Famous Birthdays for May 23Friedrich Anton Mesmer 1734 - Physician, astrologist Margaret Fuller (Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli) 1810 - Journalist, critic, women's rights activist Arabella Mansfield 1846 - She was the first female lawyer in the United States Douglas Fairbanks 1883 - Actor Herbert Marshall 1890 - Actor Artie Shaw 1910 - Band leader Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers) 1910 - Actor, musician, singer, dancer John Payne 1912 - Actor, singer Betty Garrett 1919 - Actress ("All in the Family," "Laverne and Shirley") Helen O'Connell 1920 - Singer, actress, dancer Alicia de Larrocha 1923 - Pianist Mac Wiseman 1925 - Singer Nigel Davenport 1928 - Actor Rosemary Clooney 1928 - Singer, actress Julian Euell 1929 - Jazz musician Barbara Barrie 1931 - Actress Joan Collins 1933 - Actress ("Dynasty") Robert Moog 1934 - Musician Charles Kimbrough 1936 - Actor ("Murphy Brown") General Johnson 1943 - Musician (Chairman of the Board) Lauren Chapin 1945 - Actress ("Father Knows Best") Misty Morgan 1945 - Musician Danny Klein 1946 - Musician (J. Geils Band) Judy Rodman 1951 - Country singer Anatoly Karpov 1951 - Chess grandmaster "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler 1952 - Boxer Luka Bloom 1955 - Singer Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host Shelley West 1958 - Country singer Linden Ashby 1960 - Actor Karen Duffy 1961 - Actress, model Melissa Suzanne McBride 1965 - Actress (TV: "The Walking Dead") Phil Selway 1967 - Musician (Radiohead) Noel Gallagher 1968 - Musician (Oasis) Laurel Holloman 1968 - Actress ("The L Word") Lorenzo 1972 - Singer Maxwell 1973 - Singer Jewel 1974 - Singer Adam Wylie 1984 - Actor |
