January 23rd Birthdays

American singer, Joe Dowell, was born on this day in 1940 in Bloomington, Indiana. His 1961 recording of “Wooden Heart” was the first No. 1 hit for Smash Records. Joe passed away on February 4, 2016 after suffering a heart attack.

Also born on January 23rd

• 1936
  Jerry Kramer, American football player
• 1939
  Arlene Golonka, American actress
• 1943
  Gil Gerard, American actor
• 1944
  Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor
• 1950
  Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
• 1950
  John Greaves, English musician
• 1953
  Robin Zander, American singer
• 1954
  Edward Ka-Spel, English musician
• 1957
  Princess Caroline of Monaco
• 1963
  Gail O’Grady, American actress
• 1964
  Mariska Hargitay, American actress
  Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana
• 1965
  Louie Clemente, American drummer
• 1966
  Haywoode Workman, American basketball player
• 1970
  Tracey Cherelle Jones, American actress
• 1971
  Kevin Mawae, American football player
  Marc Nelson, American R&B singer, lyricist
• 1972
  Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
  Mark Curry, American rapper
• 1973
  Lanei Chapman, American actress
• 1974
  Richard T. Slone, British artist
  Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
• 1975
  Phil Dawson, American football player
• 1976
  Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
  Tony Luca, American singer, musician
• 1979
  Larry Hughes, American basketball player
  Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981
  Julia Jones, Native American actress
• 1982
  Patrick Levis, American actor
  Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
• 1989
  April Pearson, British actress

January Birthday Calendar

Died on January 23rd:

• 1944
  Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (age 80)
• 1956
  Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer (age 62)
• 1976
  Paul Robeson, American actor, singer (age 77)
• 1977
  Toots Shor, American businessman, restauranteur (age 73)
• 1978
  Terry Kath, American guitarist, songwriter (age 31)
  Jack Oakie, American actor (age 74)
• 1989
  Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter, sculptor (age 84)
• 1992
  Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (age 67)
• 2003
  Nell Carter, American actress, singer (age 54)
• 2004
  Bob Keeshan, American TV host, actor (Captain Kangaroo) (age 76)
• 2005
  Johnny Carson, American talk show host (age 79)
• 2011
  Jack LaLanne, American fitness guru (age 96)
• 2017
  Bobby Freeman, American singer, songwriter (age 76)
  Gorden Kaye, English actor (age 75)
• 2018
  Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, singer (age 78)
• 2021
  Hal Holbrook, American actor, (age 95)
  Larry King, American talk show host, journalist (age 87)