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History Births on August 19

Mike Conway, English race car driver

#Mike_Conway

In 1983

Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer

#Sotiris_Balafas

In 1986

Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter

#Ian_Gillan

In 1945

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician

#Charles_Wellesley,_9th_Duke_of_Wellington

In 1945

Richard Stearman, English footballer

#Richard_Stearman

In 1987

Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player

#Morten_Andersen

In 1960

Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter

#Johnny_Nash

In 1940

Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer

#Danny_Galbraith

In 1990

Jonathan Coe, English author and academic

#Jonathan_Coe

In 1961

Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer

#Oumar_Kondé

In 1979

Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (d. 1880)

#Tom_Wills

In 1835

Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher (d. 1761)

#Samuel_Richardson

In 1689

Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director

#Gerard_Schwarz

In 1947

L. Q. Jones, American actor and director

#L._Q._Jones

In 1927

Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (d. 2016)

#Christy_O'Connor_Jnr

In 1948

Paul Parry, Welsh footballer

#Paul_Parry

In 1980

Hemant Birje, Indian actor

#Hemant_Birje

In 1965

Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer (d. 1947)

#Albert_Campbell_(singer)

In 1872

Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (d. 1648)

#Daišan

In 1583

Kirk Cousins, American football player

#Kirk_Cousins

In 1988

James Tomkins, Australian rower

#James_Tomkins_(rower)

In 1965

Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)

#Nate_Dogg

In 1969

Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player

#Sid_Going

In 1943

Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer

#Alessandro_Matri

In 1984

Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut

#Charles_Bolden

In 1946

Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

#Saori_Kimura

In 1986

Baldwin V, count of Flanders (d. 1067)

#Baldwin_V,_Count_of_Flanders

In 1012

George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1955)

#George_Enescu

In 1881

Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician (d. 1982)

#Thruston_Ballard_Morton

In 1907

James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1978)

#James_Gould_Cozzens

In 1903

Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer

#Bettina_Cirone

In 1933

Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler

#Percy_Watson

In 1981

Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach

#Bobby_Richardson

In 1935

David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

#David_Durenberger

In 1934

Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)

#Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia

In 1596

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (d. 1674)

#Gerbrand_van_den_Eeckhout

In 1621

Hsu Ching-wen, Taiwanese tennis player

#Hsu_Ching-wen

In 1996

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Kazuyoshi_Tatsunami

In 1969

Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)

#Gene_Roddenberry

In 1921

Colleen Moore, American actress (d. 1988)

#Colleen_Moore

In 1899

Qais Al Khonji, Omani entrepreneur

#Qais_Al_Khonji

In 1978

Debra Paget, American actress

#Debra_Paget

In 1933

Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2005)

#Lajos_Baróti

In 1914

Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director

#Jonathan_Frakes

In 1952

Michael Todd, American bass player

#Michael_Todd_(musician)

In 1980

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719)

#John_Flamsteed

In 1646

C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (d. 1921)

#C._I._Scofield

In 1843

Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962)

#Gontran_de_Poncins

In 1900

Martin Donovan, American actor and director

#Martin_Donovan

In 1957

Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955)

#Fumio_Hayasaka

In 1914

Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Darryl_Sutter

In 1958

Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer-songwriter and musician

#Joey_Tempest

In 1963

Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Darius_Campbell

In 1980

Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

#Ronald_King

In 1909

Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Gary_Gaetti

In 1958

Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach

#Mary_Joe_Fernández

In 1971

Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder

#Lindsey_Jacobellis

In 1985

Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager

#Marco_Materazzi

In 1973

Diana Muldaur, American actress

#Diana_Muldaur

In 1938

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)

#Fred_Thompson

In 1942

Nico Hülkenberg, German race car driver

#Nico_Hülkenberg

In 1987

Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer

#Kyra_Sedgwick

In 1965

Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop

#Michael_Nazir-Ali

In 1949

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)

#Charles-François_de_Broglie,_marquis_de_Ruffec

In 1719

Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (d. 1761)

#Edward_Boscawen

In 1711

Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter

#Missy_Higgins

In 1983

Frederick I, duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)

#Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg

In 1557

Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic

#Ion_N._Petrovici

In 1929

Frank McCourt, American author and educator (d. 2009)

#Frank_McCourt

In 1930

Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter

#Christina_Perri

In 1986

Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist

#Iban_Mayo

In 1977

Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter

#Eddy_Raven

In 1944

Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager

#Ned_Yost

In 1955

Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

#Bill_Foster_(basketball,_born_1929)

In 1929

Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Matthew_Perry

In 1969

Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet

#Bodil_Malmsten

In 1944

Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (d. 1979)

#Hazari_Prasad_Dwivedi

In 1907

Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist

#Stipe_Miocic

In 1982

Veronica Roth, American author

#Veronica_Roth

In 1988

John Stamos, American actor

#John_Stamos

In 1963

Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894)

#Julius_van_Zuylen_van_Nijevelt

In 1819

Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)

#Ogden_Nash

In 1902

Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire

#Ian_Gould

In 1957

Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter

#Chihiro_Yonekura

In 1972

Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor

#Romeo_Miller

In 1989

Stephan Schmidt, German footballer and manager

#Stephan_Schmidt_(footballer)

In 1976

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)

#Íñigo_López_de_Mendoza,_1st_Marquis_of_Santillana

In 1398

Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (d. 1395)

#Catherine_of_Bohemia

In 1342

Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (d. 1934)

#Ellen_Willmott

In 1858

Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

#Willard_Boyle

In 1924

Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (d. 1910)

#Joaquim_Nabuco

In 1849

Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1630)

#Salamone_Rossi

In 1570

Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Roberto_Abbondanzieri

In 1972

Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (d. 1737)

#Eustace_Budgell

In 1686

Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)

#Manuel_L._Quezon

In 1878

Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader

#Khandro_Rinpoche

In 1967

Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995-1996) (d. 2016)

#Banharn_Silpa-archa

In 1932

Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter

#Simon_Bird

In 1984

Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer

#Billy_J._Kramer

In 1943

Ryan Taylor, English footballer

#Ryan_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1984)

In 1984

Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States

#Bill_Clinton

In 1946

Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan

#Rick_Snyder

In 1958

Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (d. 1893)

#Harriette_Newell_Woods_Baker

In 1815

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1649)

#Henry_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Holland

In 1590

Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1965)

#Bernard_Baruch

In 1870

Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971)

#Philo_Farnsworth

In 1906

Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture

#Gerda_Verburg

In 1957

Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager

#Cesare_Prandelli

In 1957

Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (d. 1894)

#Gustave_Caillebotte

In 1848

John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter

#John_Deacon

In 1951

Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Régine_Chassagne

In 1976

Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter

#Kevin_Rans

In 1982

Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)

#Coco_Chanel

In 1883

Fred Stone, American actor and producer (d. 1959)

#Fred_Stone

In 1873

Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)

#Richard_Simmons_(actor)

In 1913

Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Clay_Walker

In 1969

Chris Capuano, American baseball player

#Chris_Capuano

In 1978

Mary Matalin, American political consultant

#Mary_Matalin

In 1953

Jeff Tam, American baseball player

#Jeff_Tam

In 1970

Gavin Cooper, Australian rugby league player

#Gavin_Cooper

In 1985

Peter Gallagher, American actor

#Peter_Gallagher

In 1955

Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)

#Luis_Martín

In 1846

Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)

#Maurice_Wilks

In 1904

Jennie Bond, English journalist and author

#Jennie_Bond

In 1950

Gerald McRaney, American actor, director, and producer

#Gerald_McRaney

In 1948

Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont

#Thomas_P._Salmon

In 1932

Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Gustavo_Santaolalla

In 1951

Dylan Phythian, Australian rugby league player

#Dylan_Phythian

In 1995

Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976)

#Gilbert_Ryle

In 1900

Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (d. 2016)

#Angus_Scrimm

In 1926

Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter

#Ginger_Baker

In 1939

Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete

#Nafissatou_Thiam

In 1994

Ron Darling, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Ron_Darling

In 1960

Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (d. 1985)

#Alfred_Rouleau

In 1915

Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793)

#Madame_du_Barry

In 1743

J. J. Hardy, American baseball player

#J._J._Hardy

In 1982

Hoodie Allen, American rapper

#Hoodie_Allen

In 1988

Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist

#Fernando_Gaviria

In 1994

Jun Jin, South Korean singer

#Jun_Jin

In 1980

John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (d. 1700)

#John_Dryden

In 1631

Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)

#Dennis_Eichhorn

In 1945

Kevin Dillon, American actor

#Kevin_Dillon

In 1965

Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia

#Brendan_Nelson

In 1958

Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer

#Roger_Cook_(songwriter)

In 1940

Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter

#Lee_Ann_Womack

In 1966

Jack Canfield, American author

#Jack_Canfield

In 1944

S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1943)

#S._Satyamurti

In 1887

John McCargo, American football player

#John_McCargo

In 1983

Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer

#Adam_Arkin

In 1956

Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)

#Francis_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies

In 1777

Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster

#Anthony_Muñoz

In 1958

Jill St. John, American model and actress

#Jill_St._John

In 1940

Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, Argentinian tennis player

In 1994

Anaïs Lameche, French-Swedish singer

In 1987

Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer

In 1987

David A. Gregory, American actor

In 1985

Nick Kennedy, English rugby player

In 1981

Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and drummer

In 1979

Chynna Clugston, American illustrator

In 1975

Anja Knippel, German runner

In 1974

Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer

In 1973

João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer

In 1971

Ricky Pierce, American basketball player

In 1959

Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper

In 1957

Gary Chapman, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1957

Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer

In 1957

José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist

In 1956

Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

In 1955

Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress

In 1955

Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian race car driver

In 1954

Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer

In 1950

Elliot Lurie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1948

Robert Hughes, Australian actor

In 1948

Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician

In 1947

Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (d. 2007)

In 1947

Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter

In 1947

Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)

In 1946

Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (d. 2018)

In 1944

Don Fardon, English pop singer

In 1943

Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)

In 1941

Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician

In 1938

William Motzing, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)

In 1937

Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie

In 1937

Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)

In 1936

Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist

In 1934

David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist

In 1933

Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (d. 2003)

In 1931

Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)

In 1928

Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer(d.1998)

In 1928

Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1971)

In 1925

William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003)

In 1924

Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990)

In 1919

Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1996)

In 1918

Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1987)

In 1916

Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)

In 1915

Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1993)

In 1913

John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (d. 2004)

In 1913

Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)

In 1911

Quentin Bell, English historian and author (d. 1996)

In 1910

Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001)

In 1900

C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1985)

In 1895

José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)

In 1883

George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (d. 1954)

In 1881

Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)

In 1871

Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (d. 1895)

In 1830

Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)

In 232

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