Famous peoples Birthdays for the 23rd April

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Below are some very famous celebrities, Past and present, who have their Birthday today. Some you will have heard of and others you may not have.

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Shirley Temple was born April 23, 1928 Santa Monica, California..She is an Academy Award-winning actress most famous for being an iconic American child actor of the 1930s, who enjoyed a notable career as a diplomat as an adult. After rising to fame at the age of six with her breakthrough performance in Bright Eyes in 1934, she starred in a series of highly successful films.

William Shakespeare was born 23 April 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England..He was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language... Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616.

James Buchanan was born April 23, 1791 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania..He was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). To date he is the only President from Pennsylvania and the only President never to marry......He died June 1, 1868, at the age of 78 at his home at Wheatland..

Michael Moore was born April 23, 1954 in Davison, Michigan...He is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, author, and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Bowling for Columbine, three of the top five highest-grossing documentaries of all time.

Lee Majors was born April 23, 1939 in Michigan. He is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in movies, sitcoms and television and starred in four long-running ABC TV series over four decades...He is best known for on The Big Valley 1965-1969 ,as Colonel Steve Austin, on The Six Million Dollar Man 1974-1978, and as Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy.

John Cena was born April 23, 1977 in in West Newbury, Massachusetts....He is an American actor, hip hop musician and wrestler. He is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment WWE and performs on their Raw brand and has released the rap album You Can't See Me and also made appearances on television shows including Manhunt, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Punk'd.

Scott Bairstow was born April 23, 1970 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada...He is an actor best known for his roles as "Newt Call" on the Lonesome Dove series in Canada and as "Ned Grayson" on the American television drama series, Party of Five.as well as a recurring role in Chris Carter's short-lived series, Harsh Realm.

George Lopez was born April 23, 1961 in Los Angeles, California..He is an American comedian and actor and one of the most prominent Mexican-Americans from within the Latino communities to be recognized in mainstream North American popular culture. He is perhaps best known for starring in his own produced television sitcom show entitled George Lopez.

Valerie Bertinelli was born on April 23, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware..She is an American film and television actress best known for her role as Bonnie Franklin's daughter, Barbara Cooper, on the long-running television series One Day at a Time.

Jaime King also known as James King was born April 23, 1979 in the suburbs of Nebraska. She is an American film actress and model. Her early film roles include the big-budget Pearl Harbor 2001, and later first starring role in Bulletproof Monk 2003. She has gone on to appear as a lead in various other films, gaining more notoriety after Sin City 2005, a role which she will reprise in the sequel Sin City 2.

John Hannah was born April 23, 1962 in East Kilbride...He is a Scottish film and television actor who had parts in theatre productions, films, and television, including leading roles, then broke into the "big-time" with his appearance as Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994. The Mummy Returns, 2001 as well as guest appearances in Alias 2001, Frasier 2002 and Carnivale 2002.

Holly McGuire was Born April 23 at Grays, Essex, United Kingdom...She is a Uk glamour model turned Tv.Star appearing in Footballers' Wives" .The 48th Rose of Tralee 2006 TV , and more recently The Sport! Or some of the many lad mags i've modelled for over the past 10 years, such as, FHM, GQ, Maxim, Loaded, Front, Ice, Fast Car, Max Power, Redline, Nuts, Zoo, Lads Mag and People Mag.

Craig Sheffer was born April 23, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania..He is an American film and television actor who's work on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live is known to TV audiences for his portrayal of Keith Scott, the nice-guy older brother of the wealthy and nefarious auto dealer Dan Scott, on the CW Network series One Tree Hill.....He also played Heisman candidate QB Joe Kane in "The Program", the role he is probably most famous for.

Jan Hooks was born April 23, 1957 in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. She is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL), on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991 and has also appeared in The Bill Tush Show.... She later achieved notice on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News in the early 1980s.

Joyce DeWitt was born April 23, 1949 in West Virginia..She is an American actress perhaps most famous for her role as Janet Wood on the television situation comedy Three's Company and is famous for refusing to do any scenes bare-legged (she always wore either pantyhose or tights).

Kal Penn was born April 23, 1977 in Montclair, New Jerseyi..He s an American actor and producer best known for his starring roles in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, the recently released The Namesake 2007, and the upcoming Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay 2008.

Roy Orbison was born April 23, 1936 in Vernon, the seat of Wilbarger County nicknamed "The Big O,"...He was an influential Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. Orbison is best known for the songs, "Ooby Dooby," "Only the Lonely," "In Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Running Scared," and "You Got It"........on 6 December 1988. He had suffered a massive heart attack.

Sandra Dee was born April 23, 1942 Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. She was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of ingenues.made her first film, Until They Sail, in 1957. In 1958 she won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" (along with Carolyn Jones and Diane Varsi). and she became known for her wholesome ingenue roles in such films as Imitation of Life, Gidget and A Summer Place..She died February 20, 2005 aged 62.

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