Birthdays of Personalities on March 19
1503 : Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)
1589 : William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
1593 : Georges de la Tour, French painter
1601 : Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
1610 : Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
1629 : Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
1716 : Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Mausol‚e du Dauphin)
1728 : Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter
1734 : Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]
1740 : Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist
1742 : Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet
1777 : Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
1813 : David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
1817 : Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1819 : David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1821 : Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1821 : Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
1821 : William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
1823 : Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
1827 : Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
1837 : Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
1844 : Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
1845 : Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
1848 : Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)
1851 : Roque S enz Pe¤a, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
1860 : William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
1882 : Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)
1883 : Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China)
1889 : Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
1891 : Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)
1892 : Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica)
1894 : Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)
1900 : [Jean] Fr‚d‚ric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935)
1901 : Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954)
1901 : Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman)
1903 : Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party
1903 : James Bullock, colliery manager
1904 : John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings)
1905 : Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP)
1906 : Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
1907 : Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
1910 : Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut
1911 : Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman
1912 : Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot
1912 : Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
1914 : J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935)
1916 : Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18]
1919 : Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party)
1923 : Janine Dacosta, French pianist
1925 : Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
1933 : Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)
1934 : B”rge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
1936 : Amancio D'Silva, musician
1937 : Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
1941 : Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International)
1942 : David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1942 : Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking)
1944 : Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
1944 : Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
1946 : Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1947 : Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
1947 : John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1949 : Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
1952 : Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers)
1953 : Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack)
1956 : Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
1969 : Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)
1970 : Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1992 : Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays