August 23: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

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

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

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August 23rd was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

August 23rd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Richard Adler, American lyricist and composer (Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game and Rags to Riches), was born on August 23, 1923.

Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator, cartoonist and children's author (Animal Book, Auntie Alice's Party, B is for Bear, Barbara and Benny, Basje Goes to Stay at the Children's Neurology Department, Birthday Book for UNICEF, Boris and Barbara, Boris and Ko, Boris Bear, Boris Does the Shopping, Boris in the Snow, Boris on the Mountain, Boris, Caleb and Noah's Ark, Children's Hemophilia Book, Circus, Farmer John, Grandpa and Grandma Bunny, Hettie the Hedgehog, Hop-o'-My-Thumb, I Can Count, I Can Read, Kitty Nell, Little Bird Tweet, Lottie, Miffy at School, Miffy at the Playground, Miffy at the Seaside, Miffy at the Zoo, Miffy Goes Flying, Miffy in Lolly Land, Miffy in the Hospital, Miffy in the Snow, Miffy, Miffy's Bicycle, Miffy's Birthday, Miffy's Dream, Miffy's House, My Vest is White, Poppy Pig Goes to Market, Poppy Pig is Sick, Poppy Pig, Poppy Pig's Birthday, Poppy Pig's Garden, Queen Miffy, Snuffy and the Fire, Snuffy is Lost, Snuffy, Snuffy's Puppies, Tijs, Tilly and Tessa, Toto In Volendam and When I Grow Up ), was born on August 23, 1927.

American sculptor Alexander Milne Calder (General Meade and William Penn) was born on August 23, 1846.

Frank Stone, British artist (Christ and the Sisters of Bethany, Scene from 'A Legend of Montrose', Scene from 'Hamlet' and Scene from 'The Tempest'), was born on August 23, 1800.