October 19 - Births

Births

• 1276 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
• 1433 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)
• 1562 – Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1633)
• 1582 – Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)
• 1605 – Thomas Browne, English writer (d. 1682)
• 1610 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)
• 1658 – Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)
• 1680 – John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740)
• 1688 – William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)
• 1718 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
• 1720 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
• 1721 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
• 1784 – James Henry Leigh Hunt, English Romantic critic, essayist, and poet (d. 1859)
• 1784 – John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (d. 1857)
• 1810 – Cassius Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903)
• 1826 – Ralph Tollemache, British clergyman (d. 1895)
• 1850 – Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer (d. 1935)
• 1851 – Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d. 1895)
• 1858 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. 1937)
• 1862 – Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
• 1868 – Bertha Landes, American politician (d. 1943)
• 1873 – Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
• 1873 – John Barton King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
• 1876 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
• 1885 – Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
• 1895 – Frank Durbin, last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d. 1999)
• 1895 – Lewis Mumford, American historian (d. 1990)
• 1896 – Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
• 1900 – Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
• 1901 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)
• 1903 – Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
• 1908 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Marguerite Perey, French physicist (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
• 1915 – Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
• 1916 – Jean Dausset, French immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)
• 1917 – Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer
• 1918 – Charles Evans, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Jack Anderson, American journalist (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine naval officer and National Reorganization Process figure (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter
• 1928 – Lou Scheimer, American animation producer
• 1931 – John le Carré, English novelist
• 1932 – Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1936 – James Bevel, American activist (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Tony Lo Bianco, American actor
• 1937 – Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
• 1937 – Peter Max, American artist
• 1940 – Michael Gambon, Irish-born British actor
• 1941 – Simon Ward, British actor
• 1942 – Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney
• 1943 – Robin Holloway, British composer
• 1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1944 – George McCrae, American soul singer
• 1944 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae singer (The Wailers) (d. 1987)
• 1945 – Divine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1945 – Patricia Ireland, American attorney and feminist
• 1945 – John Lithgow, American actor
• 1945 – Jeannie C. Riley American country and gospel singer
• 1946 – Philip Pullman, English writer
• 1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
• 1948 – Dave Mallow, American voice actor
• 1948 – Patrick Simmons, American musician
• 1949 – Lynn Dickey, American football player
• 1949 – Jamie McGrigor, British politician
• 1951 – Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek physicist, recipient of the Bôcher Memorial Prize
• 1952 – Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
• 1953 – Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 – Sam Allardyce, English football manager
• 1954 – Deborah Blum, American writer
• 1954 – Joe Bryant, American basketball player
• 1955 – Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
• 1956 – Grover Norquist, American political figure
• 1956 – Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver
• 1956 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993)
• 1956 – Bruce Weber, American basketball coach
• 1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole, American gospel singer
• 1957 – Doug Kirby, American author and travel guide
• 1957 – Ray Richmond, American columnist and critic
• 1957 – Karl Wallinger, Welsh musician
• 1958 – Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor
• 1958 – Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
• 1958 – Michael Steele, American political figure
• 1959 – Nir Barkat, Israeli politician
• 1960 – Jennifer Holliday, American singer and actress
• 1961 – Sunny Deol, Indian actor
• 1962 – Tracy Chevalier, American author
• 1962 – Evander Holyfield, American boxer
• 1963 – Prince Laurent of Belgium
• 1964 – Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
• 1965 – Brad Daugherty, American basketball player
• 1965 – Ty Pennington, American television personality
• 1966 – Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
• 1966 – Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director
• 1966 – Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
• 1966 – Sinitta, American singer
• 1967 – Amy Carter, daughter of US President Jimmy Carter
• 1967 – Davina McCall, English television presenter
• 1967 – Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
• 1969 – John Edward, American TV Psychic
• 1969 – Trey Parker, American cartoonist and actor
• 1969 – DJ Sammy, Spanish DJ
• 1969 – Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer
• 1970 – Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
• 1972 – Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher
• 1972 – Pras, American musician
• 1973 – Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
• 1973 – Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Joy Bryant, American actress
• 1976 – Omar Gooding, American actor
• 1976 – Desmond Harrington, American actor
• 1976 – Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Michael Young, baseball player
• 1977 – Louis-José Houde, Canadian stand-up comic
• 1977 – Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker
• 1977 – Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Habib Beye, Senegalese footballer
• 1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 – Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
• 1978 – James Roberts, British Ice Hockey Player
• 1978 – Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician
• 1979 – Marc Elliott, British actor
• 1979 – José Luis López, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Brian Robertson, American trombonist (Suburban Legends)
• 1980 – Rajai Davis, American baseball player
• 1980 – Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
• 1981 – Christian Bautista, Philippine singer
• 1981 – Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
• 1982 – Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
• 1982 – Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer
• 1985 – Terry Etim, English mixed martial artist
• 1989 – Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
• 1990 – Janet Leon, Swedish singer and dancer (Play)
• 1993 – Abby Sunderland, American sailor