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April 19 birthdays

268 notable historical figures were born on April 19, and 187 died on this day. Everyone born on April 19 is a Aries.

16% of April 19 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (55) than any other country.

Born on April 19

• Maria Sharapova (born 1987. Russian former tennis player (born 1987))
• Ali Khamenei (1939 to 2026. Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026)
• Tim Curry (born 1946. British actor (born 1946))
• Mswati III (born 1968. King of Eswatini since 1986)
• Ferdinand (Emperor Ferdinand I) (1793 to 1875. Emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848)
• James Franco (born 1978. American actor and filmmaker (born 1978))
• Joseph Estrada (born 1937. President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001)
• Getúlio Vargas (1882 to 1954. President of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954))
• Hannah Spencer (born 1991. British politician (born 1991))
• Glenn T. Seaborg (1912 to 1999. American chemist (1912–1999))
• Gustavo Petro (born 1960. President of Colombia since 2022)
• Jackson Merrill (born 2003. American baseball player (born 2003))
• Kate Hudson (born 1979. American actress and singer (born 1979))
• Arkady Martine (born 1985. American science fiction writer (born 1985))
• Joachim Sauer (born 1949. German chemist, professor emeritus and husband of Angela Merkel (born 1949))
• Azlan Shah of Perak (1928 to 2014. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1989 to 1994)
• William G. Boykin (born 1948. Retired US Army general and political official (born 1948))
• James Heckman (born 1944. American economist (born 1944))
• Ignatius Maloyan (1869 to 1915. 19th and 20th-century Armenian Catholic archbishop and martyr)
• Gustav Fechner (1801 to 1887. German experimental psychologist, physicist, and philosopher (1801–1887))
• Rivaldo (born 1972. Brazilian footballer (born 1972))
• Fred Brooks (1931 to 2022. American computer scientist (1931–2022))
• José Echegaray (1832 to 1916. Spanish statesman)
• Jayne Mansfield (1933 to 1967. American actress, Playmate, and singer (1933–1967))
• Richard von Mises (1883 to 1953. Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883–1953))
• William Alexander Morgan (1928 to 1961. American revolutionary)
• Renee Graziano (born 1968. American novelist)
• Attaullah Tarar (born 1986. Pakistani politician)
• Mukesh Ambani (born 1957. Indian businessman (born 1957))
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 to 1983. French composer (1892–1983))
• Ippolito de' Medici (1511 to 1535. Italian Catholic cardinal (1511–1535))
• Joe Hart (born 1987. English footballer (born 1987))
• Wilfried Martens (1936 to 2013. Belgian politician (1936–2013))
• G. R. Indugopan (born 1974. Indian writer and director (born 1974))
• Rolf Løvland (born 1955. Musical artist)
• Jacques Herzog (born 1950. Swiss architect)
• Karel Soucek (1947 to 1985. Czech-born Canadian stuntman (1947–1985))
• Wazir Ali Khan (1780 to 1817. Nawab of Oudh)
• Patrick Somerville (born 1979. American novelist and television writer)
• Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815 to 1880. Former President of Liberia)
• Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (1875 to 1952. Former prime minister of Nepal)
• Alexei Starobinsky (1948 to 2023. Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1948–2023))
• Rivka Galchen (born 1976. Canadian-American writer (born 1976))
• Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795 to 1876. German biologist (1795–1876))
• Leona Florentino (1849 to 1884. Filipina writer)
• Boris Weisfeiler (1941 to 1985. Russian mathematician (1941-c.1985))
• Gadi Taub (born 1965. Israeli historian, author, and political commentator (born 1965))
• Ellen Weston (1939 to 2026. American actress, producer, and writer)
• Hayden Christensen (born 1981. Canadian actor (born 1981))
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918 to 2022. Brazilian novelist and writer (1918–2022))
• Ernst Rüdin (1874 to 1952. Swiss-born German geneticist (1874–1952))
• Odeya (born 2001. Israeli musical artist)
• Ashley Judd (born 1968. American actress (born 1968))
• Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (born 1951. Brazilian anthropologist (born 1951))
• Anghel Saligny (1854 to 1925. Romanian engineer)
• Vasily Golovnin (1776 to 1831. Russian explorer (1776–1831))
• John Malecela (born 1934. Tanzanian politician (born 1934))
• Ernest Augustus I (1688 to 1748. Duke of Saxe-Weimar)
• Eanflæd (626 to 704. 7th-century Anglo-Saxon queen, abbess, and saint)
• Kiyoshi Oka (1901 to 1978. Japanese mathematician (1901–1978))

Died on April 19

• Charles Darwin (1809 to 1882. English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882))
• Lord Byron (1788 to 1824. English poet (1788–1824))
• Benjamin Disraeli (1804 to 1881. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880))
• David Koresh (1959 to 1993. American religious cult leader (1959–1993))
• Pierre Curie (1859 to 1906. French physicist and chemist (1859–1906))
• Ayub Khan (1907 to 1974. President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969)
• Dave Mason (1946 to 2026. English musician (1946–2026))
• Christina (1626 to 1689. Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654)
• Daniel Dennett (1942 to 2024. American philosopher (1942–2024))
• Jim Corbett (1875 to 1955. Anglo-Indian hunter, naturalist and author (1875–1955))
• Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 to 1914. American scientist (1839–1914))
• Benjamin Rush (1745 to 1813. American Founding Father, physician, educator (1746–1813))
• Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 to 1900. Russian-Armenian marine painter (1817–1900))
• Leo IX (1002 to 1054. Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054)
• Octavio Paz (1914 to 1998. Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998))
• Maxwell D. Taylor (1901 to 1987. United States Army general (1901–1987))
• Canaletto (1697 to 1758. Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768))
• Philip Melanchthon (1497 to 1560. German Lutheran reformer and theologian (1497–1560))
• Paolo Veronese (1528 to 1588. Italian Renaissance painter (1528–1588))
• Edward the Exile (1016 to 1057. Son of King Edmund Ironside (1016–1057))
• Desmond Morris (1928 to 2026. English zoologist, ethologist and artist (1928–2026))
• He Zizhen (1909 to 1984. Third wife of Mao Zedong)
• Walter Mondale (1928 to 2021. Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981)
• Hans Kelsen (1881 to 1973. Austrian jurist and legal philosopher (1881–1973))
• Konrad Adenauer (1876 to 1967. Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963)
• Sunderland (1675 to 1722. British politician (1675–1722))
• John Maynard Smith (1920 to 2004. English biologist and geneticist (1920–2004))
• Theodosia Okoh (1922 to 2015. Designer of the Ghana national flag (1922–2015))
• Walter Kohn (1923 to 2016. American physicist (1923–2016))
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946 to 2005. Danish jazz double bassist (1946–2005))

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