On This Day — August 19
3923 noted people were born and 1852 died on August 19 in our archive, including John Flamsteed, Lothar Meyer and Luis von Ahn.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 19
John Flamsteed
1646 – 1719
Lothar Meyer
1830 – 1895
Luis von Ahn
b. 1978
Thomas Barbour
1884 – 1946
Alan Baker
1939 – 2018
Alwi Shihab
b. 1946
Andrii Derkach
b. 1967
Armin Wolf
b. 1966
Arthur Fry
b. 1931
Arthur Waley
1889 – 1966
Bill Clinton
b. 1946
Charles Beck
1798 – 1866
Christian Turner
b. 1972
David Durenberger
1934 – 2023
Diene Keita
b. 1964
Elsa Artadi i Vila
b. 1976
Elvira Aitkulova
b. 1973
Erland Samuel Bring
1736 – 1798
Frederic M. Richards
1925 – 2009
George Enesco
1881 – 1955
Gordon Bell
1934 – 2024
Huang Kuo-chang
b. 1973
Jackie Huggins
b. 1956
Jean-Paul Fitoussi
1942 – 2022
Jerzy Andrzejewski
1909 – 1983
Jerzy Nikitorowicz
b. 1951
John Bellamy Foster
b. 1953
John Cotton Dana
1856 – 1929
Jonathan Coe
b. 1961
Jonathan Neale
b. 1962
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
1805 – 1895
Laura Bozzo
b. 1951
Ludvig Kristensen Daa
1809 – 1877
Omar Ghattas
b. 1962
Patrick Pelloux
b. 1963
Paul Callaghan
1947 – 2012
Pete Ricketts
b. 1964
Philip Potter
1921 – 2015
Philipp Friedrich Gmelin
1721 – 1768
Queen Mette-Marit of Norway
b. 1973
René Capitant
1901 – 1970
Roger S. Bagnall
b. 1947
Satya Nadella
b. 1967
Wilfried Lemke
1946 – 2024
Willard Boyle
1924 – 2011
Yashar Aliev
b. 1955
Zdzisław Kaczmarczyk
1911 – 1980
A. J. Clark
1885 – 1941
Adelbert Ames, Jr.
1880 – 1955
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow
1844 – 1921
Amy Hennig
b. 1964
Analilia Mejia
b. 1977
Andreas Schato
1539 – 1603
Andrew M. Stuart
b. 1962
Angela McLean
b. 1970
Anthony G. Cohn
b. 1954
Archie League
1907 – 1986
Auguste de Forbin
1777 – 1841
Bodo Hombach
b. 1952
Brendan Nelson
b. 1958
Bruce Ackerman
b. 1943
Carl Semb
1895 – 1971
Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll
b. 1944
Caspar Bowden
1961 – 2015
Catherine Cessac
b. 1952
Charles Bolden
b. 1946
Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington
b. 1945
Curt Weibull
1886 – 1991
Daina Taimiņa
b. 1954
Danladi Umar
b. 1971
Dean Fujioka
b. 1980
Dorothy Burr Thompson
1900 – 2001
Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon
1857 – 1941
Edmond Privat
1889 – 1962
Einar Tufte-Johnsen
1915 – 1985
Ekaterina Schulmann
b. 1978
Elisha Mitchell
1793 – 1857
Emilius Bangert
1883 – 1962
Ferenc Rofusz
b. 1946
Frank McCourt
1930 – 2009
Frédéric Vitoux
b. 1944
Gabriela Shalev
b. 1941
Geoffrey Salmond
1878 – 1933
Gerhard Storz
1898 – 1993
Gerrit Hiemstra
b. 1961
Gilles Fauconnier
1944 – 2021
Giuseppe Petrocchi
b. 1948
Guido Cantz
b. 1971
Han Pao-teh
1934 – 2014
Hans Lassen Martensen
1808 – 1884
Hans-Christian Schmid
b. 1965
Harold Brown
1924 – 2023
Harry Bolton Seed
1922 – 1989
Hirokazu Nakaima
b. 1939
Hsing Yun
1927 – 2023
Hélène Parmelin
1915 – 1998
Isidro Goma y Tomas
1869 – 1940
J. B. L. Reyes
1902 – 1994
Javier Lambán
1957 – 2025
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
b. 1951
Jeffery Paul Chan
1942 – 2022
Jim Broyhill
1927 – 2023
Joaquim Nabuco
1849 – 1910
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow
1779 – 1853
Joseph Kahn
b. 1964
Julien Hébert
1917 – 1994
Józef Świder
1930 – 2014
Karl W. Butzer
1934 – 2016
Kingsley Wood
1881 – 1943
Kume Kunitake
1839 – 1931
Leonid Kulik
1883 – 1942
MacGillivray Milne
1882 – 1959
Maciej Łopiński
b. 1947
Malcolm Forbes
1919 – 1990
Manuel L. Quezon
1878 – 1944
Maria Berger
b. 1956
Maria Chekhova
1863 – 1957
Marie Alphonse Bedeau
1804 – 1863
Marisa Volpi
1928 – 2015
Martin Flämig
1913 – 1998
Mat Johnson
b. 1970
Mathilde Kschessinska
1872 – 1971
Maurice Barrès
1862 – 1923
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
1914 – 1993
Merve Kavakcı
b. 1968
Mia McLeod
b. 1968
Michael J. Massimino
b. 1962
Michael Nazir-Ali
b. 1949
Michael Shadlen
b. 1959
Michiel Patijn
b. 1942
Mick Brown
1937 – 2015
Nancy E. Gwinn
1945 – 2024
Nathalie Boy de La Tour
b. 1968
Nick Bilton
b. 1976
Norbert Casteret
1897 – 1987
Oleh Nikolenko
b. 1986
Olga Holtz
b. 1973
Olga Timofeeva
b. 1977
Olga Yepifanova
b. 1966
Olly Grender
b. 1962
Pang Chien-kuo
1953 – 2022
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
b. 1955
Patti Valkenburg
b. 1958
Paul Jobert
1863 – 1942
Philipp von Bismarck
1913 – 2006
Philo Farnsworth
1906 – 1971
Pierre Colmez
b. 1962
Quinton Lucas
b. 1984
Raimon Tolosana-Delgado
b. 1976
Ranbir Chander Sobti
b. 1948
Ranjith Premalal De Silva
b. 1963
Raymond H. Geist
1885 – 1955
Raymond Marcellin
1914 – 2004
Rick Snyder
b. 1958
Robert Heger
1886 – 1978
Robert Rössle
1876 – 1956
Ronald J. Hays
1928 – 2021
Rostyslav Pavlenko
b. 1976
Russell G. Foster
b. 1959
Sean Munro
b. 1961
Senna Maatoug
b. 1989
Serhiy Klyuyev
b. 1969
Simon Fisher
b. 1970
Sirje Runge
b. 1950
Sitanshu Yashaschandra
b. 1941
Stefan Starzyński
1893 – 1943
Story Musgrave
b. 1935
Sudha Murthy
b. 1950
Swaran Singh
1907 – 1994
Théophile de Donder
1872 – 1957
Timothy Pilgrim
b. 1960
Toshio Suzuki
b. 1948
Valery Tereshchenko
b. 1952
Vasyl Nadraha
b. 1958
Victor Vodolatsky
b. 1957
Vilde Frang
b. 1986
Virginia Judge
b. 1956
Volodymyr Korolyuk
1925 – 2020
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
1874 – 1934
Vyacheslav Stepin
1934 – 2018
Věra Galatíková
1938 – 2007
Will Hurd
b. 1977
William Curtis Bryson
b. 1945
William D. Steers
1955 – 2015
William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
1860 – 1942
Yohanan Bader
1901 – 1994
Abdul Rashid Sheikh
b. 1967
Abdul Reza Pahlavi
1924 – 2004
Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi
b. 1959
Abraham Moles
1920 – 1992
Abubakar Siddique
1934 – 2023
Adam Arkin
b. 1956
Adolf Černý
1864 – 1952
Ahmad-Reza Dehpour
b. 1948
Ahmed Best
b. 1973
Akiyoshi Kitaoka
b. 1961
Alan Howard
1905 – 1966
Albert Enoch Pillsbury
1849 – 1930
Alex Law
1952 – 2022
Alexander Gavrylyuk
b. 1984
… and 3,723 more
Died on August 19
Borys Paton
1918 – 2020
John Warnock
1940 – 2023
Alastair Sim
1900 – 1976
Aleksandr Korkin
1837 – 1908
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
1898 – 1957
Don Hewitt
1922 – 2009
Donald A. Henderson
1928 – 2016
Donald William Kerst
1911 – 1993
Edward T. Seay
1868 – 1941
Erik Edlund
1819 – 1888
George Gamow
1904 – 1968
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
1757 – 1814
Gérard Férey
1941 – 2017
Harry Oppenheimer
1908 – 2000
Herwig Schopper
1924 – 2025
Jarkko Laine
1947 – 2006
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1749 – 1822
Johann Schober
1874 – 1932
Josef Kaizl
1854 – 1901
Kikuchi Dairoku
1855 – 1917
Linus Pauling
1901 – 1994
Michael Cullen
1945 – 2021
Mo Mowlam
1949 – 2005
Nevile Bland
1886 – 1972
Pierre Schaeffer
1910 – 1995
René Alexandre
1885 – 1946
Sonny Chiba
1939 – 2021
Spencer Fullerton Baird
1823 – 1887
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
1948 – 2003
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825 – 1905
Władysław Wróblewski
1875 – 1951
Alcide De Gasperi
1881 – 1954
Aleksandr Verkhovsky
1886 – 1938
Alexander Henderson
1583 – 1646
Atzo Nicolaï
1960 – 2020
Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore
1736 – 1805
Bernard Griffin
1899 – 1956
Bette Stephenson
1924 – 2019
Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev
1928 – 1998
Brian Aldiss
1925 – 2017
Carlos Juan Finlay
1833 – 1915
Charles R. Bentley
1929 – 2017
Chuck Close
1940 – 2021
Clyde D. Eddleman
1902 – 1992
D. G. Champernowne
1912 – 2000
Daniel Brewster
1923 – 2007
Edward Schroeder Prior
1857 – 1932
Egon Bahr
1922 – 2015
Elis Fischer
1834 – 1889
Emilius Bangert
1883 – 1962
Enrico Cerulli
1898 – 1988
Eugène Rouché
1832 – 1910
Fikri Alican
1929 – 2015
François Patriat
1943 – 2026
François Roddier
1936 – 2023
Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg
1813 – 1892
Genrikh Lyushkov
1900 – 1945
George Smith
1840 – 1876
Gina Lopez
1953 – 2019
Guido Gonella
1905 – 1982
Guillermo Izquierdo
1902 – 1988
Gwen Lux
1908 – 1986
Henry Wood
1869 – 1944
Hong Chaosheng
1920 – 2018
Héctor Alejandro Correa Letelier
1915 – 2004
Idun Reiten
1942 – 2025
Igor Yasulovich
1941 – 2023
Jaap Burger
1904 – 1986
Jacques Beaulieu
1932 – 2014
James D. Burke
1925 – 2023
James Foley
1973 – 2014
Johann Frischmuth
1619 – 1687
José Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón
1840 – 1921
José Saenz d'Aguirre
1630 – 1699
Jules-Albert de Dion
1856 – 1946
Julius Lange
1838 – 1896
Karl Otto Götz
1914 – 2017
Lars von Engeström
1751 – 1826
Leone Wollemborg
1859 – 1932
Leslie A. Garay
1924 – 2016
Levy Mwanawasa
1948 – 2008
Lewis Bernstein Namier
1888 – 1960
Marius Sala
1932 – 2018
Mark Romer, Baron Romer
1866 – 1944
Masakazu Yamazaki
1934 – 2020
Max Mallowan
1904 – 1978
Maxim Zetkin
1883 – 1965
Miloslav Petrusek
1936 – 2012
Néstor Salvador Quintana
1933 – 2024
Octav Onicescu
1892 – 1983
Oscar von Sydow
1873 – 1936
Pawel Jasienica
1909 – 1970
Percy Thomas
1883 – 1969
Peter Harding
1933 – 2021
Raoul Cauvin
1938 – 2021
Reinhold Maier
1889 – 1971
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
1856 – 1928
Robert C. Frasure
1942 – 1995
Saburo Komoto
1950 – 2025
Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan
1886 – 1937
Sundararajan Padmanabhan
1940 – 2024
T. C. Schneirla
1902 – 1968
Vahe Vahian
1908 – 1998
Vasily Bartold
1869 – 1930
Wanda Mejbaum-Katzenellenbogen
1914 – 1986
Wifredo Ricart
1897 – 1974
William Strong
1808 – 1895
Yuri Yappa
1927 – 1998
Aaron Bancroft
1755 – 1839
Agnes Catherine Maitland
1849 – 1906
Aimé Majorique Beauparlant
1864 – 1911
Alan Sayers
1916 – 2017
Albert Jay Nock
1870 – 1945
Aldo Oviglio
1873 – 1942
Alexander Hotovitzky
1872 – 1937
Alexander Jagiellon
1460 – 1506
Alexander McIver
1822 – 1902
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
1841 – 1910
Alfredo Montelibano, Sr.
1905 – 1989
Allan Fotheringham
1932 – 2020
André Rivoire
1872 – 1930
Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
1910 – 1990
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė
1927 – 2005
Badawi al-Jabal
1905 – 1981
Badruddin Tyabji
1844 – 1906
Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi
1936 – 2007
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer
1747 – 1804
Belchior Carneiro Leitão
1516 – 1583
Berhane Abrehe
1945 – 2024
Bill Freehan
1941 – 2021
Camille Gutton
1872 – 1963
Candida Lycett Green
1942 – 2014
Carlos Roberto Reina
1926 – 2003
Cedar Walton
1934 – 2013
Charles Collet
1888 – 1915
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
1816 – 1856
Charles de la Bédoyère
1786 – 1815
Christopher Merrett
1614 – 1695
Clarence von Rosen
1867 – 1955
Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn
1676 – 1743
David Bomberg
1890 – 1957
Debuchi Katsuji
1878 – 1947
Dick Gregory
1932 – 2017
Dominique Clos
1821 – 1908
Don Haggerty
1914 – 1988
Donald H. McLean
1884 – 1975
Donald Woods
1933 – 2001
Dorothy Dodd
1902 – 1994
Durbin Feeling
1946 – 2020
Earl C. Long
1883 – 1983
Edgar W. Hiestand
1888 – 1970
Eduardo Chillida
1924 – 2002
Eftichios Bitsakis
1927 – 2025
Eleanor Weinstock
1929 – 2023
Elizabeth Bailey
1938 – 2022
Elizabeth Dawes
1864 – 1954
Elliott B. Strauss
1903 – 2003
Emilio Núñez Portuondo
1898 – 1978
Enrique Oyarzún Mondaca
1867 – 1949
Eugène Van Bemmel
1824 – 1880
Faimalaga Luka
1940 – 2005
Florence Reville Gibbs
1890 – 1964
Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie
1739 – 1808
Frank Shields
1909 – 1975
František Zdeněk Skuherský
1830 – 1892
Franz Xavier Wernz
1842 – 1914
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
1415 – 1493
Frederick Savage
1847 – 1930
Fritz Rau
1930 – 2013
Félix Dehau
1846 – 1934
Gene Brown
1933 – 1996
George Palmer
1818 – 1897
Gerhard Beil
1926 – 2010
Gerry Steinberg
1945 – 2015
Gil Martins Felippe
1934 – 2014
Giovanni Giorgi
1871 – 1950
Giuseppe Dabormida
1799 – 1869
Greta Hort
1903 – 1967
Guy de Muyser
1926 – 2024
Gwen Moore
1940 – 2020
Géza Képes
1909 – 1989
Géza Révész
1878 – 1955
Harvey Cloyd Philpott
1909 – 1961
Helen Gladstone
1849 – 1925
Helmut Hubacher
1926 – 2020
Henry Digby
1770 – 1842
Henry Thomas Rainey
1860 – 1934
Henry W. Wright
1868 – 1948
Hermann JacobsenJohannes Heinrich Jacobsen
1898 – 1978
Hobart R. Gay
1894 – 1983
Hovhannes Badalyan
1924 – 2001
Howard James Hubbard
1938 – 2023
Irene Falcón
1907 – 1999
Iris Faircloth Blitch
1912 – 1993
Isaac Deutscher
1907 – 1967
Ivan Venedikov
1916 – 1997
Jacob Epstein
1880 – 1959
Jalmari Jyske
1884 – 1944
James Colt
1932 – 2008
James Loewen
1942 – 2021
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