Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

May 19

• 1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1131)
• 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
• 1700 – José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
• 1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
• 1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born wife of King George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1818)
• 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
• 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
• 1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d. 1818)
• 1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
• 1861 – Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Walter Russell, American polymath (d. 1963)
• 1874 – Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
• 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born British politician (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
• 1882 – Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
• 1897 – Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and esotericist (d. 1974)
• 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Sir Nicholas Winton, British wartime humanitarian
• 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1948, (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
• 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-born British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
• 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Slovenian Communist politician, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
• 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Joe Gilmore, Irish barkeep
• 1924 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
• 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
• 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
• 1926 – Peter Zadek, German theatre director (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Colin Chapman, British car designer (d. 1982)
• 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
• 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
• 1931 – Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
• 1931 – Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
• 1932 – Claude Blanchard, French Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
• 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author
• 1934 – Bill Fitch, American basketball head coach
• 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
• 1935 – David Hartman, American actor and television personality
• 1937 – Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
• 1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
• 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
• 1939 – James Fox, English actor
• 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
• 1939 – Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American musician (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Bobby Burgess, American dancer and singer
• 1941 – Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
• 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
• 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
• 1944 – Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
• 1945 – Pete Townshend, English guitarist (The Who)
• 1946 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights
• 1947 – Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
• 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 1947 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
• 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
• 1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer and bassist (ZZ Top)
• 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
• 1951 – Joey Ramone, American vocalist and songwriter (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
• 1951 – Dick Slater, American professional wrestler
• 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer
• 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
• 1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
• 1953 – Victoria Wood, English comedian and actress
• 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
• 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer
• 1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
• 1956 – Martyn Ware, British musician and music producer
• 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim (d. 1994)
• 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
• 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
• 1963 – Yazz, English singer
• 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian tennis player
• 1964 – Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
• 1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor
• 1965 – Cecilia Bolocco, Chilean television presenter and 1987 Miss Universe
• 1965 – Boris, French singer
• 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress
• 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
• 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American writer
• 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
• 1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
• 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician
• 1970 – Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean golfer
• 1970 – Mario Dumont, Canadian politician
• 1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
• 1971 – Ross Katz, American film producer
• 1971 – Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
• 1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress
• 1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
• 1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish musician
• 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
• 1975 – Delma Gonçalves, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
• 1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• 1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer and actress
• 1977 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
• 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
• 1978 – Kim Zolciak, American reality show star and singer
• 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
• 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Drew Fuller, American actor and model
• 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
• 1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
• 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Georges St. Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian hockey player
• 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Eve Angel, Hungarian pornographic actress
• 1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
• 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
• 1984 – Carla Lynch, British comedienne and model
• 1985 – Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
• 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
• 1986 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
• 1987 – David Edgar, Canadian footballer
• 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
• 1988 – Lily Cole, English model and actress
• 1989 – Jasmine, Japanese singer
• 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer
• 1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer