Famous people born on 19 October

• Miguel Ángel AsturiasGuatemalan writer and diplomat · 1899–1974
  74 yrs
• Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharIndian-American astrophysicist · 1910–1995
  84 yrs
• Selim I9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 · 1470–1520
  49 yrs
• John le CarréBritish novelist and spy · 1931–2020
  89 yrs
• Thomas Browne ↗English polymath and author · 1605–1682
  77 yrs
• Jean Dausset ↗French immunologist · 1916–2009
  92 yrs
• Umberto Boccioni ↗Italian painter and sculptor · 1882–1916
  33 yrs
• Gunnar Nordahl ↗Swedish association football player · 1921–1995
  73 yrs
• Peter Tosh ↗Jamaican reggae singer and musician · 1944–1987
  42 yrs
• Taejo of Joseon ↗The first king of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history · 1335–1408
  72 yrs
• Lewis Mumford ↗American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic · 1895–1990
  94 yrs
• Vinícius de Moraes ↗Brazilian composer, singer, writer · 1913–1980
  66 yrs
• Divine ↗American actor, singer and drag queen · 1945–1988
  42 yrs
• Emil Grigoryevich Gilels ↗Soviet pianist · 1916–1985
  68 yrs
• Hans Schäfer ↗German footballer · 1927–2017
  90 yrs
• Leigh Hunt ↗British critic, essayist, poet and writer · 1784–1859
  74 yrs
• Walter Bradford Cannon ↗American physiologist · 1871–1945
  73 yrs
• George Albert Boulenger ↗Belgian-British zoologist · 1858–1937
  79 yrs
• Muhammad Ali Bogra ↗Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955 · 1909–1963
  53 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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