Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 19

Births

 * 1834 - Edgar Degas, (pictured) French painter (d. 1917)
 * 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
 * 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian poet (d. 1930)
 * 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
 * 1922 - George McGovern, U.S. Presidential candidate (d. 2012)
 * 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
 * 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer
 * 1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
 * 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
 * 1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster (d. 2015)
 * 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player

Deaths

 * 1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
 * 1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
 * 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)

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