Famous people born on 19 February

• Svante August ArrheniusSwedish astronomer, chemist and physicist · 1859–1927
  68 yrs
• Saparmyrat NyýazowPresident of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006 · 1940–2006
  66 yrs
• André BretonFrench writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism · 1896–1966
  70 yrs
• Élie DucommunSwiss activist · 1833–1906
  73 yrs
• Lee MarvinAmerican actor · 1924–1987
  63 yrs
• Constantin Brâncuși ↗Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter · 1876–1957
  81 yrs
• Sven Hedin ↗Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator · 1865–1952
  87 yrs
• Luigi Boccherini ↗Italian composer and cellist · 1743–1805
  62 yrs
• William III of the Netherlands ↗King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg · 1817–1890
  73 yrs
• Carson McCullers ↗American writer · 1917–1967
  50 yrs
• Álvaro Obregón ↗Mexican politician, president of Mexico · 1880–1928
  48 yrs
• David Garrick ↗British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer · 1717–1779
  61 yrs
• Falco ↗Austrian musician · 1957–1998
  40 yrs
• Hovhannes Tumanyan ↗Armenian writer and public activist · 1869–1923
  54 yrs
• August Schleicher ↗German philologist · 1821–1868
  47 yrs
• David Bronstein ↗Soviet chess grandmaster · 1924–2006
  82 yrs
• Pim Fortuyn ↗Dutch politician · 1948–2002
  54 yrs
• Poggio Bracciolini ↗Italian scholar, writer and humanist · 1380–1459
  79 yrs
• Zygmunt Krasiński ↗Polish poet · 1812–1859
  47 yrs
• Merle Oberon ↗British actress · 1911–1979
  68 yrs
• Massimo Troisi ↗Italian actor, film director, and poet · 1953–1994
  41 yrs
• John Frankenheimer ↗American film and television director · 1930–2002
  72 yrs
• Gabriele Münter ↗German painter · 1877–1962
  85 yrs
• Jaan Kross ↗Estonian writer · 1920–2007
  87 yrs
• Mary Anderson ↗Inventor of the windshield wiper blade · 1866–1953
  87 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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