Famous Birthdays on July 19

Q: Who was born on July 19?

Famous people born on July 19 include: Muhammad al-Bukhari, Baibars, William VIII, Conrad Vorstius, Richard Leveridge.

Q: What is Nick Koback known for?

Nick Koback, American baseball player and golfer (died 2015)

217 people 810 – 2006

July 19 has seen 217 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 810 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 19 — Wikipedia

1935 — Nick Koback

American baseball player and golfer (died 2015)

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At the time, he was the youngest Pittsburgh Pirates player ever

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During his first career start, Koback caught a complete game shutout by Pirates pitcher Murry Dickson

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Most of Koback's time with Pittsburgh was spent as a bullpen catcher

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Nicholas Nicholie Koback was a Russian American professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, three of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Pittsburgh Pirates (1953–55)

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At the age of 17, Koback signed with the Pirates as a bonus baby out of Hartford Public High School

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Persian scholar (died 870)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Bukhari's extant works…

810

Baibars

sultan of Egypt (died 1277)

Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari, commonly known as Baibars or Baybars (بَيْبَرْس) and nicknamed Abu al-Futuh, was the fourth Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, of Turkic Kipchak origin, in the Bahri…

1223

William VIII

Marquis of Montferrat (died 1483)

William VIII Palaiologos was the Marquis of Montferrat from 1464 until his death.

1420

Conrad Vorstius

Dutch theologian (died 1622)

Conrad Vorstius was a German-Dutch controversial Remonstrant theologian, successor to Jacobus Arminius in the theology chair at Leiden University, and—as a theologian—second to Johannes Uytenbogaert in the Remonstrant…

1569

Richard Leveridge

English singer-songwriter (died 1758)

Richard Leveridge was an English bass singer of the London stage and a composer of baroque music, including many popular songs.

1670

Giuseppe Castiglione

Italian missionary and painter (died 1766)

Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J., was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where he served as an artist at the imperial court of three Qing emperors – the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. He painted in a…

1688

Heinrich Christian Boie

German author and poet (died 1806)

Heinrich Christian Boie was a German author. In 1781, he was appointed as landfoged of North Dithmarschen.

1744

Marianna Auenbrugger

Austrian pianist and composer (died 1782)

Marianna Auenbrugger was an Austrian pianist and composer.

1759

Seraphim of Sarov

Russian monk and saint (died 1833)

Seraphim of Sarov, born Prókhor Isídorovich Moshnín (Mashnín) [Про́хор Иси́дорович Мошни́н (Машни́н)], is one of the most renowned Russian saints and is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican…

1759

Thomas Talbot

Irish-Canadian colonel and politician (died 1853)

Thomas Talbot was an Irish-born Canadian soldier and colonial administrator. He founded the community of Port Talbot, Ontario, which was at one time the most prosperous town in the region due to his insistence on…

1771

John Martin

English painter, engraver, and illustrator (died 1854)

John Martin was an English Romanticist painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was known for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures…

1789

José Justo Corro

Mexican politician and president (died 1864)

José Justo Corro y Silva was a Mexican lawyer and statesman who was made president of Mexico on 2 March 1836, after the sudden death of President Miguel Barragán. During his administration, he oversaw the transition…

1794

Juan José Flores

Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (died 1864)

Juan José Flores y Aramburu was a Venezuelan-born military general who became the first, third and fourth President of the new Republic of Ecuador. He is often referred to as "The Founder of the Republic" or "Founder of…

1800

Samuel Colt

American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (died 1862)

Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

1814

Gottfried Keller

Swiss author, poet, and playwright (died 1890)

Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks, he became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism in…

1819

Princess Augusta of Cambridge (died 1916)

Princess Augusta of Cambridge was a member of the British royal family as the granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

1822

Mangal Pandey

Indian soldier (died 1857)

Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events that led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and the beginning of the British Raj through…

1827

Edgar Degas

French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1917)

Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

1834

Justo Rufino Barrios

Guatemalan president (died 1885)

Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón was a Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 to his death in 1885. He was known for his liberal reforms and his attempts to reunite Central…

1835

Frederic T. Greenhalge

English-American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1896)

Frederic Thomas Greenhalge was an American lawyer and politician in Massachusetts. He served in the United States House of Representatives and was the 38th governor of Massachusetts. He was elected three consecutive…

1842

Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer and physicist (died 1919)

Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of…

1846

Ferdinand Brunetière

French scholar and critic (died 1906)

Ferdinand Vincent-de-Paul Marie Brunetière was a French writer and critic.

1849

Lizzie Borden

American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (died 1927)

Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was charged in the murders and, despite…

1860

Fiammetta Wilson

English astronomer (died 1920)

Fiammetta Wilson was a British astronomer elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.

1864

Georges Friedel

French mineralogist and crystallographer (died 1933)

Georges Friedel was a French mineralogist and crystallographer.

1865

Charles Horace Mayo

American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic (died 1939)

Charles Horace Mayo was an American medical practitioner and was one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic along with his brother William James Mayo, Augustus Stinchfield, Christopher Graham, Edward Star Judd Jr., Henry…

1865

Florence Foster Jenkins

American soprano and educator (died 1944)

Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite and amateur coloratura soprano who became known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability. Stephen Pile, in his book The Book…

1868

Xenophon Stratigos

Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (died 1927)

Xenophon Stratigos was a Greek military officer. He played a major role in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 and the Asia Minor Campaign of the Greco-Turkish War in 1921–22, serving also as de facto Chief of the Hellenic Army…

1869

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American poet and activist (died 1935)

Alice Dunbar Nelson was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one…

1875

Joseph Fielding Smith

American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1972)

Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 until his death in 1972. He was the son of former…

1876

Arthur Fielder

English cricketer (died 1949)

Arthur Fielder was an English cricketer who played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team from 1900 to 1914. He played a major role in Kent's four County Championship wins in the…

1877

Friedrich Dessauer

German physicist and philosopher (died 1963)

Friedrich Dessauer was a German physicist, a philosopher, a socially engaged entrepreneur and a journalist.

1881

Max Fleischer

Austrian-American animator and producer (died 1972)

Max Fleischer was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as…

1883

Charles Edward

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (died 1954)

Charles Edward was at various points in his life a British prince and royal duke, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July…

1884

Michael Fekete

Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (died 1957)

Michael (Mihály) Fekete was a Hungarian-Israeli mathematician.

1886

Enno Lolling

German physician (died 1945)

Enno Lolling was a Nazi doctor. As a member of the SS, he served as a Lagerarzt at Dachau concentration camp. He later headed up the medical division for all the SS concentration camps. Lolling committed suicide in…

1888

George II of Greece (died 1947)

George II was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.

1890

Dick Irvin

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1957)

James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for professional teams in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the Western Canada Hockey League, and the National…

1892

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian actor, playwright, and poet (died 1930)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist…

1893

Aleksandr Khinchin

Russian mathematician and academic (died 1959)

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin was a Soviet mathematician and one of the most significant contributors to the Soviet school of probability theory.

1894

Khawaja Nazimuddin

Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1965)

Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin was a East Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and then as the second prime minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.

1894

Percy Spencer

American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (died 1969)

Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night…

1894

Xu Beihong

Chinese painter and academic (died 1953)

Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter.

1895

Reginald Baker

English film producer (died 1985)

Reginald Poynton Baker, MC FCA FRSA was a British film producer and a major contributor to the development of the British film industry. Along with his younger brother Leslie Forsyth, he played a decisive role in…

1896

A. J. Cronin

Scottish physician and novelist (died 1981)

Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village…

1896

Bob Meusel

American baseball player and sailor (died 1977)

Robert William Meusel was an American baseball player. A left and right fielder, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was best…

1896

Herbert Marcuse

German-American sociologist and philosopher (died 1979)

Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University…

1898

Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright (died 1979)

Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali-language writer, physician, and playwright, best known by his pen name Banaphul,. His oeuvre spanned novels, poetry, plays, essays and over 400 short stories, the genre for…

1899

Samudrala Sr.

Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)

Samudrala Raghavacharya, also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala Senior made his screen debut in 1937,…

1902

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

American lawyer and farmer (died 1985)

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer and the great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. In 1975, he became the last known undisputed legal descendant of Lincoln when his sister, Mary Lincoln Beckwith,…

1904

Isabel Jewell

American actress (died 1972)

Isabel Jewell was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, Lost Horizon, and Gone with the Wind.

1907

Daniel Fry

American contactee (died 1992)

Daniel William Fry was an American contactee of the 1950s who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft. Fry was born in Verdon Township, Minnesota. He was…

1908

Hans Trippel

German engineer, developed Amphicar (died 2001)

Hans Trippel was a German industrial designer, responsible for the designs of the Trippel SG6, Mercedes-Benz Gullwing's door and the Amphicar.

1908

Balamani Amma

Indian poet and author (died 2004)

Nalapat Balamani Amma was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam. Amma (Mother), Muthassi (Grandmother), and Mazhuvinte Katha are some of her well-known works. She was a recipient of many awards and honours, including…

1909

Peter Leo Gerety

American prelate (died 2016)

Peter Leo Gerety was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1969 to 1974. Gerety was the oldest living Catholic bishop…

1912

Kay Linaker

American actress and screenwriter (died 2008)

Mary Katherine Linaker was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably Kitty Foyle (1940). Linaker used her married name, Kate Phillips, as a screenwriter,…

1913

Marius Russo

American baseball player (died 2005)

Marius Ugo Russo was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1943 and in 1946). He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

1914

Åke Hellman

Finnish painter (died 2017)

Åke Fredrik Hellman was a Swedish-speaking Finnish still life and portrait artist and art professor. He worked as art teacher at the University of Helsinki. In 1963, he received the order of the Lion of Finland.

1915

Phil Cavarretta

American baseball player and manager (died 2010)

Philip Joseph Cavarretta was an American professional baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager. He was known to friends and family as "Phil" and was also called "Philibuck", a nickname bestowed by Cubs manager…

1916

William Scranton

American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2013)

William Warren Scranton was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat. Scranton served as the 38th governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967, and as United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1976…

1917

Patricia Medina

English-American actress (died 2012)

Patricia Paz Maria Medina was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) and Mr. Arkadin (1955).

1919

Miltos Sachtouris

Greek poet and author (died 2005)

Miltos Sachtouris was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Georgios Sachtouris, whose origins were the Island of Ydra. When he was young he abandoned his law studies to follow his real passion, poetry, adopting the pen…

1919

Ron Searle

English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (died 2015)

Ronald Alfred Searle was an English-born Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician who served as the fourth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario from 1976 to 1978.

1919

Robert Mann

American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2018)

Robert Nathaniel Mann was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. Mann, the first violinist at Juilliard,…

1920

Richard Oriani

Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (died 2015)

Richard A. Oriani was an El Salvador-born American chemical engineer and metallurgist who was instrumental in the study of the effects of hydrogen in metal. He also made significant contributions to the field of cold…

1920

Harold Camping

American evangelist, author, radio host (died 2013)

Harold Egbert Camping was an American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a California-based radio station group that, at its peak, broadcast to more…

1921

André Moynet

French soldier, race car driver, and politician (died 1993)

André Moynet was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.

1921

Elizabeth Spencer

American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2019)

Elizabeth Spencer was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play. Her novella The…

1921

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman, and the first…

1921

George McGovern

American lieutenant, historian, and politician (died 2012)

George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives for two…

1922

Rachel Robinson

American professor, registered nurse, and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson

Rachel Annetta Robinson is an American former professor and registered nurse. She is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson. After her husband's death, she founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

1922

Theo Barker

English historian (died 2001)

Theodore Cardwell Barker, usually known as Theo Barker, was a British social and economic historian.

1923

Alex Hannum

American basketball player and coach (died 2002)

Alexander Murray Hannum was an American professional basketball player and coach. Known as Sarge because of his military background, Hannum played center for six different teams, most notably the Milwaukee Hawks in the…

1923

Joseph Hansen

American author and poet (died 2004)

Joseph Hansen was an American crime writer and poet, best known for a series of novels featuring private eye Dave Brandstetter.

1923

William A. Rusher

American lawyer and journalist (died 2011)

William Allen Rusher was an American lawyer, author, activist, and conservative columnist. He was one of the founders of the modern conservative movement and was one of its most prominent spokesmen for thirty years as…

1923

Lon Simmons

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)

Lonnie Alexander "Lon" Simmons was an American sports announcer, best known for his play-by-play broadcasts of San Francisco Giants baseball and San Francisco 49ers football.

1923

Stanley K. Hathaway

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 2005)

Stanley Knapp Hathaway was an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975 and as the 40th United States secretary of the interior under President Gerald Ford from June to October…

1924

Pat Hingle

American actor and producer (died 2009)

Martin Patterson Hingle was an American actor. He was best known to screen audiences for his character roles, often as tough authority figures, in over 200 productions between 1954 and 2008.

1924

Arthur Rankin Jr.

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. Co-creator of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion and traditional…

1924

Sue Thompson

American singer (died 2021)

Sue Thompson was an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling 1961 hits "Sad Movies " and "Norman", "James " (1962), and "Paper Tiger" (1965).

1925

Helen Gallagher

American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)

Helen Gallagher was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She received three Daytime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Donaldson Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

1926

Samuel John Hazo

American author

Samuel John Hazo is a poet, playwright, fiction novelist, and the founder and director emeritus of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English…

1928

Choi Yun-chil

South Korean long-distance runner and a two-time national champion in the marathon (died 2020)

Choi Yoon-chil was a South Korean long-distance runner who was a two-time Olympian and a two-time national champion in the marathon.

1928

Gaston Glock

Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H. (died 2023)

Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the…

1929

Orville Turnquest

Bahamian politician

Sir Orville Alton Turnquest is a Bahamian politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Relations of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the sixth governor-general of the Bahamas from 3 January…

1929

Buster Benton

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)

Arley "Buster" Benton was an American blues guitarist and singer. He played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars and is best known for his solo rendition of Dixon's song "Spider in My Stew." Benton was tenacious,…

1932

Jan Lindblad

Swedish biologist and photographer (died 1987)

Jan Victor Armas Lindblad was a Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer, film maker, and whistling artist who imitated animals.

1932

Szilárd Keresztes

Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop (died 2025)

Szilárd Keresztes was a Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1975 to 2008.

1932

Francisco de Sá Carneiro

Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1980)

Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months during…

1934

David Colquhoun

English pharmacologist and academic

David Colquhoun is a British pharmacologist at University College London (UCL). He has contributed to the general theory of receptor and synaptic mechanisms, and in particular the theory and practice of single ion…

1936

George Hamilton IV

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

George Hege Hamilton IV was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.

1937

Richard Jordan

American actor (died 1993)

Robert Anson Jordan Jr., known professionally as Richard Jordan, was an American actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include:…

1937

Jayant Narlikar

Indian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2025)

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was an Indian astrophysicist who performed research on alternative cosmology. He was also an author who wrote textbooks on cosmology, popular science books, and science fiction novels and short…

1938

Tom Raworth

English poet and academic (died 2017)

Thomas Moore Raworth was an English-Irish poet, publisher, editor, and teacher who published over 40 books of poetry and prose during his life. His work has been translated and published in many countries. Raworth was a…

1938

Vikki Carr

American singer and actress

Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona, known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is a Mexican-American vocalist. She has a singing career that spans more than six decades.

1941

Neelie Kroes

Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society

Neelie Kroes is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 November 2014.

1941

Han Sai Por

Singaporean sculptor and academic

Han Sai Por is a Singaporean sculptor and artist. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), East Ham College of Art, Wolverhampton College of Art, and Lincoln University, New Zealand, she worked as a…

1943

Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini

Italian journalist and politician

Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini is a professional journalist and Italian politician who served in both chambers of the Italian Parliament. She is the wife of Danilo Poggiolini.

1943

Tim McIntire

American actor and singer (died 1986)

Timothy John McIntire was an American character actor, perhaps best known for his starring roles as Alan Freed in the film American Hot Wax (1978), as singer George Jones in the television movie Stand by Your Man…

1944

Andres Vooremaa

Estonian chess player (died 2022)

Andres Vooremaa was an Estonian chess player, who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1969.

1944

Paule Baillargeon

Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter

Paule Baillargeon is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and was a nominee for Best Director for The Sex of…

1945

Alan Gorrie

Scottish singer-songwriter and musician

Alan Edward Gorrie is a Scottish bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and singer. He was a founding member of the Average White Band and was one of two original members in the group's final line-up alongside Onnie McIntyre.

1946

Ilie Năstase

Romanian tennis player and politician

Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the inaugural world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 40 weeks. Năstase is one of ten…

1946

André Forcier

Canadian director and screenwriter

André Forcier is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian,…

1947

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German footballer and manager (died 2026)

Hans-Jürgen Kreische was an East German footballer who played as a forward for Dynamo Dresden and the East Germany national team.

1947

Bernie Leadon

American guitarist and songwriter

Bernard Matthew Leadon III is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of…

1947

Brian May

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist

Sir Brian Harold May is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist. He achieved global fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with singer…

1947

Keith Godchaux

American keyboard player and songwriter (died 1980)

Keith Richard Godchaux was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the Heart of Gold…

1948

Kgalema Motlanthe

South African politician, 3rd President of South Africa

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as the president of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. Thereafter, he was deputy president…

1949

Per-Kristian Foss

Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance

Per-Kristian Foss (born 19 July 1950) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and from 2014 to 2021 the Auditor General of Norway.

1950

Freddy Moore

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Demi Gene Moore is an American actress. After rising to prominence in the 1980s, she became the world's highest-paid actress by 1995. Her accolades include a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, and an Actor Award,…

1950

Adrian Noble

English director and screenwriter

Adrian Keith Noble is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003.

1950

Abel Ferrara

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker,…

1951

Allen Collins

American guitarist and songwriter (died 1990)

Larkin Allen Collins Jr. was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

1952

Jayne Anne Phillips American novelist and short story writer

Jayne Anne Phillips is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer who was born in the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia. She was a professor of English at Rutgers-Newark from 2005 to 2020…

1952

Howard Schultz

American businessman and author

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1953

Mark O'Donnell

American playwright (died 2012)

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1954

Steve O'Donnell

American screenwriter and producer

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1954

Srđa Trifković

Serbian-American journalist and historian

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1954

Roger Binny

Indian cricketer and sportscaster

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1955

Dalton McGuinty

Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario

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1955

Mark Crispin

American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (died 2012)

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1956

Brad Drewett

Australian tennis player and sportscaster (died 2013)

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1958

Robert Gibson

American wrestler

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1958

David Robertson

American conductor

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1958

Juan J. Campanella

Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter

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1959

Atom Egoyan

Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

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1960

Kevin Haskins

English drummer and songwriter

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1960

Harsha Bhogle

Indian journalist and author

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1961

Maria Filatova

Russian gymnast

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1961

Lisa Lampanelli

American comedian, actress, and author

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1961

Benoît Mariage

Belgian director and screenwriter

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1961

Hideo Nakata

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

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1961

Campbell Scott

American actor, director, and producer

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1961

Anthony Edwards

American actor and director

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1962

Thomas Gabriel Fischer

Swiss musician

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1963

Garth Nix

Australian author

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1963

Teresa Edwards

American basketball player

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1964

Masahiko Kondō

Japanese singer-songwriter and race car driver

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1964

Evelyn Glennie

Scottish musician

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1965

Claus-Dieter Wollitz

German footballer and manager

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1965

Yael Abecassis

Israeli model and actress

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1967

Jean-François Mercier

Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host

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1967

Robb Flynn

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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1968

Pavel Kuka

Czech footballer and manager

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1968

Jim Norton

American comedian, actor, and author

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1968

Matthew Libatique

American cinematographer

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1969

Bill Chen

American poker player and software designer

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1970

Christopher Luxon

New Zealand politician, 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand

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1970

Nicola Sturgeon

Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland

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1970

Rene Busch

Estonian tennis player and coach

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1971

Vitali Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv

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1971

Michael Modest

American wrestler

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1971

Catriona Rowntree

Australian television host

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1971

Lesroy Weekes

Montserratian cricketer

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1971

Ebbe Sand

Danish footballer and manager

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1972

Martin Powell

English keyboard player and songwriter

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1973

Scott Walker

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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1973

Rey Bucanero

Mexican wrestler

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1974

Francisco Copado

German footballer and manager

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1974

Josée Piché

Canadian ice dancer

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1974

Vince Spadea

American tennis player

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1974

Preston Wilson

American baseball player and sportscaster

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1974

Luca Castellazzi

Italian footballer

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1975

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor

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1976

Gonzalo de los Santos

Uruguayan footballer and manager

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1976

Jean-Sébastien Aubin

Canadian ice hockey player

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1977

Tony Mamaluke

American wrestler and manager

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1977

Ed Smith

English cricketer and journalist

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1977

Rick Ankiel

American baseball player

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1979

Josué Anunciado de Oliveira

Brazilian footballer

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1979

Dilhara Fernando

Sri Lankan cricketer

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1979

Luke Young

English footballer

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1979

Xavier Malisse

Belgian tennis player

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1980

Giorgio Mondini

Italian race car driver

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1980

Chris Sullivan

American actor

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1980

Nenê

Brazilian footballer

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1981

David Bernard

Jamaican cricketer

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1981

Mark Gasnier

Australian rugby player and sportscaster

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1981

Jimmy Gobble

American baseball player

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1981

Grégory Vignal

French footballer

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1981

Christopher Bear

American drummer

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1982

Phil Coke

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1982

Jared Padalecki

American actor

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1982

Jess Vanstrattan

Australian footballer

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1982

Helen Skelton

English television host and actress

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1983

Fedor Tyutin

Russian ice hockey player

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1983

Andrea Libman

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1984

Adam Morrison

American basketball player

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1984

Ryan O'Byrne

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1984

Lewis Price

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1984

LaMarcus Aldridge

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1985

Zhou Haibin

Chinese footballer

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1985

Marina Kuzina

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1985

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1985

Leandro Greco

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1986

Jinder Mahal

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1986

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1987

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1987

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1987

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1988

Kevin Großkreutz

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1988

Jakub Kovář

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1988

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1988

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1989

Sam McKendry

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1989

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1991

Jake Nicholson

English footballer

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1992

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1994

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1996

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1998

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1998

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1998

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1999

Tyler Downs

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2003

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2006

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Nick Koback — American baseball player (1935–2015)

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Birth year1935

Known forAt the age of 17, Koback signed with the Pirates as a bonus baby out of Hartford Public High School

Birthdays on this date217 (810 – 2006)

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1935 — Nick Koback

At the time, he was the youngest Pittsburgh Pirates player ever

During his first career start, Koback caught a complete game shutout by Pirates pitcher Murry Dickson

Most of Koback's time with Pittsburgh was spent as a bullpen catcher

Nicholas Nicholie Koback was a Russian American professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, three of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Pittsburgh Pirates (1953–55)

At the age of 17, Koback signed with the Pirates as a bonus baby out of Hartford Public High School

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