June 23: Today's Notable Birthdays

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 23rd was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Bob Fosse, American choreographer and stage/film director (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, The Pajama Game, Pippin and Sweet Charity) and Academy Award winner (1972), was born on June 23, 1927.

Carl Milles, Swedish sculptor (Folke Filbyter, Gustaf Vasa, Orfeus, Poseidon and Wedding of Rivers) was born on June 23, 1875.

Henri Pousseur, Belgian composer (Homo Habitis, La Paganania and Votre Faust) was born on June 23, 1929.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Barbara Jordan, American softball outfielder and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on June 23, 1966.

Gyorgy Karpati, Hungarian water polo player and Olympic gold medalist (1952, 1956 and 1964) was born on June 23, 1935.

Able Kiviat, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1912), was born on June 23, 1892.

Wilma Rudolph, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on June 23, 1940.

American Kent Steffes, beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist (1996) was born on June 23, 1968.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Jean-Marie Anouilh, French dramatist (Antigone, Becket, The Lark, Mademoiselle Colombe, Thieves' Carnival and Traveler Without Luggage), was born on June 23, 1910.

American author Richard David Bach (The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Illusions and Jonathan Livingston Seagull) was born on June 23, 1936.

American humorist Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (Exit Laughing, Old Judge Priest, Paths of Glory, Rd Likker and Speaking of Operations) was born on June 23, 1876.

Award-winning American journalist Edward Paddock Morgan was born on June 23, 1910.

Anthony Veiller, American author (Night of the Iguana and Moulin Rouge), was born on June 23, 1903.

Giovanni Battista (Biambattista) Vico, Italian philosopher and author (De Italorum Sapientia and Scienza Nuova), was born on June 23, 1668.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

David MacKenzie Ogilvy, American advertising executive (Ogilvy and Mather), was born on June 23, 1911. Ogilvy has been called "The Father of Modern Advertising."

Johannes Gutenberg, German goldsmith and printing press inventor, was born on June 23, 1400.

Antoine Joseph Sax, Belgian-French musical instrument craftsman and inventor of the saxophone was born on June 23, 1848.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actress Selma Blair (Can't Hardly Wait, Cruel Intentions, A Dirty Shame, Down to You, The Fog, Hellboy, In Good Company, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing) was born on June 23, 1972.

Bryan Neathway Brown, Australian actor (Cocktail, F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan and The Thorn Birds), was born on June 23, 1947.

June Carter (Mrs. Johnny) Cash, American country singer (The Carter Family), was born on June 23, 1929.

Bert Convy, American game show host (Win, Lose or Draw) was born on June 23, 1933.

Austrian ballerina Franziska (Fanny) Elssler, Austrian ballerina, was born on June 23, 1810.

Randy Jackson, American musician (Journey) and television personality (American Idol), was born on June 23, 1956.

James Levine, American orchestral conductor (Boston Symphony and The Metropolitan Opera), was born on June 23, 1943.

Frances McDormand, American actress (Almost Famous, Beyond Rangoon, Blood Simple, Chattahoochee, Fargo, Mississippi Burning, Primal Fear, Raising Arizona, Something's Gotta Give and Wonder Boys) and Academy Award winner (1996), was born on June 23, 1957.

American actor Ted Shackelford (Dallas and Knots Landing) was born on June 23, 1946.

Diana Trask, Australian singer ("Beneath Still waters," "Hold On to What You Got," "I Fall to Pieces," "It Meant Nothing To Me," "Lean It All On Me," "Lock Stock and Teardrops," "Miss Country Soul," Say When," "Show Me," "We've Got To Work It Out Between Us" and "When I Get My Hands On You"), was born on June 23, 1940.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous Scientists

American computer designer (Univac) Howard T. Engstrom was born on June 23, 1902.

Alfred Kinsey, American biologist, sex researcher (The Kinsey Report) and zoologist, was born on June 23, 1894.

Dutch linguist Matthijs Siegenbeek was born on June 23, 1774.

Alan Turing, British mathematician and cryptographer, was born on June 23, 1912.

June 23rd Birthdays: Famous World Leaders

Clarence Thomas, American Supreme Court Justice, was born on June 23, 1948.

Happy Birthday, June 23rd.

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