Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 23
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Births
- 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
- 1824 - Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general (d. 1881)
- 1891 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- 1933 - Joan Collins, English actress
- 1958 - Drew Carey, American actor and comedian
- 1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant and host
- 1974 - Jewel, American singer
Deaths
- 1701 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
- 1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
- 1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
- 1906 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828)
- 1937 - John D. Rockefeller, American entrepreneur (b. 1839)
- 1945 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. 1900)
- 2002 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)