Famous Birthdays for April 19th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1452 – Frederick IV, King of Naples (d. 1504)^[18]
• 1593 – Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1647)^[19]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1603 – Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1685)^[20]
• 1613 – Christoph Bach, German musician (d. 1661)^[21]
• 1633 – Willem Drost, Dutch painter (d. 1659)^[22]
• 1655 – George St Lo(e), Royal Navy officer and administrator (d. 1718)^[23]
• 1658 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (d. 1716)^[24]
• 1665 – Jacques Lelong, French author (d. 1721)^[25]
• 1686 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (d. 1750)
• 1715 – James Nares, English organist and composer (d. 1783)
• 1721 – Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1793)
• 1734 – Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1786)
• 1757 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (d. 1833)
• 1758 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (d. 1831)
• 1785 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (d. 1858)
• 1787 – Deaf Smith, American soldier (d. 1837)
• 1793 – Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
• 1806 – Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer (d. 1889)
• 1814 – Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author (d. 1875)
• 1831 – Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (d. 1889)^[26]
• 1832 – José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1835 – Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1888)
• 1863 – Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (d. 1940)
• 1872 – Alice Salomon, German social reformer (d. 1948)^[27]
• 1873 – Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (d. 1967)
• 1874 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
• 1877 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American engineer, invented the outboard motor (d. 1934)
• 1879 – Arthur Robertson, Scottish runner (d. 1957)
• 1882 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (d. 1954)
• 1883 – Henry Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1953)
• 1885 – Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
• 1891 – Françoise Rosay, French actress (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer and educator (d. 1983)^[28]
• 1894 – Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian, oldest verified man ever (d. 2013)
• 1898 – Constance Talmadge, American actress and producer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1899 – Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (d. 1957)^[29]
• 1908 – Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach (d. 1984)
• 1917 – Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
• 1920 – Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (d. 2015)^[30]
• 1920 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (d. 2006)^[31]
• 1921 – Leon Henkin, American logician (d. 2006)^[32]
• 1921 – Roberto Tucci, Italian Jesuit leader, cardinal, and theologian (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Erich Hartmann, German colonel and pilot (d. 1993)
• 1922 – David Smith, politician in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe (d. 1996)
• 1925 – John Kraaijkamp, Sr., Dutch actor (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Hugh O'Brian, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (d. 1997)
• 1928 – John Horlock, English engineer and academic (d. 2015)^[33]
• 1928 – Azlan Shah of Perak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor
• 1933 – Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress (d. 1967)^[34]
• 1934 – Dickie Goodman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1989)
• 1935 – Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, and pianist (d. 2002)^[35]
• 1935 – Justin Francis Rigali, American cardinal
• 1936 – Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Antonio Carluccio, Italian-English chef and author (d. 2017)^[36]
• 1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress
• 1937 – Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines
• 1938 – Stanley Fish, American theorist, author, and scholar
• 1939 – E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant, judge, and politician (d. 2013)^[37]
• 1941 – Michel Roux, French-English chef and author (d. 2020)
• 1941 – Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1942 – Alan Price, English keyboard player, singer, and composer
• 1943 – Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2014)^[38]
• 1944 – James Heckman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Bernie Worrell, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2016)^[39]
• 1946 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer^[40][41]
• 1951 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1952 – Simon Cowell, English conservationist and author^[42][43]
• 1954 – Trevor Francis, English footballer and manager
• 1956 – Anne Glover, Scottish biologist and academic
• 1957 – Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries^[44][45]
• 1960 – Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Frank Viola, American baseball player and coach^[46]
• 1964 – Kim Weaver, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1966 – Véronique Gens, French soprano and actress
• 1968 – Mswati III, king (Ngwenyama) of Eswatini (Swaziland)^[47]
• 1970 – Kelly Holmes, English athlete and double Olympic champion
• 1972 – Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, a Brazilian footballer^[48]
• 1978 – James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Amanda Sage, American-Austrian painter and educator
• 1981 – Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor^[49]
• 1982 – Samuel C. Morrison, Jr., Liberian-American journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1987 – Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player^[50]
• 1990 – Kim Chiu, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer^[51]
• 2002 – Loren Gray, American singer and internet personality^[52]