Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Sunday, 19 October 2025
0399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.
1544 On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1613 On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 On January - 19 birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 On this day in history birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1736 On this day in history birth of laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on this day in history.
1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on January - 19.
1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on January - 19.
1752 On January - 19 birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
1757 On January - 19 birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 On this day in history birth of melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
1790 On January - 19 birth of per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) was born on this day in history.
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on January - 19.
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer was born on this day in history.
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on this day in history.
1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1807 Robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 On January - 19 birth of edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1813 On this day in history birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 On January - 19 birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) was born on this day in history.
1830 George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Laub, composer
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on this day in history.
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on January - 19.
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on January - 19.