History Births on February 19

Matthäus Schwarz, German fashion writer (d. 1574)

#Matthäus_Schwarz

Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress (d. 1979)

#Merle_Oberon

Clark Hunt, American businessman

#Clark_Hunt

Domenico Grimani, Italian cardinal (d. 1523)

#Domenico_Grimani

Paul Krause, American football player and politician

#Paul_Krause

Joacim Cans, Swedish singer-songwriter

#Joacim_Cans

Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)

#Saparmurat_Niyazov

Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (d. 1928)

#Álvaro_Obregón

Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Roderick_MacKinnon

Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1805)

#Luigi_Boccherini

August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (d. 1868)

#August_Schleicher

Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)

#Alma_Rubens

Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author

#Andrew_Ross_Sorkin

Ola Salo, Swedish singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Ola_Salo

Doug Aldrich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Doug_Aldrich

Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (d. 1974)

#Karen_Silkwood

Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (d. 2007)

#Jaan_Kross

Michael Schwimer, American baseball player

#Michael_Schwimer

Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)

#Choekyi_Gyaltsen,_10th_Panchen_Lama

Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)

#Elfrida_Andrée

Steve Nieve, English keyboard player and composer

#Steve_Nieve

Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress (d. 2003)

#Elisabeth_Welch

Carl von Rokitansky, German physician, pathologist, and philosopher (d. 1878)

#Carl_von_Rokitansky

Lydia Thompson, British burlesque performer (d. 1908)

#Lydia_Thompson

Shawn Matthias, Canadian ice hockey player

#Shawn_Matthias

Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter

#Helen_Fielding

Millie Bobby Brown, English actress

#Millie_Bobby_Brown

John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (d. 2014)

#John_Freeman_(British_politician)

Cyrus Chothia emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology

#Cyrus_Chothia

Marta, Brazilian footballer

#Marta_(footballer)

Ben Gummer, English scholar and politician

#Ben_Gummer

Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Miracles)

#Smokey_Robinson

Mauro Icardi, Argentinian footballer

#Mauro_Icardi

Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright (d. 1985)

#Jackie_Curtis

Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun and social worker, founded the Sisters of Providence (d. 1851)

#Émilie_Gamelin

Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut

#Joseph_P._Kerwin

Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman

#Howard_Stringer

Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)

#Sócrates

Trevor Bayne, American race car driver

#Trevor_Bayne

Daniel Adair, Canadian drummer and producer

#Daniel_Adair

Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (d. 1630)

#Melchior_Klesl

David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#David_Gross

Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (d. 2010)

#Dave_Niehaus

Haylie Duff, American actress and singer

#Haylie_Duff

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Argentina

#Cristina_Fernández_de_Kirchner

Camille Kostek, American model

#Camille_Kostek

Burton C. Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Burton_C._Bell

Justine Bateman, American actress and producer

#Justine_Bateman

Michael Gira, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Michael_Gira

Leroy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Leroy_(musician)

Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)

#Louis_Calhern

Christoph Kramer, German national footballer

#Christoph_Kramer

Dave Wakeling, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dave_Wakeling

Andries de Graeff, Dutch politician (d. 1678)

#Andries_de_Graeff

Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Mark_Andes

Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)

#Svante_Arrhenius

Sam Lisone, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

#Sam_Lisone

David Mazouz, American actor

#David_Mazouz

Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral (d. 1944)

#Johan_Pitka

Corrado Barazzutti, Italian tennis player

#Corrado_Barazzutti

Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (d. 1964)

#Cedric_Hardwicke

Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)

#Élie_Ducommun

Philippe Boiry, French journalist (d. 2014)

#Philippe_Boiry

Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (d. 2007)

#Prince_Pedro_Gastão_of_Orléans-Braganza

Dwight Freeney, American football player

#Dwight_Freeney

Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (d. 1589)

#Jean-Antoine_de_Baïf

Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player and poet

#Miguel_Batista

W?adys?aw Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)

#W?adys?aw_Bartoszewski

Katharina Gerlach, German tennis player

#Katharina_Gerlach

Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer and manager

#Gianluca_Zambrotta

Jonathan Lethem, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer

#Jonathan_Lethem

Peter Hudson, Australian footballer and coach

#Peter_Hudson

David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician (d. 2006)

#David_Bronstein

Maria Mena, Norwegian singer-songwriter

#Maria_Mena

Chris Richardson, American singer-songwriter

#Chris_Richardson

Tommy Cairo, American wrestler

#Tommy_Cairo

Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter

#Lou_Christie

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (d. 2002)

#Pim_Fortuyn

Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist

#Paul_Dean_(guitarist)

Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)

#Lucio_Fontana

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)

#Nicolaus_Copernicus

Harriet Bosse, Swedish-Norwegian actress (d. 1961)

#Harriet_Bosse

Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1992)

#Kay_Boyle

Kathleen Beller, American actress

#Kathleen_Beller

Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2015)

#Eddie_Hardin

Anna Cappellini, Italian ice dancer

#Anna_Cappellini

Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player and manager

#Steve_Cherundolo

Dave Stewart, American baseball player and coach

#Dave_Stewart_(baseball)

Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)

#Gabriele_Münter

Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician (d. 1998)

#Falco_(musician)

Sunset Thomas, American pornographic actress

#Sunset_Thomas

Danilo Türk, Slovene academic and politician, 3rd President of Slovenia

#Danilo_Türk

Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010)

#Dorothy_Janis

Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach (d. 2016)

#Russ_Nixon

Amy Tan, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.

#Amy_Tan

Roger Goodell, American businessman

#Roger_Goodell

Nishinoumi Kajir? I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908)

#Nishinoumi_Kajir?_I

Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate

#Tim_Hunt

Thelma Kench, New Zealand Olympic sprinter (d. 1985)

#Thelma_Kench

Koto?sh? Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler

#Koto?sh?_Katsunori

Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)

#Friedrich_Hoffmann

Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player

#Ma_Lin_(table_tennis)

Jon Fishman, American drummer

#Jon_Fishman

Frank Watkins, American bass player (d. 2015)

#Frank_Watkins_(musician)

Carson McCullers, American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist (d. 1967)

#Carson_McCullers

David Garrick, English actor, playwright, and producer (d. 1779)

#David_Garrick

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

#Prince_Andrew,_Duke_of_York

Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic (d. 2015)

#Will_Provine

Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player

#Ryan_Whitney

Eduardo Xol, American designer and author

#Eduardo_Xol

Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist and academic (d. 1609)

#Carolus_Clusius

André Breton, French poet and author (d. 1966)

#André_Breton

Nikola Joki?, Serbian basketball player

#Nikola_Joki?

Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)

#Massimo_Troisi

Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kyle_Chipchura

Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)

#Lee_Marvin

Allan MacNab, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Premier of Canada West (d. 1862)

#Allan_MacNab

Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper

#Immortal_Technique

Richard Green, Australian golfer

#Richard_Green_(golfer)

Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician

#Jenny_Tonge,_Baroness_Tonge

Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican-American actor, director, and producer

#Benicio_del_Toro

Ry? Murakami, Japanese novelist and filmmaker

#Ry?_Murakami

Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Andy_Powell

Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (d. 1997)

#Eddie_Arcaro

Daewon Song, South Korean-American skateboarder, co-founded Almost Skateboards

#Daewon_Song

Fay McKenzie, American actress (d. 2019)

#Fay_McKenzie

Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican engineer and astronaut

#Rodolfo_Neri_Vela

Ray Winstone, English actor

#Ray_Winstone

Jeff Daniels, American actor and playwright

#Jeff_Daniels

Beth Ditto, American singer

#Beth_Ditto

William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator

#William_Messner-Loebs

Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (d. 1952)

#Sven_Hedin

Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter

#Tony_Iommi

Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge

#Erin_Pizzey

Tim Shadbolt, New Zealand businessman and politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill

#Tim_Shadbolt

Hana Mandlíková, Czech-Australian tennis player and coach

#Hana_Mandlíková

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani scholar and politician, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran

#Muhammad_Tahir-ul-Qadri

Havank, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1964)

#Havank

Seal, English singer-songwriter

#Seal_(musician)

Constantin Brâncu?i, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (d. 1957)

#Constantin_Brâncu?i

José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet (d. 1928)

#José_Eustasio_Rivera

György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic

#György_Kurtág

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (d. 1612)

#Henry_Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales

Froben Christoph of Zimmern, German author of the Zimmern Chronicle (d. 1566)

#Froben_Christoph_of_Zimmern

Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author (d. 1923)

#Hovhannes_Tumanyan

Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

#Juice_Leskinen

Francis Buchholz, German bass player

#Francis_Buchholz

José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 1942)

#José_Abad_Santos

Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

#Sam_Myers

Peter Holsapple, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Peter_Holsapple

Tiina Trutsi, Estonian footballer

Seth Morrison, American guitarist

Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress

Mike Miller, American basketball player

Francine Fournier, American wrestler and manager

Jeff Kinney, American author and illustrator

Helena Guergis, Canadian businesswoman and politician

Prince Markie Dee, American rapper and actor

Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player and coach

Jessica Tuck, American actress

Ernie Gonzalez, American golfer

Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)

John Paul Jr., American race car driver

Dave Cheadle, American baseball player (d. 2012)

Gary Seear, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2018)

Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (d. 1998)

Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter

Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman

Homer Hickam, American author and engineer

Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2008)

Terry Carr, American author and educator (d. 1987)

Frederick Seidel, American poet

Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

John Frankenheimer, American director and producer (d. 2002)

Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (d. 2003)

George Rose, English actor and singer (d. 1988)

C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (d. 2003)

Frank Tashlin, American animator and screenwriter (d. 1972)

Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan