Birthdays of important personalities on July 19

1670 : Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
1688 : Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
1744 : Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)
1759 : Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
1789 : John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
1800 : Juan José Flores, military and first president of Ecuador (d. 1864)
1814 : Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
1819 : Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
1822 : Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1916)
1827 : Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
1834 : Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
1860 : Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (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 : Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
1894 : Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
1895 : Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
1896 : A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
1896 : Bob Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1977)
1898 : Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
1904 : Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Last Lincoln descendant (d.1985)
1912 : Norman Carr, British conservationist (b. 1997)
1914 : Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
1917 : William Scranton, American politician
1919 : Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1921 : Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1922 : George McGovern, American politician
1922 : Harold Camping, American evangelist, founder of Family Radio
1923 : William A. Rusher, American columnist
1924 : Pat Hingle, American actor
1924 : Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
1925 : Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer
1926 : Helen Gallagher, American actress
1934 : Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
1935 : Vasily Livanov, Russian and Soviet film actor
1937 : George Hamilton IV, American country singer
1938 : Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
1938 : Nicholas Bethell, British historian (d. 2007)
1938 : Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
1941 : Neelie Kroes, Dutch EU Commissioner for Competition
1941 : Vikki Carr, American singer
1946 : Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
1946 : Ilie Nastase, Romanian tennis player
1947 : Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles)
1947 : Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
1947 : Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
1948 : Beverly Archer, American actress
1948 : Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
1949 : Ivar Kants, Australian actor
1950 : Freddy Moore, American songwriter
1950 : Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1951 : Abel Ferrara, American filmmake
1951 : Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
1952 : Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
1952 : John Griesheimer, American politician
1952 : Robert A. Ficano, American politician
1954 : Srda Trifkovic, Serbian-American journalist
1956 : Nikki Sudden, English musician (d. 2006)
1958 : David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor
1958 : Reuben Kane, American professional wrestler
1960 : Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
1961 : Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
1961 : Campbell Scott, American actor
1961 : Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
1961 : Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
1962 : Anthony Edwards, American actor
1963 : Garth Nix, Australian author
1964 : André A. Jackson, founder African Diamond Producers Association
1964 : Masahiko Kondo, Japanese singer, actor and racing driver
1965 : Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1966 : David Segui, American baseball player
1966 : Nancy Walls, American actress
1967 : Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model
1968 : Jim Norton, American comedian and radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
1968 : Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
1971 : Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X)
1971 : Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo)
1971 : Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1972 : Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
1973 : Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
1973 : Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
1973 : Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player
1974 : Preston Wilson, baseball player
1976 : Vinessa Shaw, American actress
1977 : Charles John Spencer, American professional wrestler
1977 : Ed Smith, English cricketer
1977 : Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
1977 : Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1978 : Nené, Brazilian footballer
1979 : Luke Young, English footballer
1979 : Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher/ outfielder
1980 : Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
1980 : Mark Webber, American actor
1980 : Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
1981 : Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1981 : Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
1981 : Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
1981 : Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
1982 : Jared Padalecki, American actor
1982 : Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
1982 : Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
1984 : Adam Morrison, American basketball player
1984 : Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
1984 : Lasse Gjertsen, Norweigan animator
1984 : Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
1990 : Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor

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