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Skyler Austen Gordy, better known by his stage name Sky Blu, is an American singer, rapper, record producer, DJ, and dancer.
Famous Birthdays on August 23
1986 — Sky Blu
American rapper and DJ
August 23 has 246 recorded notable births across history, from 1482 to 2000. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1482 – 2000
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Major events on August 23
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- 1898 The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. Source
- 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon. Source
- 1866 The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. Source
- 1839 The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China. Source
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Rick Springfield was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972.
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Andrew Rannells received his second Tony nomination, for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos.
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In 2005, Ryder collaborated with Gorillaz on "Dare", which peaked at number one on the UK singles chart in September 2005, becoming the band's only UK number one single.
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Trixie Mattel is known for her exaggerated, 1960s-influenced style, distinctive eye makeup, and musical repertoire that blends comedy with acoustic pop and folk-country music, with skills in guitar and the autoharp.
More major people born on August 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1949
Rick Springfield
Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor.
1978
Andrew Rannells
American actor and singer
Andrew Scott Rannells is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in…
1962
Shaun Ryder
English singer-songwriter and actor
Shaun William George Ryder is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.
1989
Trixie Mattel
American drag queen, actor, and country singer
Brian Michael Firkus, better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, singer-songwriter, DJ, and entrepreneur originally from Marinette County, Wisconsin.
1910
Giuseppe Meazza
Italian footballer and manager (died 1979)
Giuseppe Meazza was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 284 goals in 408 games for the club, and winning three Serie A titles, as well as…
1951
Jimi Jamison
American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014)
Jimmy Wayne Jamison was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from…
1929
Zoltán Czibor
Hungarian footballer (died 1997)
Zoltán Czibor was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona.
1913
Bob Crosby
American swing singer and bandleader (died 1993)
George Robert Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet.
1989
Lianne La Havas
British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Lianne Charlotte Barnes, known professionally as Lianne La Havas, is a British singer-songwriter.
1944
Antonia Novello
Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator.
1988
Carl Hagelin
Swedish ice hockey player
Carl Oliver Hagelin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Anaheim Ducks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, and…
1579
Thomas Dempster
Scottish scholar and historian (died 1625)
Thomas Dempster was a Scottish scholar and historian. Born into the aristocracy in Aberdeenshire, which comprises regions of both the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, he was sent abroad as a youth for his…
1993
Tyler Glasnow
American baseball player
Tyler Allen Glasnow is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays.
1987
Darren Collison
American basketball player
Darren Michael Collison is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Collison played four seasons of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.
1872
Tanguturi Prakasam
Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (died 1957)
Tanguturi Prakasam, also known as Prakasam Pantulu, was an Indian jurist, politician, and Gandhian anti-colonial nationalist.
1901
John Sherman Cooper
American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 1991)
John Sherman Cooper was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat.
1936
Henry Lee Lucas
American murderer (died 2001)
Henry Lee Lucas, also known as the Confession Killer, was an American murderer who was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983.
1982
Natalie Coughlin
American swimmer
Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist.
1976
Scott Caan
American actor
Scott Caan is an American actor, director, photographer, writer, and former rapper.