February 23rd Birthdays
If you were born on February 23rd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
American actress of stage and television (Dr. Susan Burke Stewart Baxter on As the World Turns; Amy Ames Britton Kincade on The Secret Storm; Nurse Carolee Simpson Aldrich on The Doctors; Sesame Street), and children’s book illustrator, born February 23, 1943. (Jada Rowland 1968 Photo: CBS)
Bernard Cornwell
English-American historical fiction author of the Richard Sharpe and Nathaniel Starbuck series (Sharpe’s Tiger; Sharpe’s Triumph; Rebel; Copperhead; The Bloody Ground; The Winter King; Harlequin; The Last Kingdom), born February 23, 1944. (Bernard Cornwell 2013 Photo: Sarah Sierszyn)
John Sandford (nee John Roswell Camp)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist (The Saint Paul Pioneer Press) & mystery novelist (Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, and Lucas Davenport series; Dark of the Moon, Heat Lightning, and Virgil Flowers series; Uncaged; Singular Menace), born February 23, 1944. (John Sandford Painting: A. Hamilton)
Marc Garneau (nee Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau)
First Canadian astronaut on NASA Space Shuttles (1984, 1996, 2000), engineer, former naval officer, Canadian Space Agency President, and Canadian Member of Parliament (Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Transport), born February 23, 1949. (Marc Garneau 2000 Photo: NASA)
Patricia Richardson (ex of Ray Baker)
American actress of TV (Jill Taylor on Home Improvement; Dr. Andy Campbell on Strong Medicine; Eisenhower & Lutz; Double Trouble; FM; The West Wing; Double Trouble) and movies (Ulee’s Gold; Viva Las Nowhere; In Country), born February 23, 1951. (Patricia Richardson 1993 Photo: Alan Light)
American actress of TV (Charlotte York on Sex and the City; Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place; RN Betsy Chilson on General Hospital; Bad Teacher) & films (The Shaggy Dog; Sex and the City 2; Deck the Halls; Couples Retreat; Doom Asylum), born February 23, 1965. (Kristin Davis 1999 Photo: Alan Light)
Michael Dell
American investor and entrepreneur, founder of and CEO of Dell Technologies, MSD Capital L.P. investment firm founder, and philanthropist (co-founder of the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation), born February 23, 1965. (Michael Dell 2006 Photo: Joi Ito)
(Jon Hall 1944 Cobra Woman Trailer | Diane Varsi 1958 Modern Screen)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 23rd!
Remember These February 23rd Famous Birthdays
Mary Pat Gleason (nee Mary Patrick Gleason)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American screenwriter and actress of TV (Jane Hogan on Guiding Light; Mom; Desperate Housewives; Highway to Heaven; Night Court; Texas; Will & Grace) & movies (No Easy Way; The Crucible; 13 Going on 30; Big Stone Gap) (born Feb. 23, 1950 – died June 2, 2020; age 70). Mary Pat Gleason died of cancer. (Mary Pat Gleason 2011 Photo: Angela George)
Peter Fonda (son of Henry Fonda & Frances Ford Seymour)
American film producer, screenwriter, & actor (Easy Rider; The Hired Hand; The Limey; Futureworld; Ulee’s Gold; Open Season; Escape from L.A.; Ghost Rider; Race with the Devil; 3:10 to Yuma; Wild Hogs; The Victors) (born Feb. 23, 1940 – died Feb. 16, 2019; age 79.) Brother of Jane Fonda. Peter Fonda died of lung cancer complications. (Peter Fonda 1963 Tammy and the Doctor Trailer)
Victor Fleming
Academy Award-winning American movie director (Gone with the Wind; The Wizard of Oz; Captains Courageous; The Virginian; Tortilla Flat; Joan of Arc; A Guy Named Joe; Test Pilot; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; When the Clouds Roll By; The Farmer Takes a Wife) (born Feb. 23, 1889 – died Jan. 6, 1949; age 59). Victor Fleming died after a heart attack. (Victor Fleming Photo: MGM)
Norman Taurog (ex of Julie Leonard; uncle of Jackie Cooper)
Oscar-winning American classic & silent film screenwriter and director (Skippy; Boys Town; A Bedtime Story; The Ghetto; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; We’re Not Dressing; If I Had a Million; Broadway Melody; Words and Music; The Caddy; Visit to a Small Planet; G.I. Blues; Blue Hawaii; Onionhead; Speedway) (born Feb. 23, 1899 – died Apr. 7, 1981; age 82). (Norman Taurog 1931)
Diane Varsi (ex of Michael Hausman)
American actress of TV & movies (Peyton Place; Ten North Frederick; From Hell to Texas; Compulsion; Sweet Love, Bitter; Roseanna; Wild in the Streets; Bloody Mama; Johnny Got His Gun; I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) (born Feb. 23, 1938 – died Nov. 19, 1992; age 54). Diane Varsi had Lyme disease and died of respiratory failure. (Diane Varsi c. 1950s Photo: kate gabrielle)
Johnny Winter (nee John Dawson Winter III; brother of Edgar Winter)
American Blues Foundation Hall of Fame rock musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (Johnny B. Goode, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Be Careful With A Fool; Sound the Bell; Mean Town Blues; Suzie Q; Ain’t Nothing to Me), record producer (Muddy Waters), and brother of Edgar Winter (born Feb. 23, 1944 – died July 16, 2014; 70). (Johnny Winter 1979 Photo: Bob Sanderson)
Jon Hall (nee Charles Felix Locher; aka Lloyd Crane)
American inventor, actor of TV (Ramar of the Jungle; Perry Mason) & movies (Kit Carson; The Lion Man; The Hurricane; South of Pago Pago; The Tuttles of Tahiti; Aloma of the South Seas; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; The Prince of Thieves) (born Feb. 23, 1915 – died Dec. 13, 1979; age 64). Ex of Frances Langford, Raquel Torres. Died by suicide. (Jon Hall 1944 San Diego, I Love You)
Samuel Pepys (cousin of the 1st earl of Sandwich)
English politician (MP), Navy administrator (Chief Secretary to the Admiralty), President of the Royal Society, & Restoration-era diarist who wrote first-hand accounts of people and events (King Charles II’s return from exile; Oliver Cromwell; The Great Fire of London; The Great Plague) (born Feb. 23, 1633 – died May 23, 1703; age 70). (Samuel Pepys Portrait 1666: John Hayls)
American actor of TV (Dr. Eric Lang on Dark Shadows; Henry Washam on Another World; Armstrong Circle Theatre; The F.B.I.; Mod Squad; Gunsmoke; War and Remembrance; Texas) & films (Three Days of the Condor; The Rosary Murders; The Thomas Crown Affair; MacArthur; The Mating Game) (born Feb. 23, 1921 – died Nov. 8, 2010; age 89). (Addison Powell 1960 The New Girl)
John Sutter (nee Johann August Sutter; father of John Augustus Sutter Jr.)
Swiss-Mexican-American traveler (The Oregon Trail; Kingdom of Hawaii) granted 48,400 acres by Mexico in Alta California, he encouraged American immigration and abused native workers & slave laborers; he built Sutter’s Fort on the Sacramento River, site of Sutter’s Mill & the 1848 Gold Rush (born Feb. 23, 1803 – died June 18, 1880; age 77) (John Sutter C. 1850)
Steve Priest (nee Stephen Norman Priest)
British bass guitarist, backing vocalist with The Sweet (The Ballroom Blitz; Fox on the Run; Little Willy; Action; Love is Like Oxygen; Block Buster!; Co-Co; Wig-Wam Bam; Hell Raiser; Teenage Rampage; The Six Teens; Poppa Joe; The Lies in Your Eyes), later lead singer of Steve Priest’s Sweet (born Feb. 23, 1948 – died June 4, 2020; age 72). (Steve Priest c. 1970s Painting: A. Hamilton)
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