March 19: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 19th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 19th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 19th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 19th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Alonso Cano, Spanish painter (Ideal Portrait of a Spanish King), sculptor and architect (Cathedral Granada), was born on March 19, 1601.

American painter William H. Johnson (Doug, Mom Alice, Scene in Corsica and Sowing Breakdown) was born on March 19, 1901.

Gaston Lachaise, American sculptor (Standing Woman), was born on March 19, 1882.

American painter Charles Marion Russell (Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians, Piegans and Waiting for a Chinook) was born on March 19, 1864.

Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (The Race Track - Death on a Pale Horse, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens and Toilers of the Sea), was born on March 19, 1847.

March 19th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Richie Ashburn, American professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies) and sportscaster, was born on March 19, 1972. Richie Ashburn was also known as Whitey Ashburn.

American professional golfer Gay Brewer, Jr., was born on March 19, 1932.

American professional football player Joe Kapp (Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings) was born on March 19, 1939.

March 19th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

British explorer and author Sir Richard Francis Burton (City of the Saints, Explorations of the Highlands of Brazil and Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah) was born on March 19, 1821.

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Russian author (Dead Souls, Death of a Madman, The Inspector-General, The Nose, The Overcoat and Taras Bul'ba), was born on March 19, 1809.

Philip Roth, American author (American Pastoral, The Dying Animal, Everyman, Exit Ghost, The Ghost Writer, Good-bye Columbus, The Great American Novel, The Human Stain, I Married a Communist, My Life as a Man, Operation Shylock, Patrimony: A True Story, The Plot Against America, Portnoy's Complaint and Zuckerman Unbound) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1997), was born on March 19, 1933.

American author (The Chapman Report, The Fan Club, The Man, The People's Almanac, The Prize and The Word) Irving Wallace was born on March 19, 1916. Irving Wallace was the father of authors Amy Wallace and David Wallechinski.

March 19th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Loretta Mary (Jackie Mabley) Aiken, American comedienne and actress (Abraham Martin & John, Amazing Grace, Boarding House Blues, Emperor Jones and Killer Diller), was born on March 19, 1894. Jackie Mabley was also called Moms Mabley.

Swiss actress Ursula Andress (Casino Royale, The Clash of the Titans, Dr. No, Fun in Acapulco, The Sensuous Nurse, She and What's New Pussycat) was born on March 19, 1936.

Tiger (Tige Andrews) Androwaous, American actor (The Detectives and The Mod Squad), was born on March 19, 1923.

Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist (The Zombies), was born on March 19, 1946. Paul Atkinson was also a music executive, producing such acts as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest and others.

Belgian rock guitarist Gert Bettens-Wills (K's Choice) was born on March 19, 1970.

Abby Brammell, American actress (Birds of Prey,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Six Feet Under, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Shield and The Unit), was born on March 19, 1979.

American jazz bassist and trombonist Chris Brubeck (The Brubeck Brothers and The Dave Brubeck Quartet) was born on March 19, 1952. Son to jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, Chris Brubeck is brother to jazz musician Daniel Brubeck.

Martha Carson, American country music and Gospel singer ("Satisfied"), was born on March 19, 1921.

American actress Glenn Close (101 Dalmations, The Big Chill, Damages, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, Hamlet, Jagged Edge, The Natural, The Paper, Reversal of Fortune and The World According to Garp) was born on March 19, 1947.

Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, Pulitzer Prize winner (2007) and composer, was born on March 19, 1930. Ornette Coleman's best known songs included "I've Waited All My Life," "Law Years," "Lonely Woman," "Peace," "The Blessing," "Turnaround," "What Reason Could I Give" and "When Will the Blues Leave."

American actress Betty Compson (Mad Youth andMillionaire Kid) was born on March 19, 1897.

British rock singer Terry Hall (Colourfield, Fun Boy Three, Gangsters, The Specials, Terry Blair and Anouchka and Vegas) was born on March 19, 1959. Terry Hall has performed with Damon Albarn, Lily Allen, Leila Arab, Dub Pistols, Stephen Duffy, Gorillaz, Junkie XL, The Lightning Seeds, Sinead O'Connor, David A. Stewart, Tricky and other artists.

Bill Henderson, American jazz singer (The Oscar Peterson Trio) and actor (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Alibi, City Slickers, Clue, Conspiracy Theory, Continental Divide, Cousins, Fletch, Ghosts of Mississippi, Hoodlum, Maverick, Mother Jugs & Speed, Murphy's Law, Silver Streak, Trouble Man and White Men Can't Jump), was born on March 19, 1928.

American R&B singer Clarence (Frogman) Henry ("Ain't Got No Home," I Don't Know Why - But I Do" and "You Always Hurt the One You Love") was born on March 19, 1937.

Zach Lind, American alternative rock drummer (Jimmy Eat World), was born on March 19, 1977.

Scottish rock drummer Derek Longmuir (The Bay City Rollers) was born on March 19, 1952.

Robin Luke, American rock and country music singer ("Bad Boy," "Chicka Chicka Honey," "Everlovin'," "Five Minutes More," "Foggin' up the Windows," "Living's Loving You," "Make Me a Dreamer," "My Girl," "Part of a Fool," "Poor Little Rich Boy," "Strollin' Blues," Susie Darlin',""Walkin' in the Moonlight" and "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming"), was born on March 19, 1942.

American actress (Guiding Light, The Long Hot Summer and Naked City) and television executive (20^th Century Fox) Nancy Malone was born on March 19, 1935.

Patrick McGoohan, American actor (Braveheart, Escape from Alcatraz, I Am a Camera, Ice Station Zebra, Secret Agent and The Silver Streak), was born on March 19, 1928.

American singer and actress Eileen Patricia Morison (Dressed to Kill, Kiss of Death, Lady on a Train, The Magnificent Fraud, One Night in Lisbon, Peyton Place, Rangers of Fortune, The Prince of Thieves, The Return of Wildfire, Romance of the Rio Grande, The Roundup, The Song of Bernadette, Song of the Thin Man, Tarzan and the Huntress, The Two Bouquets and Untamed) was born on March 19, 1914.

Phyllis Newman, American singer and actress (Coming of Age, The Picnic, A Secret Space and That Was the Week That Was), was born on March 19, 1933.

American R&B singer Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) was born on March 19, 1946. Ruth Pointer is sister to R&B singers Anita Pointer and Issa Pointer.

Roy Roberts, American actor (The Lucy Show and Petticoat Junction), was born on March 19, 1900.

American screenwriter (Acts of Love - and Other Comedies), television personality (The Jack Paar Show) and actress (Daddy Dearest, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, The Nanny, A New Leaf and The Producers) Renee Taylor was born on March 19, 1933.

Craig Lamar Traylor, American actor (Get a Clue, Malcolm in the Middle and Matilda), was born on March 19, 1989.

American actor Walter Bruce Willis (Armageddon, Billy Bathgate, Die Hard, Die Harder, The Fifth Element, Hudson Hawk, In Country, The Last Boy Scout, Last Man Standing, Live Free or Die Hard, Moonlighting, Pulp Fiction, Sin City and The Sixth Sense) was born on March 19, 1955. Bruce Willis was married to actress Demi Moore.

March 19th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

French physician John Astrue was born on March 19, 1684.

Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1935), was born on March 19, 1900. Frederick Joliot-Curie was married to scientist Irene Joliot-Curie, who was the daughter of scientists Pierre Curie and Marie Curie.

March 19th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Russian Romanov Tsar Aleksei Romanov was born on March 19, 1629.

William Bradford, American Pilgrim, Mayflower journey leader and 30-year Plymouth Colony Governor, was born on March 19, 1590.

William Jennings Bryan, American orator, U.S. Congressman (D-Nebraska), 41^st. U.S. Secretary of State (under 28^th U.S. President Woodrow Wilson), and Democratic nominee for U.S. President (1896, 1900 and 1908), was born on March 19, 1860. Known as "The Great Commoner," William Jennings Bryan was instrumental in the 1925 Scopes Trial, debating the teachings of evolution and creationism.

American frontiersman and Illinois sheriff Wyatt Earp was born on March 19, 1848. Wyatt Earp served as an armed guard for the Wells Fargo Company and participated in the famous 1881 gunfight with outlaws at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice and Nobel Prize winner (1954), was born on March 19, 1901.

Portuguese King Johan IV was born on March 19, 1604.

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (to Africa), explorer and author (Missionary Travels and The Zambezi and Its Tributaries), was born on March 19, 1813. Upon finding David Livingstone after a two-year search in African territories, explorer Henry M. Stanley spoke the often quoted line, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume."

Portuguese King Manoel II was born on March 19, 1889.

Roque Saenz Pena, President of Argentina, was born on March 19, 1851.

American federal judge John Sirica, who presided over the 1973 Watergate Hearings, was born on March 19, 1904.

James Alward Van Fleet, American four-star Army General, was born on March 19, 1892. James Van Fleet led Allied troops in the D-Day attack on Normandy during World War II.

Earl Warren, American jurist, 88^th U.S. Supreme Court Justice and 14^th Chief Justice of the U.W. Supreme Court, was born on March 19, 1891.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 19th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 19th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 19th.

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