Births on 19 May
2000s
JoJo Siwa
2003
American singer and dancer (born 2003)
Riccardo Calafiori
2002
Italian footballer (born 2002)
Rafa Marín
2002
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Elizabeth Mandlik
2001
American tennis player
1900s
Michael Carcone
1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Taane Milne
1995
Fiji international rugby league footballer
Carlos Guzmán
1994
Mexican footballer (born 1994)
Michele Camporese
1992
Italian footballer
Ola John
1992
Dutch association football player
Felise Kaufusi
1992
Australia and Tonga international rugby league footballer
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Marshmello
1992
American DJ (born 1992)
Sam Smith
1992
English singer and songwriter (born 1992)
Heather Watson
1992
British tennis player (born 1992)
Lainey Wilson
1992
American country singer (born 1992)
Jordan Pruitt
1991
American singer (born 1991)
Michael Angelakos
1987
American musician
David Edgar (soccer, born 1987)
1987
Canadian professional soccer player
Mariano Torres
1987
Argentine footballer
Mario Chalmers
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Aleister Black
1985
Dutch professional wrestler (born 1985)
Marcedes Lewis
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Michael Che
1983
American comedian and actor (born 1983)
Jessica Fox (actress)
1983
British actress
Kevin Amankwaah
1982
English footballer (born 1982)
Pål Steffen Andresen
1982
Norwegian footballer (born 1982)
Klaas Vantornout
1982
Belgian cyclist
Luciano Figueroa
1981
Argentine former professional footballer
Yo Gotti
1981
American rapper (born 1981)
Michael Leighton
1981
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1981)
Sina Schielke
1981
German sprinter
Klaas-Erik Zwering
1981
Dutch swimmer
Tony Hackworth
1980
English footballer (born 1980)
Andrea Pirlo
1979
Italian football player and manager (born 1979)
Diego Forlán
1979
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1979)
Shooter Jennings
1979
American musician and record producer (born 1979)
Marcus Bent
1978
English footballer (born 1978)
Dave Bus
1978
Dutch professional footballer
Manuel Almunia
1977
Spanish footballer (born 1977)
Wouter Hamel
1977
Dutch singer
Brandon Inge
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Natalia Oreiro
1977
Uruguayan actress and singer (born 1977)
Ed Cota
1976
Panamanian-American basketball player
Kevin Garnett
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Pretinha
1975
Brazilian footballer
London Fletcher
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Josh Paul (baseball)
1975
American baseball player and coach (born 1975)
Jonas Renkse
1975
Swedish musician (born 1975)
Andrew Johns
1974
Australia international rugby league footballer, cricketer, commentator & broadcaster
Emma Shapplin
1974
French soprano
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
1974
Indian actor (born 1974)
Dario Franchitti
1973
Scottish racing driver (born 1973)
Jenny Berggren
1972
Swedish singer (born 1972)
Claudia Karvan
1972
Australian actress (born 1972)
Ross Katz
1971
American film director
Andres Salumets
1971
Estonian biologist and biochemist (born 1971)
Stuart Cable
1970
Welsh drummer and broadcaster (1970–2010)
K. J. Choi
1970
South Korean golfer
Regina Narva
1970
Estonian chess player (born 1970)
Nia Zulkarnaen
1970
Indonesian singer, actress and producer (born 1970)
Kyle Eastwood
1968
American jazz bassist and composer
Alexia (singer)
1967
Italian singer (born 1967)
Geraldine Somerville
1967
Irish-British actress
Marc Bureau (ice hockey)
1966
Canadian retired ice hockey centre
Jodi Picoult
1966
American author (born 1966)
Polly Walker
1966
English actress (born 1966)
Maile Flanagan
1965
American actress
Peter Jackson (rugby league)
1964
Australian rugby league footballer
John Lee (placekicker)
1964
American football player (born 1964)
Miloslav Mečíř
1964
Slovak tennis player (born 1964)
Filippo Galli
1963
Italian footballer and manager
Vadim Cojocaru
1961
Moldovan politician (1961–2021)
Gregory Poirier
1961
American film director
Wayne Van Dorp
1961
Canadian ice hockey player
Bill Laimbeer
1957
American basketball player and coach (born 1957)
James Reyne
1957
Musical artist
Oliver Letwin
1956
British Independent politician
Martyn Ware
1956
English musician
James Gosling
1955
Canadian computer scientist (born 1955)
Rick Cerone
1954
American baseball player (born 1954)
Lena Einhorn
1954
Swedish director, writer and physician
Hōchū Ōtsuka
1954
Japanese voice actor and narrator
Phil Rudd
1954
Australian drummer (born 1954)
Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge
1953
British judge (born 1953)
Shavarsh Karapetyan
1953
Armenian finswimmer (born 1953)
Florin Marin
1953
Romanian footballer (1953–2025)
Victoria Wood
1953
British comedian (1953–2016)
Charlie Spedding
1952
English former long-distance runner
Bert van Marwijk
1952
Dutch football manager (born 1952)
Joey Ramone
1951
American punk rock singer (1951–2001)
Dick Slater
1951
American professional wrestler (1951–2018)
Tadeusz Ślusarski
1950
Polish pole vaulter
Dusty Hill
1949
American musician (1949–2021)
Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath
1949
British baron (born 1949)
Archie Manning
1949
American football player (born 1949)
Grace Jones
1948
Jamaican singer, actress and model (born 1948)
Paul Brady
1947
Irish musician
Christopher Chope
1947
British politician (born 1947)
David Helfgott
1947
Australian concert pianist (born 1947)
Claude Lelièvre
1946
Belgian government official (born 1946)
Michele Placido
1946
Italian actor and film director
André the Giant
1946
French wrestler and actor (1946–1993)
Pete Townshend
1945
English musician (born 1945)
Peter Mayhew
1944
British-American actor (1944–2019)
Eddie May
1943
English footballer
Shirrel Rhoades
1943
American writer (born 1942)
Gary Kildall
1942
American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur (1942–1994)
Robert Kilroy-Silk
1942
British politician and broadcaster (born 1942)
Nora Ephron
1941
American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012)
Igor Judge, Baron Judge
1941
English judge (1941–2023)
Jan Janssen
1940
Dutch cyclist (born 1940)
Mickey Newbury
1940
American singer-songwriter (1940–2002)
Livio Berruti
1939
Italian athlete (born 1939)
James Fox
1939
English actor (born 1939)
Nancy Kwan
1939
Chinese-American actress (born 1939)
Jānis Lūsis
1939
Latvian javelin thrower (1939–2020)
Dick Scobee
1939
American astronaut (1939–1986)
Moisés da Costa Amaral
1938
East Timorese politician
Herbie Flowers
1938
English musician (1938–2024)
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
1938
Soviet and Ukrainian long jumper and coach
Pat Roach
1937
British professional wrestler and actor (1937–2004)
David Hartman (TV personality)
1935
American journalist and media host (born 1935)
Ruskin Bond
1934
Indian novelist and short story writer (born 1934)
Jim Lehrer
1934
American journalist and writer (1934–2020)
Edward de Bono
1933
Maltese physician (1933–2021)
Alma Cogan
1932
British pop singer (1932–1966)
Paul Erdman
1932
American economist and banker
Bill Fitch
1932
American basketball coach (1932–2022)
Elena Poniatowska
1932
Mexican journalist and author (b. 1932)
Bob Anderson (racing driver)
1931
British motorcycle racer and racing driver (1931–1967)
Trevor Peacock
1931
English actor (1931–2021)
Eugene Genovese
1930
American historian (1930–2012)
Lorraine Hansberry
1930
Black American playwright and author (1930–1965)
Helmut Braunlich
1929
American classical composer
Richard Larter
1929
Australian artist (1929–2014)
John Stroger
1929
American politician
Colin Chapman
1928
English design engineer (1928–1982)
Thomas Kennedy (RAF officer)
1928
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1928-2013)
Gil McDougald
1928
American baseball player (1928-2010)
Dolph Schayes
1928
American basketball player and coach (1928–2015)
Serge Lang
1927
French-American mathematician
Edward Parkes
1926
British academic (1926–2019)
Peter Zadek
1926
German director (1926–2009)
Pol Pot
1925
Cambodian communist leader (1925–1998)
Malcolm X
1925
American civil rights activist (1925–1965)
Sandy Wilson
1924
English composer
Arthur Gorrie
1922
Australian hobbyist (1922–1992)
Leslie Broderick
1921
Harry W. Brown (pilot)
1921
Daniel Gélin
1921
French actor (1921–2002)
Yuri Kochiyama
1921
American civil rights activist (1921–2014)
Karel van het Reve
1921
Tina Strobos
1920
Dutch resistance member (1920–2012)
Georgie Auld
1919
Canadian jazz musician (1919–1990)
Mitja Ribičič
1919
Slovenian and Yugoslav politician
Abraham Pais
1918
Dutch-American physicist and science historian
Renée Asherson
1915
British actress (1915–2014)
Max Perutz
1914
Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914–2002)
Alex Shibicky
1914
Canadian ice hockey player (1914–2005)
John Vachon
1914
American photographer (1914–1975)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
1913
President of India from 1977 to 1982
Alan Melville
1910
South African cricketer
Nicholas Winton
1909
British banker and humanitarian (1909–2015)
Manik Bandopadhyay
1908
Indian writer and poet
Merriam Modell
1908
American novelist (1908–1994)
Percy Williams (sprinter)
1908
Canadian sprinter
Bruce Bennett
1906
American actor (1906–2007)
Sven Thofelt
1904
Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer
Ruth Ella Moore
1903
American bacteriologist
Lubka Kolessa
1902
Canadian-Ukrainian pianist and educator
1800s
Lothar Rădăceanu
1899
Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (1899–1955)
Julius Evola
1898
Italian radical-right philosopher and esotericist (1898–1974)
Frank Luke
1897
American fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient (1897–1918)
H. Bonciu
1893
Romanian writer (1893 - 1950)
Oswald Boelcke
1891
German World War I flying ace (1891–1916)
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell
1890
German artist
Ho Chi Minh
1890
Leader of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
Tản Đà
1889
Vietnamese poet
Henry B. Richardson
1889
American archer (1889–1963)
Ion Jalea
1887
Romanian sculptor and medallist (1887-1983)
Francis Biddle
1886
Lawyer, judge, and 58th US Attorney General
David Curtiss Munson
1884
Athletics competitor
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
1881
President of Turkey from 1923 to 1938
Albert Richardson (architect)
1880
English architect (1880–1964)
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
1879
British politician (1879–1964)
Alfred Laliberté
1878
Canadian artist (1877-1953)
Gilbert Jessop
1874
English cricketer (1874–1955)
Walter Russell
1871
American artist (1871–1963)
Nellie Melba
1861
Australian opera singer (1861–1931)
John Jacob Abel
1857
American biochemist and pharmacologist (1857–1938)
James Watney Jr
1832
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
1827
French statesman
Before 1800
Johns Hopkins
1795
American businessman and philanthropist (1795–1873)
Arthur Aikin
1773
English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
1762
German philosopher (1762–1814)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1744
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1761-1818
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
1724
British vice admiral and politician (1724–1779)
José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda
1700
Spanish politician (1700–1770)
Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland
1639
Johann Jakob Froberger
1616
German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso and organist
Claude Vignon
1593
French painter (1593–1670)
Baccio d'Agnolo
1462
Italian woodcarver, sculptor, and architect
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
1400
Member of the Parliament of England