Famous birthdays for May 23: Joan Collins, Ryan Coogler

Joan Collins arrives for the Vanity Fair Oscar party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on February 9, 2020. The actor turns 91 on May 23. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI
Joan Collins arrives for the Vanity Fair Oscar party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on February 9, 2020. The actor turns 91 on May 23. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI

May 23 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

-- Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1707

-- Social reformer Sarah Margaret Fuller in 1810

-- U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who later was a U.S. senator and for whom sideburns were named, in 1824

Maxwell attends the annual Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022. The singer turns 51 on May 21. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Maxwell attends the annual Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022. The singer turns 51 on May 21. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

-- Musician/actor Scatman Crothers in 1910

-- Musician Artie Shaw in 1910

-- Abstract expressionist Franz Kline in 1910

-- Musician Helen O'Connell in 1920

-- Musician Rosemary Clooney in 1928

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File Photo by James Bevins/UPI

-- Actor Barbara Barrie in 1931 (age 93)

-- Actor Joan Collins in 1933 (age 91)

-- Tennis Hall of Fame member John Newcombe in 1944 (age 80)

-- Writer Mitch Albom in 1958 (age 66)

-- Comedian/TV personality Drew Carey in 1958 (age 66)

-- Comedian/actor Lea DeLaria in 1958 (age 66)

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File Photo by Greg Grudt/UPI

-- Actor Melissa McBride in 1965 (age 59)

-- Voice actor H. Jon Benjamin in 1966 (age 58)

-- Musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) in 1967 (age 57)

-- Musician Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) in 1970 (age 54)

-- Musician Maxwell, born Gerald Maxwell Rivera, in 1973 (age 51)

-- Musician Jewel Kilcher in 1974 (age 50)

-- TV personality Ken Jennings in 1974 (age 50)

-- Actor LaMonica Garrett in 1975 (age 49)

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File Photo by James Atoa/UPI

-- Actor Kelly Monaco in 1976 (age 48)

-- Actor Richard Ayoade in 1977 (age 47)

-- Filmmaker Ryan Coogler in 1986 (age 38)

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File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI