What happened on August 19 ?

1398 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)

1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)

1590 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)

1596 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (d. 1662)

1621 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)

1631 - John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)

1646 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)

1686 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)

1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)

1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)

1711 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)

1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)

1853 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)

1870 - Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)

1871 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)

1875 - Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)

1878 - Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (d. 1944)

1881 - Georges Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)

1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)

1883 - Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)

1896 - Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)

1902 - Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)

1906 - Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor and television pioneer (d. 1971)

1907 - Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982)

1913 - Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)

1914 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and coach (d. 2005)

1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)

1919 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)

1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)

1925 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright, poet, and polemicist (d. 1971)

1926 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist

1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author

1931 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)

1935 - Bobby Richardson, baseball player

1938 - Diana Muldaur, American actress, dog breeder and judge

1939 - Ginger Baker, English musician

1940 - Johnny Nash, American singer

1940 - Jill St. John, American actress

1942 - Fred Dalton Thompson, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and actor

1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer

1944 - Charles B. Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist

1945 - Ian Gillan, English singer

1946 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States

1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor

1947 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor

1948 - Gerald McRaney, American actor

1948 - Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States

1950 - Jennie Bond, British journalist

1951 - John Deacon, English musician (Queen)

1952 - Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director

1955 - Peter Gallagher, American actor

1956 - Adam Arkin, American actor

1958 - Anthony Muñoz, American football player

1960 - Morten Andersen, American football player

1963 - John Stamos, American actor

1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)

1964 - Whitney Prescott, American model

1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, American actress

1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician

1969 - Matthew Perry, Canadian actor

1973 - Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway

1973 - Callum Blue, British actor

1979 - Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K)

1979 - Jennifer Morrison, American actress

1980 - Jun Jin, rapper in Korean group Shinhwa

1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer

1982 - Erika Christensen, American actress

1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter

1983 - Tammin Sursok, Australian actress

1987 - Anais Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)

1987 - Richard Stearman, English footballer