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KT Tunstall first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later...
Famous Birthdays on June 23
1975 — KT Tunstall
Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
June 23 has 215 recorded notable births across history, from 47 BC to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1956 The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. Source
- 1972 Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds. Source
- 1594 The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board. Source
- 1887 The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. Source
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Pictures' fantasy adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010).
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Tomlinson was also voted the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2006 after breaking the record for touchdowns in a single season.
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Alfred Kinsey is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as for the Kinsey scale.
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Schiavone won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, achieved at least the quarter-finals in all four majors winning the 2010 French Open, becoming the first Italian woman to win a singles major.
More major people born on June 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1974
Joel Edgerton
Australian actor
Joel Edgerton is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–2002), and for playing Owen Lars in…
1979
LaDainian Tomlinson
American football player
LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson, nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons.
1894
Alfred Kinsey
American entomologist and sexologist (died 1956)
Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for…
1980
Francesca Schiavone
Italian tennis player
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
1940
Wilma Rudolph
American runner (died 1994)
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the…
1934
Virbhadra Singh
Indian politician (died 2021)
Virbhadra Singh was an Indian politician who served six terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
1916
Len Hutton
English cricketer and soldier (died 1990)
Sir Leonard Hutton was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955.
1989
Lisa Carrington
New Zealand flatwater canoeist
Dame Lisa Marie Carrington is a flatwater canoeist and New Zealand's most successful Olympian, having won a total of eight gold medals and one bronze medal.
1921
Paul Findley
American politician (died 2019)
Paul Augustus Findley was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960.
1905
Jack Pickersgill
Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1997)
John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s.
1940
Stuart Sutcliffe
Scottish painter and musician (died 1962)
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles.
1972
Zinedine Zidane
French footballer and manager
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach of the France national team.
1984
Takeshi Matsuda
Japanese swimmer
Takeshi Matsuda is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals.
1922
Hal Laycoe
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1998)
Harold Richardson Laycoe was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1956.
1978
Frederic Leclercq
French heavy metal musician
Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce.
1910
Jean Anouilh
French playwright and screenwriter (died 1987)
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades.
1929
June Carter Cash
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003)
Valerie June Carter Cash was an American country singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress, and author. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash.
1433
Duke Francis II of Brittany (died 1488)
Francis II was Duke of Brittany from 1458 to his death. He was the grandson of John IV, Duke of Brittany. A recurring theme in Francis' life would be his quest to maintain the quasi-independence of Brittany from France.
1976
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Canadian actress and singer
Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier is a Canadian film and television actress. Vaugier has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, Mia on Two and a Half Men, Dr.