Birthdays in History on August 23

Louis XVI

1754 Louis XVI, King of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined, born in Versailles, Yvelines, France (d. 1793)

Georges Cuvier

1769 Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier], French naturalist and zoologist, born in Montbéliard, France (d. 1832)

1773 Jakob F. Fries, German philosopher, born in Barby, Germany (d. 1843)
1783 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
1805 Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman, born in Lichtental, Vienna, Austria (d. 1893)
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, born in NYC, New York (d. 1877)
1818 Rufus Ingalls, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Denmark, Maine (d. 1893)

1829 Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1920)
1832 Alexander Chambers, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cattaraugus, New York (d. 1888)
1836 Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians, born in Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary (d. 1902)
1843 William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher, born in Montreal, Canada (d. 1932)
1846 Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1923)
1847 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1927)
1849 William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1903)
1852 Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, born in London (d. 1883)
1852 Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia for one day in 1882, born in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Colombia (d. 1913)
1864 Eleftherios K. Venizalos, Premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32), born in Mournies, Greece (d. 1936)
1867 Marcel Schwob, French writer and journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants), born in Chaville, France (d. 1905)
1869 Edgar Lee Masters, American poet and novelist (Spoon River Anthology), born in Garnett, Kansas (d. 1950)
1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, San Francisco mayor (1912-31), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1934)
1875 William Eccles, English physicist and radio pioneer, born in Barrow-in-Furness, England (d. 1966)
1875 Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist, born in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1946)
1880 Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana), born in Vyatka, Kirov Oblast, Russia (d. 1932)
1881 Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter and graphic artist, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1943)
1883 Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American army officer, born in Fort Walla Walla, Washington (d. 1953)
1884 Ogden L. Mills, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1927-1932), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1937)
1885 Henry Thomas Tizard, English chemist and inventor, born in Gillingham, Kent, England (d. 1959)
1889 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1914)
1894 James La Guma, South African political activist and trade unionist, born in Cape Town (d. 1961)
1901 Cecil Rolph Hewitt, English journalist and policeman, born in London (d. 1994)
1901 John Sherman Cooper, American politician and U.S. Ambassador to East Germany, born in Somerset, Kentucky (d. 1991)
1903 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1994)

1908 Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (Paolo Paoli), born in Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, Russia (d. 1970)
1908 Cornelis van Dis sr., Dutch chemist and politician
1908 Hannah Frank, Scottish artist and sculptor, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
1911 Albert Alberts, Dutch writer and journalist (French battle), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1996)
1912 Jara Ribnikar, Serbian writer, born in Königgrätz, Bohemia (d. 2007)
1912 Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1997)
1913 Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant
1919 Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
1921 Kenneth Arrow, American economist, (Nobel Prize 1972), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1922 Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid), born in Sri Lanka (d. 2016)
1922 Jack Boddy, British trade union leader, born in Norwich (d. 2004)
1923 Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist, born in Fortuneswell, Dorset, England (d. 2003)
1924 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire (d. 1996)
1924 Siti Hartinah Suharto, 2nd First Lady of Indonesia, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, born in Jaten village, Surakarta, Central Java (d. 1996)
1926 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2006)
1927 Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (Miffy books), born in Utrecht (d. 2017)
1927 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-78), born in Clauzel, Algeria (d. 1978)
1927 John Hoskyns, Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1979-82) (d. 2014)
1930 Andy Ireland, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1930 John Fairclough, British scientific adviser and computer designer, born in Yorkshire (d. 2003)
1930 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), born in Courbevoie, Paris (d. 2016)
1931 Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, British chief of Defense, born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
1933 Pete Wilson, American politician (36th Governor of California), born in Lake Forest, Illinois
1933 Robert Curl, American chemist (Nobel 1996), born in Alice, Texas
1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal, born in London (d. 1998)
1936 Henry Lee Lucas, American drifter and serial killer, born in Blacksburg, Virginia (d. 2001)
1939 Charles Wardle, British Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle
1939 Ronnie A. Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles, born in Curaçao
1940 Thomas A. Steitz, American Biochemist (2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ribosome discoveries), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2018)
1943 Dale Campbell-Savours, British Labour Party politician

1943 Peter Lilley, British Conservative Party politician and Secretary of state for British social security, born in Hayes, Kent, England
1943 Nelson DeMille, American action adventure and suspense novels author (Plum Island), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York
1944 Antonia Novello, 14th US Surgeon General (1990-92) 1dt woman and Hispanic holder, born in Farjardo, Puerto Rico
1948 Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer and essayist, born in Bucharest, Romania
1948 Daniel Ruettiger "Rudy", University of Notre Dame football legend, born in Joliet, Illinois
1949 Norah Ellen O'Neill, first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974), born in Seattle, Washington
1951 Queen Noor of Jordan [Lisa Najeeb Halaby], American born wife of King Hussein, born in Washington, D.C.
1951 Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of Chechnya, born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2004)
1953 Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14), born in Büdesheim, Germany
1956 David Wolf, American astronaut (STS 58, sk: 89/91), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1956 Andreas Floer, German mathematician (Floer homology), born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1991)
1956 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician, born in Kvam, Norway
1960 Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
1960 Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist, born in San Francisco, California
1962 Martin Cauchon, Canadian politician
1964 Kong Hee, Singaporean, Founder and Senior Pastor of the City Harvest movement in Asia
1967 Nancy Cox, American news anchor, Miss Kentucky (1991), born in Campbellsville, Kentucky
1969 Keith Tyson, English artist, born in Ulverston, United Kingdom
1970 Lawrence Frank, American head coach, born in New York City, New York
1977 Jared Fogle, American spokesperson known as the Subway Guy, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1981 Ozzy Lusth, American Survivor contestant, born in Guanajuato, Mexico
1982 YTCracker [Bryce Case, Jr.], American hip-hop artist, born in La Mirada, California