May 23rd Birthdays

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress, was born on this day in 1928. Highly popular in the 1950s, she had her first No. 1 hit, “Come On-a My House,” in 1951. Clooney passed away on June 29, 2002 at age 74 from lung cancer.

Also born on May 23rd

  • 1928
    Jeannie Carson, English actress, singer
  • 1931
    Barbara Barrie, American actress
  • 1933
    Joan Collins, English actress
  • 1948
    Myriam Boyer, French actress, director
  • 1955
    Luka Bloom, Irish singer, musician
  • 1956
    Buck Showalter, American baseball player, manager
  • 1957
    Mark Arnold, American actor
  • 1958
    Drew Carey, American comedian
    Lea DeLaria, American actress, singer
    Shelly West, American country singer
  • 1960
    Linden Ashby, American actor
  • 1961
    Karen Duffy, American actress
  • 1965
    Melissa McBride, American actress
  • 1967
    Phil Selway, English drummer, songwriter
  • 1968
    Guinevere Turner, American actress
  • 1970
    Matt Flynn, American musician
  • 1971
    Laurel Holloman, American actress
  • 1973
    Maxwell, American singer
  • 1974
    Jewel, American singer
    Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
  • 1976
    Kelly Monaco, American actress
  • 1978
    Mike González, American baseball player
  • 1978
    Carolyn Moos, American model, basketball player
    Scott Raynor, American drummer (blink-182)
  • 1979
    Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
    Rasual Butler, American basketball player
  • 1980
    Lane Garrison, American actor
    Gary Brackett, American football player
  • 1981
    Gwenno Saunders, Welsh dancer and singer
  • 1982
    Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
    Tristan Prettyman, American musician
  • 1983
    Heidi Range, English singer
  • 1983
    Alex Shelley, American wrestler
  • 1984
    Adam Wylie, American actor
  • 1987
    Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director

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Died on May 23rd:

  • 1701
    William Kidd, Scottish pirate (est. age 47)
  • 1868
    Kit Carson, American general (age 58)
  • 1906
    Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, poet (age 78)
  • 1934
    Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (age 25)
    Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (age 23)
  • 1937
    John D. Rockefeller, American businessman, philanthropist (age 97)
  • 1975
    Moms Mabley, American comedian, actor (age 81)
  • 1981
    George Jessel, American actor, singer (age 83)
  • 1986
    Sterling Hayden, American actor (age 70)
  • 2001
    Harry Townes, American actor (age 89)
  • 2002
    Sam Snead, American golfer (age 89)
  • 2008
    Utah Phillips, American singer, poet (age 73)
  • 2010
    Simon Monjack, English director, screenwriter (age 40)
  • 2015
    Anne Meara, American actress, comedian (age 85)
  • 2017
    Roger Moore, English actor (age 89)
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