Who are famous people born on May 19?

Famous people born on May 19 include Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Ho Chi Minh (1890), Malcolm X (1925).

What star sign is someone born on May 19?

Someone born on May 19 is a Taurus.

What is the birthstone for May 19?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 19?

In the US, May 19 is the No. 286 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,009 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 19

Famous people born on May 19, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♉ Star sign
Taurus
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 286 of 366

Born on May 19

Johann Gottlieb Fichte
born 1762 · German philosopher (1762–1814)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
born 1881 · founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
Mohammad Mosaddegh
born 1882 · former Prime Minister of Iran (1882–1967)
Ho Chi Minh
born 1890 · Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
Malcolm X
born 1925 · American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
Pol Pot
born 1925 · former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
Natalia Oreiro
born 1977 · Uruguayan actress, singer, host, and model
Ashraf Ghani
born 1949 · President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021
Diego Forlán
born 1979 · Uruguayan association football player and manager (born 1979)
Sam Smith
born 1992 · British singer-songwriter (born 1992)
Pete Townshend
born 1945 · British musician
Grace Jones
born 1948 · Jamaican singer, model and actress
Manuel Almunia
born 1977 · Spanish association football player
Malo Gusto
born 2003 · French footballer (born 2003)
André the Giant
born 1946 · French professional wrestler and actor (1946–1993)
JoJo Siwa
born 2003 · American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality (born 2003)
Teresa Ribera
born 1969 · Spanish politician (born 1969)
José Ramón Alexanko
born 1956 · Spanish footballer
Cristóbal López Romero
born 1952 · cardinal (1952-)
Demet Evgâr
born 1980 · Turkish actor (born 1980)
Özcan Deniz
born 1972 · Turkish actor and director (born 1972)
Ozan Güven
born 1975 · Turkish actor (born 1975)
Fátima Bosch
born 2000 · Mexican pageant titleholder (born 2000)
Helen Quinn
born 1943 · Australian physicist (born 1943)
Michele Placido
born 1946 · Italian actor and film director
Hugh Keays-Byrne
born 1947 · British-Australian actor (1947–2020)
Bert van Marwijk
born 1952 · Dutch football manager
James Gosling
born 1955 · Canadian computer scientist
Gadi Eisenkot
born 1960 · Israeli military officer
Gitanas Nausėda
born 1964 · President of Lithuania since 2019
Cecil Bolocco
born 1965 · Chilean television presenter and beauty pageant contestant
Morten Tyldum
born 1967 · Norwegian film director
Theo de Raadt
born 1968 · Leader of the OpenBSD project
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Miguel Ángel Benítez
born 1970 · Paraguayan footballer
Jenny Berggren
born 1972 · Swedish singer
Andrea Pirlo
born 1979 · Italian association football player and manager
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Daniel N'Gom Kome
born 1980 · Cameroonian footballer
Moeneeb Josephs
born 1980 · South African footballer
Georges St-Pierre
born 1981 · Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Víctor Ibarbo
born 1990 · Colombian association football player (born 1990)

May 19 in history

2024A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
2012A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
1997The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
1971Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
1959The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
1934Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
1917The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
1848Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
1780New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, is observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
1655The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1535French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
715Pope Gregory II is elected.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Crispin of Viterbo
Christian feast day: Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism)
Christian feast day: Ivo of Kermartin
Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
Christian feast day: Maria Bernarda Bütler
Christian feast day: Peter Celestine
Christian feast day: Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Blessed Umiliana de' Cerchi
Christian feast day: May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 19 in every year

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Questions about May 19 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 19?: Famous people born on May 19 include Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Ho Chi Minh (1890), Malcolm X (1925).
What star sign is someone born on May 19?: Someone born on May 19 is a Taurus.
What is the birthstone for May 19?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 19?: In the US, May 19 is the No. 286 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,009 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).