July 19 - Births

Births

• 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
• 1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
• 1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)
• 1759 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
• 1771 – Thomas Talbot, Irish-born Canadian administrator (d. 1853)
• 1789 – John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
• 1800 – Juan José Flores, Venezuelan military commander and Ecuadorian politician (d. 1864)
• 1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
• 1819 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
• 1822 – Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1916)
• 1827 – Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
• 1834 – Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
• 1849 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (d. 1906)
• 1860 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (d. 1927)
• 1865 – Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
• 1868 – Florence Foster Jenkins, American opera singer (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure (d. 1972)
• 1876 – John Gunn, England cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
• 1883 – Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
• 1886 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Enno Lolling, German physician (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)
• 1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
• 1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bengali politician (d. 1965)
• 1894 – Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
• 1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
• 1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1977)
• 1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer; last direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Norman Carr, British conservationist (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Marius Russo, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Eve Merriam, American poet and playwright (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1917 – William Scranton, American politician
• 1919 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Dallas McKennon, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Patricia Medina, English-born actress
• 1921 – Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1922 – Harold Camping, American evangelist
• 1922 – George McGovern, American politician
• 1923 – William A. Rusher, American newspaper columnist
• 1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Arthur Rankin, Jr., American writer, producer and director
• 1925 – Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer
• 1926 – Helen Gallagher, American actress
• 1932 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist, writer and photographer (d. 1987)
• 1934 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
• 1935 – Vasily Livanov, Russian and Soviet film actor
• 1937 – George Hamilton IV, American country singer
• 1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
• 1938 – Nicholas Bethell, British historian (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Dennis Cole, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Vikki Carr, American singer
• 1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch European Union executive
• 1943 – Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor
• 1945 – George Dzundza, American actor
• 1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
• 1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
• 1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
• 1947 – Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
• 1948 – Beverly Archer, American actress
• 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboardist (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
• 1949 – Ivar Kants, Australian actor
• 1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician
• 1950 – Freddy Moore, American songwriter
• 1951 – Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker
• 1951 – Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
• 1951 – Reza Kianian, Iranian actor
• 1952 – Allen Collins, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
• 1952 – Robert A. Ficano, American politician
• 1952 – John Griesheimer, American politician
• 1954 – Srđa Trifković, Serbian-born American journalist
• 1955 – Roger Binny, Indian cricketer
• 1956 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1956 – Joe Mohen, American internet entrepreneur
• 1956 – Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1958 – Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler
• 1958 – David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor
• 1959 – Juan Jose Campanella, Argentinian filmmaker
• 1960 – Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
• 1961 – Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
• 1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
• 1961 – Campbell Scott, American actor
• 1961 – Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
• 1961 – Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian
• 1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
• 1962 – Aya Kitō, Japanese writer (d. 1988)
• 1963 – Garth Nix, Australian fantasy writer
• 1964 – André A. Jackson, French-born American diamond executive
• 1964 – Masahiko Kondo, Japanese singer, actor and racing driver
• 1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
• 1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
• 1966 – Nancy Walls, American actress
• 1966 – David Segui, American baseball player
• 1967 – Muriel Degauque, Belgian terrorist (d. 2005)
• 1967 – Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model
• 1967 – Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
• 1968 – Robert Flynn, American vocalist and guitarist (Machine Head)
• 1968 – Jim Norton, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
• 1969 – Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
• 1970 – Bill Chen, American quantitative analyst
• 1971 – Russell Allen, American vocalist (Symphony X)
• 1971 – Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo)
• 1971 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1971 – Michael Modest, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1972 – Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
• 1973 – Martin Powell, English violinist and keyboardist (Cradle of Filth, My Dying Bride)
• 1973 – Laurits Munch-Petersen, Danish film director
• 1973 – Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
• 1973 – Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1974 – Malcolm O'Kelly, Irish rugby union footballer
• 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player
• 1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 – Vinessa Shaw, American actress
• 1976 – Benedict Cumberbatch, British actor
• 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler
• 1977 – Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
• 1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer
• 1979 – Rick Ankiel, American baseball player
• 1979 – Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1979 – Michelle Heaton, British pop singer
• 1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
• 1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
• 1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
• 1980 – Mark Webber, American actor
• 1981 – David Bernard, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
• 1981 – Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
• 1981 – Didz Hammond, English bass guitarist (Dirty Pretty Things, The Cooper Temple Clause)
• 1981 – Nenê, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
• 1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
• 1982 – Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
• 1982 – Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Helen Skelton, British TV presenter
• 1984 – Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
• 1984 – Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian hockey player
• 1984 – Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian animator
• 1984 – Adam Morrison, American basketball player
• 1984 – Andrea Libman, Canadian actress and voice actress
• 1984 – Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer
• 1984 – Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
• 1985 – LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player
• 1987 – Marc Murphy, Australian rules footballer
• 1988 – Shane Dawson, American YouTube comedian