Celebrating Today’s Famous Birthdays: 19th November – A Tribute to Remarkable Individuals
Welcome, dear readers! It brings me great joy to present a heartfelt tribute to the remarkable individuals born on this significant date. Today, we commemorate the birth anniversary of a diverse array of extraordinary personalities who have left an indelible mark on the world.
| Year | Person |
|---|---|
| 270 | Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313) |
| 939 | Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997) |
| 1545 | Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1592) |
| 1570 | Giovanni Battista Agucchi, Italian churchman, diplomat and writer (d. 1632) |
| 1602 | Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686) |
| 1620 | Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682) |
| 1625 | Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) |
| 1660 | Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741) |
| 1750 | Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799) |
| 1761 | Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830) |
| 1765 | Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (d. 1819) |
| 1781 | Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854) |
| 1813 | Franc Miklošič, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891) |
| 1839 | Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (d. 1882) |
| 1841 | Victor D’Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901) |
| 1841 | Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919) |
| 1858 | Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940) |
| 1866 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944) |
| 1869 | Clark Griffith, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955) |
| 1874 | James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (d. 1958) |
| 1877 | Herbert Pitman, English sailor (d. 1961) |
| 1880 | George McBride, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973) |
| 1881 | Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (d. 1968) |
| 1882 | Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963) |
| 1884 | Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1885 | Olive Dennis, American engineer (d. 1957) |
| 1886 | Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968) |
| 1886 | Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971) |
| 1886 | Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982) |
| 1889 | Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1953) |
| 1892 | James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women’s Olympics (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985) |
| 1903 | Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1997) |
| 1905 | Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1998) |
| 1907 | Fran Allison, American entertainer (d. 1989) |
| 1907 | Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Alistair Cooke, British-born American journalist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1910 | Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944) |
| 1913 | Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981) |
| 1914 | Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992) |
| 1915 | Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1919 | Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Alan Brown, English race car driver (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992) |
| 1923 | Danny Dayton, American actor and director (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007) |
| 1925 | Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer |
| 1925 | George Barris, American engineer and car designer (d. 2015) |
| 1925 | June Christy, American singer (d. 1990) |
| 1925 | Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968) |
| 1925 | Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Terry Hall, English ventriloquist and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013) |
| 1927 | Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008) |
| 1927 | Estelle Parsons, American actress and director |
| 1928 | Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1928 | Franklin Cover, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1929 | Penelope Hobhouse, Irish gardener, author, and educator |
| 1929 | Don January, American golfer and architect |
| 1930 | Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Curly Putman, American country music songwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1932 | Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (d. 2012) |
| 1935 | Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (d. 2011) |
| 1936 | Don DeLillo, American novelist, essayist, and playwright |
| 1936 | Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014) |
| 1937 | Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010) |
| 1937 | Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1937 | Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013) |
| 1937 | Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian |
| 1940 | Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1940 | Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician |
| 1941 | Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright |
| 1942 | Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States |
| 1942 | Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1942 | Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer |
| 1944 | Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach |
| 1944 | Donald DiFrancesco, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of New Jersey |
| 1944 | Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon |
| 1945 | Paul Langford, English historian and academic |
| 1945 | Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1946 | Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1971) |
| 1946 | Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012) |
| 1946 | Patriarch Kirill of Moscow |
| 1946 | Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator |
| 1946 | Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer |
| 1947 | Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor |
| 1947 | Peter Mellor, English goalkeeper |
| 1948 | John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1948 | Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress |
| 1948 | Richard Masur, American actor and director |
| 1948 | Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1949 | Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist |
| 1949 | Thelma Drake, American politician |
| 1951 | Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer |
| 1951 | David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma |
| 1952 | John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1954 | Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs |
| 1954 | Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter |
| 1956 | Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player |
| 1956 | Bo Derek, American actress and producer |
| 1956 | Mark Gastineau, American football player and boxer |
| 1956 | Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator |
| 1957 | Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985) |
| 1957 | Mike Craven, English footballer |
| 1957 | John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002) |
| 1958 | Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer |
| 1959 | Orlando Figes, English historian and academic |
| 1959 | James McGovern, American lawyer and politician |
| 1959 | Sean Young, American actress and dancer |
| 1960 | Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor |
| 1961 | Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
| 1961 | Tim Harvey, English race car driver and sportscaster |
| 1961 | Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1961 | Dave Watson, English footballer and manager |
| 1963 | Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player |
| 1963 | Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic |
| 1963 | Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress |
| 1964 | Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author |
| 1964 | Sophie Fillières, French director and screenwriter |
| 1964 | Doug Ford, Jr., Canadian businessman and politician |
| 1964 | John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1964 | Mark Taylor, English footballer and physiotherapist |
| 1965 | Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver |
| 1966 | Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator |
| 1966 | Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1996) |
| 1967 | Chris Childs, American basketball player |
| 1967 | Tarique Rahman, Bangladeshi businessman and politician |
| 1967 | Martin Walkyier, Singer and songwriter |
| 1968 | Tommy Asinga, Surinamese runner and veterinarian |
| 1968 | Robin Canup, American astrophysicist and astronomer |
| 1968 | Jeff Tarango, American tennis player |
| 1969 | Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1969 | Dabo Swinney, American football player and coach |
| 1969 | Callie Thorne, American actress and producer |
| 1969 | Meredith Whitney, American financial anaylst |
| 1970 | Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri |
| 1970 | Delia Gonzalez, American boxer |
| 1970 | Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator |
| 1970 | Sabrina Lloyd, American actress |
| 1971 | Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster |
| 1971 | Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer |
| 1971 | Dion Nash, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1971 | Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer |
| 1972 | Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet and activist |
| 1973 | Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer |
| 1973 | Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster |
| 1973 | Amani Alhakim, Syrian actress and voice actress |
| 1974 | Taavi Veskimägi, Estonian businessman and politician |
| 1975 | Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1975 | Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach |
| 1975 | J. D. Drew, American baseball player |
| 1975 | Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter |
| 1976 | Laura Harris, Canadian actress |
| 1977 | Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee |
| 1977 | Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer and producer |
| 1977 | Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1978 | Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host |
| 1978 | Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model |
| 1979 | Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player |
| 1979 | Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic |
| 1979 | Jacob Pitts, American actor |
| 1980 | James Chambers, English footballer |
| 1980 | Eiko Koike, Japanese actress |
| 1981 | Carlos Boozer, American basketball player |
| 1981 | Sam Fuld, American baseball player |
| 1981 | İbrahim Toraman, Turkish footballer |
| 1981 | Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1981 | Andrea Riseborough, English actress |
| 1983 | Future, American rapper |
| 1984 | Tashard Choice, American football player |
| 1984 | Jeremy Jordan, American actor |
| 1984 | Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver |
| 1984 | Justin Hoyte, English footballer |
| 1985 | Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver |
| 1986 | Ashley Fink, American actress and singer |
| 1986 | Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer |
| 1986 | Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter |
| 1988 | Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer |
| 1988 | Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player |
| 1989 | Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer |
| 1989 | Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer |
| 1990 | Mark Christian, Manx cyclist |
| 1991 | Anthony Knockaert, French footballer |
| 1991 | Tim Simona, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1992 | Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and actress |
| 1992 | Gaku Matsuda, Japanese actor |
| 1993 | Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1993 | Sumire Satō, Japanese singer and actress |
| 1994 | Andrew Dawber, English footballer |
| 2000 | Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter |
As we come to the end of this tribute to today’s famous birthdays, let us carry forward the inspiration and lessons gleaned from these exceptional individuals. Their journeys remind us that with determination, passion, and resilience, we can leave our own unique imprint on the world. May their stories serve as a guiding light, igniting the spark within each of us to pursue greatness and make a positive impact.
Stay tuned for more insightful posts dedicated to celebrating the lives and contributions of notable personalities. Their stories continue to resonate and inspire, shaping the course of history and leaving an unforgettable legacy for generations to come. Until next time, may the spirit of these extraordinary individuals continue to guide and inspire you on your own remarkable journey.
