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

May Birthday Calendar

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 86)
• 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)