Born in 1923
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Born in 1923
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Abdnor | Politician | 13-Feb-1923 | 16-May-2012 | US Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87 |
| Dannie Abse | Poet | 22-Sep-1923 | Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve | |
| Terence Alexander | Actor | 11-Mar-1923 | 28-May-2009 | Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Lindsay Anderson | Film Director | 17-Apr-1923 | 30-Aug-1994 | If... |
| Philip W. Anderson | Physicist | 13-Dec-1923 | Solid state physics | |
| V. C. Andrews | Author | 6-Jun-1923 | 19-Dec-1986 | Flowers in the Attic |
| Mother Angelica | Religion | 20-Apr-1923 | Roman Catholic evangelical nun | |
| Diane Arbus | Photographer | 14-Mar-1923 | 26-Jul-1971 | Influential photographer |
| James Arness | Actor | 26-May-1923 | 3-Jun-2011 | Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke |
| Thomas W. Ludlow Ashley | Politician | 11-Jan-1923 | 15-Jun-2010 | Congressman from Ohio, 1955-81 |
| Alexandre Astruc | Film Director | 13-Jul-1923 | Les mauvaises rencontres | |
| Victor G. Atiyeh | Politician | 20-Feb-1923 | Governor of Oregon, 1979-87 | |
| Richard Attenborough | Film Director | 29-Aug-1923 | Gandhi | |
| Richard Avedon | Photographer | 13-May-1923 | 1-Oct-2004 | Photographer of the human predicament |
| Gaetano Badalamenti | Criminal | 14-Sep-1923 | 29-Apr-2004 | Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses |
| Conrad Bain | Actor | 4-Feb-1923 | Phillip Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes | |
| Bob Barker | Game Show Host | 12-Dec-1923 | The Price Is Right | |
| Warren Barker | Composer | 16-Apr-1923 | 3-Aug-2006 | Composer for 77 Sunset Strip |
| Barbara Baxley | Actor | 1-Jan-1923 | 7-Jun-1990 | Period of Adjustment |
| Anne Baxter | Actor | 7-May-1923 | 12-Dec-1985 | The Razor's Edge |
| Brendan Behan | Playwright | 9-Feb-1923 | 20-Mar-1964 | The Hostage |
| Glen Bell | Business | 3-Sep-1923 | 17-Jan-2010 | Taco Bell founder |
| Helen Delich Bentley | Politician | 28-Nov-1923 | Congresswoman from Maryland, 1985-95 | |
| William P. Benton | Business | 4-Nov-1923 | 19-Feb-2009 | Former VP at Ford |
| Herschel Bernardi | Actor | 20-Oct-1923 | 9-May-1986 | Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant |
| Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua | Religion | 17-Jun-1923 | 31-Jan-2012 | Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1987-2003 |
| Michael A. Bilandic | Politician | 13-Feb-1923 | 16-Jan-2002 | Mayor of Chicago, 1976-79 |
| Anita Björk | Actor | 25-Apr-1923 | Miss Julie | |
| Betsy Blair | Actor | 11-Dec-1923 | 13-Mar-2009 | Marty |
| Yves Bonnefoy | Poet | 24-Jun-1923 | Du Mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve | |
| Yelena Bonner | Activist | 15-Feb-1923 | 18-Jun-2011 | Activist-wife of Andrei Sakharov |
| Walerian Borowczyk | Film Director | 2-Sep-1923 | 3-Feb-2006 | The Beast |
| Scotty Bowers | Author | 1-Jul-1923 | Full Service | |
| Malcolm Boyd | Religion | 8-Jun-1923 | Are You Running with Me, Jesus? | |
| Keefe Brasselle | Actor | 7-Feb-1923 | 7-Jul-1981 | A Place in the Sun |
| Daniel Brewster | Politician | 23-Nov-1923 | 19-Aug-2007 | US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
| Dolph Briscoe | Politician | 23-Apr-1923 | 27-Jun-2010 | Governor of Texas, 1973-79 |
| Pamela Britton | Actor | 19-Mar-1923 | 17-Jun-1974 | Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian |
| Christine Brooke-Rose | Novelist | 16-Jan-1923 | 21-Mar-2012 | Out |
| Charles F. Brush III | Archaeologist | 3-Apr-1923 | 1-Jun-2006 | Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Larry Buchanan | Film Director | 31-Jan-1923 | 2-Dec-2004 | Mars Needs Women |
| James L. Buckley | Politician | 9-Mar-1923 | US Senator from New York, 1971-77 | |
| Jack Burke, Jr. | Golf | 29-Jan-1923 | Winner, 1956 Masters and PGA Championship | |
| Forbes Burnham | Head of State | 20-Feb-1923 | 6-Aug-1985 | President of Guyana, 1980-85 |
| Maria Callas | Singer | 2-Dec-1923 | 16-Sep-1977 | Operatic Soprano |
| Italo Calvino | Author | 15-Oct-1923 | 18-Sep-1985 | Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore |
| William Campbell | Actor | 30-Oct-1923 | 28-Apr-2011 | Dementia 13 |
| Arvid Carlsson | Scientist | 25-Jan-1923 | Signal transduction in the nervous system | |
| Jean Carson | Actor | 28-Feb-1923 | 2-Nov-2005 | Fun girl Daphne |
| Helena Carter | Actor | 24-Aug-1923 | 11-Jan-2000 | Invaders from Mars |
| Jack Carter | Comic | 24-Jun-1923 | Stand-up comic, actor | |
| Carolyn Cassady | Author | 28-Apr-1923 | Wife of Neal Cassady | |
| Paddy Chayefsky | Playwright | 29-Jan-1923 | 1-Aug-1981 | Network |
| Linda Christian | Actor | 13-Nov-1923 | 22-Jul-2011 | Ex-Wife of Tyrone Power |
| Suzanne Cloutier | Actor | 10-Jul-1923 | 2-Dec-2003 | Othello |
| Fielder Cook | Film Director | 9-Mar-1923 | 20-Jun-2003 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady |
| Ivor Cutler | Poet | 15-Jan-1923 | 3-Mar-2006 | Glasgow Dreamer |
| Leora Dana | Actor | 1-Apr-1923 | 13-Dec-1983 | Some Came Running |
| Linda Darnell | Actor | 16-Oct-1923 | 10-Apr-1965 | Star Dust |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | Golf | 14-Apr-1923 | Winner, 1967 British Open | |
| Buddy DeFranco | Jazz Musician | 17-Feb-1923 | Jazz clarinetist, led The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
| James Dickey | Poet | 2-Feb-1923 | 19-Jan-1997 | Deliverance |
| Gordon R. Dickson | Novelist | 1-Nov-1923 | 31-Jan-2001 | Dorsai |
| Harrison Dillard | Track and Field | 8-Jul-1923 | Olympic hurdler | |
| Larry Doby | Baseball | 13-Dec-1923 | 18-Jun-2003 | First African-American in AL |
| Bob Dole | Politician | 22-Jul-1923 | US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 | |
| Doris Dowling | Actor | 15-May-1923 | 18-Jun-2004 | The Lost Weekend |
| Betsy Drake | Actor | 11-Sep-1923 | Every Girl Should Be Married | |
| Alan Dugan | Poet | 12-Feb-1923 | 3-Sep-2003 | Poems |
| Andrew Duggan | Actor | 28-Dec-1923 | 15-May-1988 | Bourbon Street Beat |
| Robin Chandler Duke | Activist | 13-Oct-1923 | Former president of NARAL | |
| Charles Durning | Actor | 28-Feb-1923 | The Muppet Movie | |
| Freeman Dyson | Physicist | 15-Dec-1923 | Theoretical physicist at Institute for Advanced Study | |
| Donald Easum | Diplomat | 27-Aug-1923 | US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77 | |
| Bob Elliott | Comic | 26-Mar-1923 | Half of Bob & Ray | |
| William A. Emerson, Jr. | Journalist | 28-Feb-1923 | 25-Aug-2009 | Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69 |
| Ahmet Ertegün | Business | 21-Jul-1923 | 14-Dec-2006 | Atlantic Records co-founder |
| King Fahd | Royalty | 1923 | 1-Aug-2005 | King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
| Edith Fellows | Actor | 20-May-1923 | 26-Jun-2011 | 1930s child actor |
| Fyvush Finkel | Actor | 9-Oct-1923 | Picket Fences | |
| Val Fitch | Physicist | 10-Mar-1923 | Time not necessarily reversible | |
| Rhonda Fleming | Actor | 10-Aug-1923 | Spellbound | |
| Betty B. Fletcher | Judge | 29-Mar-1923 | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-98 | |
| Antony Flew | Philosopher | 11-Feb-1923 | 8-Apr-2010 | British Libertarian philosopher |
| Constance Ford | Actor | 1-Jul-1923 | 26-Feb-1993 | Ada Hobson on Another World |
| Peter Fowler | Physicist | 27-Feb-1923 | 8-Nov-1996 | Cosmic radiation |
| Sam Francis | Painter | 25-Jun-1923 | 4-Nov-1994 | Abstract expressionist |
| Mad Frankie Fraser | Criminal | 13-Dec-1923 | Notorious British bank robber | |
| Clarence Gaines | Basketball | 21-May-1923 | 18-Apr-2005 | Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
| D. Carleton Gajdusek | Scientist | 9-Sep-1923 | 12-Dec-2008 | Kuru (slow virus infections) |
| Peter Gay | Historian | 20-Jun-1923 | The Enlightenment: An Interpretation | |
| Estelle Getty | Actor | 25-Jul-1923 | 22-Jul-2008 | The Golden Girls |
| Philip Geyelin | Journalist | 27-Feb-1923 | 9-Jan-2004 | Former editor, The Washington Post |
| Nathan Glazer | Pundit | 25-Feb-1923 | Co-Editor, The Public Interest | |
| James L. Goddard | Government | 24-Apr-1923 | 18-Dec-2009 | FDA Commissioner, 1966-68 |
| Alfred T. Goodwin | Judge | 29-Jun-1923 | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971-91 | |
| Nadine Gordimer | Author | 20-Nov-1923 | South African novelist | |
| Dexter Gordon | Jazz Musician | 27-Feb-1923 | 25-Apr-1990 | Influential bop saxophonist |
| Harold Gould | Actor | 10-Dec-1923 | 11-Sep-2010 | Martin Morganstern on Rhoda |
| Gloria Grahame | Actor | 28-Nov-1923 | 5-Oct-1981 | The Bad and the Beautiful |
| Bonita Granville | Actor | 2-Feb-1923 | 11-Oct-1988 | These Three |
| Larry Grayson | Comic | 31-Aug-1923 | 7-Jan-1995 | Ooh, shut that door! |
| Richard Gregory | Psychologist | 24-Jul-1923 | 17-May-2010 | Optical illusions and "hands-on" science |
| Robert P. Griffin | Politician | 6-Nov-1923 | US Senator from Michigan, 1966-79 | |
| Gilbert Gude | Politician | 9-Mar-1923 | 7-Jun-2007 | Congressman from Maryland, 1967-77 |
| Jean Hagen | Actor | 3-Aug-1923 | 29-Aug-1977 | Singin' in the Rain |
| Ralph Hall | Politician | 3-May-1923 | Congressman, Texas 4th | |
| Florence Halop | Actor | 23-Jan-1923 | 15-Jul-1986 | Florence Kleiner on Night Court |
| Murray Hamilton | Actor | 24-Mar-1923 | 1-Sep-1986 | Jaws |
| Earl Hamner, Jr. | Film/TV Producer | 10-Jul-1923 | The Waltons | |
| Alex Hannum | Basketball | 19-Jul-1923 | 18-Jan-2002 | NBA Hall of Famer |
| Joseph Hansen | Author | 19-Jul-1923 | 24-Nov-2004 | Dave Brandstetter detective series |
| Myron Healey | Actor | 8-Jun-1923 | 21-Dec-2005 | Prolific actor in Westerns |
| Warren E. Hearnes | Politician | 24-Jul-1923 | 16-Aug-2009 | Governor of Missouri, 1965-73 |
| Jay Hebert | Golf | 14-Feb-1923 | 25-May-1997 | Winner, 1960 PGA Championship |
| Anthony Hecht | Poet | 16-Jan-1923 | 20-Oct-2004 | The Hard Hours |
| Joseph Heller | Author | 1-May-1923 | 12-Dec-1999 | Catch-22 |
| W. H. Helmerich III | Business | 12-Jan-1923 | Chairman of Helmerich & Payne | |
| Charlton Heston | Actor | 4-Oct-1923 | 5-Apr-2008 | The Ten Commandments |
| Arthur Hiller | Film Director | 22-Nov-1923 | An Alan Smithee Film | |
| Patrick Hillery | Head of State | 2-May-1923 | 12-Apr-2008 | President of Ireland, 1976-90 |
| Deane R. Hinton | Diplomat | 12-Mar-1923 | US Ambassador to Panama, 1990-94 | |
| Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch | Football | 17-Jun-1923 | 28-Jan-2004 | LA Rams halfback 1949-57 |
| William J. Holloway, Jr. | Judge | 23-Jun-1923 | 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-92 | |
| Seth Holt | Film Director | 1923 | 14-Feb-1971 | The Nanny |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | Politician | 21-Sep-1923 | Governor of Virginia, 1970-74 | |
| Miroslav Holub | Poet | 13-Sep-1923 | 14-Jul-1998 | Immunologist, important Czech poet |
| Kevork S. Hovnanian | Business | 16-May-1923 | 24-Sep-2009 | Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises |
| Basil Cardinal Hume | Religion | 2-Mar-1923 | 17-Jun-1999 | Archbishop of Westminster, 1976-99 |
| Thomas M. Hunt | Business | 27-May-1923 | 11-Nov-2008 | President of Hunt Oil, 1955-90 |
| Gordon Jackson | Actor | 19-Dec-1923 | 15-Jan-1990 | Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Milt Jackson | Jazz Musician | 1-Jan-1923 | 9-Oct-1999 | Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Wojciech Jaruzelski | Head of State | 6-Jul-1923 | Final communist leader of Poland | |
| Rick Jason | Actor | 21-May-1923 | 16-Oct-2000 | Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Anne Jeffreys | Actor | 26-Jan-1923 | Marion Kerby on Topper | |
| Glynis Johns | Actor | 5-Oct-1923 | Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins | |
| Elizabeth Jolley | Novelist | 4-Jun-1923 | 13-Feb-2007 | Mr. Scobie's Riddle |
| Thad Jones | Jazz Musician | 28-Mar-1923 | 20-Aug-1986 | Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader |
| Geri M. Joseph | Journalist | 19-Jun-1923 | US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1978-81 | |
| Erland Josephson | Actor | 15-Jun-1923 | 25-Feb-2012 | The Sacrifice |
| James Karen | Actor | 28-Nov-1923 | The Return of the Living Dead | |
| Charles Keating | Business | 4-Dec-1923 | Morality crusader, white-collar swindler | |
| Ellsworth Kelly | Painter | 31-May-1923 | Hard-Edge Painting | |
| Yasar Kemal | Author | 6-Oct-1923 | Mehmet, My Hawk | |
| Hugh Kenner | Critic | 7-Jan-1923 | 24-Nov-2003 | The Poetry of Ezra Pound |
| Irvin Kershner | Film Director | 29-Apr-1923 | 27-Nov-2010 | The Empire Strikes Back |
| Barney Kessel | Guitarist | 17-Oct-1923 | 6-May-2004 | Be-bop guitarist |
| Jack S. Kilby | Inventor | 8-Nov-1923 | 20-Jun-2005 | Electrical engineering pioneer |
| Albert King | Guitarist | 25-Apr-1923 | 21-Dec-1992 | Blues electric guitarist |
| Wright King | Actor | 11-Jan-1923 | Character actor | |
| Norman Kirk | Head of State | 6-Jan-1923 | 31-Aug-1974 | Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-74 |
| Henry Kissinger | Government | 27-May-1923 | US Secretary of State, 1973-77 | |
| Richard G. Kleindienst | Government | 5-Aug-1923 | 3-Feb-2000 | US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
| Eugene Kleiner | Business | 12-May-1923 | 20-Nov-2003 | Venture capitalist |
| Ted Knight | Actor | 7-Dec-1923 | 26-Aug-1986 | Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore |
| Walter Kohn | Chemist | 9-Mar-1923 | Density-functional theory | |
| C. M. Kornbluth | Novelist | 23-Jul-1923 | 21-Mar-1958 | The Space Merchants |
| Murray Krieger | Critic | 27-Nov-1923 | 5-Aug-2000 | The Play and Place of Criticism |
| Tuli Kupferberg | Singer/Songwriter | 28-Sep-1923 | 12-Jul-2010 | The Fugs |
| Stephanie Kwolek | Chemist | 31-Jul-1923 | Invented Kevlar | |
| Norm Larsen | Inventor | 1923 | Dec-1970 | WD-40 |
| Dante Lavelli | Football | 23-Feb-1923 | 20-Jan-2009 | Cleveland Browns Hall-of-Famer |
| Peter Lawford | Actor | 7-Sep-1923 | 24-Dec-1984 | Rat Pack member |
| Harvey Lembeck | Actor | 15-Apr-1923 | 5-Jan-1982 | Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show |
| Jerome H. Lemelson | Inventor | 18-Jul-1923 | 1-Oct-1997 | Inventor with a very good lawyer |
| Jozef Lenart | Head of State | 3-Apr-1923 | 11-Feb-2004 | Czech Prime Minister, 1963-68 |
| Denise Levertov | Poet | 24-Oct-1923 | 20-Dec-1997 | With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads |
| Al Lewis | Actor | 30-Apr-1923 | 3-Feb-2006 | Grandpa on The Munsters |
| Roy Lichtenstein | Painter | 27-Oct-1923 | 29-Sep-1997 | Whaam! |
| György Ligeti | Composer | 28-May-1923 | 12-Jun-2006 | Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
| Moira Lister | Actor | 6-Aug-1923 | 27-Oct-2007 | Seven Waves Away |
| Hugh Lloyd | Actor | 22-Apr-1923 | 14-Jul-2008 | Hugh and I |
| Jimmy Lydon | Actor | 30-May-1923 | Andy Boone on So This Is Hollywood | |
| Richard W. Lyman | Educator | 18-Oct-1923 | 27-May-2012 | President of Stanford University, 1971-80 |
| William Lyon | Military | 9-Mar-1923 | Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79 | |
| Norman Mailer | Author | 31-Jan-1923 | 10-Nov-2007 | Armies of the Night |
| Adele Mara | Actor | 28-Apr-1923 | 7-May-2010 | Angel in Exile |
| Marcel Marceau | Performance Artist | 22-Mar-1923 | 22-Sep-2007 | Mime, created Bip the clown |
| Rudolph A. Marcus | Chemist | 21-Jul-1923 | Electron-transfer reactions | |
| Rose Marie | Actor | 15-Aug-1923 | Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show | |
| Joe Maross | Actor | 7-Feb-1923 | 7-Nov-2009 | Run Silent, Run Deep |
| Barney Martin | Actor | 3-Mar-1923 | 21-Mar-2005 | Played Jerry's dad Morty on Seinfeld |
| Dewey Martin | Actor | 8-Dec-1923 | The Big Sky | |
| Robert Maxwell | Publisher | 10-Jun-1923 | 5-Nov-1991 | Mirror Group tycoon |
| Charles McClendon | Football | 17-Oct-1923 | 6-Dec-2001 | LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
| John McKay | Football | 5-Jul-1923 | 10-Jun-2001 | USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75 |
| Ed McMahon | Talk Show Host | 6-Mar-1923 | 23-Jun-2009 | The Tonight Show |
| Robert E. McNair | Politician | 14-Dec-1923 | 17-Nov-2007 | Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71 |
| Allan Melvin | Actor | 18-Feb-1923 | 17-Jan-2008 | Archie Bunker's Place |
| Robert H. Michel | Politician | 2-Mar-1923 | Congressman from Illinois, 1957-95 | |
| Rentaro Mikuni | Actor | 20-Jan-1923 | Kwaidan | |
| Sylvia Miles | Actor | 9-Sep-1923 | Midnight Cowboy | |
| Ann Miller | Dancer | 12-Apr-1923 | 22-Jan-2004 | Kiss Me Kate |
| Arnold Miller | Labor Leader | 25-Apr-1923 | 12-Jul-1985 | UMW President, 1972-79 |
| Eve Miller | Actor | 8-Aug-1923 | 17-Aug-1973 | The Big Trees |
| Merton H. Miller | Economist | 16-May-1923 | 3-Jun-2000 | Modigliani-Miller theorem |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. | Novelist | 23-Jan-1923 | 9-Jan-1996 | A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| Gordon Mitchell | Actor | 29-Jul-1923 | 20-Sep-2003 | Bodybuilder-Actor |
| Arch A. Moore, Jr. | Politician | 16-Apr-1923 | Twice Governor of West Virginia | |
| Patrick Moore | TV Personality | 4-Mar-1923 | BBC's The Sky At Night | |
| Henry Morgentaler | Doctor | 19-Mar-1923 | Abortion rights in Canada | |
| John Mortimer | Playwright | 21-Apr-1923 | 16-Jan-2009 | Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Edward Mulhare | Actor | 8-Apr-1923 | 24-May-1997 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| David H. Murdock | Business | 10-Apr-1923 | CEO of Dole Food | |
| Fats Navarro | Jazz Musician | 24-Sep-1923 | 7-Jul-1950 | Be-bop jazz trumpeter |
| Jean Nidetch | Business | 12-Oct-1923 | Weight Watchers founder | |
| Cathy O'Donnell | Actor | 6-Jul-1923 | 11-Apr-1970 | They Live by Night |
| Richard B. Ogilvie | Politician | 22-Feb-1923 | 10-May-1988 | Governor of Illinois, 1969-73 |
| Adnan Pachachi | Politician | 14-May-1923 | Former Iraqi diplomat | |
| Bettie Page | Model | 22-Apr-1923 | 11-Dec-2008 | Black-haired bondage pin-up queen |
| Richard B. Parker | Diplomat | 3-Jul-1923 | 7-Jan-2011 | US Ambassador to Morocco, 1978-79 |
| Ara Parseghian | Football | 10-Mar-1923 | Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74 | |
| Jaroslav Pelikan | Historian | 17-Dec-1923 | 13-May-2006 | The Christian Tradition |
| Shimon Peres | Head of State | 16-Aug-1923 | President of Israel | |
| Barbara Perry | Actor | 22-Jun-1923 | Character actress | |
| Harry Mark Petrakis | Novelist | 5-Jun-1923 | Lion at My Heart | |
| Bum Phillips | Football | 29-Sep-1923 | Coach of the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints | |
| Pete Pihos | Football | 22-Oct-1923 | 16-Aug-2011 | Hall of Fame End, Philadelphia Eagles |
| Harry Pregerson | Judge | 13-Oct-1923 | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |
| Tito Puente | Musician | 20-Apr-1923 | 31-May-2000 | Popular Latin bandleader |
| Joe Edward Purcell | Politician | 29-Jul-1923 | Mar-1987 | Attorney General of Arkansas, 1967-71 |
| Albert H. Quie | Politician | 18-Sep-1923 | Governor of Minnesota, 1979-83 | |
| Prince Rainier | Royalty | 31-May-1923 | 6-Apr-2005 | Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005 |
| Harry Reasoner | Journalist | 17-Apr-1923 | 6-Aug-1991 | 60 Minutes |
| Sumner Redstone | Business | 27-May-1923 | Chairman and CEO of Viacom | |
| Jim Reeves | Country Musician | 20-Aug-1923 | 31-Jul-1964 | He'll Have to Go |
| Frank Reynolds | Journalist | 29-Nov-1923 | 20-Jul-1983 | Former ABC News anchor |
| Gene Reynolds | Actor | 4-Apr-1923 | Child actor, later TV director/producer | |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky | Historian | 21-Dec-1923 | 14-May-2011 | A History of Russia |
| David Lowell Rich | Film Director | 31-Aug-1923 | The Concorde: Airport '79 | |
| Meshulam Riklis | Business | 2-Dec-1923 | Corporate raider | |
| Larry Rivers | Painter | 17-Aug-1923 | 14-Aug-2002 | American pop artist |
| Cliff Robertson | Actor | 9-Sep-1923 | 10-Sep-2011 | Uncle Ben in Spider-Man |
| Dale Robertson | Actor | 14-Jul-1923 | Tales of Wells Fargo | |
| Ned Rorem | Composer | 23-Oct-1923 | Paris Diary | |
| Herbert Sargent | Screenwriter | 15-Jul-1923 | 6-May-2005 | SNL writer |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Conductor | 26-Aug-1923 | Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003 | |
| Wally Schirra | Astronaut | 12-Mar-1923 | 3-May-2007 | Commander of Apollo 7 |
| James Schuyler | Poet | 9-Nov-1923 | 12-Apr-1991 | Freely Espousing |
| Michael Seaton | Astronomer | 16-Jun-1923 | 29-May-2007 | Opacity Project |
| Jorge Semprún | Novelist | 10-Dec-1923 | 7-Jun-2011 | Screenplay for Z |
| John Shad | Government | 27-Jun-1923 | Jul-1994 | SEC Chairman, 1981-87 |
| Dick Shawn | Actor | 1-Dec-1923 | 17-Apr-1987 | Inventor of the "high five" |
| Carroll Shelby | Auto Racing | 11-Jan-1923 | 10-May-2012 | Racecar designer |
| Alan Shepard | Astronaut | 18-Nov-1923 | 21-Jul-1998 | First American in space |
| Jerome J. Shestack | Attorney | 11-Feb-1923 | 18-Aug-2011 | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
| George L. Shinn | Business | 12-Mar-1923 | CEO of First Boston, 1975-83 | |
| Louis Simpson | Poet | 27-Mar-1923 | At The End of the Open Road | |
| Donald Sinden | Actor | 9-Oct-1923 | Two's Company | |
| Harry Smith | Musicologist | 29-May-1923 | 26-Nov-1991 | Anthology of American Folk Music |
| Liz Smith | Columnist | 2-Feb-1923 | Gossip Columnist | |
| Peter Denham Smithson | Architect | 18-Sep-1923 | 3-Mar-2003 | New Brutalist |
| Fred Sommers | Philosopher | 1-Jan-1923 | The Logic of Natural Language | |
| Alex Spanos | Business | 28-Sep-1923 | A.G. Spanos Companies | |
| Aaron Spelling | Film/TV Producer | 22-Apr-1923 | 23-Jun-2006 | Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Beryl W. Sprinkel | Economist | 20-Nov-1923 | 22-Aug-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 |
| Jean Stapleton | Actor | 19-Jan-1923 | Edith on All In The Family | |
| Richard Stapley | Actor | 20-Jun-1923 | 5-Mar-2010 | Man from Interpol |
| Ted Stevens | Politician | 18-Nov-1923 | 10-Aug-2010 | US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
| James Stockdale | Military | 23-Dec-1923 | 5-Jul-2005 | H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Larry Storch | Actor | 8-Jan-1923 | Corporal Agarn on F Troop | |
| Hank Stram | Football | 3-Jan-1923 | 4-Jul-2005 | Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs |
| Joseph Strick | Film Director | 6-Jul-1923 | 1-Jun-2010 | Ulysses |
| Frank Sutton | Actor | 23-Oct-1923 | 28-Jun-1974 | Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle |
| Eric Sykes | Actor | 4-May-1923 | 4-Jul-2012 | The Plank |
| Wislawa Szymborska | Poet | 2-Jul-1923 | 1-Feb-2012 | Polish poet |
| Nguyen Van Thieu | Head of State | 5-Apr-1923 | 29-Sep-2001 | President of South Vietnam, 1967-75 |
| Bobby Thomson | Baseball | 25-Oct-1923 | 16-Aug-2010 | 1951 home run brought Giants to the Series |
| Ken Thomson | Business | 1-Sep-1923 | 12-Jun-2006 | Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp. |
| Charles Tingwell | Actor | 3-Jan-1923 | 15-May-2009 | Breaker Morant |
| Laurence Tisch | Business | 5-Mar-1923 | 15-Nov-2003 | CEO of CBS, 1986-95 |
| John S. Toll | Educator | 25-Oct-1923 | 15-Jul-2011 | President, University of Maryland, 1978-88 |
| Stansfield Turner | Government | 1-Dec-1923 | CIA Director, 1977-81 | |
| W. J. Usery | Government | 21-Dec-1923 | US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77 | |
| Peter Vaughan | Actor | 4-Apr-1923 | The Remains of the Day | |
| Mort Walker | Cartoonist | 3-Sep-1923 | Beetle Bailey | |
| Art Wall, Jr. | Golf | 25-Nov-1923 | 31-Oct-2001 | Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament |
| Jean Wallace | Actor | 12-Oct-1923 | 14-Feb-1990 | The Big Combo |
| Jack Watling | Actor | 13-Jan-1923 | 22-May-2001 | We Dive at Dawn |
| Doc Watson | Guitarist | 2-Mar-1923 | 29-May-2012 | Two Days in November |
| William Weaver | Translator | 24-Jul-1923 | Translator from the Italian | |
| Joseph Weizenbaum | Computer Programmer | 8-Jan-1923 | 5-Mar-2008 | ELIZA |
| Philip Whalen | Poet | 20-Oct-1923 | 26-Jun-2002 | Canoeing up Carbaga Creek |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | Baseball | 26-Jul-1923 | 23-Aug-2002 | Knuckleball relief pitcher |
| Hank Williams, Sr. | Country Musician | 17-Sep-1923 | 1-Jan-1953 | Take These Chains From My Heart |
| Terry Wilson | Actor | 3-Sep-1923 | 30-Mar-1999 | Bill Hawks on Wagon Train |
| William Windom | Actor | 28-Sep-1923 | 16-Aug-2012 | Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter |
| William Winter | Politician | 21-Feb-1923 | Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84 | |
| Chuck Yeager | Aviator | 13-Feb-1923 | Test pilot, first to break speed of sound | |
| Lee Kuan Yew | Head of State | 16-Sep-1923 | Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90 | |
| Robert A. Young III | Politician | 27-Nov-1923 | 17-Oct-2007 | Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87 |
| Franco Zeffirelli | Film Director | 12-Feb-1923 | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Norma Zimmer | Singer | 13-Jul-1923 | 10-May-2011 | Champagne Lady on Lawrence Welk |
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