Famous People Born on May 23
Manuel Robles Pezuela
1817
Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
1908
Swiss author and photographer (d. 1942)
(Image Credits)
"AnnemarieSchwarzenbach" by Anita Forrer - CC BY-SA 3.0
Original photograph is in the Swiss Literary Archives (SLA). Online sources: Helvetica Archives; Strange Flowers (WordPress) & Self portraits of the world
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
1844
Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
Anatoly Karpov
1951
Russian chess player
(Image Credits)
"Anatoly Karpov 2017 april" by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски - CC BY-SA 4.0
Ruth Fernández
1919
Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012)
Andrea Pazienza
1956
Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
Jules Dumont d'Urville
1790
French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
S. Donald Stookey
1915
American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)
Rubens Barrichello
1972
Brazilian race car driver
(Image Credits)
"Rubinho" by TV Brasil Central AO VIVO - CC BY 3.0 Original Source
Betty Nuthall
1911
English tennis player (d. 1983)
Helen O'Connell
1920
American singer (d. 1993)
Antonis Samaras
1951
Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
(Image Credits)
"Antonis Samaras October 2014" by European People's Party - CC BY 2.0
EPP Summit, Brussels; October 2014