November 19 - Births

Births

• 1464 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526)
• 1563 – Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1626)
• 1597 – Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (d. 1660)
• 1600 – Charles I of England (d. 1649)
• 1600 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 1669)
• 1617 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
• 1700 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French priest and physicist (d. 1770)
• 1711 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist and polymath (d. 1765)
• 1722 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
• 1722 – Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810)
• 1752 – George Rogers Clark, American military officer (d. 1818)
• 1770 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
• 1802 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (d. 1866)
• 1805 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal (d. 1894)
• 1808 – Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1881)
• 1812 – Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885)
• 1828 – Rani Lakshmibai, Indian queen (d. 1858)
• 1831 – James A. Garfield, American politician, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
• 1833 – Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
• 1834 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (d. 1924)
• 1843 – Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
• 1859 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (d. 1935)
• 1875 – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
• 1876 – Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician (d. 1964)
• 1876 – James Steen, American water polo player (d. 1949)
• 1877 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (d. 1957)
• 1887 – James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1888 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942)
• 1889 – Clifton Webb, American actor (d. 1966)
• 1892 – Huw T. Edwards, Welsh politician (d. 1970)
• 1893 – René Voisin, French trumpet player (d. 1952)
• 1894 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989)
• 1895 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (d. 1964)
• 1897 – Quentin Roosevelt, American pilot (d. 1918)
• 1898 – Klement Jug, Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer (d. 1924)
• 1898 – Arthur R. von Hippel, German-American physicist (d. 2003)
• 1899 – Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian scholar (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Allen Tate, American poet and critic (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Mikhail Lavrentyev, Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980)
• 1900 – Anna Seghers, German author (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1956)
• 1906 – Franz Schädle, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1907 – Jack Schaefer, American author (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Peter Drucker, American theorist (d. 2005)
• 1910 – Adrian Conan Doyle, English race car driver and author (d. 1970)
• 1912 – George Emil Palade, Romanian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
• 1917 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
• 1919 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Alan Young, English-Canadian actor
• 1920 – Gene Tierney, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Peter Ruckman, American pastor and educator
• 1922 – Salil Chowdhury, Indian composer, poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Rajko Mitic, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2008)
• 1924 – William Russell, English actor
• 1924 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-English sociologist
• 1926 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter
• 1929 – Norman Cantor, Canadian scholar (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host
• 1933 – Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author
• 1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish footballer
• 1934 – Valentin Kozmich Ivanov, Soviet-Russian footballer (d. 2011)
• 1935 – Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist (d. 1990)
• 1935 – Jack Welch, American businessman and author
• 1936 – Dick Cavett, American talk show host
• 1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Ted Turner, American businessman, founded Turner Broadcasting System
• 1939 – Emil Constantinescu, Romanian politician, 3rd President of Romania
• 1939 – Tom Harkin, American politician
• 1939 – Richard Zare, American chemist
• 1941 – Dan Haggerty, American actor
• 1941 – Tommy Thompson, American politician, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin
• 1942 – Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein Inc.
• 1942 – Sharon Olds, American poet
• 1943 – Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1943 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 1990)
• 1944 – Agnes Baltsa, Greek soprano
• 1944 – Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Bobby Tolan, American baseball player
• 1947 – Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1947 – Lamar S. Smith, American politician
• 1949 – Nigel Bennett, English actor
• 1949 – Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 – Amand Theis, German footballer
• 1950 – Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player
• 1951 – Zeenat Aman, Indian actress
• 1951 – Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, English politician
• 1952 – Stephen Soldz, American psychoanalyst and activist
• 1953 – Robert Beltran, American actor
• 1953 – Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1954 – Rejean Lemelin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• 1955 – Sam Hamm, American screenwriter
• 1956 – Eileen Collins, American astronaut
• 1956 – Ann Curry, American journalist
• 1956 – Glynnis O'Connor, American actress
• 1957 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2000)
• 1957 – Tom Virtue, American actor
• 1958 – Michael Wilbon, American sportscaster and columnist
• 1958 – Terrence C. Carson, American actor and singer
• 1959 – Allison Janney, American actress
• 1960 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestling manager (d. 2003)
• 1960 – Matt Sorum, American drummer (The Cult, Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snakepit, Camp Freddy, and Neurotic Outsiders)
• 1961 – Jim L. Mora, American football player and coach
• 1961 – Meg Ryan, American actress and producer
• 1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer
• 1962 – George Leventhal, American politician
• 1962 – Sean Parnell, American politician, 12th Governor of Alaska
• 1962 – Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Filipino boxer
• 1963 – Terry Farrell, American actress
• 1963 – Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Hungarian fencer
• 1963 – Jon Potter, English field hockey player
• 1965 – Laurent Blanc, French footballer
• 1965 – Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor
• 1966 – Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi and author
• 1966 – Gail Devers, American runner
• 1966 – Rocco DiSpirito, American chef
• 1966 – Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer
• 1966 – Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist
• 1969 – Philippe Adams, Belgian race car driver
• 1969 – Erika Alexander, American actress
• 1969 – Richard Virenque, French cyclist
• 1971 – Alice Peacock, American singer
• 1971 – Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer
• 1971 – Justin Chancellor, English bass player (Tool and Peach)
• 1971 – Naoko Mori, Japanese-English actress and singer
• 1972 – Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Ryukishi07, Japanese author
• 1973 – Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer
• 1973 – Django Haskins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Old Ceremony)
• 1974 – Arun Vijay, Indian actor
• 1975 – Toby Bailey, American basketball player
• 1975 – Sushmita Sen, Indian model and actress, Miss Universe 1994
• 1976 – Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
• 1976 – Robin Dunne, Canadian actor
• 1976 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (d. 2007)
• 1976 – Stylianos Venetidis, Greek football player
• 1977 – Kerri Strug, American gymnast
• 1978 – Matt Dusk, Canadian singer
• 1978 – Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech discus thrower
• 1979 – Keith Buckley, American singer-songwriter (Every Time I Die and The Damned Things)
• 1979 – John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player
• 1979 – Ryan Howard, American baseball player
• 1979 – Larry Johnson, American football player
• 1979 – Leam Richardson, English footballer
• 1980 – Courtney Anderson, American football player
• 1980 – Otis Grigsby, American football player
• 1980 – Vladimir Radmanovic, Serbian basketball player
• 1980 – Adele Silva, English actress
• 1981 – Marcus Banks, American basketball player
• 1981 – DJ Tukutz, South Korean DJ, producer, and songwriter (Epik High)
• 1983 – Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier
• 1983 – Daria Werbowy, Ukrainian-Canadian model
• 1984 – Dawid Kucharski, Polish footballer
• 1985 – Chris Eagles, English footballer
• 1985 – Alex Mack, American football player
• 1986 – Jeannie Ortega, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
• 1986 – Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer
• 1986 – Veronica Scott, American fashion designer
• 1986 – Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer
• 1988 – Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player
• 1989 – Tyga, American rapper
• 1989 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1989 – Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper
• 1990 – Benedikt Schmid, German footballer
• 1993 – Suso, Spanish footballer
• 1993 – Kerim Frei, Austrian footballer
• 1997 – McCaughey septuplets, American septuplets