History Births on October 19

James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player

#James_Gavet

Peter Bone, English accountant and politician

#Peter_Bone

Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

#Michael_Steele

George Nader, American actor (d. 2002)

#George_Nader

Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

#Grover_Norquist

Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist

#Demetrios_Christodoulou

Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981)

#Geirr_Tveitt

Robin Holloway, English composer and academic

#Robin_Holloway

Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer

#Markiyan_Kamysh

Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)

#Robert_Reed

Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

#Chris_Lawrence_(rugby_league)

Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina

#Marjorie_Tallchief

Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer

#Verónica_Castro

Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1954)

#Auguste_Lumière

Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

#Jean_Dausset

William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)

#William_Joel_Blass

John Lithgow, American actor

#John_Lithgow

Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress

#Rebecca_Ferguson

David Vann (writer), American novelist and short story writer

#David_Vann_(writer)

Dmitry of Uglich (d. 1591)

#Dmitry_of_Uglich

Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577)

#Viglius

Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host

#Ty_Pennington

Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)

#Peter_Tosh

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

#Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar

Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager

#Okan_Buruk

Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer

#Dan_Woodgate

Desmond Harrington, American actor

#Desmond_Harrington

Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator

#Brian_Booth

Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1670)

#Charles_of_Sezze

George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937)

#George_Albert_Boulenger

Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer

#Janet_Leon

Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer

#Miroslav_Stoch

Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (d. 1804)

#Victor-François,_2nd_duc_de_Broglie

Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter

#Danka_Barteková

Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)

#Miguel_Ángel_Asturias

Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist

#Atom_Araullo

Sam Groth, Australian tennis player

#Sam_Groth

Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan

#Carolyn_Browne

Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic

#Lewis_Wolpert

Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (d. 1962)

#Roger_Wolfe_Kahn

Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor

#Tsunenori_Aoki

Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (d. 2010)

#Emilio_Eduardo_Massera

Jeannie C. Riley, American singer

#Jeannie_C._Riley

Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach

#Joe_Bryant

Tracy Chevalier, American-English author

#Tracy_Chevalier

Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Angus_Deaton

George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (d. 1633)

#George_Abbot_(bishop)

Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver

#Enrique_Bernoldi

Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)

#Tor_Johnson

Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player

#Hicham_Arazi

Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver

#Heikki_Kovalainen

Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer

#Zeph_Ellis

Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer

#Jennifer_Holliday

Empress Myeongseong of Korea (d. 1895)

#Empress_Myeongseong

Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor

#Evander_Holyfield

Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer

#Raúl_Tamudo

James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008)

#James_Bevel

James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic

#James_Howard_Kunstler

Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (d. 1878)

#Theodoros_Vryzakis

Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager

#Paul_Hartley

Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1903)

#Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_(politician)

José Bautista, Dominican baseball player

#José_Bautista

Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager

#Hiromi_Hara

Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (d. 1859)

#Leigh_Hunt

Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991)

#Bill_Ponsford

Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Chris_Kattan

Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright

#Dimitris_Lyacos

Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer

#Habib_Beye

Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)

#Roy_Worters

Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)

#Adolphus_Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)

#Bob_O'Farrell

Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853)

#Theophilos_Kairis

John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)

#John_Woolman

Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer

#Gonzalo_Pineda

Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Dorinda_Clark-Cole

Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director

#Gillian_Jacobs

Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)

#Umberto_Boccioni

Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist

#Amy_Carter

LaWanda Page, American actress (d. 2002)

#LaWanda_Page

Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994)

#Russell_Kirk

Philip Pullman, English author and academic

#Philip_Pullman

Steve Doocy, American journalist and author

#Steve_Doocy

Abby Sunderland, American sailor

#Abby_Sunderland

Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945)

#Mordecai_Brown

Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem

#Nir_Barkat

Dan Gutman, American author

#Dan_Gutman

Rajai Davis, American baseball player

#Rajai_Davis

Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager

#Sam_Allardyce

Keith Foulke, American baseball player

#Keith_Foulke

George McCrae, American singer

#George_McCrae

Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer

#Sunny_Deol

Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter

#Gloria_Jones

Peter Max, German-American illustrator

#Peter_Max

Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)

#Don_Ward_(ice_hockey)

William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)

#William_Cheselden

Bart King, American cricketer (d. 1965)

#Bart_King

Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator

#Giorgio_Cavazzano

Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jon_Favreau

Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player

#Sachiko_Sugiyama

Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

#Bendik_Hofseth

Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)

#Arne_Bendiksen

Thomas Browne, English physician and author (d. 1682)

#Thomas_Browne

Andy Lonergan, English footballer

#Andy_Lonergan

Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer

#Yoko_Shimomura

Deborah Blum, American journalist and author

#Deborah_Blum

Czes?aw Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (d. 2015)

#Czes?aw_Kiszczak

Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor

#Michael_Gambon

Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)

Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

#Louis_Oosthuizen

Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990)

#Erna_Berger

Juanita Moore, American actress (d. 2014)

#Juanita_Moore

Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter

#Ayuo_Takahashi

Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)

#Vinicius_de_Moraes

Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor

#Louis-José_Houde

Agn? Sereikait?, Lithuanian speed skater

#Agn?_Sereikait?

Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician

#Kurt_Schrader

Andrew Griffiths, English politician

#Andrew_Griffiths_(politician)

Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach

#Didier_Theys

Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Cliff_Lyons

End? Sh?ta, Japanese sumo wrestler

#End?_Sh?ta

Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer

#Zakhar_Dubensky

Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host

#Lynn_Dickey

Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author

#Andrew_Vachss

Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015)

#Vladimir_Shlapentokh

David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

#David_Clark,_Baron_Clark_of_Windermere

Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)

#Arleigh_Burke

Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger

#Cara_Santa_Maria

Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter

#Trey_Parker

Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Colton_Dixon

Pras, American rapper-songwriter (Fugees), record producer, and actor

#Pras

Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria

#Yakubu_Gowon

Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Patrick_Simmons

John Abernethy, Irish minister (d. 1740)

#John_Abernethy_(minister)

Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician

#Jamie_McGrigor

Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator

#Pierre_Alechinsky

Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943)

#Bertha_Knight_Landes

Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician

#Bill_Morris,_Baron_Morris_of_Handsworth

Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player

#Leon_Bott

Michael Young, American baseball player

#Michael_Young_(baseball)

Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (d. 1935)

#Annie_Smith_Peck

Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach

#Takis_Ikonomopoulos

John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author

#John_le_Carré

Susan Straight, American author and academic

#Susan_Straight

Sinitta, American-British singer

#Sinitta

Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Jason_Reitman

Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach

#Lionel_Hollins

Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (d. 1499)

#Marsilio_Ficino

Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986)

#Minoru_Yasui

Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete

Shiho, Japanese actress and model

Tom Kilbey, English footballer

Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host

Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor

Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer

Brian Robertson, American trombonist

José Luis López, Mexican footballer

Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player

Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host

Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer

Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Omar Gooding, American actor and producer

Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player

Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player

Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager

John Edward, American psychic and author

Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer

Y?ji Matsuda, Japanese actor

Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters)

Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach

Brian Henninger, American golfer

Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer

Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (d. 2016)

Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic

Tiriel Mora, Australian actor

Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic

Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach

Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993)

Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach

LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director

Annie Golden, American actress and singer

Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman

Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter

Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist

Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor

Martin Welz, South African journalist

Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist

Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988)

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet

Simon Ward, English actor (d. 2012)

Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti

Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter

Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician

Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer

Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991)

Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal

Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player

Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator

Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist

John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician

Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013)

Stephen Keynes, English businessman

Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004)

Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (d. 2018)

Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013)

Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (d. 2003)

Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009)

Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014)

Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995)

Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic

Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, an Indian mathematician.

Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)

Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)

Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)

Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (d. 1975)

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)

Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)

Frank Durbin, American soldier (d. 1999)

Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d. 1956)

Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (d. 1919)

Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)

Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)

Ralph Tollemache, English priest (d. 1895)

Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800)

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1688)

Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676)

John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (d. 1604)

Prince Hisaaki of Japan (d. 1328)

Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (d. 953)