October 19th, 1976

Born on October 19th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 654 days, exactly on January 30th, 2026, people who were born on October 19th, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 19th?

October 19th, 2017

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

October 19th, 2013

British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

October 19th, 2005

Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

October 19th, 1988

The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

October 19th, 1987

Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

October 19th, 1955

At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

October 19th, 1943

World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.

October 19th, 1914

First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.

October 19th, 1864

American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

October 19th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.

October 19th, 1752

The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

October 19th, 1596

The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.

October 19th, 1579

A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.

October 19th, 2019

Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

October 19th, 2013

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

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

Born on October 19th, 1976

47

Omar Gooding

American actor (born 1976)

*October 19th, 1976, Los Angeles

47

Desmond Harrington

American actor

*October 19th, 1976, Savannah

47

Michael Young

Baseball player

*October 19th, 1976, Covina

47

Carlos de la Mota

Dominican actor

*October 19th, 1976, La Vega Province

47

Paul Hartley

Scottish association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1976, Hamilton

47

Korene Hinds

Jamaican distance runner

*October 19th, 1976, Saint Catherine Parish

47

Jostein Gulbrandsen

Musical artist

*October 19th, 1976, Namsos Municipality

47

Joe Duplantier

French musician

*October 19th, 1976, Bayonne

47

Pete Loeffler

American musician

*October 19th, 1976, Grayslake

47

Mauricio Durán

Chilean guitarist

*October 19th, 1976, Concepción

47

Leopold van Asten

Equestrian

*October 19th, 1976, Venray

47

Dan Smith

Ice hockey player, born 1976

*October 19th, 1976, Fernie

47

Hiroshi Sakai

Japanese association football player

*October 19th, 1976, Mie Prefecture

47

Vanessa Guzmán

Mexican actress

*October 19th, 1976, Mexico City

47

Breaux Greer

Athletics competitor

*October 19th, 1976, Houston

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 19th?

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

34

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

46

Jason Reitman

Canadian-American film director

*October 19th, 1977, Montreal

46

Henry Quinteros

Peruvian footballer (born 1977)

*October 19th, 1977, Lima

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

54

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

63

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

55

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

77

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

57

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

69

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

61

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

51

Megan Marcks

Australian rower

*October 19th, 1972, Queanbeyan

54

Pedro Castillo

President of Peru from 2021 to 2022

*October 19th, 1969, Puña

48

César Sanmartín

Spanish basketball player

*October 19th, 1975, Barcelona

77

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

54

Teuta Arifi

Albanian politician

*October 19th, 1969, Tetovo

43

Katja Herbers

Dutch actress

*October 19th, 1980, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

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Born on October 19th, 1976
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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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