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Top 10 January 23 Birthdays

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Honorable Mention: January 23, 1957: Caroline Grimaldi.  Oldest child of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace Kelly, and sister of the current monarch, Prince Albert II, she is one of the biggest charity fundraisers who has ever lived. She is also a Princess twice over: Not only is she Princess Caroline of Monaco, she is also the Princess of Hanover, as she is married to Prince Ernst August of Hanover. He is a great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and thus a great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Honorable Mention: January 23, 1951: Chesley Sullenberger.  In 2009, "Captain Sully" landed the damaged US Airways Airbus A320 he was flying in the middle of the Hudson River, saving all 155 people onboard. President Joe Biden appointed him U.S. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization. In a gesture we almost never see anymore, the Senate confirmed this appointment unanimously. Dishonorable Mention: January 23, 1984: Arjen Robben.  The good: Th...