Saira Banu (79)
August 23rd, 1944

Indian film actress – Saira Banu was born in Mussoorie (Hill station in Uttarakhand, India) on August 23rd, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

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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

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

89

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

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

76

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

85

Michel Rocard

French politician (1930–2016)

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

78

Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist

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

74

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

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

80

Nelson DeMille

American writer

*August 23rd, 1943, Jamaica

86

Marian Seldes

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

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

78

Carmen-Maja Antoni

German actress

*August 23rd, 1945, Berlin

49

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

45

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

32

Keith Moon

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

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

81

Patricia McBride

American ballet dancer

*August 23rd, 1942, Teaneck

88

Robert Curl

American chemist

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

69

Halimah Yacob

8th President of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

74

Vicky Leandros

Greek singer

*August 23rd, 1949, Palaiokastritsa

46

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

77

Rodney Alcala

American serial killer (1943-2021)

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

83

Gene Kelly

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

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

60

Park Chan-wook

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

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

75

Rudy Ruettiger

American football player and motivational speaker

*August 23rd, 1948, Joliet

62

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, Paris

74

Shelley Long

American actress and comedian (born 1949)

*August 23rd, 1949, Fort Wayne

80

Peter Lilley

British Conservative Party politician

*August 23rd, 1943, Hayes

73

Roza Otunbayeva

President of Kyrgyzstan

*August 23rd, 1950, Bishkek

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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