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)
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
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 Feb. 23, 1949 – died June 4, 2025; age 76). (Marc Garneau 2000 Photo: NASA)
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)
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)
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)
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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