Anniversaries 23 November

Birth

Alfonso X of Castile3

King of Castile 1221–1284

Li Zhi (philosopher)2

Chinese philosopher 1527–1602

John Wallis34

English mathematician 1616–1703

Edward Rutledge5

American politician 1749–1800

François-Noël Babeuf23

French political agitator and journalist of the French Revo… 1760–1797

Fyodor Tyutchev5

Russian poet 1803–1873

Franklin Pierce6

American politician, 14th President of the United States (i… 1804–1869

James Thomson (B.V.)26

Scottish writer (1834-1882) 1834–1882

Billy the Kid3

American cattle rustler, gambler, horse thief, outlaw, cowb… 1859–1881

Gilbert Parker3

Canadian novelist and British politician 1862–1932

Ernest King49

United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations 1878–1956

John Rabe4

German businessman 1882–1950

Boris Karloff2

English actor 1887–1969

Harpo Marx8

American comedian 1888–1964

Alexander Rodchenko3

Russian artist and photographer 1891–1956

Nirad C. Chaudhuri2

Indian writer 1897–1999

Norman Hunter2

author 1899–1995

David Aberle3

anthropologist 1918–2004

P. F. Strawson8

British philosopher 1919–2006

Paul Celan13

Romanian poet and translator 1920–1970

Manuel Fraga Iribarne12

Spanish politician 1922–2012

Joan Fuster2

Spanish writer 1922–1992

Gloria Whelan2

British children's writer 1923

José Napoleón Duarte2

President of El Salvador 1925–1990

Christopher Logue3

Poet, screenwriter, actor 1926–2011

Sathya Sai Baba33

Indian guru 1926–2011

Frank J. Low1

American astronomer 1933–2009

Ali Shariati11

Iranian academic and activist 1933–1977

Derek Mahon2

Poet 1941

Denis Sassou Nguesso1

President of the Republic of the Congo 1943

Dennis Nilsen9

British serial killer 1945–2018

Zoë Wicomb1

South African author resident in Scotland 1948

Chuck Schumer5

U.S. Senator from the State of New York 1950

Steven Brust18

American fantasy and science fiction author 1955

Masamune Shirow1

manga artist 1961

John Schnatter2

American entrepreneur, founder of Papa John's 1961

Nicolás Maduro17

53rd President of Venezuela 1962

Jennifer Michael Hecht1

Philosopher, poet, historian, author 1965

Michelle Gomez3

Scottish actress 1966

Oded Fehr2

Israeli-American actor 1970

Laurent Touil-Tartour1

American film director 1971

Chris Adler2

American drummer 1972

Miley Cyrus45

American actor and singer-songwriter 1992

Death

Elbridge Gerry3

US diplomat and vice president; Massachusetts governor 1744–1814

Ann Eliza Bleecker5

American poet, correspondent 1752–1783

John Bowring3

4th Governor of Hong Kong 1792–1872

George Darley6

Irish poet, novelist, and critic 1795–1846

Ichabod Spencer16

American minister 1798–1854

Arthur Wing Pinero3

British writer 1855–1934

Jagadish Chandra Bose17

Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist and archae… 1858–1937

Henry Gantt10

American engineer 1861–1919

Gustav Radbruch12

German politician 1878–1949

Hanns Johst1

German general 1890–1978

Miguel Pro1

Mexican Jesuit priest and martyr 1891–1927

Aaro Hellaakoski2

Finnish writer, poet, geographer and teacher 1893–1952

André Malraux37

French novelist, art theorist and politician 1901–1976

E. Wight Bakke1

American sociologist and economist (1903-1971) 1903–1971

Mary Whitehouse2

British activist 1910–2001

Colin Cherry12

British scientist 1914–1979

Roald Dahl103

British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990

Douglass C. North18

American Economist 1920–2015

Margaret Singer12

clinical psychology 1921–2003

Idries Shah33

writer and Sufi teacher 1924–1996

Klaus Kinski37

German actor 1926–1991

Andrew Sachs1

British actor 1930–2016

Chun Doo-hwan1

Korean politician and army general 1931–2021

Liu Shahe2

Chinese writer and poet 1931–2019

Marion Barry6

American politician and former mayor of Washington, D.C. 1936–2014

Dan Fante4

American writer 1944–2015

Texe Marrs10

American writer 1944–2019

Richey James Edwards3

Welsh musician 1967–2008