July 19th, 1954

Born on July 19th, 1954

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 25,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 517 days, exactly on September 24th, 2025, people who were born on July 19th, 1954 will be 26,000 days old!

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What happened on July 19th?

July 19th, 2013

The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".

July 19th, 1997

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced that it would resume its ceasefire, ending its 28-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.

July 19th, 1992

A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of Borsellino's friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone.

July 19th, 1919

Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall (pictured).

July 19th, 1916

First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attacked German defences at Fromelles, France.

July 19th, 1903

French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.

July 19th, 1848

The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's-rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York.

July 19th, 1845

A fire in Manhattan, New York, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage.

July 19th, 1843

SS Great Britain, the first ocean-going ship with both an iron hull and a screw propeller, was launched (pictured) in Bristol, England.

July 19th, 1817

Georg Anton Schäffer was forced to depart for China after his unsuccessful attempt to seize the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Russian Empire.

July 19th, 1702

Great Northern War: Polish–Saxon forces were defeated by a Swedish army half their size at the Battle of Kliszów.

July 19th, 1553

Mary I was proclaimed Queen of England, deposing Lady Jane Grey after nine days of de facto rule.

July 19th, 1545

The English warship Mary Rose (pictured) sank just outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent.

July 19th, 0998

Arab–Byzantine wars: After initial Byzantine gains at the Battle of Apamea, a lone Kurdish rider killed Byzantine commander Damian Dalassenos, allowing Fatimid troops to turn the tide of the battle.

July 19th, 2018

The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 19th

Born on July 19th, 1954

58

Mark O'Donnell

American writer

*July 19th, 1954, Cleveland †August 6th, 2012, New York City

69

Brad Cooper

Australian swimmer

*July 19th, 1954, Singapore

69

Alvan Adams

American basketball player

*July 19th, 1954, Lawrence

69

Bruno Choël

French actor

*July 19th, 1954, Sainte-Adresse

69

Srđa Trifković

Writer and political consultant

*July 19th, 1954, Belgrade

69

Steve O'Donnell

American television writer

*July 19th, 1954, Cleveland

69

Cecilie Ore

Composer

*July 19th, 1954, Oslo

69

Athina Papadimitriu

Greek-Hungarian actress

*July 19th, 1954, Budapest

69

Daniel Amen

American psychiatrist and self-help author

*July 19th, 1954, Encino

69

Verica Kalanović

Serbian politician

*July 19th, 1954, Trstenik

69

Katharine Venable Cashman

American volcanologist

*July 19th, 1954, Providence

69

Ferd Crone

Dutch politician

*July 19th, 1954, Dordrecht

69

Werner Freers

German Army general

*July 19th, 1954, Hämelerwald

69

Michael Wüstenberg

German priest

*July 19th, 1954, Dortmund

69

Julia Suryakusuma

Indonesian writer

*July 19th, 1954, New Delhi

52

Alfonso Perales

Spanish historian

*July 19th, 1954, Alcalá de los Gazules †December 23rd, 2006, Cádiz Province

69

Kim Sung-nam

South Korea football player

*July 19th, 1954, South Korea

69

Kim Kang-nam

South Korean footballer

*July 19th, 1954, South Korea

69

Randy Andreachuk

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 19th, 1954, Lethbridge

69

Jane Eaton Hamilton

Canadian poet

*July 19th, 1954, Hamilton

69

Vyacheslav Fursov

Soviet-Russian racewalker

*July 19th, 1954, Saint Petersburg

69

Maurizio Abbatino

Italian pentito

*July 19th, 1954, Rome

69

Art Burns

American discus thrower

*July 19th, 1954, Washington, D.C.

69

Bernard Petitbois

French athletics competitor

*July 19th, 1954, Antananarivo

69

Gary Stroutsos

American musician

*July 19th, 1954, Barre

67

Brian Boudreau

Canadian politician

*July 19th, 1954, Bras d'Or †October 12th, 2021

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76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

34

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

59

Eddy Hartono

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1964, Indonesia

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

74

Maren Kroymann

German actress, cabaret artis,t and singer

*July 19th, 1949, Walsrode

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

76

Brian May

British musician (born 1947)

*July 19th, 1947, Hampton

43

Yeoh Kay Bin

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1980, Perak

58

Claus-Dieter Wollitz

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1965, Brakel

41

Xiao Luxi

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1982, Fujian

70

Howard Schultz

American businessman

*July 19th, 1953, Brooklyn

78

Richard Henderson

Nobel prize winning British biochemist

*July 19th, 1945, Edinburgh

68

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic

*July 19th, 1955, Kobe

30

Barbara Bellenberg

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1993, Prien am Chiemsee

27

Kittinupong Kedren

Thai badminton player

*July 19th, 1996, Songkhla

71

Winfried Hermann

German politician

*July 19th, 1952, Rottenburg am Neckar

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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