Famous people born on 19 May

• Ho Chi MinhVietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam · 1890–1969
  79 yrs
• Malcolm XAmerican Black rights activist · 1925–1965
  39 yrs
• Pol PotFormer General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea · 1925–1998
  72 yrs
• Johann Gottlieb FichteGerman philosopher · 1762–1814
  51 yrs
• Innocent XIPope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689 · 1611–1689
  78 yrs
• Nora EphronAmerican film director and writer · 1941–2012
  71 yrs
• Max Perutz ↗Austrian-born British molecular biologist · 1914–2002
  87 yrs
• Vittorio Emanuele Orlando ↗Italian diplomat · 1860–1952
  92 yrs
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ↗Sixth President of India · 1913–1996
  83 yrs
• Nicholas Winton ↗British stockbroker who saved 669 Jewish children during 1938–39 · 1909–2015
  106 yrs
• Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ↗Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818 · 1744–1818
  74 yrs
• Peter Mayhew ↗British-American actor · 1944–2019
  74 yrs
• Albert Fish ↗American serial killer, pedophile and cannibal · 1870–1936
  65 yrs
• André the Giant ↗French professional wrestler and actor · 1946–1993
  46 yrs
• Anne of Bohemia ↗Czech princess · 1366–1394
  28 yrs
• Edward de Bono ↗Maltese physician and writer · 1933–2021
  88 yrs
• Jacob Jordaens ↗Flemish painter, draftsman and designer of prints and tapestries · 1593–1678
  85 yrs
• Pratap Singh ↗16th century ruler of Mewar, India · 1540–1597
  56 yrs
• Ivan Paskevich ↗Russian military leader · 1782–1856
  73 yrs
• Leonid Leonov ↗Russian writer · 1899–1994
  95 yrs
• Nellie Melba ↗Australian opera singer · 1861–1931
  69 yrs
• Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ↗First female Member of Parliament to take her seat · 1879–1964
  84 yrs
• Joey Ramone ↗American punk rock singer · 1951–2001
  49 yrs
• Sancho IV of León and Castile ↗King of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295 · 1258–1295
  36 yrs
• Dick Scobee ↗American astronaut · 1939–1986
  46 yrs
• Jorge Alessandri ↗Chilean politician and President · 1896–1986
  90 yrs
• Gary Kildall ↗American computer scientist and entrepreneur · 1942–1994
  52 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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