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Seal signed with record producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his eponymous debut studio album (1991).
Famous Birthdays on February 19
1963 — Seal
English singer-songwriter
February 19 has 199 recorded notable births across history, from 1461 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 19
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- 1948 The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. Source
- 1960 China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. Source
- 1674 England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England. Source
- 2021 Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Source
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Famous for his beard and the headband he wore during the 1986 World Cup in solidarity with victims of the Mexico City earthquake, Sócrates became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters".
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Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996.
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Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including four majors: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open.
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The group is estimated to have a total net worth of $24.
More major people born on February 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1954
Sócrates
Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2011)
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder.
1988
Seth Morrison
American guitarist
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John Cooper and Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison.
1962
Hana Mandlíková
Czech-Australian tennis player and coach
Hana Mandlíková is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s.
1965
Clark Hunt
American businessman
Clark Knobel Hunt is an American billionaire, businessman and scion of the Hunt family.
1983
Reynhard Sinaga
Indonesian sex offender
Reynhard "Rey" Tambos Maruli Tua Sinaga is an Indonesian serial rapist who was convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes of young men, committed in Manchester, England, between 2015 and 2017, where he was…
1943
Homer Hickam
American author and engineer
Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts.
1876
Constantin Brâncuși
Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1957)
Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer.
1980
Dwight Freeney
American football player
Dwight Jason Freeney is an American former professional football player who currently serves as the Director of player development for Syracuse University.
1865
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer and explorer (died 1952)
Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works.
1991
Trevor Bayne
American race car driver
Trevor Mitchell Bayne is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No.
1937
Norm O'Neill
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2008)
Norman Clifford Louis O'Neill was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.
1964
Jonathan Lethem
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
Jonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
1930
K. Viswanath
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Kasinadhuni Viswanath was an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
1983
Kotoōshū Katsunori
Bulgarian sumo wrestler
Karoyan Andō, known professionally as Kotoōshū Katsunori and in his coaching career as Naruto Katsunori, is a Bulgarian-Japanese former sumo wrestler.
1942
Paul Krause
American football player and politician
Paul James Krause is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins.
1966
Justine Bateman
American actress and producer
Justine Bateman is an American filmmaker, author and actress. Her acting work has included Family Ties, Satisfaction, Men Behaving Badly, The TV Set, Desperate Housewives, and Californication.
1743
Luigi Boccherini
Italian cellist and composer (died 1805)
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classical musical centers.
1953
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Argentine lawyer and politician, President of Argentina and Vice President of Argentina
Cristina Elísabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 55th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under President Alberto…
1995
Nikola Jokić
Serbian basketball player
Nikola Jokić is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).