November 19
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[edit] Births
- 1600 - King Charles I of England (d. 1649)
- 1711 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765)
- 1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and Suez Canal engineer (d. 1894)
- 1831 - James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
- 1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, philosopher (d. 1911)
- 1843 - Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
- 1859 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
- 1862 - Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)
- 1865 - Otto Eckmann, painter and interior designer (d. 1902)
- 1875 - Mikhail I. Kalinin, Russian metal worker and head of state (d. 1946)
- 1883 - Ned Sparks, actor (d. 1957)
- 1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1888 - José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942)
- 1899 - Allen Tate, poet and critic (d. 1979)
- 1900 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d. 1980)
- 1900 - Anna Seghers, writer (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Tommy Dorsey, bandleader (d. 1956)
- 1907 - Jack Schaefer, author (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Luke Short, actor (d. 1975)
- 1917 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- 1920 - Gene Tierney, actress (d. 1991)
- 1921 - Roy Campanella, baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1926 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- 1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
- 1933 - Larry King, television interviewer
- 1935 - Bob Gibson, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1935 - Rashad Khalifa, imam (d. 1990)
- 1936 - Dick Cavett, talk show host
- 1938 - Ted Turner, American businessman
- 1939 - Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator]]
- 1941 - Dan Haggerty, actor
- 1942 - Calvin Klein, clothing designer
- 1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet
- 1943 - Aurelio Monteagudo, Major League Baseball player (d. 1990)
- 1947 - Bob Boone, Major League Baseball player and manager
- 1947 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician
- 1951 - Lord Falconer, British lawyer and politician
- 1953 - Robert Beltran, actor
- 1953 - Paul Whalen, entomologist
- 1957 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
- 1960 - Allison Janney, actress
- 1960 - Elizabeth Hulette (Miss Elizabeth)
- 1961 - Meg Ryan, American actress
- 1962 - Jodie Foster, American actress
- 1963 - Terry Farrell, American actress
- 1966 - Gail Devers, American athlete
- 1966 - Jason Scott Lee, actor
- 1973 - Savion Glover, choreographer, actor, dancer
- 1975 - Sushmita Sen, Indian actress and Miss Universe
- 1976 - Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
