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May 19 birthdays

304 notable historical figures were born on May 19, and 193 died on this day. Everyone born on May 19 is a Taurus.

20% of May 19 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on May 19

• Malcolm X (1925 to 1965. American civil rights activist (1925–1965))
• Diego Forlán (born 1979. Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1979))
• Pol Pot (1925 to 1998. Cambodian communist leader (1925–1998))
• Ho Chi Minh (1890 to 1969. Leader of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969)
• Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744 to 1818. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818)
• Albert Fish (1870 to 1936. American serial killer and rapist (1870–1936))
• Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882 to 1967. Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953)
• Nora Ephron (1941 to 2012. American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012))
• Pete Townshend (born 1945. English musician (born 1945))
• Andrea Pirlo (born 1979. Italian football player and manager (born 1979))
• Ashraf Ghani (born 1949. President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021)
• Alice Roberts (born 1973. English academic, TV presenter and author)
• Julius Evola (1898 to 1974. Italian radical-right philosopher and esotericist (1898–1974))
• Victoria Wood (1953 to 2016. British comedian (1953–2016))
• Li Bai (701 to 762. Chinese poet (701–762))
• Girish Karnad (1938 to 2019. Indian playwright, actor, director, and writer (1938–2019))
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913 to 1996. President of India from 1977 to 1982)
• Gitanas Nausėda (born 1964. President of Lithuania since 2019)
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 to 1814. German philosopher (1762–1814))
• James Gosling (born 1955. Canadian computer scientist (born 1955))
• Jean, Count of Paris (born 1965. Orléanist to the French throne since 2019)
• Nellie Melba (1861 to 1931. Australian opera singer (1861–1931))
• Steven Ford (born 1956. American actor, and son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford)
• Innocent XI (1611 to 1689. Head of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689)
• Calico Cooper (born 1981. American singer, actress, and dancer (born 1981))
• David Wilkerson (1931 to 2011. American Pentecostal evangelist (1931 – 2011))
• Kiera Cass (born 1981. American writer of young adult fiction)
• Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860 to 1952. Italian politician (1860–1952))
• Jordan Tannahill (born 1988. Canadian playwright, film and theatre director)
• Gadi Eisenkot (born 1960. Israeli general (born 1960))
• Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930 to 2016. Hungarian-American mathematician (1930–2016))
• Max Perutz (1914 to 2002. Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914–2002))
• Hasan ibn Hasan (650 to 716. Islamic scholar and theologian (c. 661–715))
• Kenji Fujimori (born 1980. Peruvian politician (born 1980))
• Morgana Ignis (born 1989. American actress (born 1989))
• Jorge Alessandri (1896 to 1986. Chilean politician and President (1896–1986))
• Mikhail Nesterov (1862 to 1942. Russian-Soviet painter (1862–1942))
• Maria Isabel of Portugal (1797 to 1818. Queen of Spain from 1816 to 1818)
• Prince Roland (1858 to 1924. French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858–1924))
• Leonid Leonov (1899 to 1994. Russian writer)
• Sam Smith (born 1992. English singer and songwriter (born 1992))
• Harris J (born 1997. British singer (born 1997))
• Manik Bandopadhyay (1908 to 1956. Indian writer and poet)
• Carl Akeley (1864 to 1926. American taxidermist (1864–1926))
• Miriam Marx (1927 to 2017. Daughter of Groucho Marx (1927–2017))
• Rahel Varnhagen (1771 to 1833. German writer and salonnière (1771–1833))
• Otto Ambros (1901 to 1990. German chemist (1901–1990))
• Daniel Guérin (1904 to 1988. French anarcho-communist author and influential queer anarchist contributor)
• Austin Stevens (born 1950. South African-born Australian naturalist)
• Helena of Moscow (1476 to 1513. Queen of Poland (1501–1506) and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1495–1506))
• C. V. Raman Pillai (1858 to 1922. Indian novelist and playwright)
• Carol Victor (1913 to 1973. German-Albanian prince (1913–1973))
• Virgie Tovar (born 1982. American author, podcaster, and activist)
• John M. Ball (born 1948. British mathematician)
• Kevin Garnett (born 1976. American basketball player (born 1976))
• Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1100 to 1130. Duchess of Swabia (1100–1130))
• Grace Jones (born 1948. Jamaican singer, actress and model (born 1948))
• Helen Quinn (born 1943. Australian-American physicist)
• Visakham Thirunal (1837 to 1885. Maharaja of Travancore from 1880 to 1885)
• Philip William (1669 to 1711. Prussian prince (1669–1711))

Died on May 19

• T. E. Lawrence (1888 to 1935. British Army officer, diplomat and writer (1888–1935))
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 to 1994. First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963)
• Anne Boleyn (1507 to 1536. Queen of England from 1533 to 1536)
• Ebrahim Raisi (1960 to 2024. President of Iran from 2021 to 2024)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 to 1864. American author (1804–1864))
• William Ewart Gladstone (1809 to 1898. British statesman (1809–1898))
• Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542 to 1623. Empress Consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar)
• Celestine V (1215 to 1296. Head of the Catholic Church in 1294)
• José Martí (1853 to 1895. Cuban national hero (1853–1895))
• John Gorton (1911 to 2002. Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971)
• Ravi Zacharias (1946 to 2020. Canadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020))
• John Betjeman (1906 to 1984. English poet (1906–1984))
• James Boswell (1740 to 1795. Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795))
• Henri de Saint-Simon (1760 to 1825. French early socialist theorist (1760–1825))
• Alcuin (724 to 804. 8th-century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher)
• Urban I (Head of the Catholic Church from 222 to 230)
• Charles Ives (1874 to 1954. American modernist composer (1874–1954))
• Bernard Lewis (1916 to 2018. British-American historian (1916–2018))
• Ogden Nash (1902 to 1971. American poet (1902–1971))
• Otto IV (1175 to 1218. Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218)
• Dmitry Ivanovich (1350 to 1389. Prince of Moscow (1359–1389))
• Vladimir II (1053 to 1125. Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125)
• Dunstan (909 to 988. Archbishop of Canterbury from 959 to 988, Christian saint)
• Max Scheler (1874 to 1928. German philosopher (1874–1928))
• Olive Byrne (1904 to 1990. American author, inspiration for Wonder Woman)
• Stephen II of Blois (1045 to 1102. Count of Blois from 1089 to 1102)
• Vijay Tendulkar (1928 to 2008. Indian playwright (1928-2008))
• Robert Indiana (1928 to 2018. American artist (1928–2018))
• Garret FitzGerald (1926 to 2011. Taoiseach (1981–1982, 1982–1987))
• James Tiptree Jr. (1915 to 1987. American sci-fi writer (1915–1987))

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