Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 23

Births

• 1791 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
• 1813 - Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
• 1928 - Shirley Temple, American actress and politician (d. 2014)
• 1936 - Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)

Deaths

• 1616 - Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
• 1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (pictured)
• 1850 - William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
• 1983 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1993 - César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
• 1995 - Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (b. 1918)