Births on 19 April
2000s
The Rizzler
2016
American social media personality (born 2016)
Jackson Merrill
2003
American baseball player (born 2003)
Loren Gray
2002
American social media personality (born 2002)
Dalton Knecht
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
1900s
Sebastian Kris
1999
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Kelly Olynyk
1991
Canadian basketball player (born 1991)
Jackie Bradley Jr.
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Kim Chiu
1990
Filipino actress (born 1990)
Simu Liu
1989
Canadian actor (born 1989)
Joe Hart
1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Maria Sharapova
1987
Russian former tennis player (born 1987)
Candace Parker
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Joe Mauer
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Samuel C. Morrison Jr.
1982
Liberian screenwriter, director, producer and journalist
Ali Wong
1982
American comedian and actress (born 1982)
Hayden Christensen
1981
Canadian actor (born 1981)
Lise Klaveness
1981
Norwegian footballer and executive
Troy Polamalu
1981
American football player and executive (born 1981)
Kate Hudson
1979
American actress and singer (born 1979)
James Franco
1978
American actor and filmmaker (born 1978)
Amanda Sage
1978
American painter (born 1978)
Michelle Feldman
1976
American ten-pin bowler (born 1976)
Jason Gillespie
1975
Australian cricketer (born 1975)
Rivaldo
1972
Brazilian footballer (born 1972)
Kelly Holmes
1970
British middle-distance runner (born 1970)
Ashley Judd
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Mswati III
1968
King of Eswatini and custodian of Swazi tradition since 1986
Véronique Gens
1966
French operatic soprano (born 1966)
Paul Reiffel
1966
Australian cricketer and umpire
Suge Knight
1965
American record executive and convicted felon (born 1965)
Kim Weaver
1964
American astrophysicist astronomer
Ara Gevorgyan
1960
Armenian musician and composer (born 1960)
Gustavo Petro
1960
President of Colombia since 2022
Frank Viola
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Mukesh Ambani
1957
Indian businessman (born 1957)
Anne Glover (biologist)
1956
Scottish biologist (born 1956)
Trevor Francis
1954
English footballer and manager (1954–2023)
Simon Cowell (conservationist)
1952
British conservationist, TV presenter, and author (1952–2024)
Jóannes Eidesgaard
1951
Faroese politician
Tim Curry
1946
English actor and singer (born 1946)
James Heckman
1944
American economist (born 1944)
Bernie Worrell
1944
American keyboardist and record producer (1944–2016)
Margo MacDonald
1943
Scottish politician (1943–2014)
Alan Price
1942
English musician
Michel Roux
1941
French chef (1941–2020)
Bobby Russell
1941
American singer-songwriter (1940–1992)
Clay Shaw (politician)
1939
American politician (1939–2013)
Ali Khamenei
1939
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
Stanley Fish
1938
American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual (born 1938)
Antonio Carluccio
1937
Italian chef and restaurateur (1937–2017)
Elinor Donahue
1937
American actress (born 1937)
Joseph Estrada
1937
President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001
Wilfried Martens
1936
Belgian politician (1936–2013)
Jack Pardee
1936
American football player and coach (1936–2013)
Dudley Moore
1935
English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Justin Rigali
1935
American Catholic cardinal (born 1935)
Dickie Goodman
1934
American music and record producer
Dickie Bird
1933
English cricketer and umpire (1933–2025)
Jayne Mansfield
1933
American actress, Playmate, and singer (1933–1967)
Fernando Botero
1932
Colombian painter and sculptor (1932–2023)
Walter Stewart (journalist)
1931
John Horlock
1928
British academic
Azlan Shah of Perak
1928
Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1989 to 1994
Cora Sue Collins
1927
American child actress (1927–2025)
Rawya Ateya
1926
Egyptian politician (1926 – 1997)
Hugh O'Brian
1925
American actor (1925–2016)
Erich Hartmann
1922
German World War II flying ace (1922–1993)
Anna Lee Aldred
1921
American jockey and trick rider
Leon Henkin
1921
American mathematician
Roberto Tucci
1921
Catholic cardinal
Marvin Mandel
1920
56th Governor of Maryland
Julien Ries
1920
Belgian religious historian, titular archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church
Ragnar Ulstein
1920
Norwegian journalist (1920–2019)
Sol Kaplan
1919
American composer (1919–1990)
Sven Hassel
1917
Danish writer (1917–2012)
Ken Carpenter (discus thrower)
1913
American discus thrower
Glenn T. Seaborg
1912
American chemist (1912–1999)
Irena Eichlerówna
1908
Polish actress (1908–1990)
Eliot Ness
1903
American Prohibition agent (1903–1957)
Veniamin Kaverin
1902
Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter
Iracema de Alencar
1900
Brazilian actress
Richard Hughes (British writer)
1900
British writer (1900–1976)
Roland Michener
1900
Canadian politician (1900–1991)
Rhea Silberta
1900
American Yiddish composer
1800s
George O'Brien (actor)
1899
American actor (1899–1985)
Cemal Tollu
1899
Turkish painter (1899–1968)
Constance Talmadge
1898
American actress (1898–1973)
Peter de Noronha
1897
Jiroemon Kimura
1897
Japanese supercentenarian (1897–2013)
Elizabeth Dilling
1894
American writer and political activist (1894–1966)
Germaine Tailleferre
1892
French composer (1892–1983)
Françoise Rosay
1891
French actress and singer (1891–1974)
Otto Georg Thierack
1889
German Nazi jurist and politician (1889–1946)
Karl Tarvas
1885
Estonian architect
Henry Jameson
1883
American soccer player
Richard von Mises
1883
Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883–1953)
Getúlio Vargas
1882
President of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954)
Arthur Robertson (athlete)
1879
Scottish long-distance runner
Ole Evinrude
1877
American inventor
Ernst Rüdin
1874
Swiss-born German geneticist (1874–1952)
Sydney Barnes
1873
English cricketer
Alice Salomon
1872
German social reformer (1872–1948)
Hemmo Kallio
1863
Finnish actor and playwright
Amalie Andersen (actress)
1861
Norwegian actress (1861–1924)
Julius Krohn
1835
Finnish academic and writer (1835–1888)
José Echegaray
1832
Spanish statesman
Mary Louise Booth
1831
American editor, translator and writer
Louis Amédée Achard
1814
French novelist (1814–1875)
Sarah Bagley
1806
Labor leader in New England during the 1840s
Before 1800
Ferdinand I of Austria
1793
Emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848
Deaf Smith
1787
American soldier (1787–1837)
Alexandre Boëly
1785
French organist and composer (1785–1858)
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk
1758
Royal Navy Admiral (1756–1831)
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
1757
Royal Navy Admiral and politician (1757–1833)
Johann Karl Ordonez
1734
Roger Sherman
1721
American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father (1721–1793)
James Nares (composer)
1715
English composer
Vasily Tatishchev
1686
Russian historian and statesman (1686–1750)
Jacques Lelong
1665
French bibliographer
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
1658
Elector Palatine from 1690 to 1716
George St Lo
1655
Officer of the Royal Navy
Willem Drost
1633
Dutch painter
Christoph Bach (musician)
1613
German musician, grandfather of J. S. Bach
Michel Le Tellier
1603
French statesman (1603-1685)
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet
1593
English politician (1593–1647)
Frederick of Naples
1452
King of Naples from 1496 to 1501