April 19 - Births

Births

• 1603 – Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
• 1658 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)
• 1665 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
• 1686 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
• 1721 – Roger Sherman, American statesman and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
• 1772 – David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823)
• 1785 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
• 1787 – Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary (d. 1837)
• 1793 – Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (d. 1875)
• 1832 – José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1874 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
• 1877 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor (d. 1934)
• 1882 – Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (d. 1954)
• 1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
• 1892 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (d. 1983)
• 1894 – Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese supercentenarian
• 1897 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Constance Talmadge, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1899 – George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Richard Hughes, English novelist (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 1903 – Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957)
• 1907 – Alan Wheatley, English actor (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Gene Leis, American Jazz guitarist and educator (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Anna Lee Aldred, American first licenced female jockey (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Erich Hartmann, German fighter pilot (d. 1993)
• 1925 – Hugh O'Brian, American actor
• 1926 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian politician and first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (d. 1997)
• 1928 – Alexis Korner, English musician (d. 1984)
• 1930 – Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1931 – Garfield Morgan, English actor
• 1931 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
• 1933 – Dickie Bird, English cricket umpire
• 1933 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Dickie Goodman, American producer of novelty songs (d. 1989)
• 1935 – Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian and composer (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Justin Rigali, American Roman Catholic cardinal
• 1936 – Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress
• 1937 – Joseph Estrada, actor and 13^th President of the Philippines
• 1938 – Stanley Fish, American literary theorist and legal scholar
• 1940 – Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (d. 1977)
• 1940 – Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
• 1941 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
• 1941 – Alan Price, English musician (The Animals, The Alan Price Set)
• 1941 – Bobby Russell, American songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1942 – Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975)
• 1942 – Jack Roush, American racing entrepreneur
• 1943 – Eve Graham, Scottish singer (The New Seekers)
• 1944 – Keith Erickson, American basketball player
• 1944 – James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
• 1944 – Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (P Funk)
• 1946 – Tim Curry, British actor
• 1946 – Mary Jo Slater, American casting director
• 1947 – Murray Perahia, American pianist
• 1947 – Mark Volman, American musician (The Turtles, The Mothers Of Invention)
• 1948 – Rick Miller, American baseball player
• 1949 – Paloma Picasso daughter of artist Pablo Picasso
• 1949 – Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (d. 1993)
• 1951 – Barry Brown, American actor and writer (d. 1978)
• 1951 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1952 – Alexis Arguello, Nicaraguan boxer (d. 2009)
• 1953 – Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
• 1953 – Ruby Wax, British television personality
• 1954 – Trevor Francis, English footballer
• 1954 – Bob Rock, Canadian record producer & musician (The Payolas)
• 1956 – Sue Barker, BBC Sports Presenter & former Tennis Professional.
• 1957 – Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
• 1957 – Tony Martin, English musician
• 1959 – Donald Markwell, Australian educator, Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford
• 1960 – Roger Merrett, Australian footballer
• 1960 – John Schweitz, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Frank Viola, American baseball player
• 1961 – Spike Owen, American baseball player
• 1962 – Al Unser, Jr., American race car driver
• 1963 – Valerie Plame Wilson, American former C.I.A. agent
• 1964 – Gordon Marshall, Scottish footballer
• 1965 – Natalie Dessay, French soprano
• 1965 – Suge Knight, American record producer
• 1966 – Véronique Gens, French soprano
• 1966 – David La Haye, Canadian actor
• 1966 – Osamu Matsuda, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1966 – Julia Neigel, German singer, songwriter, producer, author and entertainer
• 1967 – Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor
• 1967 – Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter
• 1968 – Ashley Judd, American actress
• 1968 – Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician
• 1968 – Craig McNeil, American writer, lawyer, and military officer
• 1968 – Mswati III, King of Swaziland
• 1968 – Arshad Warsi, Indian actor
• 1969 – Andrew Carnie, Linguistics Professor at the University of Arizona
• 1969 – Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder
• 1969 – Susan Polgar, Hungarian-born American chess player
• 1970 – Kelly Holmes, English athlete
• 1970 – Luis Miguel, Mexican pop-singer
• 1972 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 – Jeff Wilkins, American football player
• 1974 – Akara Amarttayakul, Thai actor
• 1975 – Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
• 1976 – Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
• 1976 – Scott Padgett, American basketball player
• 1977 – Joe Beimel, American baseball player
• 1977 – Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1977 – Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
• 1978 – James Franco, American actor
• 1978 – Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Amanda Sage, American born visionary artist
• 1979 – Kate Hudson, American actress
• 1979 – Zhao Junzhe, Chinese footballer
• 1979 – Matthew Pace, American entrepreneur
• 1980 – Alexis Thorpe, American actress
• 1981 – Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Martin Havlat, Czech hockey player
• 1981 – Troy Polamalu, American football player
• 1981 – Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
• 1982 – Sitiveni Sivivatu, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1983 – Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Zack Duke, American baseball player
• 1983 – Joe Mauer, American baseball player
• 1983 – Curtis Thigpen, American baseball player
• 1984 – Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
• 1985 – Valon Behrami, Swiss Footballer
• 1985 – Jan Zimmermann, German goalkeeper
• 1986 – Candace Parker, American basketball player
• 1986 – Gabe Pruitt, American basketball player
• 1987 – Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
• 1987 – Joe Hart, English Under-21 footballer
• 1987 – Courtland Mead, American actor
• 1987 – Daniel Schuhmacher, German singer
• 1987 – Maria Sharapova, Russian-born professional tennis player
• 1989 – Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars)
• 1989 – Dominik Mader, German football player
• 1990 – Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
• 1990 – Damien Le Tallec, French football player