February 23: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is February 23rd your birthday? Was someone special to you born on February 23rd? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

February 23rd was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 23rd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Victor Fleming, American film director (Abie's Irish Rose, Adventure, Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks, Bombshell, Captains Courageous, Code of the Sea, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Gone with the Wind, Joan of Arc, Lord Jim, Renegades, The Rough Riders, Tortilla Flat, Treasure Island, The Virginian, The Way of All Flesh and The Wizard of Oz) and Academy Award winner (1939), was born on February 23, 1889.

German composer George Frederick Handel (Acis and Galatea, Agrippina, Almira, Atalanta, Berenice, Deidamia, Esther, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabeus, Julius Caesar, The Messiah, Nero, Rodrigo, Saul and Serse) was born on February 23, 1685.

British Symbolist painter George Frederic Watts (Hope and Love and Life) was born on February 23, 1817.

February 23rd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

George Abel, Canadian ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on February 23, 1916.

Puerto Rican professional baseball player Roberto Martin (Bobby Bonilla) Antonio (Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals) was born on February 23, 1963.

American professional football player Fred Biletnikoff (Oakland Raiders) was born on February 23, 1943.

Harry Boldt, German equestrian (dressage) and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on February 23, 1930.

American professional baseball player Kenneth George (Ken) Boswell (Houston Astros and New York Mets) was born on February 23, 1946.

Lee Quencey Calhoun, American hurdler and Olympic gold medalist (1956 and 1960), was born on February 23, 1933.

American professional tennis player Eddie Dibbs was born on February 23, 1951.