971-80
William Lyon
Military
1923   Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79
Norman Mailer
Author
31-Jan-1923 10-Nov-2007 Armies of the Night
Adele Mara
Actor
28-Apr-1923   Angel in Exile
Marcel Marceau
Performance Artist
22-Mar-1923 22-Sep-2007 Mime, created Bip the clown
Rudolph A. Marcus
Chemist
21-Jul-1923   Electron-transfer reactions
Rose Marie
Actor
15-Aug-1923   Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Barney Martin
Actor
3-Mar-1923 21-Mar-2005 Played Jerry's dad Morty on Seinfeld
Dewey Martin
Actor
8-Dec-1923   The Big Sky
Robert Maxwell
Publisher
10-Jun-1923 5-Nov-1991 Mirror Group tycoon
Charles McClendon
Football
17-Oct-1923 6-Dec-2001 LSU Head Coach, 1962-79
John McKay
Football
5-Jul-1923 10-Jun-2001 USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Ed McMahon
Talk Show Host
6-Mar-1923   The Tonight Show
Robert E. McNair
Politician
14-Dec-1923 17-Nov-2007 Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71
Robert H. Michel
Politician
2-Mar-1923   Congressman from Illinois, 1957-95
Rentaro Mikuni
Actor
20-Jan-1923   Kwaidan
Sylvia Miles
Actor
9-Sep-1923   Midnight Cowboy
Ann Miller
Dancer
12-Apr-1923 22-Jan-2004 Kiss Me Kate
Merton H. Miller
Economist
16-May-1923 3-Jun-2000 Modigliani-Miller theorem
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Novelist
23-Jan-1923 9-Jan-1996 A Canticle for Leibowitz
Paul Milstein
Business
1923   Manhattan real estate developer
Gordon Mitchell
Actor
29-Jul-1923 20-Sep-2003 Bodybuilder-Actor
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
Politician
16-Apr-1923   Twice Governor of West Virginia
Patrick Moore
TV Personality
4-Mar-1923   BBC's The Sky At Night
Henry Morgentaler
Doctor
19-Mar-1923   Abortion rights in Canada
John Mortimer
Playwright
21-Apr-1923   Rumpole of the Bailey
Edward Mulhare
Actor
8-Apr-1923 24-May-1997 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
David H. Murdock
Business
Mar-1923   CEO of Dole Food
Jean Nidetch
Business
12-Oct-1923   Weight Watchers founder
Cathy O'Donnell
Actor
6-Jul-1923 11-Apr-1970 They Live by Night
Richard B. Ogilvie
Politician
22-Feb-1923 10-May-1988 Governor of Illinois, 1969-73
Adnan Pachachi
Politician
14-May-1923   Former Iraqi diplomat
Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923   Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
Richard B. Parker
Diplomat
3-Jul-1923   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1978-79
Ara Parseghian
Football
10-Mar-1923   Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74
Shimon Peres
Head of State
16-Aug-1923   Prime Minister of Israel, 1984-86
Harry Mark Petrakis
Novelist
5-Jun-1923   Lion at My Heart
Bum Phillips
Football
29-Sep-1923   Coach of the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints
Tito Puente
Musician
20-Apr-1923 31-May-2000 Popular Latin bandleader
Joe Edward Purcell
Politician
29-Jul-1923 Mar-1987 Attorney General of Arkansas, 1967-71
James Purdy
Author
17-Jul-1923   Eustance Chisholm and the Works
Albert H. Quie
Politician
18-Sep-1923   Governor of Minnesota, 1979-83
Prince Rainier
Royalty
31-May-1923 6-Apr-2005 Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Sumner Redstone
Business
27-May-1923   Chairman and CEO of Viacom
Jim Reeves
Country Musician
20-Aug-1923 31-Jul-1964 He'll Have to Go
Frank Reynolds
Journalist
29-Nov-1923 20-Jul-1983 Former ABC News anchor
David Lowell Rich
Film Director
31-Aug-1923   The Concorde: Airport '79
Dale Robertson
Actor
14-Jul-1923   Tales of Wells Fargo
Ned Rorem
Composer
23-Oct-1923   Paris Diary
Herbert Sargent
Screenwriter
15-Jul-1923 6-May-2005 SNL writer
Wally Schirra
Astronaut
12-Mar-1923 3-May-2007 Commander of Apollo 7
James Schuyler
Poet
9-Nov-1923 12-Apr-1991 Freely Espousing
Michael Seaton
Astronomer
16-Jun-1923 29-May-2007 Opacity Project
Jorge Semprún
Novelist
10-Dec-1923   Screenplay for Z
John Shad
Government
27-Jun-1923 Jul-1994 SEC Chairman, 1981-87
Dick Shawn
Actor
1-Dec-1923 17-Apr-1987 Inventor of the "high five"
Carroll Shelby
Auto Racing
11-Jan-1923   Racecar designer
Alan Shepard
Astronaut
18-Nov-1923 21-Jul-1998 First American in space
George L. Shinn
Business
12-Mar-1923   CEO of First Boston, 1975-83
Louis Simpson
Poet
27-Mar-1923   At The End of the Open Road
Donald Sinden
Actor
9-Oct-1923   Two's Company
Harry Smith
Curator
29-May-1923 26-Nov-1991 Anthology of American Folk Music
Peter Denham Smithson
Architect
18-Sep-1923 3-Mar-2003 New Brutalist
Alex Spanos
Business
28-Sep-1923   A.G. Spanos Companies
Aaron Spelling
Film/TV Producer
22-Apr-1923 23-Jun-2006 Beverly Hills 90210
Beryl W. Sprinkel
Economist
20-Nov-1923   Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89
Jean Stapleton
Actor
19-Jan-1923   Edith on All In The Family
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923   US Senator from Alaska
James Stockdale
Military
23-Dec-1923 5-Jul-2005 H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President
Larry Storch
Actor
8-Jan-1923   Corporal Agarn on F Troop
Hank Stram
Football
3-Jan-1923 4-Jul-2005 Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs
Joseph Strick
Film Director
6-Jul-1923   Ulysses
Frank Sutton
Actor
23-Oct-1923 28-Jun-1974 Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle
Eric Sykes
Actor
4-May-1923   The Plank
Wislawa Szymborska
Poet
2-Jul-1923   Polish poet
Nguyen Van Thieu
Head of State
5-Apr-1923 29-Sep-2001 President of South Vietnam, 1967-75
Bobby Thomson
Baseball
25-Oct-1923   1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
Ken Thomson
Business
1-Sep-1923 12-Jun-2006 Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp.
Laurence Tisch
Business
5-Mar-1923 15-Nov-2003 CEO of CBS, 1986-95
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
W. J. Usery
Government
21-Dec-1923   US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77
Peter Vaughan
Actor
4-Apr-1923   The Remains of the Day
Mort Walker
Cartoonist
3-Sep-1923   Beetle Bailey
Art Wall, Jr.
Golf
25-Nov-1923 31-Oct-2001 Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament
Doc Watson
Guitarist
2-Mar-1923   Two Days in November
William Weaver
Translator
24-Jul-1923   Translator from the Italian
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Philip Whalen
Poet
20-Oct-1923 26-Jun-2002 Canoeing up Carbaga Creek
Hoyt Wilhelm
Baseball
26-Jul-1923 23-Aug-2002 Knuckleball relief pitcher
Hank Williams, Sr.
Country Musician
17-Sep-1923 1-Jan-1953 Take These Chains From My Heart
William Windom
Actor
28-Sep-1923   Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter
William Winter
Politician
21-Feb-1923   Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84
Chuck Yeager
Aviator
13-Feb-1923   Test pilot, first to break speed of sound
Lee Kuan Yew
Head of State
16-Sep-1923   Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90
Robert A. Young III
Politician
27-Nov-1923 17-Oct-2007 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87
Franco Zeffirelli
Film Director
12-Feb-1923   Romeo and Juliet


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