Wednesday, May 18, 2016

May 19 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1886Francis Biddle  (d. 4 Oct 1968)
      American lawyer and judge
      58th United States Attorney General, 1941-1945


Notable

1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter and illustrator (d. 1678)
1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (d. 1667)
1700 – José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda  (d. 1770)
      Spanish sergeant and politician
1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol  (d. 1779)
      English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland
1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814)
1773 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)
1794:  Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer  (d. 17 Mar 1860)
1795 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal (d. 1818)
1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour  (d. 1896)
      French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1832 – James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886)
1861 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931)
1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1870:  Kitarō Nishida, Japanese philosopher (d. 7 Jun 1945)
1871 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963)
1874 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)
1876:  Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist  (d. 3 Apr 1933)
1878 – Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
1880 – Albert Richardson  (d. 1964)
      English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House
1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk  (d. 1938)
      Turkish marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey
1884 – David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)
1887 – Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983)
1889 – Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939)
1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
1890 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (d. 1962)
1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)
1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)
1893 – H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950)
1894 – Nicolae Secară, Bessarabian politician (d. 1942)
1896:  Ida Pauline Rolf, American biochemist  (d. 19 Mar 1979)
1897 – Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
1897:  Herbert V. Prochnow, American banker and author  (d. 29 Sep 1998)
1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)
1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955)
1901 – Piri Vaszary, Hungarian actress (d. 1965)
1902 – Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)
1906 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)
1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
1909 – Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)
1910 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy  (d. 1996)
      Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India
1913 – Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (d. 1973)
1914 – Max Perutz  (d. 2002)
      Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)
1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)
1918 – Abraham Pais  (d. 2000)
      Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic
1919 – Georgie Auld  (d. 1990)
      Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader
1919 – Mitja Ribičič  (d. 2013)
      Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
1921 – Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
1921 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
1922 – Joe Gilmore, Irish bartender
1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
1925 – Pol Pot  (d. 1998)
      Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia
1925 – Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
1926 – Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader and author (d. 2013)
1926 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013)
1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
1926 – Fernand Raynaud, French actor and singer (d. 1973)
1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1927 – Serge Lang  (d. 12 Sep 2005)
      French-American mathematician, author and academic
1928 – Colin Chapman  (d. 1982)
      English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars
1928 – Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013)
1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)
1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1929 – Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)
1929:  Harvey Cox, American theologian
1929:  Gloria Emerson, American journalist  (d. 3 Aug 2004)
1929 – Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)
1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
1930 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)
1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (d. 1965)
1931 – Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)
1931 – Éric Tappy, Swiss tenor and actor
1931:  David Wilkerson, American Clergyman  (d. 27 Apr 2011)
1932 – Claude Blanchard, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
1932 – Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
1933 – Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
1934 – Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach
1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author
1935 – David Hartman, American journalist and actor
1937 – Pat Roach, English wrestler and actor (d. 2004)
1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
1938 – Girish Karnad, Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright
1938 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
1939 – James Fox, English actor and singer
1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach
1939 – Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
1940 – Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1941 – Bobby Burgess, American singer and dancer
1941 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1941:  James P. Hoffa, American labor leader
1941 – Igor Judge, Baron Judge
      Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1941 – Tania Mallet, English model and actress
1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)
1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
1943 – Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor
1944 – Petre Popeangă, Romanian politician
1945:  Jonathan Lippman, American jurist
      Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 2009-2015
1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Who, Deep End, and Thunderclap Newman)
1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
1946 – André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Planxty and The Johnstons)
1947 – Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
1947 – Steve Currie, English bass player (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
1948 – Grace Jones
      Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (ZZ Top and American Blues)
1949 – Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
1950 – Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)
1951 – Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer and actor (d. 2008)
1951 – Joey Ramone  (d. 2001)
      American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper)
1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler
1952 – Charlie Spedding, English runner
1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1953 – Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
1953 – Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (d. 1997)
1953 – Jimmy Thackery, American singer and guitarist (The Nighthawks)
1953 – Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1954:  Greg Boyle, American Jesuit priest
1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Nükhet Duru, Turkish singer and actress
1954 – Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown)
1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
1956 – Oliver Letwin
      English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1956 – Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
      (The Human League and Heaven 17)
1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1957 – James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Australian Crawl)
1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American murder victim (d. 1994)
1960 – Yazz, English singer
1961 – Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician
1961 – Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
1964 – Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1964 – John Lee, South Korean-American football player
1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
1964 – Murali, Indian actor (d. 2010)
1964 – Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor and screenwriter
1965 – Boris, French singer-songwriter and radio host
1965 – Cecilia Bolocco, Chilean model and television host, Miss Universe 1987
1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
1968:  Theo de Raadt, South African Canadian software engineer
1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American actor, singer, and bass player
1969:  Thomas Vinterberg, Danish film director
1970 – K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
1970 – Mario Dumont, Canadian television host and politician
1970:  Alison Elliott, American actress
1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
1970 – Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
1971 – Psicosis, Mexican wrestler
1971 – Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)
1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1974 – Emma Shapplin, French soprano
1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1975 – Delma Gonçalves (bka Pretinha), Brazilian footballer
1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
1975 – Jonas Renkse
      Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Katatonia, Bloodbath, and October Tide)
1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
1976:  Gail Simmons, Canadian food writer and cookbook author
1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
1978 – Kim Zolciak, American singer
1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1979:  Waylon "Shooter" Jennings, American musician
1979 – Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1980 – Drew Fuller, American model and actor
1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Yo Gotti, American rapper
1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter
1981 – Georges St-Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist and actor
1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
1982 – Alexandru Găvan, Romanian mountaineer
1982 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
1982 – Mihiro, Japanese actress, singer, and television personality
1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
1983Michael Che, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
1984 – Carla Lynch, English actress and model
1984 – Inna Modja, Malian-French singer
1985 – Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
1986 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
1987 – Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer (Passion Pit)
1987 – David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
1989 – Jasmine, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer
1992 – Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
1992:  Eleanor Tomlinson, English actress
1993 – Ryunosuke Kamiki, Japanese actor
1994 – Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer


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Notable

804 – Alcuin, English monk and scholar (b. 735)
988 – Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (b. 909)
1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045)
1125 – Vladimir II Monomakh, Russian son of Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1053)
1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
1319 – Louis, Count of Évreux (b. 1276)
1389 – Dmitry Donskoy, Russian son of Ivan II of Moscow (b. 1350)
1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
1536 – Anne Boleyn, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax  (b. 1661)
      English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1786 – John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
1795 – Josiah Bartlett  (b. 1729)
      American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire
1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer(b. 1740)
1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
1821 – Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz  (b. 1793)
      Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist
1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author and diplomat (b. 1804)
1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1895 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
1898 – William Ewart Gladstone  (b. 1809)
      English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1901 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius  (b. 1819)
      South African general and politician
      1st President of the South African Republic
1903 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
1904 – Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
1904 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
1906 – Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
1918 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
1935 – T. E. Lawrence, Welsh-English colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
1939 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
1940 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1895)
1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
1946 – Booth Tarkington, American author and playwright (b. 1869)
1950 – Daniel Ciugureanu  (b. 1884)
      Moldovan physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova
1954 – Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
1958 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
1958 – Ronald Colman, English-American actor (b. 1891)
1963 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
1965 – Tu'i Malila, Malagasy turtle (b. 1777)
1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet and author (b. 1902)
1975 – Li Tobler, Swiss model and actress (b. 1948)
1978 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
1980 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
1983 – Jean Rey  (b. 1902)
      Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission
1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
1984 – Michael Silka, American spree killer (b. 1958)
1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
1987 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
1989 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)
1989 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
1994 – Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis  (b. 1929)
      American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States
1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
1996 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
1998 – Sōsuke Uno  (b. 1922)
      Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan
1999 – James Blades, English drummer and educator (Melos Ensemble) (b. 1901)
1999 – Candy Candido, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
2001 – Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2002 – Ralph Anstruther, Scottish courtier (b. 1921)
2002 – John Gorton  (b. 1911)
      Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia
2002 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2005 – Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1920)
2006 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (Freddie and the Dreamers) (b. 1940)
2007 – Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940)
2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2009 – Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (b. 1935)
2009 – Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
2009 – Herbert York, American physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2011 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1926)
2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b. 1944)
2012 – Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)
2012 – Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
2012 – Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942)
2012 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2013 – Bella Flores, Filipino actress (b. 1929)
2013 – G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
2013 – Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2013 – Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
2014 – Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (b. 1982)
2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
2014 – Terry W. Gee, American businessman and politician (b. 1940)
2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930)
2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931)
2014 – Sante Kimes, American murderer (b. 1934)
2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932)
2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934)
2015 – Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
2015 – Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – State of Bengal, Pakistani-English DJ and producer (b. 1965)
2015 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926)
2015 – Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945)


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