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Khan scored another R&B charts hit with "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" before becoming the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with her 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You".
Famous Birthdays on March 23
1953 — Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
March 23 has 245 recorded notable births across history, from 1338 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1965 NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). Source
- 1868 The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. Source
- 1862 American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond. Source
- 1848 The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. Source
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Plummer was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991) and gained further recognition for her role in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994).
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Jason Kidd won an NBA championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks and was a two-time gold medal winner in the Olympics with the U.
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Smriti Irani received widespread acclaim for her role of Tulsi Virani in the soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi by Ekta Kapoor, which became the most watched show at its time and won her numerous accolades.
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A center, he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection.
More major people born on March 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1957
Amanda Plummer
American actress
Amanda Michael Plummer is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and in film, typically cast in strong female parts or eccentric roles.
1973
Jason Kidd
American basketball player and coach
Jason Frederick Kidd is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
1976
Smriti Irani
Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian actress, politician, fashion model, and television producer.
1955
Moses Malone
American basketball player (died 2015)
Moses Eugene Malone Sr. was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995.
1950
Phil Lanzon
English keyboard player and songwriter
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Dave Rimmer.
1984
Brandon Marshall
American football player
Brandon Tyrone Marshall is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1968
Mike Atherton
English cricketer and journalist
Michael Andrew Atherton is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international cricketer.
1933
Philip Zimbardo
American psychologist and academic (died 2024)
Philip George Zimbardo was an American psychologist and a professor at Stanford University.
1951
Ron Jaworski
American football player and sportscaster
Ronald Vincent Jaworski, nicknamed "Jaws", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons.
1944
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music and pianist
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano.
1953
Bo Díaz
Venezuelan baseball player (died 1990)
Baudilio José Díaz Seijas was a Venezuelan professional baseball player.
1903
Frank Sargeson
New Zealand writer (died 1982)
Frank Sargeson was a New Zealand short story writer and novelist. Born in Hamilton, Sargeson had a middle-class and puritanical upbringing, and initially worked as a lawyer.
1981
Brett Young
American singer-songwriter
Brett Charles Young is an American country pop singer, songwriter and guitarist from Anaheim, California. He was a college baseball pitcher but took up songwriting after an elbow injury.
1868
Dietrich Eckart
German journalist and politician (died 1923)
Dietrich Eckart was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party.
1919
Carl Graffunder
American architect and educator (died 2013)
Carl Graffunder was a mid-century modernist architect whose influence from European modernism, Frank Lloyd Wright and Antonin Raymond manifested in many residential and commercial structures mostly in Minnesota.
1953
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Indian zoologist and businesswoman
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former…
1869
Calouste Gulbenkian
Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (died 1955)
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
1979
Donncha O'Callaghan
Irish rugby player
Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish retired rugby union player. He spent most of his career with his home province Munster, spending 17 seasons with the province and winning five major trophies, before finishing his career…
1881
Lacey Hearn
American sprinter (died 1969)
Lacey Earnest Hearn was an American athlete and middle distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century.