December 19th – Famous Birthdays!

Dec 19

December 19th – Famous Birthdays!

The Tweens News | English

Happy Birthday To:

* 1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
* 1587 – Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)
* 1683 – Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
* 1699 – William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
* 1714 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
* 1778 – Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)
* 1784 – Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)
* 1796 – Breton de los Herreros, Spanish playwright (d. 1873)
* 1813 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885)
* 1831 – Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)
* 1852 – Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931)
* 1853 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
* 1861 – Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928)
* 1865 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932)
* 1875 – Carter Woodson, American historian and author, founder of Black History Month (d. 1950)
* 1885 – Joe “King” Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938)
* 1894 – Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978)
* 1895 – Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (d. 1986)
* 1895 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and teacher (d. 1989)
* 1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American baptist minister and father of Martin Luther King, Jr (d. 1984)
* 1901 – Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002)
* 1902 – Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
* 1903 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
* 1906 – Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
* 1907 – Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004)
* 1909 – W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002)
* 1910 – Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
* 1915 – Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
* 1918 – Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
* 1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
* 1920 – David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987)
* 1922 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987)
* 1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
* 1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
* 1924 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
* 1924 – Gary Morton, American comic; widower of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
* 1924 – Edmund Purdom, English actor (d. 2009)
* 1925 – Tankred Dorst, German dramatist
* 1925 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
* 1925 – William Schutz, American psychologist (d. 2002)
* 1926 – Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986)
* 1926 – Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
* 1927 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
* 1928 – Nathan Oliveira, American artist
* 1929 – Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician
* 1929 – Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982)
* 1932 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer
* 1933 – Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete
* 1933 – Cicely Tyson, American actress
* 1934 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
* 1934 – Al Kaline, American baseball player
* 1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
* 1934 – Pratibha Patil, President of India
* 1935 – Barbara Bostock, American actress
* 1935 – Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
* 1936 – Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957
* 1940 – Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976)
* 1941 – Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
* 1941 – Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea
* 1942 – Rufus, French actor
* 1943 – Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
* 1943 – General James L. Jones, Nominee for National Security Advisor
* 1944 – William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants
* 1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
* 1944 – Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician
* 1944 – Alvin Lee, English singer/guitarist (Ten Years After)
* 1944 – Tim Reid, American actor
* 1944 – Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin’ Spoonful) (d. 2002)
* 1945 – Elaine Joyce, American actress
* 1946 – Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster
* 1946 – Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
* 1947 – Jimmy Bain Scottish musician
* 1948 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1949 – Nancy Kyes, American actress
* 1949 – Sebastian, Danish musician
* 1951 – Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (d. 1986)
* 1952 – Walter Murphy, American composer, pianist and arranger
* 1955 – Lincoln Hall (climber), Australian mountaineer
* 1956 – Tom Lawless, American baseball player
* 1957 – Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993)
* 1957 – John Gulager, American film director
* 1957 – Kevin McHale, American basketball player
* 1958 – Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo)
* 1959 – Ivan Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer
* 1960 – Mike Lookinland, American actor
* 1960 – Michelangelo Signorile, American writer
* 1960 – Derrick Jensen, American author
* 1961 – Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
* 1961 – Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)
* 1962 – Gary Fleder, American film director
* 1962 – Jill Talley, American actress
* 1963 – Jennifer Beals, American actress
* 1963 – Til Schweiger, German actor
* 1964 – Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
* 1964 – Béatrice Dalle, French actress
* 1965 – Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player
* 1965 – Jessica Steen, American actress
* 1966 – Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer
* 1966 – Robert MacNaughton, American stage and screen actor
* 1966 – Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier
* 1966 – Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player
* 1967 – Criss Angel, American illusionist, actor, and musician
* 1967 – Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
* 1969 – Richard Hammond, English television presenter
* 1969 – Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
* 1969 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
* 1969 – Villano IV, Mexican professional wrestler
* 1971 – Tyson Beckford, American model
* 1971 – Liz Cho, American television reporter
* 1971 – Amy Locane, American actress
* 1972 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
* 1972 – Rosa Blasi, American actress
* 1972 – Warren Sapp, American football player
* 1973 – Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
* 1973 – Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
* 1974 – Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
* 1974 – Joe Jurevicius, American football player
* 1974 – Jake Plummer, American football player
* 1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
* 1975 – Russell Branyan, American baseball player
* 1975 – Jon Smith, British writer
* 1975 – Olivier Tebily, Ivorian footballer
* 1977 – Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
* 1978 – Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor
* 1979 – Kevin Devine, American musician
* 1979 – Paola Rey, Colombian actress
* 1980 – Iman Ali, Pakistan-based model and actress
* 1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor (Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Brother) (Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time)
* 1980 – Chris Haslam, Canadian Skateboarder and Bass Player (Kobra Triangle)
* 1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress
* 1982 – Maurice Williams, American basketball player
* 1982 – Tero Pitkamaki, Finnish javelin thrower
* 1983 – Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 – Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
* 1985 – Gary Cahill, English footballer
* 1985 – Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer
* 1985 – Lady Sovereign, English musician
* 1986 – Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer
* 1987 – Karim Benzema, French footballer
* 1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
* 1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
* 1989 – Valdimar Bergstað, Icelandic horse rider
* 1991 – Declan Galbraith, English singer