Michael Elwyn (81)
August 23rd, 1942

Welsh actor – Michael Elwyn was born in Pontypridd (Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales) on August 23rd, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 23

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

76

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

74

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

89

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

*August 23rd, 1927, Talmont †April 25th, 2017, 6th arrondissement of Paris

74

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

78

Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist

*August 23rd, 1940, Milwaukee †October 9th, 2018, Branford

85

Michel Rocard

French politician (1930–2016)

*August 23rd, 1930, Courbevoie †July 2nd, 2016, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

41

Kobe Bryant

American basketball player (1978–2020)

*August 23rd, 1978, Philadelphia †January 26th, 2020, Calabasas

89

Dick Bruna

Dutch writer and illustrator

*August 23rd, 1927, Utrecht †February 16th, 2017, Utrecht

76

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

86

Marian Seldes

American stage, film, radio, and television actress (1928 – 2014)

*August 23rd, 1928, Manhattan †October 6th, 2014, New York City

80

Nelson DeMille

American writer

*August 23rd, 1943, Jamaica

69

Augustin Deleanu

Romanian footballer (1944-2014)

*August 23rd, 1944, Măgurele †March 27th, 2014, Bucharest

49

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

77

Rodney Alcala

American serial killer (1943-2021)

*August 23rd, 1943, San Antonio †July 24th, 2021, Corcoran

45

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

88

Robert Curl

American chemist

*August 23rd, 1933, Alice †July 3rd, 2022, Houston

92

Hamilton Smith

American microbiologist

*August 23rd, 1931, New York City

75

Bobby Diamond

American actor (1943-2019)

*August 23rd, 1943, Los Angeles †May 15th, 2019, Thousand Oaks

46

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

83

Gene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912-1996)

*August 23rd, 1912, Pittsburgh †February 2nd, 1996, Beverly Hills

69

Halimah Yacob

8th President of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

32

Keith Moon

English rock musician, drummer of The Who (1946–1978)

*August 23rd, 1946, Central Middlesex Hospital †September 7th, 1978, Mayfair

80

Peter Lilley

British Conservative Party politician

*August 23rd, 1943, Hayes

74

Vicky Leandros

Greek singer

*August 23rd, 1949, Palaiokastritsa

78

Carmen-Maja Antoni

German actress

*August 23rd, 1945, Berlin

60

Park Chan-wook

South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

62

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, Paris

23

River Phoenix

American actor and musician (1970–1993)

*August 23rd, 1970, Madras †October 31st, 1993, West Hollywood

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Michael Elwyn