American actor, singer, and voice artist

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career, he has received an Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Golden Globe Awards. He gained stardom for his role as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series and was nominated for seven consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and four Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in Television.

Born

1959

September 23

Died

Living

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1950s

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1959 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

38 Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
1122 Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
1338 The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.
1409 The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.

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The world in 1959

When Jason arrived

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 23

Duarte Nuno 1907– Duke of Braganza (died 1976) El Santo 1917–1984 Mexican professional wrestler (born 1917) Elizabeth Peña 1959–2014 American actress (born 1959) Joffrey Lupul 1983– Canadian ice hockey player Joseph Dudley 1647–1720 English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647) Marty Schottenheimer 1943–2021 American football player and coach (born 1943) Mary Church Terrell 1863– American author and activist (died 1954) Napheesa Collier 1996– American basketball player Paul Delvaux 1897–1994 Belgian painter (born 1897)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1959

Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959– Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey Aidan Quinn 1959– American actor Albert Owen 1959– Welsh sailor and politician Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Anna Escobedo Cabral 1959– American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States Barry O'Farrell 1959– Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver

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