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Today in History: Born on April 23

1791

James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (1857-1861).

1813

Stephen A. Douglas, American politician.

1897

Lucius D. Clay, U.S. military governor of occupied Berlin.

1902

Halldór Laxness, Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic novelist (The Fish Can Sing, Paradise Reclaimed).

1926

J.P. Donleavy, American-born Irish writer (The Ginger Man).

1926

Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Mercury and Gemini astronaut, died in an accident on Apollo 1.

1928

Shirley Temple Black, child actress, later U.S. ambassador.

1932

Jim Fixx, runner and writer who popularized running as a form of exercise in the 1970s.

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