July 19
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[edit] Births
- 1670 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
- 1688 - Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
- 1759 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
- 1789 - John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
- 1814 - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
- 1819 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
- 1834 - Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
- 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
- 1865 - Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
- 1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
- 1877 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
- 1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
- 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
- 1894 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
- 1894 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
- 1896 - A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1914 - Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1917 - William Scranton, American politician
- 1921 - Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1922 - George McGovern, American politican
- 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Helen Gallagher, American actress, Ryan's Hope
- 1934 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
- 1938 - Jayant Narlikar, Indian Astrophysicist
- 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer
- 1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
- 1946 - Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
- 1947 - Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles)
- 1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
- 1948 - Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
- 1950 - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter
- 1952 - Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
- 1952 - Robert A. Ficano, County Executive for Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit and environs)
- 1954 - Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist
- 1956 - Nikki Sudden, musician (d. 2006)
- 1958 - Reuben Kane, American professional wrestler
- 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
- 1961 - Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
- 1961 - Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
- 1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor
- 1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
- 1968 - Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
- 1973 - Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
- 1973 - Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player
- 1974 - Preston Wilson, Baseball player
- 1976 - Vinessa Shaw, American Actress
- 1977 - Charles John Spencer, American professional wrestler
- 1978 - Topher Grace, American actor
- 1979 - Luke Young, English footballer
- 1979 - Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher
- 1981 - Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
- 1981 - Chris Spicuzza, American musician (Chimaira)
- 1982 - Jared Padalecki, American actor
- 1982 - Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
- 1983 - Lia 19, Internet softcore pornstar / model
- 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player
