Died On October 19th

Discover the most famous people who died on October 19. The list includes people like Ernest Rutherford, Jonathan Swift, Camille Claudel, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lucy Stone. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, physicists and revolutionaries and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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 1 
John, King of England
(King of England (1199-1216))
John, King of England
9
Birthdate: December 24, 1166
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Died: 1216
 2 
Ernest Rutherford
(New Zealand Physicist Who is Known as the Father of Nuclear Physics)
Ernest Rutherford
32
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 30, 1871
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brightwater, New Zealand
Died: 1937
 3 
Jonathan Swift
(Satirist & Author of 'Gulliver's Travels',' A Tale of a Tub' and 'A Modest Proposal')
Jonathan Swift
14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 30, 1667
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1745
 4 
Tom Bosley
(Actor)
Tom Bosley
3
Birthdate: October 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 5 
Gig Young
(Best Known for His Roles in the Films: ‘They Shoot Horses, Don't They?’ and ‘Teacher's Pet’)
Gig Young
8
Birthdate: November 4, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 6 
Virgil Earp
(Police officer)
Virgil Earp
8
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 18, 1843
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1905
 7 
Road Warrior Hawk
(American Professional Wrestler)
Road Warrior Hawk
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 26, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2003
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 8 
Martha Raye
(Actress)
Martha Raye
5
Birthdate: August 27, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Butte, Montana, United States
Died: 1994
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 9 
Camille Claudel
(French Sculptor Known for Her Work: ‘The Waltz’ and ‘The Mature Age’)
Camille Claudel
2
Birthdate: December 8, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fère-en-Tardenois, France
Died: 1943
Edna St. Vincent Millay
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 22, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rockland, Maine, United States
Died: 1950
 11 
Lázaro Cárdenas
(President of Mexico)
Lázaro Cárdenas
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 21, 1895
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jiquilpan, Mexico
Died: 1970
 12 
Alija Izetbegovic
(Political Activist, First President of Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Alija Izetbegovic
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 2003
 13 
Joseph Wiseman
(Actor)
Joseph Wiseman
1
Birthdate: May 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: 2009
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 14 
Charles Perkins
(Aboriginal Australian Activist and the First Indigenous Australian Man to Graduate Tertiary Education)
Charles Perkins
19
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 16, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Alice Springs, Australia
Died: 2000
 15 
Lucy Stone
(American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator, and Women's Rights Activist)
Lucy Stone
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 13, 1818
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: 1893
 16 
Lu Xun
(Chinese Writer, Essayist, Poet & Literary Critic)
Lu Xun
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died: 1936
 17 
Sergio Osmeña
(The 4th President of the Philippines)
Sergio Osmeña
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 9, 1878
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cebu City, Philippines
Died: 1961
 18 
Don Cherry
(Jazz trumpeter)
Don Cherry
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 18, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 1995
 19 
Jacqueline du Pré
(Cellist)
Jacqueline du Pré
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 26, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died: 1987
 20 
Edward S. Curtis
(Former photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people)
Edward S. Curtis
1
Birthdate: February 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1952
 21 
George Pullman
(American Engineer and Industrialist Known for Designing and Manufacturing the Pullman Sleeping Car)
George Pullman
1
Birthdate: March 3, 1831
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brocton, New York, United States
Died: 1897
 22 
N. C. Wyeth
(Painter)
N. C. Wyeth
0
Birthdate: October 22, 1882
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Needham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1945
 23 
Thomas Browne
(English Polymath and Author Best Known for His Books 'Religio Medici' and 'Urne-Burial')
Thomas Browne
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 19, 1605
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1682
 24 
V. Gordon Childe
(Australian Archaeologist Known for Excavating 'Skara Brae’ Neolithic Settlement)
V. Gordon Childe
2
Birthdate: April 14, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: 1957
 25 
Józef Poniatowski
(Polish General, Minister of War and Army Chief)
Józef Poniatowski
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 7, 1763
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1813
 26 
Samora Machel
(1st President of Mozambique (1975 - 1986))
Samora Machel
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 29, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gaza Province, Mozambique
Died: 1986
 27 
Paul Henry Nitze
(Military strategist)
Paul Henry Nitze
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 16, 1907
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Amherst, Massachusetts
Died: 2004
 28 
Lyman Hall
(16th Governor of Georgia)
Lyman Hall
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1724
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1790
 29 
Marjorie Lee Browne
(Mathematics Educator)
Marjorie Lee Browne
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Memphis
Died: 1979
 30 
Godfrey Kneller
(Painter)
Godfrey Kneller
0
Birthdate: August 8, 1646
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Free City of Lübeck
Died: 1723
 31 
Charles Wheatstone
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 6, 1802
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1875
 32 
Julius Maggi
(Founding Maggi, which was merged with Nestle in 1947)
Julius Maggi
0
Birthdate: October 9, 1846
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 1912
 33 
Lynda Bellingham
(Actress)
Lynda Bellingham
4
Birthdate: May 31, 1948
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2014
 34 
Kenneth E. Iverson
(Computer Scientist)
Kenneth E. Iverson
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Camrose, Canada
Died: 2004
 35 
Jacobus Arminius
(Theologian, University teacher)
Jacobus Arminius
0
Birthdate: October 10, 1560
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oudewater
Died: 1609
 36 
Nils Asther
(Swedish Actor)
Nils Asther
1
Birthdate: January 17, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1981
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 37 
Penelope Mortimer
(British Journalist, Biographer, and Novelist Best Known for Her Novel the 'Pumpkin Eater' )
Penelope Mortimer
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 19, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
Died: 1999
 38 
Mihail Sadoveanu
(Romanian Political Figure, Journalist, Short Story Writer, and Novelist)
Mihail Sadoveanu
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 5, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pascani, Moldova, Romania
Died: 1961
 39 
Henri Michaux
(French Poet & Writer Who is Known for His Texts Chronicling his Psychedelic Experiments with LSD)
Henri Michaux
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Namur, Belgium
Died: 1984
 40 
Yvette Chauviré
(French Prima Ballerina)
Yvette Chauviré
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 22, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2016
 41 
Enzo Mari
(Designer)
Enzo Mari
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 27, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Novara, Italy
Died: 2020
 42 
Plutarco Elías Calles
(47th President of Mexico (1924 - 1928))
Plutarco Elías Calles
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 25, 1877
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Guaymas, Mexico
Died: 1945
 43 
Nathalie Sarraute
(Writer, Lawyer)
Nathalie Sarraute
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 18, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ivanovo, Russia
Died: 1999
 44 
Jean-Georges Noverre
(French Dancer, Balletmaster and the Creator of 'Ballet D’Action')
Jean-Georges Noverre
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 29, 1727
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1810
 45 
Victor Babeș
(Romanian Bacteriologist Who is Regarded as the Co-Founder of Modern Microbiology)
Victor Babeș
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 28, 1854
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1926
 46 
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
(Nobleman)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 28, 1557
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1595
 47 
Alexander von Kluck
(General)
Alexander von Kluck
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 20, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died: 1934
 48 
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
(Photographer)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: February 4, 1902
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 2002
 49 
Rudy Ray Moore
(Comedian and Actor Known for His Character ‘Dolemite’ in the Film ‘Dolemite’ and its Sequels)
Rudy Ray Moore
13
Birthdate: March 17, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 50 
Ang Duong
(King of Cambodia (1840 - 1860))
Ang Duong
0
Birthdate: June 12, 1796
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oudongk, Cambodia
Died: 1860