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July 19 birthdays

286 notable historical figures were born on July 19, and 183 died on this day. Everyone born on July 19 is a Cancer.

18% of July 19 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on July 19

• Brian May (born 1947. English musician (born 1947))
• Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976. English actor (born 1976))
• Petrarch (1304 to 1374. Italian scholar and poet (1304–1374))
• Edgar Degas (1834 to 1917. French Impressionist artist (1834–1917))
• George McGovern (1922 to 2012. American politician and historian (1922–2012))
• Duke Charles Edward (1884 to 1954. Nazi politician (1884–1954))
• Ramin Djawadi (born 1974. Iranian-German score composer (born 1974))
• Herbert Marcuse (1898 to 1979. German–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979))
• George II (1890 to 1947. King of Greece (1922–1924; 1935–1947))
• Ilie Năstase (born 1946. Romanian tennis player (born 1946))
• Mangal Pandey (1827 to 1857. Indian soldier and freedom fighter (1827–1857))
• Kgalema Motlanthe (born 1949. President of South Africa from 2008 to 2009)
• Rukn al-Din Baybars (1223 to 1277. Sultan of Egypt and Syria from 1260 to 1277)
• Arno Breker (1900 to 1991. German sculptor, a favorite of Adolf Hitler)
• Evelyn Glennie (born 1965. Scottish percussionist (born 1965))
• Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) (born 1983. German financier and prince)
• Hailemariam Desalegn (born 1965. Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018)
• Katherine Applegate (born 1956. American fiction writer (born 1956))
• Vitali Klitschko (born 1971. Ukrainian politician and boxer (born 1971))
• Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822 to 1916. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1860 to 1904)
• Maurice Bucaille (1920 to 1998. French scientist, physician and author (1920–1998))
• Joseph Fielding Smith (1876 to 1972. American religious leader (1876–1972))
• Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter) (1688 to 1766. Jesuit missionary and court painter during the Qing dynasty)
• Juan José Flores (1800 to 1864. President of Ecuador (1830–1834, 1839–1845))
• Charles F. Blair Jr. (1909 to 1978. United States aviator and military officer (1909–1978))
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921 to 2011. American medical physicist (1921–2011))
• José Manuel Balmaceda (1840 to 1891. 10th President of Chile (1886–91))
• William II of Holland (1228 to 1256. King of Germany from 1247 to 1256)
• Francisco Sá Carneiro (1934 to 1980. Portuguese politician (1934–1980))
• Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943. American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943))
• Vasily Livanov (born 1935. Soviet and Russian actor and film director)
• Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868 to 1953. Italian economist and political figure (1868–1953))
• Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922 to 2008. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1994 to 1999)
• Alfred Waterhouse (1830 to 1905. British architect (1830–1905))
• Balamani Amma (1909 to 2004. Indian poet (1909–2004))
• Fulbert Youlou (1917 to 1972. 1st President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1960 to 1963)
• Richard Henderson (biologist) (born 1945. British biologist (born 1945))
• Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894 to 1964. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953)
• Laurent Binet (born 1972. French writer and university lecturer)
• Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929 to 2023. French historian (1929–2023))
• Fouad Siniora (born 1943. Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2005 to 2009)
• Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1848 to 1850. Heir apparent to the Brazilian throne (1848–1850))
• Paul Magloire (1907 to 2001. President of Haiti (1950–1956))
• Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875) (1828 to 1875. Bavarian prince (1828–1875))
• Charles Horace Mayo (1865 to 1939. American physician (1865–1939))
• Saša Lošić (born 1964. Bosnian recording artist (born 1964))
• Raymond Laflamme (1960 to 2025. Canadian theoretical physicist (1960–2025))
• Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970. First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023)
• Alexander Dallas Bache (1806 to 1867. American scientist (1806–1867))
• John Duncan (painter) (1866 to 1945. Scottish painter (1866–1945))
• Edward Charles Pickering (1846 to 1919. American astronomer)
• Justo Rufino Barrios (1835 to 1885. President of Guatemala from 1873 to 1885)
• Devin Grayson (born 1970. American writer)
• David Finkelstein (1929 to 2016. American physicist (1929-2016))
• Yves Meyer (born 1939. French mathematician (b. 1939))
• Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775 to 1832. Prince of the French Empire)
• Angela Olinto (born 1961. American physicist and professor)
• Jan Kaczkowski (1977 to 2016. Polish Catholic priest (1977–2016))
• Laura Scudder (1881 to 1959. American businesswoman (1881–1959))
• OfRo (born 1987. Indian musician)

Died on July 19

• Syngman Rhee (1875 to 1965. President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960)
• Agustín de Iturbide (1783 to 1824. Mexican army general and politician, 1st emperor of Mexico)
• Aung San (1915 to 1947. Burmese independence activist (1915–1947))
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944 to 2024. Leader of Vietnam from 2011 to 2024)
• Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776 to 1810. Queen of Prussia from 1797 to 1810)
• Philippa of Lancaster (1360 to 1415. Queen consort of Portugal (1360–1415))
• Stefan Lazarević (1374 to 1427. 14/15th-century Serbian despot and saint)
• Symmachus (460 to 514. Head of the Catholic Church from 498 to 514)
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871 to 1913. Ukrainian poet and writer (1871–1913))
• Jalal-ud-Din Khalji (1220 to 1296. Sultan of Delhi from 1290 to 1296)
• César Pelli (1926 to 2019. Argentine-American architect (1926–2019))
• Curzio Malaparte (1898 to 1957. Italian writer and filmmaker)
• Giora Epstein (1938 to 2025. Israeli fighter pilot (1938–2025))
• John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886 to 1971. English baron and newspaper proprietor (1886–1971))
• Zenkō Suzuki (1911 to 2004. Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982)
• Omar Suleiman (politician) (1936 to 2012. Vice President of Egypt from January 2011 to February 2011)
• Ingrid Jonker (1933 to 1965. South African poet)
• Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671 to 1702. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from 1695 to 1702)
• Samuel Wilberforce (1805 to 1873. Bishop of Oxford, England (1805–1873))
• Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498 to 1500. Iberian heir apparent (1498–1500))
• Ranoji Scindia (1700 to 1745. Maharaja of Gwalior from 1731 to 1745)
• Hannes Meyer (1889 to 1954. Swiss architect (1889–1954))
• James C. Marshall (1897 to 1977. US Army general and engineer (1897–1977))
• Ágnes Heller (1929 to 2019. Hungarian philosopher, teacher (1929–2019))
• Mohammad Yunus Khalis (1919 to 2006. Afghan Mujahideen commander (1919–2006))
• David Warren (inventor) (1925 to 2010. Australian inventor of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder)
• James Garner (1928 to 2014. American actor (1928–2014))
• Wolfgang Smith (1930 to 2024. Austrian mathematician and philosopher of science (1930–2024))
• Maurice J. Tobin (1901 to 1953. American politician (1901–1953))
• Gawhar Shad (1378 to 1457. Chief consort of Shah Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Empire)

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