List of Famous people born on August 23rd
Shoya Nakajima
Shōya Nakajima is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Emirati club Al Ain, on loan from Portuguese Porto, and the Japan national team. Primarily a left winger, he has also played on the right flank and as a central second striker.
Alexandra Roach
Alexandra Elizabeth Roach is a Welsh actress.
Ray Park
Raymond Park is a Scottish actor, author and martial artist. He is best known for playing Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Solo: A Star Wars Story, along with a mo-cap performance in the 7th season of The Clone Wars, Toad in X-Men, Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Edgar on Heroes.
Francesca Reale
Francesca Luisa Reale is an American actress known for her roles on the Netflix series Haters Back Off and Stranger Things.
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William George Ryder is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and author. As the lead singer of the Happy Mondays he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene in the late 1980s. In 1993 he formed Black Grape, with Happy Mondays dancer Bez.
P. J. Washington
Paul Jamaine Washington Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. After being selected by the Hornets in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the 12th overall pick, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.
Semyon Slepakov
Semyon Sergeyevich Slepakov is a Russian producer, screenwriter and comedian who was in the past captain of the KVN team Sbornaya Pyatigorska. He with two other comedians created the show Nasha Russia, TV-series Interns, Univer, Univer. New Dorm, SashaTanya. He also had a cameo role in the film Our Russia. The Balls of Fate.
Shelley Long
Shelley Lee Long is an American actress and comedian. Long is known for playing Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, for which she received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off Frasier, for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. In 2009, she began playing a recurring role as DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series Modern Family.
Paula Toller
Paula Toller is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Toller is most known as the lead singer of Kid Abelha. In 1998, she released her self-titled first solo album, which was very well received. Her second solo album, titled SóNós, was released in 2007.
Yosuke Ideguchi
Yōsuke Ideguchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gamba Osaka and for the Japan national team. He has previously represented Japan at Under-19 and Under-23 youth levels.