Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 23
Births
[edit]- 686 - Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
- 1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1792)
- 1912 - Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1927 - Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (d. 2017)
- 1933 - Pete Wilson, Governor of California
- 1946 - Keith Moon, English singer and drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
- 1949 - Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor
- 1958 - Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player
- 1970 - Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
- 1978 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (d. 2020)
Deaths
[edit]- 634 - Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph
- 1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot (executed)
- 1926 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895) (pictured)