23 August is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of the year. On this day was born in the year: 1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852) 1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877) 1852 – Arnold Toynbee, British economist and historian (d. 1883) 1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German composer (d. 1925) 1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950) 1872 – Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian Freedom Fighter(d.1957) 1875 – William Eccles, British physicist (d. 1966)7) 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971) 1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer (d. 1991) 1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978) 1903 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (d. 1982) 1905 – Constant Lambert, British composer and conductor (d. 1951) 1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) 1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1923 – Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist (d. 2003) 1924 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1927 – Martial Solal, French pianist and composer 1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France 1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian, singer, and pianist 1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1933 – Pete Wilson, American politician, 36th Governor of California 1941 – Jim Ford, American country-funk singer (d. 2007) 1942 – Letta Mbulu, South African singer 1943 – Nelson DeMille, American novelist 1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican physician, 14th Surgeon General of the United States 1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 1978) 1947 – Rex Allen, Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1947 – Willy Russell, British dramatist, playwright and composer 1947 – Terje Rypdal, Norwegian guitarist and composer (The Vanguards) 1949 – William Lane Craig, American Christian apologist 1949 – Geoff Capes, British field athlete 1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot) 1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Survivor) 1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan 1953 – Bobby G, English singer (Bucks Fizz) 1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991) 1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Heavy Bones) 1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Army of Anyone) 1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer 1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor (Happy Mondays and Black Grape) 1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, screenwriter, and producer 1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean pastor, founded the City Harvest Church 1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano 1970 – KK, Indian singer and composer 1970 – Brad Mehldau, American pianist and composer 1970 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (d. 1993) 1971 – Bone Crusher, American rapper 1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner 1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1974 – Shifty Shellshock, American singer-songwriter and actor (Crazy Town) 1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (Blue Murder) 1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter (The Strokes) 1979 – Ritchie Neville, English singer (Five) 1980 – Diamondog, Angolan rapper and journalist 1986 – SkyBlu, American singer and dancer (LMFAO) 1988 – Kimberly Matula, American actress 1989 – Lianne La Havas, British singer/songwriter
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