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100 people born today: May 23

Akira Masuda

Akira Masuda is a Japanese Kyokushin kaikan karateka. In March 1991 he completed the 100 man... more »

Ethel Shannon

Ethel Shannon was an American actress. She appeared in over 30 silent movies in the early 20th... more »

Cynthia Dunsford

Cynthia King Dunsford is a Canadian politician. A native of Moncton, New Brunswick, she was... more »

Euh Yoon-dae

Euh Yoon-Dae is a South Korean professor, financier, and advisor for the South Korean... more »

Kyle Bartley

Kyle Louis Bartley is an English footballer who plays for Birmingham City on loan from Swansea... more »

Wouter van Twiller

Wouter van Twiller was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the Director-General of... more »

Huntly Ketchen

Major General Huntly Douglas Brodie Ketchen, CMG was a Canadian soldier and politician. He... more »

John Rochester

John Rochester was a Canadian industrialist, mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1870 to 1871, and a... more »

Kosta Hakman

Kosta Hakman was a 20th-century Yugoslav painter. more »

Cha Bum-Kun

Cha Bum-Kun is a South Korean football manager and former player, nicknamed Tscha Bum in Germany... more »

Graham Linehan

Graham Linehan is an Irish television writer, actor, comedian and director who, often in... more »

V. K. Samaranayake

Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake, MBCS, MCS, FNASSL, MIEEE pioneered computing & IT development... more »

Nagam Janardhan Reddy

Dr. Nagam Janardhana Reddy is an Indian politician. He was the Deputy Leader in the Andhra... more »

Guillaume Fouace

Guillaume Fouace was a French painter. He produced over 700 paintings in a realist style, mainly... more »

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Mark Christopher Lawrence is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over... more »

Zoran Barisic

Zoran Barisic is a retired Austrian football player and the current coach of Austrian Bundesliga... more »

Mercedes Cabanillas

Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante is a Peruvian Congresswoman of the Peruvian Aprista Party... more »

Kumar Padmanabh Singh

Kumar Padmanabh Singh is the Maharaja of Jaipur. more »

Lee Hughes

Lee Hughes is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Conference Premier side Forest... more »

Arlene Phillips

Arlene Phillips, CBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, television... more »

Mary Black

Mary Black is an Irish singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both folk and contemporary... more »

Tench Coxe

Tench Coxe was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the... more »

Ted Kaczynski

Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber," is an American mathematician and... more »

T. Boone Pickens, Jr.

Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and... more »

Ieuan Wyn Jones

Ieuan Wyn Jones, is a Welsh politician, who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly... more »

Yannick Bru

Yannick Bru is a French rugby union coach and former footballer, currently serving as forwards... more »

John Vanderslice

John Vanderslice is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer... more »

Spencer Bloch

Spencer Janney Bloch is an American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic... more »

John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena. more »

Zita Szucsánszki

Zita Szucsánszki is a Hungarian handball player, captain of Ferencvárosi TC and member of the... more »

Yina Moe-Lange

Yina Moe-Lange is a Danish 2010 Olympian alpine ski racer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan where... more »

Fedir Krychevsky

Fedir Krychevsky was an influential Ukrainian early modernist painter. He was the brother of... more »

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

The Princess Elizabeth was a member of the British Royal Family, the seventh child and third... more »

Keita Nakamura

Keita Nakamura is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and grappler. Nakamura is also a... more »

Zabir Saeed

Zabir Saeed is a Pakistani journalist and editor, known for his columns in Urdu and English... more »

Eyal Levi

Eyal Levi was born on May 22, 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio. Levi is the guitarist and co-writer for... more »

Thekla Resvoll

Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll was a Norwegian botanist – a female pioneer in Norwegian natural... more »

Tracy Brookshaw

Tracy Brookshaw is a Canadian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and... more »

Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the... more »

Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking... more »

Yuri Drozdovskij

Yuri Drozdovskij is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Rapid Championship in... more »

Gilbert Ganong

Gilbert White Ganong was a Canadian politician, the 14th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick... more »

Worthington Whittredge

Thomas Worthington Whittredge was an American artist of the Hudson River School. Whittredge was... more »

Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg

Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg was a French cavalry commander starting... more »

Etana

Shauna McKenzie, known commonly as Etana, is a reggae singer from Jamaica. Her debut album The... more »

Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert

Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier... more »

Czesław Olech

Czesław Olech is a Polish mathematician. He is a representative of the Kraków school of... more »

Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animator and film director. Anno is best known for his work on the... more »

Maral Boyadjian

Dr. Maral Dikran Boyadjian is a Doctor in Educational Leadership, an Educational Psychologist, a... more »

Stanisław Ossowski

Stanisław Ossowski was one of Poland's most important sociologists. He held professorships at... more »

Fanis Christodoulou

Theofanis "Fanis" Christodoulou, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was... more »

Gabriel Aivazovsky

Gabriel Aivazovsky, was an Armenian Archbishop, scientist, historian, and the brother of the... more »

Florea Dumitrache

Florea Dumitrache was a Romanian football forward. He was considered one of the best Romanian... more »

Blaine Johnson

Blaine H. Johnson was a professional drag racer. Blaine, along with his lifelong crew chief and... more »

Nadia Khan

I am husband of nadia and my name is khawar iqbal. I want advice because I am very upset from... more »

Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria

Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg. She was the... more »

Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti

Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist. Brunetti was born in London... more »

Niwa Nagakuni

Viscount Niwa Nagakuni; was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period who ruled Nihonmatsu han... more »

Meri Te Tai Mangakahia

Meri Te Tai Mangakahia was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand. more »

Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell is a British model. Discovered at the age of 15, she established herself among... more »

El Solitario

Roberto González Cruz was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled under the name El... more »

Mel Duncan

Melvin Earl Duncan is the founding Executive Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce, a civilian... more »

A-1

Alastair Charles Ralphs is a Canadian professional wrestler and former bodybuilder, better known... more »

Gene Romero

Gene Romero is a former motorcycle racer who won the 1970 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and... more »

Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani

Abdulrahman Al Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Nassr... more »

Félix Bracquemond

Félix Henri Bracquemond was a French painter and etcher. Félix Bracquemond was born in Paris. He... more »

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, styled Lord Ashley between 1947 and 1961, and... more »

MC Eiht

Aaron Tyler, better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is an American rapper. His stage name was... more »

Horatio Gates Gibson

Horatio Gates Gibson was a career artillery officer in the United States Army, and brevet... more »

Murilo Rua

Murilo Rua is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who fought in Pride Fighting... more »

Séan McCann

Séan McCann "The Shantyman" is a singer and musician in the band Great Big Sea. more »

Maurice J. Tobin

Maurice Joseph Tobin was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the 56th Governor of the U.S. state... more »

Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert, was a French painter, noted for his landscape paintings and picturesque... more »

Noa Tishby

Noa Tohar Tishby is an Israeli actress, producer, model and singer. more »

John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil

Flight Lieutenant John William Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil CMG JP was a British diplomat... more »

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 2 and... more »

Guillaume du Tillot

Léon Guillaume Tillot was a French politician infused with liberal ideals of the Enlightenment,... more »

Du Chun

Du Chun is a Chinese actor best known for playing leading roles in many television series,... more »

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Paulo Diniz is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 99 Formula One Grands Prix,... more »

Sultan Ali Keshtmand

Sultan Ali Keshtmand, sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, born May 22, 1935 in Kabul, was an... more »

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar is a Bosnian citizen, who won his habeas corpus after being eight years and... more »

Cristián Oviedo

Cristian Gonzalo Oviedo Molina is an Chilean footballer who currently plays as a defender for... more »

Olin Browne

Olin Douglas Browne is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour as well as the... more »

Dré Bly

Donald André "Dré" Bly is a retired American college and professional football player who was a... more »

Rich Preston

Richard John Preston is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former forward. Preston began his pro... more »

Aaron T. Bliss

Aaron Thomas Bliss was a U.S. Representative from and the 25th Governor of the US state of... more »

Ruddy Lugo

Ruddy Joraider Lugo is a former Dominican-American Major League Baseball right-handed relief... more »

Konstantin Landa

Konstantin Landa is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 2011 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior... more »

Facundo Cabral

Facundo Cabral was an Argentine singer, songwriter and philosopher. He was best known as the... more »

Arturo Vidal

Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juventus and... more »

Giacomo Matteotti

Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist politician. On 30 May 1924, he openly spoke in the... more »

Amalia Lindegren

Amalia Lindegren, was a Swedish artist and painter. She was a member of the Royal Swedish... more »

Augusto Pestana

Augusto Pestana was a Brazilian engineer and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pestana moved... more »

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is... more »

Erasmus Ommanney

Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney KCB, FRS, FRGS, JP was a Royal Navy officer and an Arctic explorer... more »

Tochinowaka Kiyotaka

Tochinowaka Kiyotaka is a former sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur... more »

Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is the sixth and final member of the... more »

Norman Sakamoto

Norman Sakamoto served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate from 1996 to 2010. He... more »

Wieland Schulz-Keil

Wieland Schulz-Keil is a film producer. more »

Nathaniel Schmidt

Nathaniel Schmidt of Ithaca, New York was a Swedish American Baptist minister, Progressive... more »

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