The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on May 19th

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 - 1994)

American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States
T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935)

British archaeologist, army officer and writer
Velupillai Prabhakaran

Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954 - 2009)

Sri Lankan Founder and Leader of the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam" movement
Alan Young

Alan Young (1919 - 2016)

English-Canadian actor
Martin Amis

Martin Amis (1949 - 2023)

English novelist
Charles Ives

Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)

American composer
Jamsetji Tata

Jamsetji Tata (1839 - 1904)

Indian businessman
Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

Poet, author, lyricist
Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis (1916 - 2018)

English-American historian
Morley Safer

Morley Safer (1931 - 2016)

Canadian correspondent
James Boswell

James Boswell (1740 - 1795)

Scottish Lawyer, Diarist, Author
Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins (1904 - 1969)

American jazz saxophonist
Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham (1926 - 2014)

Australian race car driver
John Beradino

John Beradino (1917 - 1996)

American baseball player
Happy Rockefeller

Happy Rockefeller (1926 - 2015)

American Second Lady, Philanthropist
Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946)

American novelist
Max Scheler

Max Scheler (1874 - 1928)

German philosopher
José Martí

José Martí (1853 - 1895)

Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist
Paul Mooney

Paul Mooney (1941 - 2021)

American comedian, actor and writer
John Fabian Carlson

John Fabian Carlson (1875 - 1947)

Swedish-born American Painter
Lola Ridge

Lola Ridge (1873 - 1941)

Irish-born New Zealand-American Poet, Editor