Famous Births on 19 May

Famous Births on 19 May

1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
1700 - José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
1724 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
1744 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
1762 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
1773 - Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
1795 - Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
1797 - Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
1827 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1861 - Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
1862 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
1870 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1874 - Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
1879 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (d. 1964)
1880 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1882 - Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
1891 - Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
1897 - Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1898 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974)
1906 - Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
1908 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
1909 - Nicholas Winton, British Humanitarian
1914 - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
1914 - Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
1914 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1918 - Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
1921 - Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
1921 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
1921 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
1924 - Sandy Wilson, British composer
1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
1925 - Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
1926 - Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
1928 - Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
1928 - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
1929 - John Stroger Chicago politician
1930 - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
1931 - Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
1931 - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
1932 - Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
1932 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
1932 - Claude Blanchard, Quebec comedian and actor (d. 2006)
1934 - Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian author
1935 - David Hartman, American actor and television personality
1937 - Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
1938 - Madge Hindle, English actress
1938 - Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader (d. 1989)
1939 - Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
1939 - James Fox, English actor
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
1939 - Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1940 - Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
1940 - Mickey Newbury, American musician
1941 - Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
1942 - Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
1942 - Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
1944 - Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
1945 - Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
1946 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights
1946 - André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1947 - Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
1947 - Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
1947 - David Helfgott, Australian pianist
1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
1949 - Archie Manning, American football player
1949 - Dusty Hill, American blues rock singer/bassist (ZZ Top)
1951 - Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
1952 - Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager
1953 - Victoria Wood, British comic actress
1953 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
1953 - Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer
1954 - Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
1955 - James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer
1956 - Steven Ford, American actor
1957 - Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1959 - Nicole Brown Simpson, Ex-wife of O.J. Simpson and murder victim. (d. 1994)
1961 - Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
1963 - Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
1963 - Yazz, British singer
1964 - Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian former tennis player
1964 - Sean Whalen, American actor
1965 - Maile Flanagan, American actress
1966 - Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
1966 - Marc Bureau, French Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Polly Walker, British actress
1967 - Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
1968 - Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician; son of Clint Eastwood
1970 - Mario Dumont, Quebec politician (Action démocratique du Québec)
1970 - Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean professional golfer
1970 - Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
1971 - Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler
1972 - Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1974 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer
1975 - London Fletcher, American football player
1975 - Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1975 - Josh Paul, American baseball player
1975 - Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
1976 - Ed Cota, American basketball player
1977 - Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer
1977 - Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1978 - Marcus Bent, English footballer
1979 - Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress
1979 - Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1980 - Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1980 - Drew Fuller, American actor/model
1981 - Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
1981 - Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
1981 - Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1981 - Nate Cole, American singer
1982 - Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
1982 - PÃ¥l Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
1983 - Jessica Fox, British actress
1983 - Eve Angel, Hungarian porn star
1984 - Marcedes Lewis, American football player
1986 - Eric Lloyd, American actor
1986 - Mario Chalmers, NCAA basketball player
1987 - David Edgar, Canadian football (soccer) player
1987 - Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
1988 - Lily Cole, English model/actress
1991 - Jordan Pruitt, American singer