Famous Birthdays on June 19

23 notable people were born on June 19.

18th Century

José Gervasio Artigas

1764 – 1850

Uruguay

Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence

military officerpoliticianmilitary personnel

20th Century

Osamu Dazai

1909 – 1948

Japan

Japanese author

Dudley Senanayake

1911 – 1973

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan politician (1911–1973)

diplomatpoliticianlawyer

Joshua Nkomo

1917 – 1999

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean politician (1917-1999)

trade unionistministerpolitician

Aage Bohr

1922 – 2009

Denmark

Danish physicist (1922–2009)

Vasil Bykaŭ

1924 – 2003

Belarus

Belarusian writer (1924–2003)

short story writerjournalistpolitician

Gérard Latortue

1934 – 2023

Haiti

Haitian Prime Minister (1934–2023)

diplomatpolitician

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos

1935 – 2025

Ecuador

President of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992

university teacherpoliticianlawyer

Václav Klaus

1941

Czech Republic

President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013

economistpoliticianteacher

Radovan Karadžić

1945

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

psychiatristpoliticianpoet

Aung San Suu Kyi

1945

Myanmar

former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

human rights defenderpoliticianwriter

Salman Rushdie

1947

India

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Ayman al-Zawahiri

1951 – 2022

Egypt

al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon

military leadersurgeonulema

Subcomandante Marcos

1957

Mexico

Mexican activist (1957-)

Christian Wulff

1959

Germany

10th German Federal President

Bidya Devi Bhandari

1961

Nepal

president of Nepal

politician

Boris Johnson

1964

United Kingdom

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

Rahul Gandhi

1970

India

Indian politician (1970-present)

Oksana Chusovitina

1975

Uzbekistan

artistic gymnast

artistic gymnast

Ragnar Sigurðsson

1986

Iceland

Icelandic football player

association football playerassociation football coach

Andrej Kramarić

1991

Croatia

Croatian association football player

association football player

Dylan Bronn

1995

Tunisia

Tunisian and French association football player

association football player

José Luis Rodríguez

1998

Panama

Panamanian association football player

association football player