Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 23
Births
[edit]- 1791 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
- 1813 - Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
- 1928 - Shirley Temple, American actress and politician (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
Deaths
[edit]- 1616 - Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
- 1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (pictured)
- 1850 - William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1983 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
- 1993 - César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
- 1995 - Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (b. 1918)