Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 19

Births

 * 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
 * 1623 - Blaise Pascal, (pictured) French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
 * 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896)
 * 1897 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
 * 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (d. 1941)
 * 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
 * 1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author
 * 1948 - Nick Drake, British guitarist (d. 1974)
 * 1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
 * 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player

Deaths

 * 1937 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
 * 1956 - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
 * 1977 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
 * 1993 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

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