What happened on April 19 ?

1452 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1504)

1603 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)

1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)

1665 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)

1686 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)

1721 - Thomas McKean, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1817)

1721 - Roger Sherman, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)

1785 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)

1793 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)

1832 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)

1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)

1882 - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (d. 1954)

1883 - Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)

1889 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)

1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (d. 1983)

1897 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)

1897 - Constance Talmadge, American actress (d. 1973)

1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)

1900 - Richard Hughes, English novelist (d. 1976)

1903 - Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957)

1912 - Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1919 - Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographher

1922 - Erich Hartmann, German pilot (d. 1993)

1925 - Hugh O'Brian, American actor

1928 - Alexis Korner, English musician (d. 1984)

1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)

1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)

1932 - Dickie Goodman, American humorist (d. 1989)

1933 - Dickie Bird, English cricket umpire

1933 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967)

1935 - Dudley Moore, English actor, musician, comedian, composer (d. 2002)

1936 - Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium

1937 - Elinor Donahue, American actress

1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and President of the Philippines

1940 - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)

1941 - Alan Price, English Musician (The Animals), (The Alan Price Set)

1944 - James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize

1944 - Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (P Funk)

1946 - Tim Curry, British actor

1947 - Murray Perahia, American pianist

1947 - Mark Volman, American musician (The Turtles

1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player

1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot

1951 - Barry Brown, Amercian actor and writer (d. 1978)

1952 - Alexis Arguello, Nicaraguan boxer

1953 - Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)

1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality

1960 - Roger Merrett, Australian footballer

1960 - Frank Viola, baseball player

1962 - Al Unser, Jr., American race car driver

1965 - Suge Knight, American record producer

1967 - Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor

1967 - Greg Ferrara, Independent Filmmaker, writer

1967 - Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter

1968 - Mswati III, King of Swaziland

1968 - Ashley Judd, American actress

1970 - Kelly Holmes, English athlete

1970 - Luis Miguel, Mexican pop-singer

1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer

1975 - Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer

1975 - Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer (Goalkeeper)

1977 - Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer

1978 - James Franco, American actor

1978 - Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer

1979 - Kate Hudson, American actress

1981 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor

1981 - Troy Polamalu, American football player

1981 - Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress

1987 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player

1987 - Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress