Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 23
Births
[edit]- 1936 - Anthony Kennedy, (pictured) U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi poet (d. 1973)
- 1965 - Slash, English-born guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
- 1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player
- 1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
- 1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player
- 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern
- 1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer
- 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (Harry Potter films)
Deaths
[edit]- 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
- 1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)
- 1948 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
- 1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot (b. 1890)
- 2011 - Amy Winehouse, British Singer (b. 1983)