Birthday twins

People Born on June 19

June 19 is the birthday of 53 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, politicians and creators, and 2 of them are billionaires.

2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366 birthdays
6
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #329 of 366 birthdays
53
notable people
joint #91 of 366 birthdays
$4.4B
combined wealth
#273 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 379 years, from 1623 to 2002.
  • People born on this day come from 25 countries, most often United States (15 of 53).
  • Gilberto Benetton is the wealthiest person we list for June 19, with an estimated $2.7B reported as of October 2018.
  • June 19 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including actors, creators, authors and politicians.
  • 6 Nobel laureates were born on June 19, including Aung San Suu Kyi and Boris Johnson.

💰 Richest person born on June 19

billionaire

Gilberto Benetton

Entrepreneur

1941–2018 · Italy

$2.7Bolder estimate, as of October 2018 · Forbes

Gilberto Benetton was an Italian billionaire businessman, one of Europe's most influential industrialists. He was a co-founder of Benetton Group, the Italian fashion brand which he started and ran with his three siblings.

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Reported estimate as of October 2018: $2.7B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How June 19 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every June birthday · battle June 19 against another date · all rankings

The June 19 wealth profile

Billionaires born on June 19

$4.4B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of December 2023
2
sourced estimates
2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366
#273
of 366 for wealth

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Who shares June 19

What kind of people are born on June 19?

Share of the 53 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors28% (15 people)
  • Actors25% (13 people)
  • Politicians23% (12 people)
  • Athletes17% (9 people)
  • Creators17% (9 people)
  • Scientists17% (9 people)
  • Entrepreneurs11% (6 people)

Countries

25 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States15 (15 people)
  • United Kingdom5 (5 people)
  • Japan4 (4 people)
  • Brazil3 (3 people)
  • France2 (2 people)
  • Germany2 (2 people)
  • Italy2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on June 19 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~23Paul DanoReceived the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2007)
  2. ~20Dirk NowitzkiJoined Dallas Mavericks (1998)
  3. ~16Nuno MendesJoined Portugal national under-17 football team (2018)
  4. ~18Andrej KramarićJoined GNK Dinamo Zagreb (2009)

26 to 30

  1. ~30Kathleen TurnerReceived the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1984)
  2. ~27Dirk NowitzkiNamed All-NBA Team (2005)
  3. ~26Masanao SasakiJoined Japan men's national football team (1988)
  4. ~28Ragnar SigurðssonJoined FC Krasnodar (2014)

31 to 40

  1. ~31MacklemoreReceived the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (2014)
  2. 39Jean DujardinReceived the Academy Award for Best Actor (2012)
  3. ~39Ernst ChainReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945)
  4. 33George de MestralFounded Velcro (1941)

41 to 50

  1. 46Zoe SaldañaReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2025)
  2. ~46Aung San Suu KyiReceived the Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
  3. 46Radovan KaradžićBecame President of Republika Srpska (1992)
  4. 43Boris JohnsonBecame Mayor of London (2008)

After 50

  1. 85Gena RowlandsReceived the Academy Honorary Award (2016)
  2. 73Youn Yuh-jungReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2021)
  3. 66Charles CoburnReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1944)
  4. 56Boris JohnsonReceived the Ig Nobel Prize (2020)

The standouts

The most successful people born on June 19

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

author

Boris Johnson

Top tier

Politician

1964 · United States

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

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Hugh Dancy
actor

Hugh Dancy

Top tier

Actor

1975 · United Kingdom

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004).

© Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paul Dano
actor

Paul Dano

Top tier

Actor

1984 · United States

Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor and filmmaker. His work includes both independent film and blockbusters, and his accolades include nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Kajal Aggarwal
actor

Kajal Aggarwal

Top tier

Actor

1985 · India

Kajal A Kitchlu, known professionally as Kajal Aggarwal, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Aggarwal is considered one of the highest paid actresses of South Indian cinema. She is a recipient of three SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award.

Verghese TK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Aung San Suu Kyi
author

Aung San Suu Kyi

Top tier

Politician

1945 · Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.

Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on June 19

Alfred Hugenberg
entrepreneur

Alfred Hugenberg

Entrepreneur

1865–1951 · Germany

Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg was an influential German businessman and politician.

Robert Sennecke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Bjørn Dæhlie
entrepreneur

Bjørn Dæhlie

Entrepreneur

1967 · Norway

Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998.

http://www.peakinnovation.se, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
founder

George de Mestral

Founder · Velcro · manufacturing

1907–1990 · Switzerland

George de Mestral was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro.

Sources (2)
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
entrepreneur

Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

Entrepreneur

1926–1972 · Italy

Giangiacomo Feltrinelli was an influential Italian publisher, businessman, and political activist who was active in the period between the Second World War and Italy's Years of Lead.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Edgar Leonard
entrepreneur

Edgar Leonard

Entrepreneur

1881–1948 · United States

Edgar Welch Leonard was a Harvard graduate and male tennis player from the United States.

Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

June 19 in history

What else happened on June 19

  1. 325The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
  2. 1816Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  3. 1913Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  4. 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
  5. 1990The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on June 19

Paula Abdul
actor

Paula Abdul

Actor

1962 · United States

Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality.

Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Kathleen Turner
actor

Kathleen Turner

Actor

1954 · United States

Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her deep, husky voice, she is the recipient of two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and two Tony Awards.

ShashiBellamkonda from Potomac, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
KSI
actor

KSI

Actor

1993 · United Kingdom

Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, known professionally as KSI, is a British influencer, musician, and former professional boxer.

MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
José Rizal
artist

José Rizal

Politician

1861–1896 · Philippines

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered to be a national hero of the Philippines.

unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dirk Nowitzki
athlete

Dirk Nowitzki

Athlete

1978 · Germany

Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he played his entire 21-year career as a power forward.

Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Blaise Pascal
scientist

Blaise Pascal

Author

1623–1662 · Kingdom of France

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.

unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire]., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
investor

Michael Burry

Investor

1971 · United States

Michael James Burry is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and licensed physician. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which later went by the name Scion Asset Management.

Sources (2)
Gena Rowlands
actor

Gena Rowlands

Actor

1930–2024 · United States

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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musician

Nick Drake

Musician

1948–1974 · United Kingdom

Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge.

Sources (2)
Nuno Mendes
athlete

Nuno Mendes

Athlete

2002 · Portugal

Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best left-backs in the world.

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Radovan Karadžić
author

Radovan Karadžić

Politician

1945 · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Radovan Karadžić is a Bosnian Serb former politician who served as the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Osamu Dazai
author

Osamu Dazai

Author

1909–1948 · Japan

Shūji Tsushima, known by his pen name Osamu Dazai, was a Japanese writer. A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun and No Longer Human, are considered modern classics.

Shigeru Tamura, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Macklemore
musician

Macklemore

Musician

1983 · United States

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper.

pitpony.photography, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Youn Yuh-jung
actor

Youn Yuh-jung

Actor

1947 · South Korea

Youn Yuh-jung is a South Korean actress. She started her career in Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film Woman of Fire (1971).

TV10, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jean Dujardin
actor

Jean Dujardin

Actor

1972 · France

Jean Edmond Dujardin is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films.

Georges Biard, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Subcomandante Marcos
author

Subcomandante Marcos

Politician

1957 · Mexico

Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente is a Mexican insurgent, the former military leader and spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the ongoing Chiapas conflict, and a prominent anti-capitalist and anti-neoliberal.

(Jose Villa) at VillaPhotography, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Charles Coburn
actor

Charles Coburn

Actor

1877–1961 · United States

Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor and theatrical producer.

Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Václav Klaus
scientist

Václav Klaus

Politician

1941 · Czech Republic

Václav Klaus is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.

Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Elbert Green Hubbard
author

Elbert Green Hubbard

Author

1856–1915 · United States

Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company.

Aalejandro1995, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Aage Bohr
scientist

Aage Bohr

Scientist

1922–2009 · Kingdom of Denmark

Aage Niels Bohr was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the…

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Chico Buarque
actor

Chico Buarque

Actor

1944 · Brazil

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda OMC • ComIH, popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.

Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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politician

Anna Lindh

Politician

1957–2003 · Sweden

Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her assassination in 2003.

Sources (2)
Ernst Chain
scientist

Ernst Chain

Scientist

1906–1979 · United Kingdom

Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".

Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Marina Ovsyannikova
author

Marina Ovsyannikova

Creator

1978 · Russia

Marina Vladimirovna Ovsyannikova is a Russian journalist who was employed on the Channel One Russia television channel.

Акутагава, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

Tommie Lee

American rapper and reality TV star

1984 · United States

Atasha Chizaah Jefferson, known professionally as Tommie Lee, is an American rapper, television personality, and social media influencer.

Sources (2)
Charly Boy
actor

Charly Boy

Actor

1950 · Nigeria

Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, television presenter, actor, and producer. He is known for his alternative lifestyle, political views, and media productions.

Wazobia Max TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Ragnar Sigurðsson
athlete

Ragnar Sigurðsson

Athlete

1986 · Iceland

Ragnar Sigurðsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as centre-back. Beginning his career with Fylkir, he went on to represent IFK Göteborg, Copenhagen, Krasnodar, Fulham, Rubin Kazan, Rostov, and Rukh Lviv before retiring at Fylkir in 2021.

Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Félicité de La Mennais
author

Félicité de La Mennais

Politician

1782–1854 · France

Félicité Robert de La Mennais was a French Catholic priest, philosopher and political theorist. He was one of the most influential intellectuals of Restoration France. Lamennais is also considered the forerunner of both liberal Catholicism and Modernism.

L. D. Lancôme, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus
athlete

Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus

Athlete

1965 · Brazil

Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus is a Brazilian former professional footballer, initially known on the football pitch as Ronaldo and then as Ronaldão to differentiate him from his younger compatriot and teammate, also dubbed Ronaldo, who was nicknamed Ronaldinho before this was adopted by Ronaldinho Gaúcho.

Sepguilherme, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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More profiles born on June 19

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 53 people born on June 19, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of December 2023. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on June 19. Read the full methodology.

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