Famous people born on 19 June

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

1. Blaise Pascal 1623French mathematician and physicistdied aged 39
2. Aung San Suu Kyi 1945Burmese writerliving, 81
3. BJBoris Johnson 1964Politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomliving, 62
4. Salman Rushdie 1947Indian-born novelistliving, 79
5. James VI and I 1566Monarch of Scotlanddied aged 58
6. Ayman al-Zawahiri 1951Leader and surgeondied aged 71
7. Radovan Karadžić 1945Bosnian politician and poet who served as President of Republika Srpskaliving, 81
8. Christian Wulff 1959German lawyerliving, 67
9. José Rizal 1861Filipino writer and polymathdied aged 35
10. Václav Klaus 1941Czech politician who served as President of the Czech Republicliving, 85
11. Bidya Devi Bhandari 1961Nepalese politician who served as President of Nepalliving, 65
12. Aage Bohr 1922Danish physicistdied aged 87
13. Zoe Saldaña 1978American actorliving, 48
14. Jean Dujardin 1972French actorliving, 54
15. Wallis Simpson 1896American socialitedied aged 89
16. Kathleen Turner 1954American actorliving, 72
17. Osamu Dazai 1909Japanese novelistdied aged 38
18. Gena Rowlands 1930American actordied aged 94
19. Paula Abdul 1962American singer and dancerliving, 64
20. Cyril N. Hinshelwood 1897British physical chemistdied aged 70
21. Ernst Chain 1906Biochemistdied aged 73
22. Rahul Gandhi 1970Indian politicianliving, 56
23. Dirk Nowitzki 1978German basketball playerliving, 48