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Pelé's 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes exhibition games, is recognised as a Guinness World Record.
Famous Birthdays on October 23
1940 — Pelé
Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)
October 23 has 282 recorded notable births across history, from 1006 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 23
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- 1850 The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts. Source
- 1295 The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. Source
- 1991 Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Source
- 2022 Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre. Source
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"Weird Al" Yankovic also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion.
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Robert Trujillo first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies from 1989 to 1995, while also collaborating with Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir for funk metal supergroup Infectious Grooves.
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A former member of the now-defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl, he is perhaps best-known for his work with American artist Madonna, whom he first met in the late 1990s.
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Selected to the MLB All-Star Game in 2007, he won that year's American League (AL) earned run average (ERA) title.
More major people born on October 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1959
"Weird Al" Yankovic
American comedy musician, writer, and actor
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians.
1964
Robert Trujillo
American bass player and songwriter
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz is an American musician, best known as the fourth and current bassist for heavy metal band Metallica.
1960
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Mirwais Ahmadzaï, known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter, born in Lausanne, Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother.
1951
Charly García
Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Carlos Alberto García Moreno, better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important rock musicians in…
1978
John Lackey
American baseball player
John Derran Lackey is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 through 2017 for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, St.
1900
Douglas Jardine
Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
Douglas Robert Jardine was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934.
1972
Tiffeny Milbrett
American soccer player
Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett is an American former professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national team.
1925
Fred Shero
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)
Frederick Alexander Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager.
1946
Alicia Borinsky
Argentine writer
Alicia Borinsky, is a US-based Argentine novelist, poet and literary critic.
1953
Joaquín Lavín
Chilean politician and economist
Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago.
1909
Zellig Harris
American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
Zellig Sabbettai Harris was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science widely considered to have been influential in his fields.
1634
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
Swedish queen (died 1715)
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav.
1875
Gilbert N. Lewis
American chemist and academic (died 1946)
Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and a dean of the college of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.
1920
Vern Stephens
American baseball player (died 1968)
Vernon Decatur Stephens was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955.
1931
Johnny Kitagawa
Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)
John Hiromu Kitagawa, known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa, was a Japanese business magnate, promoter and record producer.
1942
Michael Crichton
American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
John Michael Crichton was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films.
1894
Rube Bressler
American baseball player (died 1966)
Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an outfielder…
1957
Paul Kagame
Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000, effectively ruling as a dictator.
1970
Matthew Barzun
American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Matthew Winthrop Barzun is an American businessman, diplomat and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011, and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2013…