List of Famous people born on August 19th
Brandon Brooks
Brandon Brooks is an American football guard for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami (Ohio) and was drafted in the third round by the Houston Texans of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Merve Kavakcı
Merve Safa Kavakcı is a Turkish politician, who was elected as a Virtue Party deputy for Istanbul on 18 April 1999. She served as the Turkish ambassador to Malaysia from 2017, and was recalled to Ankara following the appointment of Emir Salim Yüksel as the Turkish Ambassador to Malaysia in June 2022.
Joey Tempest
Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of the rock band Europe. He has written hits which include "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night", "Cherokee" and "Superstitious".
Ryo Fukawa
Ryō Fukawa , also known as ROCKETMAN, is a Japanese comedian and musician. He belongs to Watanabe Entertainment. On television he generally takes minor roles and is characterized by his childlike temperament and boyish looks. He is also a member of the owarai group, No Plan.
Jennie Bond
Jennifer Bond is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu.
Quinton Byfield
Quinton Byfield is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Byfield was selected second overall by the Kings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, becoming the highest drafted mixed race player in NHL history. He is of Jamaican descent from his father, Clinton.
Renaud Van Ruymbeke
Renaud van Ruymbeke is an investigative magistrate, well known for specializing in political and financial corruption cases. He investigated the French-Taiwan Frigates Affair, which was related to the Clearstream, and the Urba Affair.
Armin Wolf
Armin Wolf is an Austrian journalist and television anchor. In 2017 Politico Europe called him "one of Europe’s most skilled political journalists". In 2019 he was named "European Journalist of the year".
Dinara Nazarbayeva
Dinara Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva is a Kazakh businesswoman and the middle daughter of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nazarbayeva was born in Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. Despite not being a public figure, she is the fourth-richest person in Kazakhstan, with a fortune estimated to be around $1.3 billion.
Adrian Smith
Adrian D. Smith is an American architect. He designed the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower. Among his other projects, he was the senior architect for the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, and Zifeng Tower in Nanjing.