February 19

history

Events

Births

  • 1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
  • 1526 – Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
  • 1552 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
  • 1630 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
  • 1660 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
  • 1717 – David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
  • 1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
  • 1743 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
  • 1780 – Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
  • 1802 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
  • 1804 – Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
  • 1804 – David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
  • 1821 – August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
  • 1833 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
  • 1859 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
  • 1865 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
  • 1869 – Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and writer (d. 1923)
  • 1876 – Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
  • 1877 – Gabriele MĂĽnter, German painter (d. 1962)
  • 1880 – Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
  • 1888 – JosĂ© Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
  • 1888 – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
  • 1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
  • 1895 – Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
  • 1895 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador ( d. 1940 )
  • 1896 – AndrĂ© Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
  • 1897 – Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
  • 1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
  • 1902 – Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
  • 1904 – Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
  • 1910 – Dorothy Janis, American silent film actress (d. 2010)
  • 1911 – Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
  • 1912 – Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
  • 1913 – Prince Pedro GastĂŁo of OrlĂ©ans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
  • 1914 – Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
  • 1916 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
  • 1917 – Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
  • 1920 – C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
  • 1920 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
  • 1924 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
  • 1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
  • 1924 – Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
  • 1924 – František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (d. 1999)
  • 1929 – Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
  • 1930 – John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
  • 1930 – K Viswanath, South Indian film director
  • 1932 – Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut
  • 1934 – Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1935 – Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster
  • 1936 – Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1936 – Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
  • 1937 – Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
  • 1938 – RenĂ© Muñoz, Cuban actor, screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico (d. 2000)
  • 1939 – Gwen Taylor, English actress
  • 1940 – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
  • 1940 – Smokey Robinson, American singer
  • 1941 – David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate
  • 1942 – Paul Krause, American football player
  • 1943 – Lou Christie, American singer
  • 1943 – Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
  • 1943 – Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
  • 1945 – Michael Nader, American actor
  • 1946 – Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
  • 1946 – Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
  • 1946 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
  • 1947 – Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
  • 1948 – Mark Andes, American musician
  • 1948 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
  • 1948 – Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
  • 1948 – Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath)
  • 1949 – Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
  • 1949 – William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
  • 1950 – Andy Powell, British musician
  • 1951 – Stephen Nichols, American actor
  • 1951 – Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
  • 1952 – Amy Tan, American novelist
  • 1952 – Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
  • 1953 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
  • 1953 – Bill Kirchenbauer American comedian and actor
  • 1953 – Cristina Elisabet Fernández – President of Argentina
  • 1954 – Socrates, Brazilian footballer
  • 1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
  • 1956 – Kathleen Beller, American actress
  • 1956 – Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
  • 1956 – Dave Wakeling, English musician (The (English) Beat, General Public)
  • 1957 – Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
  • 1957 – Lorianne Crook, Television Personality
  • 1957 – Ray Winstone, British actor
  • 1958 – Helen Fielding, English writer
  • 1960 – Andrew, Duke of York
  • 1960 – Leslie Ash, English actress
  • 1961 – BenoĂ®t Chamoux, French mountaineer (d. 1995)
  • 1961 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
  • 1961 – Andy Wallace, English race car driver
  • 1962 – Hana MandlĂ­ková, Czech tennis player
  • 1962 – John Laroche, American orchid poacher
  • 1963 – Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
  • 1963 – Seal, English singer
  • 1963 – Jessica Tuck, American actress
  • 1964 – Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
  • 1964 – Sonu Walia, Indian actress
  • 1964 – Doug Aldrich, American musician (Whitesnake)
  • 1965 – Cathy Lane, English Swimmer
  • 1965 – Leroy, American musician (Smash Mouth)
  • 1965 – Jon Fishman, American musician (Phish)
  • 1966 – Justine Bateman, American actress
  • 1966 – Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
  • 1966 – Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
  • 1967 – Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
  • 1969 – Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
  • 1971 – Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
  • 1971 – Gil Shaham, Israeli-born American violinist
  • 1971 – Lisa McCune, Australian actress
  • 1972 – Francine, American professional wrestler
  • 1974 – Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
  • 1975 – Daniel Adair, Canadian Drummer (Nickelback)
  • 1975 – Mikko KavĂ©n, Finnish footballer
  • 1975 – Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
  • 1975 – Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
  • 1976 – Jahidi White, American basketball player
  • 1977 – Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
  • 1977 – Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
  • 1978 – Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
  • 1978 – Immortal Technique, American rapper
  • 1979 – Mariska, Finnish rapper
  • 1979 – Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
  • 1979 – Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
  • 1979 – Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
  • 1980 – Neleh Dennis, American Survivor contestant
  • 1980 – Dwight Freeney, American football player
  • 1980 – Mike Miller, American basketball player
  • 1980 – Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
  • 1981 – Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
  • 1981 – Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
  • 1981 – Gil Reyes, American boxer
  • 1981 – Nicky Shorey, English footballer
  • 1981 – Vitas, Russian singer
  • 1981 – Kyle Martino, American soccer player
  • 1981 – Daniel Letterle, American actor and singer
  • 1983 – Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
  • 1983 – Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
  • 1983 – Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
  • 1985 – Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
  • 1985 – Arielle Kebbel, American actress
  • 1986 – Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1986 – Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
  • 1986 – Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
  • 1986 – Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
  • 1986 – Jayde Nicole, Canadian model
  • 1986 – Marta, Brazilian footballer
  • 1986 – Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
  • 1988 – Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
  • 1989 – Luke Pasqualino, English actor
  • 1993 – Victoria Justice, American actress
  • 1993 – Empress Schuck, Filipina actress

Deaths

  • 197 – Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
  • 1133 – Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
  • 1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
  • 1589 – Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
  • 1605 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
  • 1602 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
  • 1620 – Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
  • 1622 – Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
  • 1653 – Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
  • 1663 – Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
  • 1670 – King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
  • 1672 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
  • 1709 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
  • 1716 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
  • 1789 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
  • 1799 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
  • 1806 – Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
  • 1837 – Georg BĂĽchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
  • 1837 – Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1756)
  • 1887 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
  • 1897 – Karl WeierstraĂź, German mathematician (b. 1815)
  • 1916 – Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
  • 1927 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847)
  • 1936 – Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
  • 1936 – Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
  • 1942 – Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
  • 1951 – AndrĂ© Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
  • 1952 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
  • 1957 – Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
  • 1962 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
  • 1968 – Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
  • 1969 – Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
  • 1970 – Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (b. 1887)
  • 1972 – John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
  • 1972 – Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
  • 1973 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
  • 1973 – Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
  • 1975 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
  • 1977 – Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
  • 1977 – Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
  • 1980 – Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (b. 1946)
  • 1983 – Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
  • 1986 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
  • 1988 – AndrĂ© FrĂ©dĂ©ric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
  • 1992 – Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
  • 1994 – Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
  • 1996 – Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
  • 1996 – Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
  • 1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
  • 1997 – Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
  • 1998 – Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
  • 1999 – Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated) (b. 1943)
  • 2000 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
  • 2001 – Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
  • 2001 – Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
  • 2001 – Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
  • 2003 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938)
  • 2007 – Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
  • 2007 – Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
  • 2008 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
  • 2008 – Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
  • 2009 – Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b. 1945)
  • 2009 – Miika Tenkula, Finnish guitarist for the band Sentenced (b. 1974)

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