History Births on May 19

Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

#Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Rick_Cerone

Kevin Garnett, American basketball player

#Kevin_Garnett

Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Gregory_Poirier

Tadeusz ?lusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)

#Tadeusz_?lusarski

Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)

#Percy_Williams_(sprinter)

Tony Hackworth, English footballer

#Tony_Hackworth

Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Pete_Townshend

Michele Placido, Italian actor and director

#Michele_Placido

Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)

#Baccio_D'Agnolo

Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)

#Malcolm_X

Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet

#Ruskin_Bond

J?nis L?sis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach

#J?nis_L?sis

Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Maile_Flanagan

Marcedes Lewis, American football player

#Marcedes_Lewis

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814)

#Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte

Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)

#Julius_Evola

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor

#Nawazuddin_Siddiqui

Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

#Andrew_Johns

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996)

#Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy

Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician

#Philip_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt_of_Kings_Heath

Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ

#Marshmello

Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)

#Max_Perutz

Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (d. 1962)

#Eveline_Adelheid_von_Maydell

Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Dusty_Hill

David Hartman, American journalist and television personality

#David_Hartman_(TV_personality)

Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge

#Patrick_Hodge,_Lord_Hodge

Mitja Ribi?i?, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)

#Mitja_Ribi?i?

Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)

#Georgie_Auld

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach

#Igor_Ter-Ovanesyan

Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist

#Klaas_Vantornout

Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (d. 2019)

#Peter_Mayhew

Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1896)

#Paul-Armand_Challemel-Lacour

Archie Manning, American football player

#Archie_Manning

Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager

#Josh_Paul

Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

#Alex_Shibicky

Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Grace_Jones

Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Claudia_Karvan

Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)

#Alma_Cogan

K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer

#K._J._Choi

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player

#Evgeny_Kuznetsov

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (d. 1462)

#John_Stourton,_1st_Baron_Stourton

Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer

#Mariano_Torres

Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress

#Jayne_Wisener

Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)

#Oswald_Boelcke

Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble (d. 1665)

#Charles_Weston,_3rd_Earl_of_Portland

T?n ?à, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939)

#T?n_?à

Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach

#Bill_Laimbeer

Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Nora_Ephron

Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)

#Arthur_Aikin

Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (d. 2010)

#Stuart_Cable

Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1779)

#Augustus_Hervey,_3rd_Earl_of_Bristol

Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist

#Jan_Janssen

Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998)

#Pol_Pot

Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic

#Edward_de_Bono

Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author

#Jim_Lehrer

Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Dolph_Schayes

Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Michael_Angelakos

Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

#Oliver_Letwin

Sina Schielke, German sprinter

#Sina_Schielke

Michele Camporese, Italian footballer

#Michele_Camporese

Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist

#Nancy_Kwan

Pretinha, Brazilian footballer

#Pretinha

official birthday of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)

#Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk

Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)

#Alfred_Laliberté

Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)

#Gilbert_Jessop

Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)

#Francis_Biddle

Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress

#Natalia_Oreiro

Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist

#Wouter_Hamel

Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005)

#Serge_Lang

Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)

#Nicholas_Winton

Yo Gotti, American rapper

#Yo_Gotti

Herbie Flowers, English musician

#Herbie_Flowers

Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

#Mario_Chalmers

James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java

#James_Gosling

Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)

#Dick_Scobee

Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer

#Shavarsh_Karapetyan

Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

#Joey_Ramone

Alexia, Italian singer

#Alexia_(Italian_singer)

Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)

#Manik_Bandopadhyay

London Fletcher, American football player

#London_Fletcher

Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer

#Phil_Rudd

Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931)

#Nellie_Melba

Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ross_Katz

Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter

#Livio_Berruti

Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)

#Victoria_Wood

Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)

#Alan_Melville

James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter

#James_Reyne

Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player

#Kyle_Eastwood

H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950)

#H._Bonciu

Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)

#Henry_B._Richardson

Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Jonas_Renkse

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)

#Ho_Chi_Minh

John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1938)

#John_Jacob_Abel

Jodi Picoult, American author and educator

#Jodi_Picoult

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)

#Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor

Ed Cota, American basketball player

#Ed_Cota

Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)

#Gil_McDougald

Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Michael_Leighton

Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983)

#Ion_Jalea

Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

#Daniel_Gélin

Jessica Fox, English actress

#Jessica_Fox_(actress)

Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000)

#Abraham_Pais

Emma Shapplin, French soprano

#Emma_Shapplin

Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer

#Kevin_Amankwaah

Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)

#Bruce_Bennett

Lothar R?d?ceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955)

#Lothar_R?d?ceanu

Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (d. 1992)

#Arthur_Gorrie

Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer

#Andrea_Pirlo

Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)

#Johns_Hopkins

Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

#Bert_van_Marwijk

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1818)

#Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

#Taane_Milne

Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager

#Filippo_Galli

Ola John, Dutch footballer

#Ola_John

Brandon Inge, American baseball player

#Brandon_Inge

Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer

#Carlos_Guzmán

Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver

#Dario_Franchitti

Claude Vignon, French painter (d. 1670)

#Claude_Vignon

Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist

#Elena_Poniatowska

Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer

#Manuel_Almunia

Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)

#Karel_van_het_Reve

Miloslav Me?í?, Slovak tennis player

#Miloslav_Me?í?

Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter

#Jenny_Berggren

Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (d. 1513)

#1476

Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic

#Shirrel_Rhoades

André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)

#André_the_Giant

Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician

#Christopher_Chope

Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)

#Colin_Chapman

Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter

#Jordan_Pruitt

Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (d. 1994)

#Ruth_Ella_Moore

Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler

#Aleister_Black

Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (d. 2012)

#Tina_Strobos

John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)

#John_Vachon

Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Paul_Brady

Michael Che, American comedian

#Michael_Che

Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)

#Frank_Luke

Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter

Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

David Edgar, Canadian soccer player

Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer

Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer

Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer

Diego Forlan, Uruguayan footballer

Dave Bus, Dutch footballer

Marcus Bent, English footballer

Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator

Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer

Regina Narva, Estonian chess player

Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress

Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor

Polly Walker, English actress

Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

John Lee, South Korean-American football player

Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997)

Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player

Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician

Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

H?ch? ?tsuka, Japanese voice actor

Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager

Charlie Spedding, English runner

Dick Slater, American wrestler

David Helfgott, Australian pianist

Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist

Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician

Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)

Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (d. 2002)

James Fox, English actor

Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)

Pat Roach, English wrestler (d. 2004)

Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach

Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)

Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter

Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)

Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (d. 1965)

Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)

John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)

Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)

Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)

Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013)

Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)

Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic

Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014)

Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)

Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)

Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)

Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)

Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)

Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)

David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)

Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (d. 1964)

Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963)

James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886)

José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (d. 1770)

Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (d. 1667)