What happened on April 23 ?

1185 - King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)

1484 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (d. 1558)

1500 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)

1516 - Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)

1564 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright [uncertain] (d. 1616)

1598 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)

1628 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)

1676 - King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)

1720 - Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)

1725 - Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic|Catholic saint (d. 1755)

1775 - William Turner, English ornithologist (d. 1851)

1791 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)

1792 - John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)

1805 - Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (d. 1879)

1813 - Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)

1823 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)

1857 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)

1858 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

1861 - Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (d. 1936)

1865 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)

1867 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)

1876 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)

1880 - Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (d. 1942)

1882 - Albert Coates, British composer (d. 1953)

1889 - Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)

1893 - Frank Borzage, American film director (d. 1952)

1893 - Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)

1895 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)

1897 - Lucius Clay, American general (d. 1978)

1897 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1972)

1899 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1979)

1899 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian and American writer (d. 1977)

1900 - Joseph Green, Polish-born actor and director (d. 1996)

1901 - E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)

1902 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1904 - Duncan Renaldo, Spanish-American actor (d. 1985)

1907 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)

1910 - Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)

1918 - Maurice Druon, French author

1921 - Warren Spahn, baseball player (d. 2003)

1923 - Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas

1923 - Avram Davidson, American writer (d. 1993)

1928 - Shirley Temple, American actress and politician

1932 - Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984)

1932 - Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)

1932 - Estelle Harris, American actress

1935 - Bunky Green, American musician

1935 - Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005)

1936 - Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)

1939 - Lee Majors, American actor

1941 - Jacqueline Boyer, French singer

1941 - Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003

1942 - Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)

1943 - Tony Esposito, Canadian hockey player

1943 - Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter

1943 - Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)

1947 - Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician

1947 - Glenn Cornick, British rock bassist (Jethro Tull)

1948 - Pascal Quignard, French author

1949 - David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson)

1949 - Joyce DeWitt, American actress

1952 - Narada Michael Walden, Grammy Award-winning musician and producer

1954 - Michael Moore, American filmmaker

1955 - Judy Davis, Australian actress

1955 - Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)

1958 - Hilmar ÿrn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer

1958 - Tove Jensen, Swedish porn actress

1958 - Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 - Valerie Bertinelli, American actress

1960 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)

1961 - George Lopez, American actor and comedian

1967 - Melina Kanakaredes, American actress

1968 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d. 2001)

1969 - Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast

1972 - Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer

1974 - Carlos Dengler, American musician, Interpol

1975 - Jón ÿór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer

1977 - John Cena, American professional wrestler and rapper

1977 - Andruw Jones, American baseball player

1979 - Jaime King, American actress

1981 - Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer

1983 - Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player

1986 - Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater and olympic medal winner

1986 - Jessica Stam, Canadian supermodel

1989 - Nicole Vaidi?ová, Czech tennis player

1990 - Matthew Underwood, American Actor (Logan on Zoey 101)