Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

June 19

• 1301 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)
• 1566 – King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
• 1595 – Guru Hargobind, Indian religious figure (d. 1644)
• 1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
• 1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
• 1633 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
• 1717 – Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
• 1764 – José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
• 1771 – Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
• 1792 – Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
• 1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
• 1816 – William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899)
• 1834 – Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
• 1846 – Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
• 1850 – David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932)
• 1851 – Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
• 1854 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
• 1858 – Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
• 1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British World War I military figure (d. 1928)
• 1861 – José Rizal, Filipino polymath(d. 1896)
• 1865 – Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
• 1872 – Theodore Payne, English horticulturist (d. 1963)
• 1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
• 1897 – Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975)
• 1898 – James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1903 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1906 – Sir Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
• 1909 – Midori Naka, Japanese actress (d. 1945)
• 1910 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Abe Fortas, American jurist (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Don Gutteridge, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1912 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Anthony of Sourozh, Swiss-born British religious figure (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabweian politician (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Louis Jourdan, French actor
• 1922 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Fritz Schollmeyer, German football manager
• 1924 – Leo Nomellini, American football player (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Thelma Barlow, English actress
• 1930 – Gena Rowlands, American actress
• 1930 – François Abadie, French politician (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
• 1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
• 1933 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
• 1936 – Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer
• 1936 – Shirley Goodman, American singer (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Marisa Galvany, American soprano
• 1938 – Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Ian Smith, Australian actor
• 1939 – Bernd Hoss, German football manager
• 1939 – Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Shirley Muldowney, American drag racer
• 1941 – Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
• 1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1942 – Elaine McFarlane, American singer
• 1942 – Jos Brink, Dutch actor (d. 2007)
• 1942 – Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
• 1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate
• 1945 – Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician
• 1946 – Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer
• 1947 – Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
• 1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian author
• 1947 – John Ralston Saul, Canadian author
• 1948 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress
• 1948 – Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
• 1950 – Ann Wilson, American musician
• 1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
• 1951 – Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
• 1952 – Robert Ainsworth, British politician
• 1953 – Larry Dunn, American musician
• 1953 – Hilary Jones, English TV doctor
• 1954 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
• 1956 – Doug Stone, American singer
• 1957 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
• 1958 – Meredith Brooks, American singer/songwriter
• 1958 – Sergei Makarov, Russian hockey player
• 1959 – Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
• 1959 – Christian Wulff, President of Germany
• 1960 – Luke Morley, British guitarist
• 1961 – Frank Mischke, German footballer
• 1962 – Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
• 1962 – Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
• 1963 – Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
• 1964 – Laura Ingraham, American radio host and political commentator
• 1964 – Boris Johnson, British politician
• 1964 – Brian Vander Ark, American musician
• 1965 – Sadie Frost, English actress
• 1965 – Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
• 1966 – Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
• 1966 – Michalis Romanidis, Greek basketball player
• 1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
• 1967 – Mia Sara, American actress
• 1968 – Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
• 1969 – Lara Spencer, American TV personality
• 1969 – Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
• 1970 – Quincy Watts, American athlete
• 1970 – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
• 1970 – Brian Welch, American guitarist (Korn)
• 1970 – Antonis Remos, Greek singer
• 1972 – Brian McBride, American soccer player
• 1972 – Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
• 1972 – Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
• 1972 – Eric Sheffer Stevens, American actor
• 1972 – Robin Tunney, American actress
• 1973 – Jahine Arnold, American football player
• 1973 – Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer
• 1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
• 1974 – Bumper Robinson, American actor and voice artist
• 1975 – Anthony Parker, American basketball player
• 1975 – Hugh Dancy, English actor
• 1976 – Bryan Hughes, English footballer
• 1976 – Patrick Surtain, American football player
• 1976 – Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
• 1977 – Peter Warrick, American football player
• 1977 – Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
• 1977 – Rebecca Loos, Dutch model
• 1978 – Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler
• 1978 – Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
• 1978 – Zoe Saldana, American actress
• 1978 – Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
• 1979 – Moonika Aava, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1979 – John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
• 1979 – Quentin Jammer, American football player
• 1979 – José Kléberson, Brazilian football player
• 1980 – Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
• 1980 – Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
• 1980 – Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
• 1980 – Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer
• 1980 – Dan Ellis, Canadian hockey player
• 1980 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer
• 1981 – Quintin Geldenhuys, South African-born Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1982 – David Pollack, American football player
• 1982 – May Andersen, Danish supermodel
• 1982 – Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor
• 1982 – Michael Yarmush, American actor
• 1982 – Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
• 1982 – Trevor Hamilton, Northern Irish murderer
• 1983 – Mark Selby, British snooker player
• 1984 – Paul Dano, American actor
• 1985 – José Ernesto Sosa, Argentine footballer
• 1985 – Jason Capizzi, American football player
• 1986 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player
• 1986 – Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast
• 1986 – Dimitris Sialmas, Greek footballer
• 1987 – Rashard Mendenhall, American football player