Paracelsus
1493 – 1541
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
philosopherchemistphysician writer
Famous Birthdays on November 19
16 notable people were born on November 19.
15th Century
Switzerland
18th Century
Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770 – 1844
Danish sculptor (1770–1844)
19th Century
James A. Garfield
1831 – 1881
president of the United States in 1881
José Raúl Capablanca
1888 – 1942
Cuban chess player (1888-1942)
non-fiction writerchess playerdiplomat
20th Century
George Emil Palade
1912 – 2008
Romanian cell biologist, physician and Nobel laureate
cell biologistuniversity teacherchemist
Indira Gandhi
1917 – 1984
Prime Minister of India (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
Muteesa II of Buganda
1924 – 1969
Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1939 to 1969 and the first President of Uganda in 1962
politicianwriter
Zygmunt Bauman
1925 – 2017
Polish philosopher and sociologist (1925-2017)
Yuan T. Lee
1936
Taiwanese chemist
Nobel Prize winneruniversity teacherchemist
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
1954
President of the Republic of Egypt
politicianmilitary personnel
Petr Nečas
1964
Czech politician, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
technologistpolitician
Sushmita Sen
1975
Indian actress (1975-present)
Mette Frederiksen
1977
Prime Minister of Denmark since 2019
Shin Dong-hyuk
1982
North Korean defector
journalisthuman rights defenderwriter
Meseret Defar
1983
Ethiopian female Olympic long-distance runner
athletics competitorlong-distance runner
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
1996
Belarusian and Polish sprinter
athletics competitor