Famous Birthdays for January 19th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 399 – Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)^[18]
• 1200 – Dōgen Zenji, founder of Sōtō Zen (d. 1253)^[19]
• 1544 – Francis II of France (d. 1560)^[20]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1617 – Lucas Faydherbe, Flemish sculptor and architect (d. 1697)^[21]
• 1628 – Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, English noble (d. 1672)
• 1676 – John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
• 1721 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
• 1736 – James Watt, Scottish-English chemist and engineer (d. 1819)^[22]
• 1737 – Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
• 1739 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
• 1752 – James Morris III, American captain (d. 1820)
• 1757 – Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 1831)
• 1788 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
• 1790 – Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (d. 1855)
• 1798 – Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1857)
• 1803 – Sarah Helen Whitman, American poet, essayist, and romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1878)^[23]
• 1807 – Robert E. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1870)
• 1808 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
• 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (d. 1849)
• 1810 – Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d. 1869)
• 1813 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
• 1832 – Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
• 1833 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
• 1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Arturo Graf, Italian poet, of German ancestry (d. 1913).
• 1848 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
• 1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
• 1851 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
• 1852 – Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
• 1863 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
• 1866 – Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor (d. 1949)
• 1871 – Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)
• 1874 – Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (d. 1922)
• 1876 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)
• 1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
• 1878 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
• 1879 – Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
• 1882 – John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (d. 1957)
• 1883 – Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)^[24]
• 1892 – Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
• 1913 – Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996)
• 1918 – John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (d. 2017)
• 1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru (d. 2020)
• 1921 – Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (d. 1985)
• 1924 – Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist
• 1930 – John Waite, South African cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author^[25]
• 1932 – Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter^[25]
• 1932 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1933 – George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
• 1936 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
• 1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1937 – John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
• 1939 – Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)^[26]
• 1941 – Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic (d. 2003)^[27]
• 1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 2020)
• 1942 – Michael Crawford, English actor and singer^[25]
• 1943 – Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
• 1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands^[28]
• 1944 – Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
• 1944 – Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
• 1944 – Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (d. 2022)^[29]
• 1945 – Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1946 – Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
• 1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress^[25]
• 1947 – Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic (d. 2017)
• 1947 – Paula Deen, American chef and author^[25]
• 1947 – Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
• 1948 – Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
• 1948 – Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
• 1949 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
• 1951 – Martha Davis, American singer
• 1952 – Dewey Bunnell, British-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Nadiuska, German television actress
• 1952 – Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
• 1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer^[25]
• 1953 – Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player and politician
• 1953 – Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach
• 1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
• 1954 – Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director^[25]
• 1954 – Esther Shkalim, Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist^[30]
• 1955 – Sir Simon Rattle, English orchestral conductor^[25]
• 1956 – Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (d. 2021)
• 1956 – Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist^[31][32]
• 1957 – Ottis Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English actor, screenwriter and film director
• 1957 – Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
• 1958 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1959 – Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1961 – William Ragsdale, American actor
• 1961 – Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
• 1962 – Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
• 1962 – Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Martin Bashir, English journalist
• 1963 – John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1964 – Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer
• 1964 – Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
• 1966 – Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach
• 1966 – Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1968 – David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania^[33]
• 1968 – Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer^[34]
• 1969 – Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
• 1969 – Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager^[35]
• 1970 – Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
• 1970 – Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1971 – Phil Nevin, American baseball player
• 1971 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
• 1972 – Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
• 1972 – Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach
• 1972 – Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
• 1973 – Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
• 1973 – Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach
• 1974 – Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter^[25]
• 1974 – Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Natalie Cook, Australian volleyball player
• 1975 – Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
• 1976 – Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
• 1977 – Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
• 1979 – Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
• 1979 – Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Wiley, English rapper and producer
• 1980 – Jenson Button, English race car driver
• 1980 – Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
• 1980 – Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
• 1980 – Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 – Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1981 – Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player
• 1981 – Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Pete Buttigieg, American politician^[36]
• 1982 – Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Shane Tronc, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Kim Yoo-suk, South Korean pole vaulter
• 1982 – Robin tom Rink, German singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1984 – Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
• 1984 – Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
• 1984 – Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Jake Allen, American football player
• 1985 – Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete
• 1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
• 1985 – Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
• 1985 – Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress
• 1985 – Elliott Ward, English footballer
• 1985 – Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
• 1986 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1986 – Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
• 1987 – Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
• 1988 – JaVale McGee, American basketball player
• 1988 – Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler
• 1990 – Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player
• 1991 – Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
• 1991 – Erin Sanders, American actress^[37]
• 1992 – Shawn Johnson, American gymnast^[25]
• 1992 – Mac Miller, American rapper (d. 2018)^[38]
• 1993 – Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer^[39]
• 1994 – Matthias Ginter, German footballer^[40]
• 1994 – Alfie Mawson, English footballer^[41]