January 23rd Birthdays
If you were born on January 23rd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Lou Antonio (nee Louis Demetrios Antonio; ex of Lane Bradbury)
American TV director (McMillan & Wife; The Rockford Files; The Partridge Family; McCloud; Gentle Ben; The Flying Nun), actor of TV (Dog and Cat; Gunsmoke; Makin’ It; The Snoop Sisters; Mod Squad) and movies (Hawaii; Cool Hand Luke), born January 23, 1934. (Lou Antonio 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Gil Gerard (nee Gilbert C. Gerard; ex of Connie Sellecca)
American screenwriter, actor, and host of TV (Dr. Alan Stewart on The Doctors; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Code 3; Sidekicks; Nightingales; Days of Our Lives) and movies (Ransom for Alice!; Airport ’77; The Nice Guys; Man on a Swing; Hooch), born January 23, 1943. (Gil Gerard 1982 Photo)
Richard Dean Anderson
American TV producer and actor (MacGyver; Jack O’Neill on Stargate SG-1 & SGU Stargate Universe; General Hospital; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Legend; Firehouse; Fairly Legal), born January 23, 1950. (Richard Dean Anderson 2004 Photo: Mickey W. Sanborn / US Air Force)
Sully Sullenberger (nee Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III)
American USAF fighter pilot & commercial airline pilot, landed disabled US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, U.S. Ambassador (International Civil Aviation Organization), & author (Highest Duty; Making a Difference), born January 23, 1951. (Sully Sullenberger 2022: U.S. Dept. of State)
Robin Zander
American guitarist and lead singer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Cheap Trick (I Want You to Want Me; The Flame; Can’t Stop Fallin’ Into Love; Don’t Be Cruel; Dream Police; Voices; Ghost Town; Surrender; She’s Tight), born January 23, 1953. (Robin Zander 1979 Cheap Trick Photo: Mark Salinger / Legacy)
Princess Caroline of Monaco, formerly Monagesque heir presumptive, born January 23, 1957. Daughter of Prince Rainer III & Princess Grace of Monaco, sister of Prince Albert. Married Ernst August (Prince of Hanover); widow of Stefano Casiraghi; ex of Philippe Junot. (Princess Caroline of Monaco 1973)
Gail O’Grady (ex of Richard Dasko)
American actress of TV (Helen Pryor on American Dreams; Donna on NYPD Blue; Boston Legal; Desperate Housewives; Hidden Palms; Revenge; Hellcats; Criminal Minds) and movies (That Old Feeling; Blackout; The House That Jack Built), born January 23, 1963. (Gail O’Grady 1994 Photo: Alan Light)
Mariska Hargitay (daughter of Jayne Mansfield & Mickey Hargitay)
Emmy-winning American actress of TV (Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit & Chicago P.D.; Downtown; Falcon Crest; Tequila and Bonetti; ER; Downtown) and films (Welcome to 18; Mr. Universe; Lake Placid), born January 23, 1964. Married Peter Hermann. (Mariska Hargitay 2011: Joella Marano)
Tiffani Amber Thiessen (married Brady Smith)
American producer & actress of movies and TV (Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell; Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210; Elizabeth Burke on White Collar; Lori Mendoza on Alexa & Katie), born January 23, 1974. Ex-partner of Brian Austin Green, Mario Lopez. (Tiffani Amber Thiessen 2018: greg2600)
(Randolph Scott 1939 Susannah of the Mounties | Arlene Golonka 1968-1971 Mayberry RFD CBS)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 23!
Remember These January 23rd Famous Birthdays
Chita Rivera (nee Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson)
Tony-winning American singer (All That Jazz), dancer & actress of Broadway (Kiss of the Spider Woman; Guys and Dolls), TV (The New Dick Van Dyke Show; Melody Rambo on One Life to Live), and movies (West Side Story; Sweet Charity; Chicago) (born Jan. 23, 1933 – died Jan. 30, 2024; age 91). Ex of Tony Mordente. (Chita Rivera 1997: © copyright John Mathew Smith)
Anita Pointer (sister of Bonnie, June, & Ruth Pointer; cousin of Paul Silas)
Grammy Award-winning American pop & country music singer-songwriter (Too Many Times) solo and with The Pointer Sisters (Fire; Jump [For My Love]; He’s So Shy; Neutron Dance; I’m So Excited; Automatic; Fairytale; Slow Hand; Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves; Jada) (born Jan. 23, 1948 – died Dec. 31, 2022; age 74). (Anita Pointer 1974: Dutch National Archives)
Arlene Golonka
American voice over and character actress of TV (Mayberry R.F.D.; The Doctors; The Doctors and the Nurses; Joe & Valerie; Matlock) and films (The Busy Body; Hang ‘Em High; Love at First Bite; The In-Laws; Airport ’77; Penelope) (born Jan. 23, 1936 – died May 31, 2021; age 85). Arlene Golonka died of Alzheimer’s disease complications. (Arlene Golonka 1968-1973 Photo: CBS)
Richard Gilliland (married Jean Smart)
American actor of TV (McMillan & Wife; Operation Petticoat; Little Women; Designing Women; Just Our Luck; Heartland; Thirtysomething; The Waltons; Party of Five; Impostors; Matlock; Murder, She Wrote) and movies (Airplane II; The Sequel; Stay Hungry; Home Room; The White Buffalo; Star Kid) (born Jan. 23, 1950 – died Mar. 18, 2021; age 71). (Richard Gilliland 1977: ABC TV)
Rutger Hauer
Dutch writer & actor of movies (Flesh + Blood; Blade Runner; The Hitcher; Ladyhawke; Batman Begins; The Osterman Weekend; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Sin City; Batman; Nighthawks; Partners in Crime; Split Second) and TV (True Blood; The 10th Kingdom; Smallville) (born Jan. 23, 1944 – died July 19, 2019; age 75). (Rutger Hauer 1968 Photo: Eric Koch / Dutch National Archives)
Ernie Kovacs (nee Ernest Edward Kovacs; married Edie Adams)
American actor & host of TV and films (Bell Book and Candle; Operation Mad Ball; Sail a Crooked Ship; Five Golden Hours; North to Alaska; Strangers When We Meet; Wake Me When It’s Over; Our Man in Havana; It Happened to Jane) (born Jan. 23, 1919 – died Jan. 13, 1962; age 42). Ernie Kovacs was killed in a single-vehicle car accident. (Ernie Kovacs 1956: TV Radio Mirror)
Randolph Scott (ex of Marion DuPont)
American WWI veteran, movie star (My Favorite Wife; Return of the Bad Men; The Last of the Mohicans; Buchanan Rides Alone; Ride the High Country; Roberta) often in Zane Grey westerns (Sunset Pass; The Thundering Herd; Man of the Forest; Wild Horse Mesa; Western Union) (born Jan. 23, 1898 – died Mar. 2, 1987; age 89). (Randolph Scott 1939 Susannah of the Mounties)
Dan Duryea (father of Peter Duryea)
American actor of films (The Little Foxes; The Pride of the Yankees; Along Came Jones; Another Part of the Forest; Black Bart; Johnny Stool Pigeon; Winchester ’73; Foxfire; Battle Hymn; Kathy O’; Taggart; Too Late For Tears) & TV ( Eddie Jacks on Peyton Place; China Smith) (born Jan. 23, 1907 – died June 7, 1968; age 61). Dan Duryea died of cancer. (Dan Duryea 1940s Photo: Film Star Vintage)
Ralph Graves (nee Ralph Horsburgh; ex-fiance of Ann May)
American actor of silent films (The Sideshow; The Flying Fleet; Submarine; The Extra Girl; Prodigal Daughters; That Certain Thing; The Greatest Question; Yolanda) & classic movies (Salvation Nell; Ladies of Leisure; Dirigible; Flight; Speed Limited; The Black Coin; Ticket to a Crime; Huddle; Street of Missing Men) (born Jan. 23, 1900 – died Feb. 18, 1977; age 77). (Ralph Graves 1921)
Anya Seton (nee Ann Seton; daughter of Ernest Thompson Seton)
Best-selling American author & historical romance novelist (Dragonwyck; Katherine; Green Darkness; The Winthrop Woman; My Theodosia; Foxfire; Avalon; The Turquoise; The Hearth and Eagle; Smouldering Fires; Devil Water) (born Jan. 23, 1904 – died Nov. 8, 1990; age 86). Cause of death for Anya Seton was heart failure. (Anya Seton c. 1923 Photo: Feathers of the Firebird)
Jeanne Moreau (ex of William Friedkin, Jean-Louis Richard)
French singer and actress in movies (The Yellow Rolls-Royce; Viva Maria!; The Last Tycoon; Map of the Human Heart; Ever After: A Cinderella Story; Monte Walsh; La Femme Nikita; Seven Days…Seven Nights; The Deep; Great Catherine) (born Jan. 23, 1928 – died July 31, 2017; age 89). Cause of death for Jeanne Moreau is unknown. (Jeanne Moreau Photo: Jours de France / Maurizio Nasi)
Gertrude B. Elion (nee Gertrude Belle Elion)
American pharmacologist & biochemist who developed new drugs for gout, malaria, viral herpes, cancer, and azathioprine, the first immunosuppressive drug for organ transplant rejection; 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (born Jan. 23, 1918 – died Feb. 21, 1999; age 81). Cause of death for Gertrude Elion is unknown. (Gertrude B. Elion Photo)
Bob Steele (nee Robert Adrian Bradbury; son of Robert North Bradbury)
American 1920s-1930s Western “B” movie star (Smokey Smith; Breezy Bill; Galloping Romeo; Giant From the Unknown; Outlaw Trail) and TV actor (Trooper Duffy on F Troop; Rawhide; Gunsmoke; Death Valley Days; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; Maverick) (born Jan. 23, 1907 – died Dec. 21, 1988; age 81). Bob Steele died of emphysema. (Bob Steele 1935 The Rider of the Law)
Edouard Manet (brother-in-law of Berthe Morisot)
French Realism & Impressionism painter (Le Printemps; Masked Ball at the Opera; Olympia; Self-Portrait With Palette; The Races at Longchamp; Luncheon on the Grass; Still Life Lilac Bouquet; Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of a Matador; The Grand Canal of Venice; In the Conservatory; Dead Matador) (born Jan. 23, 1832 – died Apr. 30, 1883; age 51). (Edouard Manet pre-1870: Nadar)
Mary Phillips (married Kenneth MacKenna; ex of Humphrey Bogart)
American actress of stage & films (A Farewell to Arms; A Woman’s Secret; Dear Ruth; Leave Her to Heaven; Incendiary Blonde; Mannequin; The Bride Wore Red; That Certain Woman; Captain Eddie; A Woman’s Secret; Dear Brat; Wings Over Honolulu; Lady in the Dark; Dear Wife; As Good as Married) (born Jan. 23, 1901 – died Apr. 22, 1975; age 74). (Mary Phillips 1926: Screenland)
American movie actor (Allergic to Love; Never a Dull Moment; Tell It To a Star; Reckless Age; Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case; Honeymoon Lodge; Hail the Conquering Hero; Manhattan Love Song; Strictly in the Groove; Sullivan’s Travels; See My Lawyer; The Bank Dick; Design For Living; Easy Living (born Jan. 23, 1889 – died July 20, 1958; age 69). (Franklin Pangborn 1933: Universal Weekly)
American merchant (House of Hancock), philanthropist, politician, American Revolutionary War supporter, President of the Continental Congress, Marine Committee chairman, signer of the Declaration of Independence; his name subsequently became synonymous for signatures (born Jan. 23, 1737 – died Oct. 8, 1793; age 56). (John Hancock c. 1770-1772: John Singleton Copley)
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