Who Was Born Today – May 23 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on May 23 | ||
1707 | Carolus Linnaeus [Carl von Linné], Swedish botanist. | |
1734 | Friedrich Anton Mesmer, physician and hypnotist. | |
1810 | Margaret Fuller, writer and critic. | |
1820 | James Buchanan Eads, engineer of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis | |
1875 | Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president and chairman of the board for General Motors. | |
1891 | Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer (The Dwarf, Barabbas). | |
1908 | John Bardeen, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. | |
1910 | Artie Shaw, bandleader and clarinetist. | |
1920 | Helen O’Connell, big band vocalist. | |
1928 | Rosemary Clooney, singer. | |
1934 | Robert A. Moog, electrical engineer, creator of the Moog synthesizer. | |
1947 | Jane Kenyon, poet (Let Evening Come, Otherwise). |
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