October 23rd Birthdays

American musical parodist, “Weird Al” Yankovic, was born on this day, as Alfred Matthew Yankovic, in 1959, in Linwood, CA

Also born on October 23rd:

• 1939
  Stanley Anderson, American actor
• 1952
  Ken Tipton, American actor
• 1954
  Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director
• 1956
  Dianne Reeves, American singer
  Dwight Yoakam, American singer
• 1962
  Doug Flutie, American football player
• 1964
  Robert Trujillo, American bassist
• 1965
  Al Leiter, American baseball player
• 1967
  Dale Crover, American musician
• 1969
  Brooke Theiss, American actress
• 1970
  Steve Wilder, American actor
• 1975
  Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
• 1976
  Cat Deeley, English model
  Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
• 1979
  Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
  Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1980
  Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1981
  Ben Francisco, American baseball player
• 1984
  Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
• 1985
  Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer, actress
• 1986
  Briana Evigan, American actress
  Jessica Stroup, American actress
• 1987
  Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer
  Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress
• 1990
  Stevie Brock, American singer
• 1993
  Taylor Spreitler, American actress

October Birthday Calendar

Died on October 23rd:

• 1906
  Zane Grey, American dentist and author (age 67)
• 1950
  Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (age 64)
• 1957
  Christian Dior, French fashion designer (age 52)
• 1978
  Maybelle Carter, American singer, autoharp player (Carter Family) (age 69)
• 1983
  Jessica Savitch, American journalist (age 36)
• 1984
  Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (age 61)
• 1989
  Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, dancer (age 78)
• 1994
  Robert Lansing, American actor (age 66)
• 2004
  Robert Merrill, American actor, singer (age 87)
• 2005
  William Hootkins, American actor (age 57)
• 2009
  Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (age 95)
• 2014
  Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (age 72)
• 2015
  Leon Bibb, American-Canadian folk singer (age 93)
• 2020
  Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer, musician (age 78)
• 2022
  Michael Kopsa, Canadian actor (age 66)