Today in History

March 19, 2026

15 notable people were born on this day

Born on March 19

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José María Velasco Ibarra

1893 – 1979

President of Ecuador (1934 - 1935) / (1944 - 1947) / (1952 - 1956) / (1960 - 1961) / (1968 - 1972)

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Ecuador

Albert Speer

1905 – 1981

German Nazi architect, Government Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany and convicted Nazi War Criminal (1905–1981)

Germany

Adolf Eichmann

1906 – 1962

German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)

Germany

Mario Monti

1943 – Present

Italian economist and politician (1943-)

Italy

Mario Molina

1943 – 2020

Mexican chemical engineer (1943–2020)

Mexico

Sirhan Sirhan

1944 – Present

assassin of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (born 1944)

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Jordan

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Mahathir Mohamad

1925 – Present

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

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Malaysia

Klaus Iohannis

1959 – Present

President of Romania from 2014 to 2025

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Romania

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

1945 – Present

President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023

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Brazil

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

1961 – Present

President of the United Arab Emirates

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United Arab Emirates

Alexis Tsipras

1974 – Present

Prime Minister of Greece (2015; 2015–2019)

civil engineerpolitician
Greece

Dani Rodrik

1957 – Present

Turkish economist and publicist (born 1957)

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Turkey

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