Famous Birthdays for March 19th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1206 – Güyük Khan, Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1248)
• 1434 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1443)
• 1488 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (d. 1544)
• 1534 – José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1597)
• 1542 – Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (d. 1605)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1601 – Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1667)
• 1604 – John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
• 1641 – Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian author and scholar (d. 1731)
• 1661 – Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1727)
• 1684 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
• 1721 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian poet and author (d. 1771) (baptised on this day)
• 1734 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
• 1739 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (d. 1824)
• 1742 – Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
• 1748 – Elias Hicks, American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
• 1778 – Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (d. 1815)
• 1809 – Fredrik Pacius, German composer and conductor (d. 1891)
• 1813 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1816 – Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1891)
• 1821 – Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
• 1823 – Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (d. 1891)
• 1824 – William Allingham, Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
• 1829 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman (d. 1901)
• 1844 – Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)^[10]
• 1847 – Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (d. 1917)
• 1848 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (d. 1929)
• 1849 – Alfred von Tirpitz, German admiral and politician (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and politician (d. 1927)
• 1860 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1929)^[11]
• 1864 – Charles Marion Russell, American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
• 1865 – William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (d. 1937)
• 1868 – Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
• 1871 – Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)
• 1872 – Anna Held, Polish singer (d. 1918)
• 1873 – Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
• 1875 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (d. 1928)
• 1876 – Felix Jacoby, German philologist (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Ernestine Rose, American librarian and advocate (d. 1961) ^[12]
• 1881 – Edith Nourse Rogers, American social worker and politician (d. 1960)
• 1882 – Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Joseph Stilwell, American general (d. 1946)
• 1885 – Attik, Greek composer (d. 1944)
• 1888 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (d. 1976)
• 1888 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (d. 1967)
• 1892 – Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (d. 1961)
• 1892 – James Van Fleet, American general and diplomat (d. 1992)
• 1893 – Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (died 1976)^[13]
• 1894 – Moms Mabley, American comedian and singer (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988)^[14]
• 1900 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)^[15]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Jo Mielziner, French-American set designer (d. 1976)
• 1904 – John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)
• 1905 – Albert Speer, German architect and politician (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer (d. 1962)
• 1906 – Clara Breed, American librarian and activist (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Louis Hayward, South African-born American actor (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Marjorie Linklater, Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (d. 1997)^[16]
• 1910 – Joseph Carroll, American general (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
• 1914 – Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
• 1915 – Patricia Morison, American actress and singer (d. 2018)
• 1916 – Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
• 1919 – Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
• 1920 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author, poet, and painter (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Tommy Cooper, British magician and prop comedian (d. 1984)
• 1922 – Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Benito Jacovitti, Italian illustrator (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
• 1928 – Hans Küng, Swiss theologian and author (d. 2021)
• 1928 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Emma Andijewska, Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
• 1932 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
• 1933 – Philip Roth, American novelist (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Renée Taylor, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Richard Williams, Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
• 1935 – Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
• 1936 – Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (d. 1988)
• 1937 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer and pianist
• 1937 – Egon Krenz, German politician
• 1938 – Joe Kapp, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1942 – Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
• 1943 – Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1943 – Vern Schuppan, Australian race car driver
• 1944 – Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
• 1945 – John Holder, English cricketer and umpire
• 1945 – Modestas Paulauskas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1946 – Ruth Pointer, American musician^[17]
• 1947 – Glenn Close, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1947 – Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1948 – David Schnitter, American saxophonist and educator
• 1949 – Blase J. Cupich, American theologian and cardinal
• 1950 – José S. Palma, Filipino archbishop
• 1952 – Warren Lees, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1952 – Martin Ravallion, Australian economist and academic
• 1952 – Harvey Weinstein, American director and producer
• 1953 – Ian Blair, English police officer
• 1953 – Peter Hendy, English businessman
• 1953 – Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1985)
• 1954 – Cho Kwang-rae, South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Bruce Willis, German-American actor and producer
• 1956 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2009)^[18]
• 1958 – Andy Reid, American football player and coach
• 1960 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist^[19]
• 1962 – Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1963 – Neil LaBute, American director and screenwriter^[20]
• 1964 – Yoko Kanno, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1966 – Michael Crockart, Scottish police officer and politician
• 1966 – Olaf Marschall, German footballer and manager
• 1966 – Andy Sinton, English international footballer and manager^[21]
• 1967 – Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Tyrone Hill, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (d. 2011)
• 1970 – Michael Krumm, German race car driver
• 1973 – Ashley Giles, English cricketer and coach
• 1975 – Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
• 1976 – Derek Chauvin, American criminal and former police officer^[22][23]
• 1976 – Andre Miller, American basketball player^[24]
• 1976 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Cydonie Mothersille, Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
• 1979 – Sheldon Brown, American football player
• 1979 – Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player^[25]
• 1979 – Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer^[26]
• 1979 – Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
• 1980 – Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Taichi Ishikari, Japanese wrestler
• 1980 – Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Steve Cummings, English cyclist
• 1981 – Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer^[27]
• 1982 – Jonathan Fanene, American football player
• 1982 – Brad Jones, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer^[28]
• 1982 – Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian-Singaporean businessman
• 1985 – Inesa Jurevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1986 – Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Michal Švec, Czech footballer
• 1987 – Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player
• 1988 – Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player^[29]
• 1991 – Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer^[30]
• 1995 – Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer^[31]
• 1995 – Julia Montes, Filipino actress^[32]
• 1995 – Alexei Sintsov, Russian figure skater
• 1996 – Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player