Some famous birthdays today:

• Pelé (politician, association football player, born October 23, 1940)
• Michael Crichton (screenwriter, novelist, science fiction writer, film director, film producer, physician writer, born October 23, 1942)
• Ang Lee (screenwriter, writer, film director, film producer, born October 23, 1954)
• Johnny Carson (military officer, actor, journalist, television presenter, born October 23, 1925)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (screenwriter, children's writer, comedian, writer, singer, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, film actor, voice actor, composer, journalist, director, television producer, impressionist, satirist, music video director, born October 23, 1959)
• Paul Kagame (politician, military leader, born October 23, 1957)
• Sam Raimi (screenwriter, film director, actor, film actor, film editor, film producer, executive producer, born October 23, 1959)
• Bohuslav Sobotka (politician, lawyer, economist, born October 23, 1971)
• Albert Lortzing (writer, singer, musician, actor, stage actor, composer, conductor, librettist, opera singer, born October 23, 1801)
• Charly García (singer, musician, songwriter, pianist, composer, born October 23, 1951)
• Ryan Reynolds (screenwriter, actor, film actor, film producer, born October 23, 1976)
• Betsy Nagelsen (tennis player, born October 23, 1956)
• Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (politician, born October 23, 1636)
• Adlai Stevenson I (politician, lawyer, born October 23, 1835)
• Philip Kaufman (screenwriter, film director, film actor, voice actor, film producer, born October 23, 1936)
• Yen Chia-kan (politician, born October 23, 1905)
• Marie of Anjou (regent, born October 14, 1404)
• Diana Dors (autobiographer, actor, film actor, born October 23, 1931)
• Robert Bridges (writer, poet, born October 23, 1844)
• John Heinz (politician, born October 23, 1938)
• Dezső Gyarmati (politician, water polo player, born October 23, 1927)
• Gérard Blain (screenwriter, film director, film actor, born October 23, 1930)