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Famous People Born on August 19(221 people)

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Chae Hyun-woo, South Korean football player

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Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player

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Keegan Murray, American basketball player

Actor

Ethan Cutkosky, American actor and musician

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Thomas Flegler, Australian rugby league player

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Florentino Luís, Portuguese footballer

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Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress

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Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player

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Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete

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Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist

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Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player

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David Rittich, Czech ice hockey player

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Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian footballer

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Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer

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Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor

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Kirk Cousins, American football player

Writer

Veronica Roth, American author

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Patrick Chung, Jamaican-American football player

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Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer

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Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver

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Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer

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Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

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Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter

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Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder

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Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter

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Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer

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Ryan Taylor, English footballer

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Mike Conway, English racing driver

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Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter

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Tammin Sursok, South African-Australian actress and singer

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Erika Christensen, American actress

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Melissa Fumero, American actress

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J. J. Hardy, American baseball player

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Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter

Artist

Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist

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Steve Ott, Canadian ice hockey player

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Nick Kennedy, English rugby player

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Taylor Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player

Athlete

Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler

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Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2022)

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Craig Frawley, Australian rugby league player

Musician

Jun Jin, South Korean singer

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Paul Parry, Welsh footballer

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Michael Todd, American bass player

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Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer

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Chris Capuano, American baseball player

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Jakub Dvorský, Czech game designer

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Thomas Jones, American football player

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Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist

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Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter

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Tracie Thoms, American actress

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Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager

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Roy Rogers, American basketball player and coach

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Tasma Walton, Australian actress

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Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager

Musician

Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter

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Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach

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João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer

Fat Joe, American rapper(1970 - present)
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Fat Joe, American rapper

Politician

Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr., American professional wrestler and politician

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Nate Dogg, American rapper (died 2011)

Actor

Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

Athlete

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach

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Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Business

Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft

Musician

Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter

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Kevin Dillon, American actor

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Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer

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James Tomkins, Australian rower

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John Stamos, American actor

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Jonathan Coe, English author and academic

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Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player

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Ron Darling, American baseball player and commentator

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Chris Mortimer, Australian rugby league player

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Ivan Neville, American singer-songwriter

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Ricky Pierce, American basketball player

Athlete

Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager

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Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster

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Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia

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Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan

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Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer

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Gary Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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Martin Donovan, American actor and director

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Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire

Athlete

Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager

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Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper

Politician

Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture

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Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer

Writer

José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist

Actor

Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress

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Peter Gallagher, American actor

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Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

Athlete

Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager

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Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian racing driver

Actor

Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director

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Gabriela Grillo, German equestrian (died 2024)

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Jimmy Watson, Canadian ice hockey player

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John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter

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Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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Jennie Bond, English journalist and author

Writer

Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation

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Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop

Actor

Jim Carter, English actor

Writer

Tipper Gore, American activist and author, former Second Lady of the United States

Actor

Robert Hughes, Australian actor

Athlete

Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (died 2016)

Actor

Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter

Notable Figure

Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (died 2007)

Actor

Gerald McRaney, American actor

Musician

Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director

Scientist

Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician

Military

Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut

Political Leader

Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States

Filmmaker

Dawn Steel, American film producer (died 1997)

Writer

Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (died 2015)

Politician

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician

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Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter

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Jack Canfield, American author

Athlete

Stew Johnson, American basketball player

Writer

Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet (died 2016)

Musician

Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter

Business

Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (died 2018)

Musician

Don Fardon, English pop singer

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Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player (died 2024)

Musician

Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer

Politician

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (died 2015)

Philosopher/Religious

John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman

Politician

Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (died 2009)

Musician

Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer

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Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (died 2020)

Actor

Jill St. John, American model and actress

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Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter (died 2019)[circular reference]

Actor

Diana Muldaur, American actress

Musician

Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician

Writer

Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie

Musician

William Motzing, American composer and conductor (died 2014)

Philosopher/Religious

Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (died 2015)

Athlete

Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach

Politician

David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2023)

Athlete

Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist

Artist

Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer

Notable Figure

David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist

Actor

Debra Paget, American actress

Politician

Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont

Political Leader

Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (died 2016)

Writer

Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (died 2003)

Writer

Frank McCourt, American author and educator (died 2009)

Athlete

Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

Notable Figure

Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic (died 2021)

Writer

Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer (died 1998)

Writer

Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (died 2004)

Actor

Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (died 2016)

Writer

Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (died 1971)

Scientist

Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Actor

William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (died 2003)

Scientist

Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (died 2003)

Notable Figure

Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)

Filmmaker

Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (died 1991)

Politician

Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died 1990)

Musician

Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1996)

Business

Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (died 1987)

Filmmaker

Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (died 2000)

Business

Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (died 1985)

Writer

Peter Kemp, British soldier, mercenary, and writer (died 1993)

Athlete

Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2005)

Musician

Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (died 1955)

Legal

Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (died 2005)

Scientist

John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (died 2004)

Writer

Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1993)

Actor

Richard Simmons, American actor (died 2003)

Athlete

Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (died 1958)

Writer

Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 2004)

Philosopher/Religious

Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (died 1946)

Political Leader

Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (died 1988)

Writer

Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (died 1979)

Scientist

Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor, key figure in the invention of television (died 1971)

Scientist

Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (died 1963)

Writer

James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (died 1978)

Writer

Ogden Nash, American poet (died 1971)

Writer

Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (died 1962)

Writer

Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (died 1976)

Notable Figure

Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)

Actor

Colleen Moore, American actress (died 1988)

Politician

C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985)

Politician

S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1943)

Scientist

Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969)

Fashion

Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971)

Political Leader

José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (died 1965)

Musician

George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1955)

Notable Figure

George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (died 1954)

Political Leader

Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (died 1944)

Actor

Fred Stone, American actor and producer (died 1959)

Scientist

Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948)

Business

Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1965)

Notable Figure

Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934)

Politician

Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (died 1910)

Artist

Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (died 1894)

Philosopher/Religious

Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1906)

Philosopher/Religious

C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (died 1921)

Notable Figure

Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (died 1880)

Scientist

Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (died 1895)

Political Leader

Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1894)

Writer

Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (died 1893)

Political Leader

Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (died 1830)

Notable Figure

Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV (died 1793)

Politician

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (died 1781)

Politician

Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (died 1761)

Politician

Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (died 1737)

Architect

František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (died 1766)

Scientist

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (died 1719)

Writer

John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700)

Writer

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (died 1674)

Artist

Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (died 1661)

Political Leader

Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (died 1662)

Politician

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1649)

Notable Figure

Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (died 1648)

Musician

Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (probable; (died 1630)

Politician

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (died 1458)

Notable Figure

Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (died 1395)

Political Leader

Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (died 282)

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About Famous Birthdays on August 19

August 19 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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