February 19
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[edit] Births
- 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer (d. 1543)
- 1626 - February 18/19 - Francesco Redi, physician (d. 1697)
- 1630 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
- 1660 - Friedrich Hoffmann, physician and chemist (d. 1742)
- 1717 - David Garrick, actor (d. 1779)
- 1743 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
- 1802 - Wilhelm Matthias Näff, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1881)
- 1804 - David Wark, Canadian politician and Senator (d. 1905)
- 1821 - August Schleicher, linguist (d. 1868)
- 1859 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
- 1865 - Sven Hedin, scientist (d. 1952)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1877 - Gabriele Münter, painter (d. 1962)
- 1888 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
- 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, founder of Scuderia Ferrari (d. 1988)
- 1911 - Merle Oberon, actress (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Stan Kenton, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1920 - George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
- 1924 - David Bronstein, chess player
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1930 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002_
- 1939 - Alfredo Bryce-Echenique, Peruvian novelist
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American musician
- 1942 - Paul Krause, American football player
- 1943 - Lou Christie, American singer
- 1945 - Michael Nader, American actor
- 1946 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
- 1948 - Tony Iommi, British musician (Black Sabbath)
- 1948 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician
- 1949 - Dan Bunten, software developer (d. 1998)
- 1951 - Tahir-ul-Qadri, Islamic scholar and leader
- 1952 - Amy Tan, novelist
- 1953 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
- 1954 - Socrates, footballer
- 1955 - Jeff Daniels, actor
- 1957 - Falco, singer (d. 1998)
- 1957 - Ray Winstone, British actor
- 1960 - Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II
- 1962 - Hana Mandlikova, tennis player
- 1963 - Seal, singer
- 1966 - Justine Bateman, actress
- 1966 - Paul Haarhuis, tennis player
- 1967 - Benicio Del Toro, actor
- 1979 - Eva-Maria Bisschop, Belgian pop star
- 1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer, actress
- 1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian pop star
