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December 19 birthdays

272 notable historical figures were born on December 19, and 177 died on this day. Everyone born on December 19 is a Sagittarius.

19% of December 19 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on December 19

• Leonid Brezhnev (1906 to 1982. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982)
• Karim Benzema (born 1987. French footballer (born 1987))
• Philip IV the Spirited (1683 to 1746. King of Spain (r. 1700–1724; 1724–1746))
• Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980. American actor (born 1980))
• Pratibha Patil (born 1934. President of India from 2007 to 2012)
• Mileva Marić (1875 to 1948. Wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948))
• Marie Thérèse of France (1778 to 1851. French Madame Royale (1778–1851))
• Lee Myung-bak (born 1941. President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013)
• Jean Genet (1910 to 1986. French novelist, playwright, and poet (1910–1986))
• Edwin M. Stanton (1814 to 1869. American lawyer and politician (1814–1869))
• Albert A. Michelson (1852 to 1931. American experimental physicist (1852–1931))
• Carter G. Woodson (1875 to 1950. African-American historian, writer, and journalist (1875–1950))
• Richard Leakey (1944 to 2022. Kenyan conservationist (1944–2022))
• Robert B. Sherman (1925 to 2012. American songwriter (1925–2012))
• Mulatu Astatke (born 1943. Ethiopian multi-instrumentalist (born 1943))
• Alexis Sánchez (born 1988. Chilean footballer (born 1988))
• Tara Summers (born 1979. English actress (born 1979))
• Édith Piaf (1915 to 1963. French singer (1915–1963))
• Rustam Emomali (born 1987. Tajik politician (born 1987))
• Ronald Hutton (born 1953. English academic (born 1953))
• Eric Allin Cornell (born 1961. American physicist)
• Constance Garnett (1861 to 1946. English writer and translator (1861–1946))
• Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744 to 1836. German-Danish prince and general (1744–1836))
• Alyssa Milano (born 1972. American actress (born 1972))
• Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965) (1877 to 1965. Princess of Wied)
• Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814 to 1898. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1833 to 1859)
• Lazar Mojsov (1920 to 2011. Yugoslav Macedonian politician (1920– 2011))
• Barry Mazur (born 1937. American mathematician (born 1937))
• Matthew Waterhouse (born 1961. English actor, writer (b. 1961))
• Antonín Zápotocký (1884 to 1957. Czech communist politician and statesman)
• Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891 to 1993. Polish politician (1891–1993))
• Lady Mary Fox (1798 to 1864. British aristocrat and writer (1798–1864))
• Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671 to 1727. Queen of Poland (1697–1706; 1709–1727))
• Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944 to 2019. American mathematical physicist (1944–2019))
• Salma (writer) (born 1967. Indian writer)
• James Spriggs Payne (1819 to 1882. President of Liberia (1868–70, 1876–78))
• Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949. Author)
• Jean-Christophe Mitterrand (born 1946. Son of François Mitterrand)
• José Lezama Lima (1910 to 1976. Cuban writer, poet)
• Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700 to 1770. French physicist (1700–1770))
• Nagaru Tanigawa (born 1970. Japanese author (born 1970))
• Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884 to 1941. Russian Bolshevik politician)
• T. H. Marshall (1893 to 1981. English sociologist (1893–1981))
• Philippe Guerrier (1757 to 1845. President of Haiti from 1844 to 1845)
• Bertrand Serlet (born 1960. French software engineer and businessman)
• B. T. Ranadive (1904 to 1990. Indian politician (1904–1990))
• Brandon Sanderson (born 1975. American fiction writer (born 1975))
• Nicolas Joseph Maison (1771 to 1840. French military officer)
• C. D. Darlington (1903 to 1981. British biologist (1903–1981))
• Nikolay Antoshkin (1942 to 2021. Russian Air Force colonel general and statesman (1942–2021))
• George Davis Snell (1903 to 1996. American geneticist)
• Robert M. Kimmitt (born 1947. American politician (born 1947))
• Victoria Koblenko (born 1980. Dutch actress, presenter and columnist)
• Oliver La Farge (1901 to 1963. American novelist and anthropologist (1901–1963))
• Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1790) (1790 to 1855. Royal Navy officer and explorer (1790–1855))
• Cyril Collard (1957 to 1993. French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor)
• Ana Frango Elétrico (born 1997. Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1997))
• Richard Hammond (born 1969. English journalist, television presenter, and author (born 1969))
• Turhan Përmeti (1846 to 1927. Albanian diplomat (1846–1927))
• Cicely Tyson (1924 to 2021. American actress (1924–2021))

Died on December 19

• Emily Brontë (1818 to 1848. English writer and novelist (1818–1848))
• J. M. W. Turner (1775 to 1851. English painter (1775–1851))
• Al-Ghazali (1058 to 1111. Sunni Muslim polymath (c. 1058–1111))
• Harold Holt (1908 to 1967. Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967)
• Nur Jahan (1577 to 1645. Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire)
• Edith of Wessex (Queen of England from 1045 to 1066)
• Alois Alzheimer (1864 to 1915. German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915))
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897 to 1927. Indian revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927))
• Abbas II of Egypt (1874 to 1944. Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1892 to 1914)
• James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812 to 1860. Scottish statesman and colonial administrator (1812–1860))
• Kyösti Kallio (1873 to 1940. Finnish politician (1873–1940))
• Paul Langevin (1872 to 1946. French physicist (1872–1946))
• Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409 to 1442. Queen of Germany from 1438 to 1439)
• Thibaw Min (1859 to 1916. King of Burma from 1878 to 1885)
• Urban V (1310 to 1370. Head of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370)
• Michael Oakeshott (1901 to 1990. English philosopher (1901–1990))
• Robert Millikan (1868 to 1953. American physicist (1868–1953))
• Ashfaqulla Khan (1900 to 1927. Indian revolutionary (1900–1927))
• Viktor Abakumov (1908 to 1954. Soviet security official (1908–1954))
• Louise of Great Britain (1724 to 1751. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1751)
• H. L. A. Hart (1907 to 1992. British legal philosopher (1907–1992))
• Wincey Willis (1948 to 2024. British broadcaster (1948–2024))
• Juan Bautista de Anza (1736 to 1788. 18th-century Basque explorer and governor within the Spanish Empire)
• al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931 to 975. Fatimid caliph from 953 to 975)
• Robert H. Grubbs (1942 to 2021. American chemist and Nobel Laureate (1942–2021))
• Norman Gimbel (1927 to 2018. American lyricist (1927–2018))
• Christina of Lorraine (1565 to 1637. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1589 to 1609)
• Barnabò Visconti (1323 to 1385. Medieval Italian statesman (1323–1385))
• Stella Gibbons (1902 to 1989. 20th-century British writer)
• Amir Sjarifuddin (1907 to 1948. Indonesian politician and journalist (1907–1948))

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