Notable Birthdays for June 23
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Those born on this date include:
- French Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon, in 1763
- pioneer sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in 1894
- British King Edward VIII in 1894
- Alan Turing, British computer scientist, in 1912
- former U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers in 1913
- director/choreographer Bob Fosse in 1927
- singer June Carter Cash in 1929
- astronaut Donn Eisele in 1930
- Finnish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari in 1937 (age 82)
- U.S. Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph in 1940
- former Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine in 1943 (age 76)
- actor Ted Shackelford in 1946 (age 73)
- actor Bryan Brown in 1947 (age 72)
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1948 (age 71)
- music producer Randy Jackson in 1956 (age 63)
- actor Frances McDormand in 1957 (age 62)
- golf Hall of Fame member Colin Montgomerie in 1963 (age 56)
- filmmaker Joss Whedon in 1964 (age 55)
- actor Selma Blair in 1972 (age 47)
- musician Jason Mraz in 1977 (age 42)
- actor Melissa Rauch in 1980 (age 39)
- singer Duffy, born Amy Anne Duffy, in 1984 (age 35).
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