August 19th Birthdays
If you were born on August 19th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Debra Paget (nee Debralee Griffin; sister of Lisa Gaye)
American movie actress (Love Me Tender; Broken Arrow; White Feather; The Ten Commandments; Cleopatra’s Daughter; Tiger of Bengal; Princess of the Nile; Belles on Their Toes; Anne of the Indies; Prince Valiant), born August 19, 1933. Ex of David Street, Budd Boetticher. (Debra Paget 1950)
American actress of TV (Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law; Doctor Pulaski on Star Trek: The Next Generation; Joy Adamson on Born Free; McCloud; Dr. Kildare; The Survivors; The Secret Storm; A Year in the Life; The Tony Randall Show) and movies, born August 19, 1938. (Diana Muldaur 1970 Dan August)
Jill St. John (nee Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; married Robert Wagner)
American actress of movies (Diamonds Are Forever; Summer Love; Tender is the Night; The Liquidator; Tony Rome; The Player; The Lost World), and TV (Emerald Point N.A.S.; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In), born August 19, 1940. Ex of Jack Jones, Lance Reventlow. (Jill St. John 1967 Coppertone Ad: SenseiAlan)
English songwriter, vocalist (Jesus on Jesus Christ Superstar album; Paranoid), and lead singer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Deep Purple (Smoke on the Water; Black Night; Speed King; Perfect Strangers; Child in Time; Highway Star / Not Fade Away), born August 19, 1945. (Ian Gillan 1985 : Dana Wullenwaber)
Bill Clinton (nee William Jefferson Blythe III; married Hillary Rodham)
Grammy Award-winning American narrator (Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf; My Life), author (Putting People First: How We Can All Change America; Back to Work), and impeached President of the United States of America (1993-2001), born August 19, 1946. (Bill Clinton 1993 Photo: Bob McNeely)
Gerald McRaney (married Delta Burke)
American actor of TV (Simon & Simon; Major Dad; Promised Land; Jericho; Deadwood; House of Cards; This is Us; Longmire; The Rockford Files; Barnaby Jones; Petrocelli; Gunsmoke) and movies (The NeverEnding Story; Saving Shiloh; Comanche), born August 19, 1947. (Gerald McRaney 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Jonathan Frakes (married Genie Francis)
American director and actor of television (Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation; This is the Life; The Doctors; Days of Our Lives; Bare Essence; Paper Dolls; North and South) and movies (Star Trek films), born August 19, 1952. (Jonathan Frakes 2005 Photo: Benjamin Krahl)
Peter Gallagher (father of Kathryn Gallagher)
American singer & actor of stage, TV (Sandy Cohen on The O.C.; Arthur Campbell on Covert Affairs; Guiding Light; Californication), movies (Sex, Lies, and Videotape; To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday; Summer Lovers; The Idolmaker), born August 19, 1955. (Peter Gallagher 2009 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
Adam Arkin (son of Alan Arkin)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American director & actor of stage, movies & TV (Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope; Life; A Year in the Life; Northern Exposure; 8 Simple Rules; Sons of Anarchy; Knots Landing; The West Wing; Fargo; China Beach; L. A. Law), born August 19, 1956. (Adam Arkin 1976 Photo: CBS)
Darby Hinton (nee Edgar Raymond Darby Hinton; son of Ed Hinton)
American actor of stage, TV (Israel Boone on Daniel Boone; The Fall Guy) and movies (Malibu Express; Hi-Riders; Goodbye, Franklin High; Wild Faith; The Treasure of Jamaica Reef; The Return; Just For Kicks; Stargames; Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws), born August 19, 1957. (Darby Hinton 1968 Daniel Boone)
John Stamos (ex of Rebecca Romijn)
American drummer (The Beach Boys), producer & actor of TV (Jesse Katsopolis on Full House & Fuller House; Dr. Tony Gates on ER; Blackie Parrish on General Hospital; Grandfathered) and movies (Never Too Young to Die; Born to Ride), born August 19, 1963. (John Stamos 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Kyra Sedgwick (married Kevin Bacon)
Emmy Award-winning American producer & actress of TV (Brenda Johnson on The Closer; Another World; Ten Days in the Valley) and movies (Personal Velocity; Something to Talk About; Singles; Phenomenon; Born on the Fourth of July, born August 19, 1965. (Kyra Sedgwick Photo: celebrityabc)
Kevin Dillon (brother of Matt Dillon; great-nephew of Alex Raymond)
American actor of TV (Johnny “Drama” Chase on Entourage; Paulie DeLucca on That’s Life) and movies (Entourage; Platoon; The Doors; The Blob; A Midnight Clear; War Party; Immediate Family; Poseidon; Compulsion; No Escape; The Doors), born August 19, 1965. (Kevin Dillon 2008: Kristin Dos Santos)
(John Stamos 2012: Angela George | Debra Paget 1956)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 19th!
Remember These August 19th Famous Birthdays
Matthew Perry (son of Suzanne Marie Morrison & John Bennett Perry)
American-Canadian producer & actor of TV (Chandler Bing on Friends; Oscar on The Odd Couple; Growing Pains; The West Wing; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; The Good Wife; Go On) & movies (Fools Rush In; Three to Tango; The Whole Nine Yards; Birds of America; Serving Sara) (born Aug. 19, 1969 – died Oct. 28, 2023; age 54). (Matthew Perry c. 1994 Painting: A. Hamilton)
Susan Jacks (nee Susan Pesklevits; married Ted Dushinski; ex of Terry Jacks)
Canadian singer-songwriter solo (I Thought of You Again; Another Woman’s Man; Anna-Marie; All the Tea in China), and with The Poppy Family (Which Way You Goin’ Billy?; Where Evil Grows; That’s Where I Went Wrong; Good Friends; You Don’t Know What Love Is; There’s No Blood in Bone) (born Aug. 19, 1948 – died Apr. 25, 2022; age 73). (Susan Jacks 2008 Photo: WBH)
L. Q. Jones (nee Justus Ellis McQueen Jr.)
American producer, director, screenwriter & actor of TV (The Virginian; Gunsmoke; Cheyenne; Charlie’s Angels; Lassie; Rawhide; Perry Mason; The Big Valley; The F.B.I.; Ironside; Cannon; The Yellow Rose) and movies (The Patriot; An Annapolis Story; Mother, Jugs & Speed; White Line Fever) (born Aug. 19, 1927 – died July 9, 2022; age 94). (L. Q. Jones 1960 Black Saddle)
Johnny Nash (nee John Lester Nash Jr.)
American actor (Key Witness; Take a Giant Step), singer-songwriter (I Can See Clearly Now; Hold Me Tight; Tears on My Pillow; A Very Special Love; The Teen Commandments; As Time Goes By), and co-founder of JODA Records (Bob Marley) (born Aug. 19, 1940 – died Oct. 6, 2020; age 80). Johnny Nash had been ill before he died. (Johnny Nash 1965 Photo: Joda Records)
Gene Roddenberry (nee Eugene Wesley Roddenberry)
American US Army WWII pilot, LAPD speech writer, TV producer and screenwriter (Star Trek; Have Gun – Will Travel; The Lieutenant; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Mr. District Attorney; West Point; Highway Patrol) (born Aug. 19, 1921 – died Oct. 24, 1991; age 70). Gene Roddenberry died of heart failure. (Gene Roddenberry 1961 Photo: Mutual of New York)
Marie Wilson (nee Katherine Elizabeth Wilson)
American character and voice over actress of radio, TV (Irma Peterson on My Friend Irma), and movies (My Friend Irma; Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation; Marry Me Again; Never Wave at a WAC; She’s in the Army; Shine On, Harvest Moon; A Girl in Every Port; No Leave, No Love) (born Aug. 19, 1916 – died Nov. 23, 1972; age 56). Marie Wilson died of cancer. (Marie Wilson 1941: Columbia)
Coco Chanel (nee Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel)
French milliner, couture fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand (Chanel No. 5 perfume; the Chanel suit, little black dress, & handbag), homophobic anti-semite, and WWII Nazi Germany collaborator (born Aug. 19, 1883 – died Jan. 10, 1971; age 87). Coco Chanel’s death is presumed to be from natural causes. (Coco Chanel 1920s Photo)
Ring Lardner Jr. (nee Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr.; son of Ring Lardner)
Blacklisted “Hollywood Ten” American, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for movies (MASH; Woman of the Year; Forever Amber; Meet Dr. Christian; The Greatest) and TV (The Adventures of Robin Hood) (born Aug. 19, 1915 – died Oct. 31, 2000; age 85). Cause of death for Ring Lardner Jr. was reported as cancer. (Ring Lardner Jr. 1950 The Hollywood Ten)
Bill Shoemaker (nee William Lee Shoemaker; aka Willie Shoemaker)
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame American thoroughbred racehorse jockey (8800+ wins; 4 Kentucky Derby wins), 1951 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award winner, author (Dark Horse), & racehorse trainer (born Aug. 19, 1931 – died Oct. 12, 2003; age 72). Bill Shoemaker died of natural causes. (Bill Shoemaker 1960 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
Ogden Nash (nee Frederic Ogden Nash)
American humorous poet with 500+ poems (Line-Up for Yesterday; What I Know About Life; The Carnival of the Animals; Song for the Saddest Ides; Common Sense) , baseball fan, and Broadway lyricist (One Touch of Venus) (born Aug. 19, 1902 – died May 19, 1971; age 68). Ogden Nash died of Crohn’s disease complications. (Ogden Nash 1955 Photo: ABC Television)
Constance Worth (nee Enid Joyce Howarth; aka Jocelyn Howarth)
Australian movie actress (China Passage; Windjammer; Borrowed Hero; Meet Boston Blackie; The Wages of Sin; Mystery of the White Room; Criminals Within; The Borrowed Hero; Why Girls Leave Home; Angels Over Broadway; Sensation Hunters) (born Aug. 19, 1911 – died Oct. 18, 1963; age 52). Ex of George Brent. (Constance Worth 1942 The Dawn Express)
Dick Simmons (nee Richard Simmons)
American actor of TV (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon; Death Valley Days) and movies (The Youngest Profession; Thousands Cheer; Lady in the Lake; Stand by for Action; Undercover Maisie; This Time for Keeps; Love Laughs at Andy Hardy) (born Aug. 19, 1913 – died Jan. 11, 2003; age 89). Dick Simmons had Alzheimer’s Disease when he died. (Dick Simmons 1943 Pilot #5 Trailer)
Mike Keene (nee Edward Michael Keene)
American actor of TV (Jim Lee on Our Five Daughters; Cap’n Dan Coffin on Harbormaster; Sea Hunt; Bronco; Men Into Space; Robert Montgomery Presents; Naked City; The Californians; Wagon Train; The Aquanauts; Lock Up) and movies (Satan in High Heels; Violent Midnight) (born Aug. 19, 1909 – died Apr. 15, 2008; age 98). (Mike Keene 1960 One Step Beyond)
Orville Wright
American newspaperman, printer, and aviation pioneer (gliders, kites, airplanes) who with brother Wilbur Wright achieved the first successful airplane flight (Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 1903), and co-invented the first fixed-wing aircraft (born Aug. 19, 1871 – died Jan. 30, 1948; age 76). Orville Wright died of a heart attack. (Orville Wright 1905 Photo)
Fred Thompson (nee Freddie Dalton Thompson)
American lawyer, political lobbyist, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994-2003), actor of TV (Law & Order series) & movies (Marie; Secretariat; The Last Ride; No Way Out; Die Hard 2; Necessary Roughness; Thunderheart) (born Aug. 19, 1942 – died Nov. 1, 2015; age 73). Fred Thompson died of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (Fred Thompson 1990s Photo: United States Senate)
June Collyer (nee Dorothea Heermance; married Stu Erwin)
American WAMPAS Baby Star of 1928, actress of TV (The Stu Erwin Show), silent films (East Side, West Side; Woman Wise; Hangman’s House; Red Wine; The Love Doctor; Not Quite Decent) & 1930s movies (Illusion; Sweet Kitty Bellairs; Dude Ranch; A Man From Wyoming; Murder by Television; A Face in the Fog) (born Aug. 19, 1906 – died Mar. 16, 1968; age 61). (June Collyer 1930)
Ginger Baker is 80 (nee Peter Edward Baker)
Modern Drummer Hall of Famer English musician and co-founder of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame rock band Cream (Toad; Sunshine of Your Love; White Room; Crossroads; Badge; Strange Brew) (born Aug. 19, 1939 – died Oct. 6, 2019; age 80). Ginger Baker had several illnesses before he died. (Ginger Baker 1960s Cream Photo: General Artists Corporation / Atco Records)
Eleanor Boardman (nee Olive Eleanor Boardman; ex of King Vidor)
American 1923 WAMPAS Baby Star movie actress (The Crowd; Vanity Fair; Souls for Sale; Tell it to the Marines; Bardelys the Magnificent; She Goes to War; The Squaw Man; Mamba; The Great Meadow; Women Love Once; The Three Cornered Hat) (born Aug. 19, 1898 – died Dec. 12, 1991; age 93). Married Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast. (Eleanor Boardman 1929: Ruth Harriet Louise)
Colleen Moore (nee Kathleen Morrison; niece of Walter Howey)
American 1922 WAMPAS Baby Star film actress (Flaming Youth; Why Be Good?; Twinkletoes; Lilac Time; Oh Kay!; Ella Cinders; Irene; The Perfect Flapper; The Wilderness Trail; Broken Hearts of Broadway; Social Register; The Power and the Glory; The Scarlet Letter; Success at Any Price) (born Aug. 19, 1899 – died Jan. 25, 1988; age 88). Ex of John McCormick. (Colleen Moore 1924)
Fred Stone (father of Dorothy Stone, Paula Stone, Carol Montgomery Stone)
American performer of circuses, stage, & films (The Goat; Under the Top; Alice Adams; The Trail of the Lonesome Pine; The Farmer in the Dell; Grand Jury; The Duke of Chimney Butte; My American Wife; Hideaway; Life Begins in College; Quick Money; No Place to Go; The Westerner; Konga, the Wild Stallion) (born Aug. 19, 1873 – died Mar. 6, 1959). (Fred Stone 1919 Johnny Get Your Gun)
Elsie Ferguson (ex of Frederick Worlock, Frederick C. Hoey)
American actress of Broadway plays and silent movies (The Witness for the Defense; Forever; The Unknown Lover; Outcast; Footlights; His House in Order; Sacred and Profane Love; Lady Rose’s Daughter; Scarlet Pages; Counterfeit; A Society Exile; Eyes of the Soul; The Avalanche; His Parisian Wife) (born Aug. 19, 1883 – died Nov. 15, 1961; age 78). (Elsie Ferguson 1918: Haskell Coffin)
Olga Baclanova (nee Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova; “Russian Tigress“)
Russian-American film actress (The Man Who Laughs; The Billion Dollar Scandal; Freaks; Are You There?; Claudia; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Docks of New York; Forgotten Faces; Street of Sin; Downstairs; Cheer Up and Smile; Avalanche; The Great Lover; The Man I Love; A Dangerous Woman) (born Aug. 19, 1893 – died Sept. 6, 1974; age 81). (Olga Baclanova 1928: Richee)
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