On this day · Libra

October 19 birthdays

273 notable historical figures were born on October 19, and 197 died on this day. Everyone born on October 19 is a Libra.

19% of October 19 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on October 19

• Rebecca Ferguson (born 1983. Swedish actress (born 1983))
• Trey Parker (born 1969. American actor, animator, and filmmaker (born 1969))
• Philip Pullman (born 1946. English author (born 1946))
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 to 1995. Indian-American physicist (1910–1995))
• Peter Tosh (1944 to 1987. Jamaican reggae musician (1944–1987))
• Pedro Castillo (born 1969. President of Peru from 2021 to 2022)
• Yakubu Gowon (born 1934. Military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975)
• Yoko Shimomura (born 1967. Japanese composer (born 1967))
• Amy Carter (born 1967. Daughter of Jimmy Carter (born 1967))
• John Fisher (1469 to 1535. 16th-century Bishop of Rochester)
• Aleida March (born 1936. Widow of Che Guevara (born 1936))
• Charles, Prince Napoléon (born 1950. French politician (born 1950))
• Marsilio Ficino (1433 to 1499. Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499))
• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899 to 1974. Guatemalan writer and poet-diplomat (1899-1974))
• Lewis Mumford (1895 to 1990. American scholar and writer (1895–1990))
• Umberto Boccioni (1882 to 1916. Italian painter and sculptor (1882–1916))
• Thomas Browne (1605 to 1682. English polymath and writer (1605–1682))
• Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909 to 1963. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955)
• Prince Laurent of Belgium (born 1963. Belgian prince (born 1963))
• Li Yuanhong (1864 to 1928. Fourth President of the Republic of China)
• Judith Suminwa (born 1967. Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2024)
• Annie Golden (born 1951. American actress and singer (born 1951))
• Vinícius de Moraes (1913 to 1980. Brazilian poet and lyricist (1913–1980))
• Tracy Chevalier (born 1962. American-British novelist (born 1962))
• Farid al-Atrash (1917 to 1974. Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910–1974))
• John le Carré (1931 to 2020. Irish-British novelist and former spy (1931–2020))
• Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920 to 2003. Indian spiritual leader and activist)
• George Fenton (born 1949. British film composer (born 1949))
• Borisav Jović (1928 to 2021. Serbian politician (1928–2021))
• younger brother (1582 to 1591. Russian tsarevich (1582–1591))
• Chen Gongbo (1892 to 1946. Chinese politician (1892–1946))
• Péter Medgyessy (born 1942. Hungarian politician)
• Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (1797 to 1816. King of Nepal from 1799 to 1816)
• Jennifer Lynn Barnes (born 1983. American author)
• Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925 to 2010. Argentine naval officer (1925–2010))
• James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610 to 1688. Anglo-Irish viceroy (1610–1688))
• Charles A. Flynn (born 1963. United States Army general)
• Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 1967. Supreme Leader of Afghanistan since 2021)
• Chuck Horner (born 1936. United States Air Force general)
• Madhuri Bhatia (born 1930. Indian actress)
• Jean Kambanda (born 1955. Rwandan politician)
• Marguerite Perey (1909 to 1975. 20th-century French physicist)
• Henri Troyat (1911 to 2007. Russian-French author (1911–2007))
• Antonio Corradini (1688 to 1752. Italian sculptor (1688–1752))
• John Lithgow (born 1945. American actor (born 1945))
• Meg LeFauve (born 1969. American screenwriter and film producer (born 1969))
• Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927. Belgian artist (born 1927))
• Francis Channing Barlow (1834 to 1896. American lawyer, politician, and Union general (1834–1896))
• Thuwaini bin Said (1820 to 1866. Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 1856 to 1866)
• Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (1928 to 2006. Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1986 to 1988)
• Allan Massie (1938 to 2026. Scottish journalist and novelist (1938–2026))
• Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1824 to 1888. Russian statesman (1824–1888))
• Walter Munk (1917 to 2019. American oceanographer (1917–2019))
• Carlos de la Mota (born 1976. Dominican architect, actor and singer (born 1975))
• Michael Gambon (1940 to 2023. Irish-English actor (1940–2023))
• Pepetela (born 1941. Angolan writer (born 1941))
• Abby Sunderland (born 1993. American sailor (born 1993))
• Doane Robinson (1856 to 1946. American historian (1856–1946))
• Joan Semmel (born 1932. American feminist painter, professor emeritus (born 1932))
• Kate Bingham (born 1965. British venture capital manager (born 1965))

Died on October 19

• John, King of England (1166 to 1216. King of England from 1199 to 1216)
• Jonathan Swift (1667 to 1745. Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (1667–1745))
• Ernest Rutherford (1871 to 1937. New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871–1937))
• Marie Thérèse of France (1778 to 1851. French Madame Royale (1778–1851))
• Sergio Osmeña (1878 to 1961. President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946)
• Camille Claudel (1864 to 1943. French sculptor and graphic artist (1864–1943))
• Lázaro Cárdenas (1895 to 1970. President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 to 1950. American poet (1892–1950))
• Plutarco Elías Calles (1877 to 1945. President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; de facto leader until 1934)
• Samora Machel (1933 to 1986. Former president of Mozambique (1933–1986))
• Maurice Bishop (1944 to 1983. Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 to 1983)
• Said bin Taimur (1910 to 1972. Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 1932 to 1970)
• Józef Poniatowski (1763 to 1813. Polish military officer (1763–1813))
• Luís I (1838 to 1889. King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889)
• Petar II (1813 to 1851. Prince-Bishop of Montenegro)
• Thomas Browne (1605 to 1682. English polymath and writer (1605–1682))
• Mercy Otis Warren (1728 to 1814. American writer (1728–1814))
• Leslie Bricusse (1931 to 2021. English composer, lyricist and playwright (1931–2021))
• Komaram Bheem (1901 to 1940. Indian tribal leader (1900–1940))
• Charles Wheatstone (1802 to 1875. English physicist and inventor (1802–1875))
• Godfrey Kneller (1646 to 1723. German-born British painter (1646–1723))
• Julio Argentino Roca (1843 to 1914. 4th and 9th President of Argentina)
• Said bin Sultan (1791 to 1856. Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1791–1856))
• Anna Ulyanova (1864 to 1935. Russian revolutionary and stateswoman (1864–1935))
• Henri Michaux (1899 to 1984. Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter)
• Héctor Trujillo (1908 to 2002. President of the Dominican Republic from 1952 to 1960)
• Kenneth E. Iverson (1920 to 2004. Canadian computer scientist (1920–2004))
• Wei Zhongxian (1568 to 1627. Late Ming Chinese eunuch)
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900 to 1999. 20th century French writer and lawyer)
• Mihail Sadoveanu (1880 to 1961. Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1881–1961))

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