December 19

December 19 – Famous Birthdays:

1901 – Rudolf Hell, German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber (d. 2002)
1901 – Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (d. 1963)
1901 – Fritz Mauruschat, German footballer and manager (d. 1974)
1902 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
1903 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1905 – Irving Kahn, American businessman (d. 2015)
1905 – Giovanni Lurani, Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (d. 1995)
1906 – Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
1907 – Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer (d. 2004)
1909 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (d. 2002)
1910 – Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1986)
1914 – Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1915 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1963)
1915 – Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (d. 1998)
1916 – Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (d. 2010)
1916 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010)
1918 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)
1918 – Lee Rich, American producer and production manager (d. 2012)
1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1920 – David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (d. 1987)
1922 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (d. 1987)
1923 – Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008)
1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)
1924 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
1924 – Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (d. 1999)
1924 – Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (d. 2009)
1924 – Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (d. 2016)
1924 – Cicely Tyson, American actress
1925 – Tankred Dorst, German author and playwright (d. 2017)
1925 – William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (d. 2002)
1925 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1926 – Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986)
1926 – Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015)
1927 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1928 – Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic
1928 – Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (d. 2010)
1929 – Bob Brookmeyer, American trombonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2011)
1929 – David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter
1929 – Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1929 – Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1930 – Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014)
1930 – Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (d. 2015)
1932 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2006)
1932 – Wayne Tippit, American actor (d. 2009)
1933 – Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician
1933 – Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic
1934 – Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster
1934 – Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American lawyer and politician
1935 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1935 – Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1940 – Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1941 – Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea
1941 – Maurice White, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
1942 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (d. 2011)
1942 – “Mean Gene” Okerlund, American sports announcer
1943 – Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1943 – James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor
1944 – William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician
1944 – Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic
1944 – Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician
1944 – Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1944 – Tim Reid, American actor and director
1944 – Steve Tyrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944 – Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1945 – Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer
1945 – John McEuen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
1946 – Robert Urich, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1947 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (d. 2016)
1948 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1949 – Orna Berry, Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman
1949 – Claudia Kolb, American swimmer
1949 – Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat
1951 – Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1951 – Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author (d. 1986)
1952 – Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer
1954 – Jeff Allam, English race car driver
1954 – Tim Parks, English author and translator
1955 – Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)
1955 – Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician
1956 – Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (d. 2010)
1956 – Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager
1956 – Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety (d. 2012)
1957 – Cyril Collard, French actor, director, and composer (d. 1993)
1957 – Kevin McHale, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1958 – Steven Isserlis, English cellist and author
1958 – Limahl, English pop singer
1959 – Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer
1959 – Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television host and journalist
1960 – Derrick Jensen, American author and activist
1960 – Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author
1961 – Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, English actor and author
1961 – Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (d. 2004)
1962 – Gary Fleder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Jennifer Beals, American model and actress
1963 – Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer
1964 – Béatrice Dalle, French actress
1964 – Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer
1964 – Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
1965 – Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player
1966 – Chuckii Booker, American singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer
1966 – Alberto Tomba, Italian skier
1966 – Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Criss Angel, American magician
1967 – Charles Austin, American high jumper
1968 – Kristina Keneally, American-Australian politician, 42nd Premier of New South Wales
1968 – Ken Marino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Michael Bates, American sprinter and football player
1969 – Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
1969 – Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer
1969 – Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer
1969 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
1969 – Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer
1970 – Tyson Beckford, American model and actor
1971 – Karen Pickering, English swimmer
1972 – Alyssa Milano, American actress and television personality
1972 – Warren Sapp, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach
1973 – Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner
1973 – Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
1974 – Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer
1974 – Joe Jurevicius, American football player
1974 – Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player
1974 – Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1975 – Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer
1975 – Russell Branyan, American baseball player
1975 – Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic
1975 – Jeremy Soule, Canadian composer
1975 – Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer
1975 – Dean Treister, Australian rugby league player
1977 – Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
1977 – LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter
1977 – Irina Voronina, Russian model
1978 – Patrick Casey, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – Kevin Devine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer
1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress and musician
1981 – Grégory Dufer, Belgian footballer
1982 – Mo Williams, American basketball player
1983 – Nektarios Alexandrou, Cypriot footballer
1983 – Casey Crescenzo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Bridget Phillipson, English politician
1983 – Laura Pomeroy, Canadian swimmer
1983 – Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ian Kennedy, American baseball player
1985 – Gary Cahill, English footballer
1985 – Andrea Baldini, Italian fencer
1985 – Neil Kilkenny, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Sally Kipyego, Kenyan runner
1985 – Dan Logan, English bass player
1985 – Lady Sovereign, English rapper
1986 – Calvin Andrew, English footballer
1986 – Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
1986 – Ingrid Burley, American rapper and songwriter
1986 – Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer
1986 – Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler
1986 – Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer
1987 – Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer
1987 – Karim Benzema, French footballer
1987 – Ronan Farrow, American activist, journalist, and lawyer
1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
1989 – Yong Jun-hyung, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer
1989 – Michał Masłowski, Polish footballer
1989 – Kousei Miura, Japanese jockey
1989 – Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer
1990 – Greg Bretz, American snowboarder
1991 – Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter
1991 – Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
1992 – Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer
1992 – Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer
1993 – Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner
1993 – Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter (Day6)
1994 – M’Baye Niang, French footballer
1994 – Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter
1996 – Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer