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Ilie Năstase was the first professional sports figure to sign an endorsement contract with Nike, doing so in 1972.
Famous Birthdays on July 19
1946 — Ilie Năstase
Romanian tennis player and politician
July 19 has 232 recorded notable births across history, from 810 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 19
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- 1963 Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. Source
- 1843 Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. Source
- 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. Source
- 1848 Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York. Source
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LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 16 seasons.
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Binny was part of the India Team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup and the 1985 World Championship of Cricket, being India's highest wicket-taker in both tournaments.
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During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement.
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Max Fleischer was an American animator and studio owner.
More major people born on July 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1985
LaMarcus Aldridge
American basketball player
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 16 seasons. He played college basketball for two seasons with the Texas Longhorns.
1955
Roger Binny
Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny is a former Indian cricketer who was the 36th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He was the president of Karnataka State Cricket Association from 2019 to 2022.
1893
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian actor, playwright, and poet (died 1930)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.
1883
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…
1929
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.
1984
Adam Morrison
American basketball player
Adam John Morrison is an American former professional basketball player. Morrison played for three years at Gonzaga University and was considered to be one of the top college basketball players in 2005–06.
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…
1935
Nick Koback
American baseball player and golfer (died 2015)
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).
1892
Dick Irvin
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1957)
James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
1569
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…
1936
David Colquhoun
English pharmacologist and academic
David Colquhoun is a British pharmacologist at University College London (UCL).
1875
Alice Dunbar Nelson
American poet and activist (died 1935)
Alice Dunbar Nelson was an American poet, journalist, and political activist.
1923
William A. Rusher
American lawyer and journalist (died 2011)
William Allen Rusher was an American lawyer, author, activist, and conservative columnist.
1898
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.
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.
1968
Pavel Kuka
Czech footballer and manager
Pavel Kuka is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented his national team on 87 occasions, scoring 29 goals.
1972
Ebbe Sand
Danish footballer and manager
Ebbe Sand is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker for Brøndby IF in Denmark and FC Schalke 04 in Germany.
1891
Earl Hamilton
American baseball player
Earl Andrew Hamilton was an American left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers (1916), Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–23), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1924) of Major League Baseball (MLB).
1922
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, first as a member of the United States House of Representatives…