July 19th, 1979

Born on July 19th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 655 days, exactly on February 2nd, 2026, people who were born on July 19th, 1979 will be 17,000 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, 1979

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

44

Luke Young

English association football player, born 1979

*July 19th, 1979, Harlow

44

Dilhara Fernando

Sri Lankan cricketer

*July 19th, 1979, Colombo

44

Rick Ankiel

Former baseball player from the United States

*July 19th, 1979, Fort Pierce

44

Zvonimir Vukić

Serbian footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Zrenjanin

44

Johannes Zirner

German actor

*July 19th, 1979, Herdecke

44

Rike Schmid

German actress

*July 19th, 1979, Hanover

44

Tracy Yardley

American comic book artist

*July 19th, 1979, Southern Illinois

44

Samantha McGlone

Canadian triathlete

*July 19th, 1979, St. Catharines

44

Joakim Fohlman

Swedish activist

*July 19th, 1979, Sweden

44

David Sakurai

Japanese Danish actor

*July 19th, 1979, Copenhagen

44

Ellen Rocche

Brazilian actress

*July 19th, 1979, São Paulo

44

Laura de la Calle

Spanish model

*July 19th, 1979, Durango

44

Pedro Antonio Vega Rodríguez

Spanish footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Vega de San Mateo, Las Palmas

44

Josué Anunciado de Oliveira

Brazilian association football player

*July 19th, 1979, Brasília

44

Roger Torrent i Ramió

Spanish politician

*July 19th, 1979, Sarrià de Ter

44

Bruno Cabrerizo

Brazilian association football player, model, TV host

*July 19th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

44

Rupesh Patric

Indian artist

*July 19th, 1979, Kochi

44

Corey Layton

Australian radio personality

*July 19th, 1979, Melbourne

44

Brian Vahaly

American tennis player

*July 19th, 1979, Camden

44

Piritta Rantanen

Finnish politician

*July 19th, 1979, Jämsä

44

Manafest

Canadian singer and rapper

*July 19th, 1979, Pickering

44

Yuri Dobryshkin

Russian ice hockey player

*July 19th, 1979, Penza

44

Ramona Shelburne

American sportswriter

*July 19th, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Paul Clews

British speedway rider

*July 19th, 1979, Coventry

44

Moira Forbes

American publisher and journalist

*July 19th, 1979, Morristown

44

Ivana Ivanović

Serbian footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

44

Danny Codling

New Zealand boxer

*July 19th, 1979, Auckland

44

Chad Prince

American soccer player

*July 19th, 1979, Woodbury

44

Tomáš Divíšek

Czech ice hockey player

*July 19th, 1979, Most

44

Elias Storm

Swedish association football player

*July 19th, 1979, Stockholm

44

Liudmila Vypyrailo

Ukrainian bicycle racer

*July 19th, 1979, Simferopol

44

Abdulla Koni

Senegalese and Qatari footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Dakar

44

Fahrudin Aličković

Bosnian footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Novi Pazar

44

Yves Desmarets

French footballer

*July 19th, 1979, Paris

44

Malavika

Indian actress born 1979

*July 19th, 1979, Bengaluru

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

43

Yeoh Kay Bin

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1980, Perak

34

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

41

Xiao Luxi

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1982, Fujian

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

50

Saïd Taghmaoui

French-American actor

*July 19th, 1973, Villepinte

30

Barbara Bellenberg

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1993, Prien am Chiemsee

59

Eddy Hartono

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1964, Indonesia

30

Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1993, Malaysia

27

Kittinupong Kedren

Thai badminton player

*July 19th, 1996, Songkhla

28

Yusuke Onodera

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1995, Nishitokyo

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

51

Zanele Muholi

South African artist and visual activist

*July 19th, 1972, Umlazi

53

Nicola Sturgeon

First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023

*July 19th, 1970, Irvine

26

Daniel Iversen

Danish association football player

*July 19th, 1997, Denmark

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

41

Jared Padalecki

American actor

*July 19th, 1982, San Antonio

58

Claus-Dieter Wollitz

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1965, Brakel

52

Vitali Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer and politician (1971-)

*July 19th, 1971, Belovodskoye

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

44

Diego Forlán

Uruguayan association football player and manager

*May 19th, 1979, Montevideo

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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