April 23rd Birthdays

American professional wrestler, John Cena, was born on this day in 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts

Also born on April 23rd

1935
Bunky Green, American musician
1939
Lee Majors, American actor
1943
Gail Goodrich, American basketball player
1949
David Cross, British violinist
Joyce DeWitt, American actress
1953
James Russo, American actor, director
1955
Judy Davis, Australian actress
1960
Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
1961
George Lopez, American actor and comedian
1962
John Hannah, Scottish actor
1965
Tommy DeCarlo, American singer, songwriter
1967
Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
1968
Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan
Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1969
Byron Thames, American actor
1970
Scott Bairstow, Canadian actor
Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
1972
Sonya Smith, American actress
1974
Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)
Barry Watson, American actor
1975
Bobby Shaw, American football player
1977
Kal Penn, American actor
John Oliver, British comedian
1979
Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist
Jaime King, American actress
1981
Sean Henn, American baseball player
Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model, actress
1988
Molly Burnett, American actress
1990
Dev Patel, British actor
Matthew Underwood, American actor
1995
Gigi Hadid, American fashion model
2018
Prince Louis of Cambridge, British royalty,
5th in line to British throne

Died on April 23rd:

1605
Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (age 54)
1616
William Shakespeare, English playwright, poet (age 52)
1850
William Wordsworth, English poet, author (age 80)
1915
Rupert Brooke, English poet (age 27)
1951
Jules Berry, French actor, director (age 68)
Charles G. Dawes, 30th U.S. Vice President (age 85)
1983
Buster Crabbe, American swimmer, actor (age 75)
1984
Red Garland, American pianist (age 60)
1986
Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director (age 80)
1990
Paulette Goddard, American actress (age 79)
1991
Johnny Thunders, American singer, guitarist (age 38)
1993
Cesar Chavez, American activist (age 66)
1995
Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (age 77)
1996
P. L. Travers, Australian-English author, actress (age 96)
1998
James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (age 70)
2005
John Mills, English actor (age 97)
2006
Phil Walden, American record producer, manager (age 66)
2007
Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia (age 76)
2011
James Casey, English comedianr (age 88)
Tom King, American guitarist, songwriter (The Outsiders), (age 68)
John Sullivan, English screenwriter (age 64)
2019
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (age 98)