February 19 - Births

Births

1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 – Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1552 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1630 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire of India (d. 1680)
1660 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
1671 – Charles-Hubert Gervais, French composer (d. 1744)
1717 – David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1743 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
1780 – Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1798 – Sir Allan Napier MacNab Bt, Canadian politician, Premier of the Province of Canada (d. 1862)
1800 – Émilie Gamelin, French Canadian Roman Catholic Religious Sister, founder of the Sisters of Providence (d. 1851)
1802 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1804 – Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
1804 – David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1821 – August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
1824 – Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founder of Le Crédit Lyonnais (d. 1905)
1833 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
1843 – Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer (d. 1919)
1855 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908)
1859 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1865 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
1869 – Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and writer (d. 1923)
1876 – Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
1877 – Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
1880 – Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
1886 – José Abad Santos, Filipino jurist and lawyer (d. 1942)
1888 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
1888 – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
1895 – Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
1895 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador ( d. 1940 )
1896 – André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
1897 – Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1899 – Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
1901 – Florence Green, British, last surviving veteran of World War I (d. 2012)
1902 – Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
1904 – Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish writer (d. 1950)
1904 – Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
1906 – Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American ornithologist (d. 1981)
1910 – Dorothy Janis, American silent film actress (d. 2010)
1911 – Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
1912 – Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
1913 – Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
1914 – Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
1916 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
1917 – Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
1920 – C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
1920 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1920 – George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
1924 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
1924 – Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
1924 – František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (d. 1999)
1929 – Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
1930 – John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
1930 – K Viswanath, South Indian film director
1932 – Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut
1934 – Pierre Barouh, French writer, composer and singer
1934 – Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1935 – Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
1936 – Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
1936 – Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
1937 – Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
1938 – René Muñoz, Cuban-born Mexican actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1938 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious figure (d. 1989)
1938 – Dutch Mason, Canadian blues musician (d. 2006)
1939 – Gwen Taylor, English actress
1940 – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
1940 – Smokey Robinson, American singer
1941 – David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Paul Krause, American football player
1943 – Lou Christie, American singer
1943 – Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
1943 – Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
1943 – Gert Wünsche, German footballer
1945 – Michael Nader, American actor
1945 – Jürgen Rumor, German footballer
1945 – Yuri Antonov, Soviet-Russian musician
1945 – Zlatko Sirotić, Croatian painter
1946 – Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
1946 – Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
1946 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
1946 – Hiroshi Fujioka, Japanese actor
1947 – Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
1948 – Mark Andes, American musician (Spirit, Firefall and Heart)
1948 – Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath)
1948 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1948 – Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
1949 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (d. 1998)
1949 – William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1950 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish songwriter
1950 – Andy Powell, British musician (Wishbone Ash)
1951 – Stephen Nichols, American actor
1951 – Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
1952 – Amy Tan, American novelist
1952 – Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
1953 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina
1953 – Bill Kirchenbauer American comedian and actor
1953 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1954 – Francis Buchholz, German bassist (Scorpions)
1954 – Michael Gira, American musician (Swans)
1954 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011)
1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
1956 – Kathleen Beller, American actress
1956 – Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1956 – Dave Wakeling, English musician (The (English) Beat and General Public)
1956 – Peter Holsapple, American musician (The dBs and The Continental Drifters)
1957 – Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1957 – Lorianne Crook, Television Personality
1957 – Ray Winstone, British actor
1958 – Helen Fielding, English writer
1960 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York
1960 – Leslie Ash, English actress
1961 – Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (d. 1995)
1961 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
1961 – Andy Wallace, English race car driver
1962 – John Laroche, American orchid poacher
1962 – Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
1963 – Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
1963 – Seal, English singer
1963 – Jessica Tuck, American actress
1964 – Doug Aldrich, American musician (Whitesnake and Burning Rain)
1964 – Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
1964 – Richard A. Scott, American illustrator
1964 – Sonu Walia, Indian actress
1965 – Jon Fishman, American musician (Phish)
1965 – Leroy, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1966 – Justine Bateman, American actress
1966 – Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
1966 – Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
1966 – Eduardo Xol, American television personality, designer, entertainer, social activist and businessman
1967 – Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
1969 – Burton C. Bell, American vocalist (Fear Factory and Ascension of the Watchers)
1969 – Helena Guergis, Canadian politician
1970 – Joacim Cans, Swedish singer (HammerFall)
1971 – Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
1971 – Lisa McCune, Australian actress
1971 – Gil Shaham, Israeli-born American violinist
1972 – Francine, American professional wrestler
1972 – Sunset Thomas, American porn star
1973 – Eric Lange, American actor
1974 – Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
1975 – Daniel Adair, Canadian Drummer (Nickelback and 3 Doors Down)
1975 – Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
1975 – Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
1975 – Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
1976 – Jahidi White, American basketball player
1977 – Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1977 – Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author
1977 – Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
1978 – Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1978 – Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper
1979 – Bassnectar, American musician
1979 – Andrew Buchan, English actor
1979 – Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
1979 – Mariska, Finnish rapper
1979 – Sergio Júnior, Brazilian football player
1979 – Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress (OV7)
1979 – René Renno, German footballer
1980 – Neleh Dennis, American reality show contestant
1980 – Dwight Freeney, American football player
1980 – David Gandy, British model
1980 – Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
1980 – Mike Miller, American basketball player
1981 – Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
1981 – Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
1981 – Daniel Letterle, American actor
1981 – Kyle Martino, American soccer player
1981 – Gil Reyes, American boxer
1981 – Nicky Shorey, English footballer
1981 – Vitas, Russian singer
1982 – Camelia Potec, Romanian swimmer
1983 – Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
1983 – Kotoōshū Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler
1983 – Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
1983 – Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player
1984 – Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
1985 – Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1985 – Arielle Kebbel, American actress
1985 – Sławomir Peszko, Polish footballer
1986 – Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
1986 – Reon Kadena, Japanese model and actress
1986 – Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 – Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
1986 – Jayde Nicole, Canadian model
1986 – Michael Schwimer, American baseball player
1986 – Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
1990 – Luke Pasqualino, English actor
1991 – Trevor Bayne, American race car driver
1993 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
1993 – Empress Schuck, Filipina actress