Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 19
Births
[edit]- 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, (pictured) French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
- 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896)
- 1897 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author
- 1948 - Nick Drake, British guitarist (d. 1974)
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
Deaths
[edit]- 1937 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
- 1956 - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
- 1977 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
- 1993 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)