September 23: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is September 23th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on September 23th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

September 23th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

September 23th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Paul Delvaux, Belgian Surrealist painter (Les Confidances, Les Courtisanes, L'Ecole des Savants, The Empress, Femme a la Lampe, Le Miroir, Les Promeneuses and La Ville Inquiete), was born on September 23, 1897.

French artist Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand (Le Chahut, Danseuse, English Bar, Femme s'Essuyant, La Grand Mere and Le Tub) was born on September 23, 1863.

American sculptor Louise Nevelson (Mirror-Shadow XI, Sky Cathedral, Tropical Night Disc, Tropical Tree III and Windows to the West) was born on September 23, 1900.

September 23th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Imry Nemeth, Hungarian hammer thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on September 23, 1917.

Gabriele Reinsch, German discus thrower, was born on September 23, 1963. Since 1988, she has held the world record for the women's discus throw.

September 23th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

William Archer, Scottish literary critic and playwright (Green Goddess and War Is War), was born on September 23, 1856.

Jerry B. Jenkins, American novelist (Left Behind series) was born on September 23, 1949.

Greek Classical dramatist Euripides (Alcestis, Andromache, Bacchae, Cyclops, Electra, Hecuba, Helena, Heraclidae, Hercules Furens, Hippolytus, Ion, Iphigenia in Aulis, Iphigenia in Tauris, Medea, Orestes, Phoenician Women, Rhesus, Suppliants and Trojan Women) was born on September 23, circa 480 BC.

German Bible scholar Gerhard Kittel was born on September 23, 1888. His 43-year tome, the 10-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, is still used by Bible scholars today.

Carl Theodor Korner, German poet (Farewell to Life), was born on September 23, 1791.

Walter Lippmann, American journalist (The New Republic, New York Herald Tribune and The Washington Post) and author (The Cold War, The Good Society, Isolation and Alliances, A Preface to Morals, A Preface to Politics, Public Opinion, U.S. War Aims and Western Unity and the Common Market), was born on September 23, 1889.

William Holmes McGuffey, American educator and author (McGuffey Readers), was born on September 23, 1800.

Hungarian-British novelist Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina Barbara Orczy (The Scarlet Pimpernel) was born on September 23, 1865.

Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and Nobel Prize winner (1984), was born on September 23, 1901.

September 23th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Rosemarie (Romy Schneider) Magdelena Albach-Retty, Austrian-German actress (The Assassination of Trotsky, Bloodline, Boccaccio '70, Christine, Death Watch, Good Neighbor Sam, The Important Thing Is To Love, The Legend of Robinson Crusoe, Ludwig, The Passerby, A Simple Story, Sissi, The Story of Vicky, The Swimming Pool, The Trial, What's New Pussycat and When the White Lilacs Bloom Again), was born on September 23, 1938.

British actor Colin George Blakely (Antony and Cleopatra, Equus, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, A Man for All Seasons, The National Health, Nijinsky, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Son of Man, This Sporting Life, The Way We Live Now, Young Winston and Murder on the Orient Express) was born on September 23, 1930.

American rock bass guitarist and singer Steve Boone (The Lovin' Spoonful) was born on September 23, 1943.

Ronald Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly), was born on September 23, 1945.

Chinese-American actress Rosalind Chao (Anna and the King, Here's Lucy, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation) was born on September 23, 1957.

American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane ("Chim Chim Cheree," "Greensleeves," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," and "Stablemates") was born on September 23, 1926.

Erik Todd Dellums, American actor (Do the Right Thing, Homicide: Life on the Street, New York Undercover, She's Gotta Have It and The Wire) was born on September 23, 1964.

Aubrey Dollar, American actress (Dawson's Creek, Guiding Light, Point Pleasant and Women's Murder Club), was born on September 23, 1980.

Erik-Michael Estrada, American pop singer (O-Town), was born on September 23, 1979.

American actor Jason Alexander Greenspan (Blankman, Bob Patterson, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Bye Bye Birdie, Coneheads, Duckman, Dunston Checks In, Everything's Relative, For Better or Worse, Jacob's Ladder, The Mosquito Coast, North, The Paper, Pretty Woman and Seinfeld) was born on September 23, 1959.

Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer ("Adios Pampa Mia," "All of You," "Amor," "El Choclo," "If You Go Away," "Quiereme Mucho," "Rio Rebelde" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before") and former Real Madrid youth soccer goalie, was born on September 23, 1943.

American actor Kenneth (Chi) McBride (Annapolis, Boston Public, The Frighteners, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Hoodlum, House, I- Robot, The John Larroquette Show, Killer Instinct, Let's Go To Prison, Mercury Rising, Pushing Daisies, Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation, Roll Bounce, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, The Terminal and Undercover Brother) was born on September 23, 1961.

Lisa Raye McCoy-Misick, American actress (All About You, The Cheapest Movie Ever Made, Gang of Roses, Date from Hell, In the House, Martin and Rhapsody), was born on September 23, 1966. Since her 2006 marriage to Michael Misick, she has been First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Kevin (Kip) Ian Pardue, American actor (But I'm a Cheerleader, Driven, Imaginary Heroes, Loggerheads, Princess, Remember the Titans, Ripple Effect, The Rules of Attraction, Thirteen and Whatever It Takes), was born on September 23, 1976.

American actress Margaret Pellegrini (The Wizard of Oz) was born on September 23, 1923.

Cuban actress Elizabeth Pena (Down and Out in Beverly Hills, El Super, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Fugitive Among Us, I Married Dora, Jacob's Ladder, La Bamba, Lone Star, Shannon's Deal, They All Laughed, Times Square and Tough Cookies) was born on September 23, 1961.

William Paul Peterson, American actor (The Donna Reed Show, Matt Houston, Mickey Mouse Club, Mother's Day and My Dad), singer ("Amy," "Chained," "A Little Bit For Sandy," "Lollipops and Roses," "My Dad" and "She Can't Find Her Keys") and author (Smuggler series), was born on September 23, 1945.

Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon (Funny Girl, Hit the Deck, How Green was My Valley, Madame Curie, Mrs. Miniver Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) was born on September 23, 1897.

Mary Kay Place, American actress (Being John Malkovich, The Big Chill, Big Love, Bound for Glory, Captain Ron, Forever Fernwood, Girl Interrupted, Human Nature, Manny & Lo, Mary Hartman - Mary Hartman, My So Called Life, New York - New York, The Rainmaker, Starting Over, Sweet Home Alabama and The West Wing), was born

Ray Charles Robinson, American soul singer and pianist ("America the Beautiful," "Busted," "Crying Time," "Georgia on My Mind," "Hit the Road Jack," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "I'll be Good to You," "I've Got a Woman," "Let the Good Times Roll," "One Mint Julep," "Whad'd I Say" and "You Don't Know Me") was born on September 23, 1930.

Joseph (Mickey Rooney) Yule, Jr., American actor (The Andy Hardy series, Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, The Black Stallion, Boys Town, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Captains Courageous, Huckleberry Finn, The Human Comedy, It's a Mad - Mad - Mad - Mad World, National Velvet and Will Roger's Follies) and Academy Award winner (), was born on September 23, 1920. Mickey Rooney has had nine wives: Ava Gardner, Betty Jane Rase, Martha Vickers, Elaine Devry, Carolyn Mitchell, Marge Lane, Carolyn Hockett and Jan Chamberlin.

Bruce (The Boss) Springsteen, American rock musician ("Born in the USA," "Born to Run," "Cover Me," "Dancing in the Dark," "Glory Days," "Hungry Heart," "I'm on Fire," "My Hometown" and "War"), was born on September 23, 1949.

American singer ("How High the Moon," "I Enjoy Being a Girl" and "Love Look Away") and actress (Mr. T. and Tinaborn on September 23, 1931.

Leon Taylor, American rocker (The Ventures), was born on September 23, 1955.

September 23th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (Pons-Brooks Comet), was born on September 23, 1791.

American physician, occupational medicine advocate and author (Industrial Toxicology) Harriet Hardy was born

John Boyd Orr, Scottish biologist, nutritionist and Nobel Prize winner (1949), was born on September 23, 1880. Orr served as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization.

William Wallace, Scottish mathematician and calculus pioneer, was born on September 23, 1768.

Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin, Swiss-French bacteriologist, was born on September 23, 1863. Yersin has been credited with co-discovering Yersina Pestis, the bacteria responsible for the bubonic plague.

September 23th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Augustus (Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Caesar, first Roman emperor, was born on September 23, 63 B.C. His grandmother was Julius Caesar's sister. Julius Caesar adopted him (in his will) as legal heir.

Thomas Campbell Clark, American jurist and 86^th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born on September 23, 1899.

Victoria Clafin Woodhull Martin, American suffragette, civil rights activist and author (Arguments for Woman's Electoral Rights, Aristocracy of Blood, Pharmacy of the Soul, Rapid Multiplication of the Unfits and Social Freedom), was born on September 23, 1838. Martin ran for the U.S. Presidency in 1872, under the Equal Rights Party.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on September 23th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on September 23^th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, September 23th.

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