Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 23

Births

 * 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844) (pictured)
 * 1944 - Wesley Clark, U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
 * 1946 - Susan Lucci, American actress
 * 1971 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)

Deaths

 * 1556 - Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
 * 1793 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
 * 1970 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)