Notable Birthdays for May 23
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1707
- Austrian physician/hypnotist Franz Mesmer in 1734
- social reformer Sarah Margaret Fuller in 1810
- U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who later was a U.S. senator and for whom sideburns were named, in 1824
- actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in 1883
- baseball Hall of Fame member Zack Wheat in 1888
- musician/actor Scatman Crothers in 1910
- clarinetist/bandleader Artie Shaw in 1910
- singer Helen O'Connell in 1920
- singer Rosemary Clooney in 1928
- actor Barbara Barrie in 1931 (age 84)
- actor Joan Collins in 1933 (age 82)
- Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer, in 1934
- tennis Hall of Fame member John Newcombe in 1944 (age 71)
- writer Mitch Albom in 1958 (age 57)
- comedian Drew Carey in 1958 (age 57)
- singer Jewel Kilcher in 1974 (age 41)
- Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings in 1974 (age 41).
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