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)