History Births on August 19

Mike Conway, English race car driver

#Mike_Conway

Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer

#Sotiris_Balafas

Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter

#Ian_Gillan

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician

#Charles_Wellesley,_9th_Duke_of_Wellington

Richard Stearman, English footballer

#Richard_Stearman

Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player

#Morten_Andersen

Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter

#Johnny_Nash

Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer

#Danny_Galbraith

Jonathan Coe, English author and academic

#Jonathan_Coe

Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer

#Oumar_Kondé

Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (d. 1880)

#Tom_Wills

Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher (d. 1761)

#Samuel_Richardson

Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director

#Gerard_Schwarz

L. Q. Jones, American actor and director

#L._Q._Jones

Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (d. 2016)

#Christy_O'Connor_Jnr

Paul Parry, Welsh footballer

#Paul_Parry

Hemant Birje, Indian actor

#Hemant_Birje

Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer (d. 1947)

#Albert_Campbell_(singer)

Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (d. 1648)

#Daišan

Kirk Cousins, American football player

#Kirk_Cousins

James Tomkins, Australian rower

#James_Tomkins_(rower)

Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)

#Nate_Dogg

Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player

#Sid_Going

Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer

#Alessandro_Matri

Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut

#Charles_Bolden

Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

#Saori_Kimura

Baldwin V, count of Flanders (d. 1067)

#Baldwin_V,_Count_of_Flanders

George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1955)

#George_Enescu

Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician (d. 1982)

#Thruston_Ballard_Morton

James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1978)

#James_Gould_Cozzens

Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer

#Bettina_Cirone

Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler

#Percy_Watson

Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach

#Bobby_Richardson

David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

#David_Durenberger

Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)

#Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (d. 1674)

#Gerbrand_van_den_Eeckhout

Hsu Ching-wen, Taiwanese tennis player

#Hsu_Ching-wen

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Kazuyoshi_Tatsunami

Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)

#Gene_Roddenberry

Colleen Moore, American actress (d. 1988)

#Colleen_Moore

Qais Al Khonji, Omani entrepreneur

#Qais_Al_Khonji

Debra Paget, American actress

#Debra_Paget

Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2005)

#Lajos_Baróti

Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director

#Jonathan_Frakes

Michael Todd, American bass player

#Michael_Todd_(musician)

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719)

#John_Flamsteed

C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (d. 1921)

#C._I._Scofield

Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962)

#Gontran_de_Poncins

Martin Donovan, American actor and director

#Martin_Donovan

Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955)

#Fumio_Hayasaka

Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Darryl_Sutter

Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer-songwriter and musician

#Joey_Tempest

Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Darius_Campbell

Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

#Ronald_King

Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Gary_Gaetti

Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach

#Mary_Joe_Fernández

Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder

#Lindsey_Jacobellis

Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager

#Marco_Materazzi

Diana Muldaur, American actress

#Diana_Muldaur

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)

#Fred_Thompson

Nico Hülkenberg, German race car driver

#Nico_Hülkenberg

Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer

#Kyra_Sedgwick

Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop

#Michael_Nazir-Ali

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)

#Charles-François_de_Broglie,_marquis_de_Ruffec

Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (d. 1761)

#Edward_Boscawen

Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter

#Missy_Higgins

Frederick I, duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)

#Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic

#Ion_N._Petrovici

Frank McCourt, American author and educator (d. 2009)

#Frank_McCourt

Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter

#Christina_Perri

Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist

#Iban_Mayo

Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter

#Eddy_Raven

Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager

#Ned_Yost

Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

#Bill_Foster_(basketball,_born_1929)

Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Matthew_Perry

Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet

#Bodil_Malmsten

Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (d. 1979)

#Hazari_Prasad_Dwivedi

Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist

#Stipe_Miocic

Veronica Roth, American author

#Veronica_Roth

John Stamos, American actor

#John_Stamos

Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894)

#Julius_van_Zuylen_van_Nijevelt

Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)

#Ogden_Nash

Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire

#Ian_Gould

Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter

#Chihiro_Yonekura

Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor

#Romeo_Miller

Stephan Schmidt, German footballer and manager

#Stephan_Schmidt_(footballer)

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)

#Íñigo_López_de_Mendoza,_1st_Marquis_of_Santillana

Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (d. 1395)

#Catherine_of_Bohemia

Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (d. 1934)

#Ellen_Willmott

Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

#Willard_Boyle

Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (d. 1910)

#Joaquim_Nabuco

Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1630)

#Salamone_Rossi

Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Roberto_Abbondanzieri

Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (d. 1737)

#Eustace_Budgell

Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)

#Manuel_L._Quezon

Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader

#Khandro_Rinpoche

Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995-1996) (d. 2016)

#Banharn_Silpa-archa

Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter

#Simon_Bird

Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer

#Billy_J._Kramer

Ryan Taylor, English footballer

#Ryan_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1984)

Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States

#Bill_Clinton

Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan

#Rick_Snyder

Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (d. 1893)

#Harriette_Newell_Woods_Baker

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1649)

#Henry_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Holland

Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1965)

#Bernard_Baruch

Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971)

#Philo_Farnsworth

Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture

#Gerda_Verburg

Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager

#Cesare_Prandelli

Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (d. 1894)

#Gustave_Caillebotte

John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter

#John_Deacon

Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Régine_Chassagne

Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter

#Kevin_Rans

Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)

#Coco_Chanel

Fred Stone, American actor and producer (d. 1959)

#Fred_Stone

Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)

#Richard_Simmons_(actor)

Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Clay_Walker

Chris Capuano, American baseball player

#Chris_Capuano

Mary Matalin, American political consultant

#Mary_Matalin

Jeff Tam, American baseball player

#Jeff_Tam

Gavin Cooper, Australian rugby league player

#Gavin_Cooper

Peter Gallagher, American actor

#Peter_Gallagher

Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)

#Luis_Martín

Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)

#Maurice_Wilks

Jennie Bond, English journalist and author

#Jennie_Bond

Gerald McRaney, American actor, director, and producer

#Gerald_McRaney

Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont

#Thomas_P._Salmon

Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Gustavo_Santaolalla

Dylan Phythian, Australian rugby league player

#Dylan_Phythian

Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976)

#Gilbert_Ryle

Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (d. 2016)

#Angus_Scrimm

Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter

#Ginger_Baker

Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete

#Nafissatou_Thiam

Ron Darling, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Ron_Darling

Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (d. 1985)

#Alfred_Rouleau

Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793)

#Madame_du_Barry

J. J. Hardy, American baseball player

#J._J._Hardy

Hoodie Allen, American rapper

#Hoodie_Allen

Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist

#Fernando_Gaviria

Jun Jin, South Korean singer

#Jun_Jin

John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (d. 1700)

#John_Dryden

Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)

#Dennis_Eichhorn

Kevin Dillon, American actor

#Kevin_Dillon

Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia

#Brendan_Nelson

Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer

#Roger_Cook_(songwriter)

Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter

#Lee_Ann_Womack

Jack Canfield, American author

#Jack_Canfield

S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1943)

#S._Satyamurti

John McCargo, American football player

#John_McCargo

Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer

#Adam_Arkin

Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)

#Francis_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies

Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster

#Anthony_Muñoz

Jill St. John, American model and actress

#Jill_St._John

Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, Argentinian tennis player

Anaïs Lameche, French-Swedish singer

Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer

David A. Gregory, American actor

Nick Kennedy, English rugby player

Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Chynna Clugston, American illustrator

Anja Knippel, German runner

Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer

João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer

Ricky Pierce, American basketball player

Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper

Gary Chapman, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer

José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist

Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress

Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian race car driver

Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer

Elliot Lurie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert Hughes, Australian actor

Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician

Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (d. 2007)

Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter

Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)

Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (d. 2018)

Don Fardon, English pop singer

Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)

Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician

William Motzing, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)

Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie

Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)

Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist

David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist

Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (d. 2003)

Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)

Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer(d.1998)

Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1971)

William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003)

Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990)

Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1996)

Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1987)

Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)

Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1993)

John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (d. 2004)

Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)

Quentin Bell, English historian and author (d. 1996)

Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001)

C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1985)

José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)

George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (d. 1954)

Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)

Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (d. 1895)

Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)