Famous people born on 19 January

14 of the people we track were born on 19 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Edgar Allan Poe 1809American writer and literary criticdied aged 40
2. James Watt 1736Scottish engineerdied aged 83
3. PCPaul Cézanne 1839French painterdied aged 67
4. Auguste Comte 1798French philosopher and mathematiciandied aged 59
5. Dolly Parton 1946American singerdied aged 80
6. Robert E. Lee 1807Military officerdied aged 63
7. Janis Joplin 1943American singerdied aged 27
8. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 1920Peruvian politician who served as United Nations Secretary-Generaldied aged 100
9. Jenson Button 1980British driverliving, 46
10. Francis II of France 1544King of Francedied aged 16
11. Leonid Kantorovich 1912Soviet mathematiciandied aged 74
12. Julian Barnes 1946British writerliving, 80
13. Claudio Marchisio 1986Italian footballerliving, 40
14. PPulcheria AD 399Byzantine emperordied aged 54