May 19 - Births

Births

1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
1700 – José de Escandón, Spanish governor (d. 1770)
1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician (d. 1779)
1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German wife of King George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1818)
1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
1773 – Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
1795 – Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal (d. 1818)
1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1861 – Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1871 – Walter Russell, American artist (d. 1963)
1874 – Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
1878 – Alfred Laliberté, French Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
1880 – Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and educator (d. 1964)
1884 – David Munson, American athlete (d. 1953)
1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (d. 1916)
1897 – Frank Luke, American pilot (d. 1918)
1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and esotericist (d. 1974)
1906 – Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian Bengali novelist (d. 1956)
1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
1909 – Nicholas Winton, English humanitarian
1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
1910 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (d.1996)
1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1914 – Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist (d. 2000)
1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Slovenian politician, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American musician and bandleader (d. 1990)
1921 – Harry W. Brown, American pilot (d. 1991)
1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
1922 – Joe Gilmore, Irish barkeep
1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer
1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
1925 – Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
1926 – Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
1926 – Fernand Raynaud, French comedian and actor (d. 1973)
1926 – Peter Zadek, German director (d. 2009)
1928 – Colin Chapman, English car designer, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
1930 – Eugene D. Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)
1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
1931 – Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
1931 – Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)
1932 – Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006)
1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author
1934 – Bill Fitch, American basketball coach
1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist
1935 – David Hartman, American actor and journalist
1937 – Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
1939 – James Fox, English actor
1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
1939 – Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
1940 – Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1941 – Bobby Burgess, American dancer and singer
1941 – Nora Ephron, American screenwriter (d. 2012)
1941 – Tania Mallet, English model and actress
1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research, Inc. (d. 1994)
1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English politician and television presenter
1943 – Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American writer
1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor
1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter, musician, and author (The Who, Deep End, and Thunderclap Newman)
1946 – André the Giant, French wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Planxty)
1947 – Steve Currie, English bassist (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
1947 – Gijs IJlander, Dutch writer
1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and musician (ZZ Top and American Blues)
1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Ramones and Sniper) (d. 2001)
1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler
1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer and manager
1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian swimmer
1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
1953 – Victoria Wood, English comedian and actress
1953 – Jimmy Thackery, American singer and guitarist (The Nighthawks)
1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player
1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown)
1955 – James Gosling, Canadian computer scientist, created Java
1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
1956 – Martyn Ware, English musician and producer (The Human League, Heaven 17, and B.E.F.)
1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim, wife of O. J. Simpson (d. 1994)
1960 – Yazz, English singer and model
1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Dutch-Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian tennis player
1964 – Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor
1964 – Murali, Indian (Tamil) film actor (d. 2010)
1965 – Cecilia Bolocco, Chilean model and television host, Miss Universe 1987
1965 – Boris, French singer-songwriter and composer
1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress
1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
1966 – Jodi Picoult, American writer
1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian artist
1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American singer and musician
1970 – Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean golfer
1970 – Mario Dumont, Canadian politician
1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
1971 – Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Psicosis, Mexican wrestler
1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)
1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress
1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby player
1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Katatonia, Bloodbath, and October Tide)
1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
1975 – Delma Gonçalves, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player
1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress
1977 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
1978 – Kim Zolciak, American television personality
1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1980 – Drew Fuller, American actor and model
1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter
1981 – Georges St. Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist
1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
1983 – Eve Angel, Hungarian porn actress
1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
1984 – Carla Lynch, English cactress and model
1985 – Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
1986 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
1987 – David Edgar, Canadian footballer
1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
1988 – Lily Cole, English model and actress
1989 – Jasmine, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer