Anniversaries 23 April

Birth

Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp1

Dutch admiral 1598–1653

Vilna Gaon2

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi; Mitnagdim leader in opposition to … 1720–1797

J.M.W. Turner22

British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and pr… 1775–1851

James Buchanan10

American politician, 15th President of the United States (i… 1791–1868

Adin Ballou4

American minister 1803–1890

Stephen A. Douglas10

American politician 1813–1861

James Anthony Froude111

English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fras… 1818–1894

Chauncey Depew10

American politician 1834–1928

Edwin Markham26

American poet 1852–1940

Max Planck30

German theoretical physicist 1858–1947

Richard Huelsenbeck10

German poet 1892–1974

Ngaio Marsh2

New Zealand writer 1895–1982

Lester B. Pearson11

14th Prime Minister of Canada 1897–1972

Bertil Ohlin11

Swedish economist and politician 1899–1979

Halldór Laxness216

Icelandic author 1902–1998

Fritz Wotruba20

Austrian sculptor (23 April 1907, Vienna – 28 August 1975,… 1907–1975

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge3

British zoologist 1908–2006

Glyn Daniel1

British archaeologist 1914–1986

Maurice Druon1

French writer 1918–2009

Avram Davidson41

novelist 1923–1993

J. P. Donleavy7

Novelist, playwright, essayist 1926–2017

Shirley Temple2

American actress and diplomat 1928–2014

George Steiner74

American writer 1929–2020

Chuck Feeney1

American businessman 1931

Coleman Barks1

American poet 1937

Barry Hannah2

Short story writer, novelist, professor 1942–2010

Tony Esposito2

American ice hockey goaltender 1943

Russell Jacoby50

American historian 1945

Richard Mottram4

British civil ervant 1946

Ilario Antoniazzi2

Catholic archbishop 1948

Mahn Win Khaing Than1

politician 1952

Jean-Dominique Bauby7

French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion … 1952–1997

Michael Moore71

American filmmaker, author, social critic, and liberal acti… 1954

Paul J. McAuley11

British writer 1955

John Hannah (actor)2

Scottish actor 1962

Timothy McVeigh32

American army soldier, security guard, terrorist 1968–2001

John Oliver16

English comedian 1977

Kal Penn1

American actor and civil servant 1977

Joanna Krupa1

Polish-American model and actress 1979

Yana Gupta2

Czech model and actress 1979

Death

William Shakespeare699

English playwright and poet 1564–1616

Henry Vaughan23

Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet 1621–1695

William Wordsworth306

English Romantic poet 1770–1850

Henry H. Goodell1

1839–1905

Karl Polanyi10

economist, philosopher and historian 1886–1964

Rupert Brooke5

British poet 1887–1915

Jan Mankes11

Dutch painter 1889–1920

Teresa de la Parra1

Venezuelan novelist 1889–1936

George Adamski25

American ufologist 1891–1965

George Ohsawa6

twentieth century Japanese philosopher 1893–1966

Sam Ervin2

Democratic United States Senator from North Carolina 1896–1985

P. L. Travers57

Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist 1899–1996

Helen Steiner Rice2

American poet 1900–1981

William Hartnell4

English actor 1908–1975

Howard Cosell14

American sportscaster 1918–1995

Jürg Niehans5

Swiss economist 1919–2007

Satyajit Ray8

Indian author, poet, composer, lyricist, filmmaker 1921–1992

Cesar Chavez37

American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activi… 1927–1993

Peter Porter8

British poet 1929–2010

Boris Yeltsin28

1st President of Russia and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet … 1931–2007

David Halberstam1

American writer, journalist, historian 1934–2007

Эрл Уилсон1

American baseball player 1934–2005

Lawrence Shepp1

American mathematician 1936–2013

Mohammed Omar6

Founder and former leader of the Taliban 1959–2013