Famous Personalities Born In May - 19
Friday, 18 July 2025
1469 Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.
1611 On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)
1616 On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer
1700 On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
1724 Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.
1744 On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
1746 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.
1755 On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer
1762 Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre) was born on this day in history.
1770 Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer was born on May - 19.
1773 Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.
1795 On May - 19 birth of johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
1797 Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.
1808 Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.
1812 Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on May - 19.
1815 John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.
1827 On May - 19 birth of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1828 Adin Ballou Underwood, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 19.
1839 Alice Mary Smith, composer was born on this day in history.
1858 On May - 19 birth of roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam)
1859 On May - 19 birth of nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
1860 On this day in history birth of victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19)
1861 Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931) was born on May - 19.
1862 On this day in history birth of mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
1864 On May - 19 birth of carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process
1869 On this day in history birth of jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State
1870 On May - 19 birth of albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1873 On this day in history birth of federico Gerdes, composer
1874 On May - 19 birth of gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)
1878 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer was born on this day in history.
1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor was born on this day in history.
1880 Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) was born on this day in history.
1881 On this day in history birth of mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1882 On this day in history birth of mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)