Famous Birthdays for May 19Johns Hopkins 1795 - entrepreneur, philanthropist, mosted noted for the creation of Johns Hopkins Hospital Sarah Peale 1800 - Portrait painter Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Sinh Cung) 1890 - North Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, prime minister and president Bruce Bennett 1906 - Shot putter, actor George Auld 1919 - Musician Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 1925 - African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist Jim Lehrer (James Charles "Jim" Lehrer) 1934 - Journalist, news anchor David Hartman 1935 - Television personality James Fox 1939 - Actor Nancy Kwan 1939 - Actress Stephen Young (Stephen Levy) 1939 - Actor Francis Scobee (Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee) 1939 - Astronaut, killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger Mickey Newbury 1940 - Songwriter Nora Ephron 1941 - Diretor, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist Peter Mayhew 1944 - Actor ("Star Wars") Pete Townshend 1945 - Musician (The Who) David Helfgott 1947 - Concert pianist Dusty Hill 1949 - Musician (ZZ Top) Grace Jones 1952 - Singer, model, actress Joey Ramone 1951 - Musician (The Ramones) Phil Rudd 1954 - Musician (AC/DC) Steven Ford (Steven Meigs Ford) 1956 - Actor, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford Martyn Ware 1956 - Musician (The Human League) Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) 1962 Jenny Berggren 1972 - Musician (Ace of Base) Kevin Garnett 1976 - Basketball player Eric Lloyd 1986 - Actor Sam Smith (Samuel Frederick Smith) 1992 - Singer |
