Famous birthdays for Oct. 23: Ryan Reynolds, Emilia Clarke

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

They include:

-- Adlai E. Stevenson I, U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland, in 1835

-- Pioneering college football Coach John Heisman, for whom the Heisman Trophy is named; in 1869

-- William Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, in 1873

-- Vaudevillian Milton "Gummo" Marx in 1893

-- Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1905

-- Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1925

-- Pro golfer Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez in 1935 (age 82)

-- Brazilian soccer star Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) in 1940 (age 77)

-- Author Michael Crichton in 1942

-- Filmmaker Ang Lee in 1954 (age 63)

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-- Singer Dwight Yoakam in 1956 (age 61)

-- Civil rights activist Martin Luther King III in 1967 (age 60)

-- Singer "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1959 (age 58)

-- Television talk show host Nancy Grace, in 1959 (age 58)

-- Former football star Doug Flutie in 1962 (age 55)

-- Actor Kate del Castillo in 1972 (age 45)

-- Actor Ryan Reynolds in 1976 (age 41)

-- Author and television personality Meghan McCain in 1984 (age 33)

-- Actor Emilia Clarke in 1986 (age 31)

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