August 23rd Birthdays

Australian singer and actor, Rick Springfield, was born on this day in 1949 as Richard Lewis Springthorpe, in South Wentworthville, NSW

Also born on August 23rd:

• 1929
  Vera Miles, American actress
• 1931
  Barbara Eden, American actress, singer
• 1934
  Sonny Jurgensen, American football player
• 1945
  Rayfield Wright, American football player
• 1947
  David Robb, Scottish actor
• 1949
  Shelley Long, American actress
• 1953
  Bobby G, British singer
• 1956
  Skipp Sudduth, American actor
• 1958
  Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player
• 1960
  Gary Hoey, American guitarist
• 1960
  Chris Potter, Canadian actor
• 1961
  Dean DeLeo, American musician
• 1962
  Shaun Ryder, English musician
• 1970
  Jay Mohr, American actor, comedian
• 1971
  Bone Crusher, American rapper
• 1973
  Casey Blake, American baseball player
• 1974
  Seth Binzer, aka Shifty Shellshock, American musician
• 1976
  Scott Caan, American actor
• 1978
  Julian Casablancas, American singer
• 1980
  Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
  Rex Grossman, American football player
• 1983
  Tony Moll, American football player
• 1988
  Jeremy Lin, American basketball player

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 23rd:

• 1926
  Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (age 31)
• 1927
  Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (age 36)
  Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (age 39)
• 1960
  Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, composer (age 65)
• 1960
  Hoot Gibson, American rodeo champion, actor (age 70)
• 1960
  Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director (age 83)
• 2001
  Kathleen Freeman, American actress (age 82)
  Peter Maas, American author (“The Valachi Papers”) (age 72)
• 2005
  Brock Peters, American actor (age 78)
• 2012
  Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (age 78)
• 2016
  Steven Hill, American actor (age 94)
• 2017
  Viola Harris, American actress (age 91)