List of Famous people born on August 19th

Michael George "Mike" Scandolera is an Australian badminton player. Scandolera took part in the 1989 Badminton World Championships. He achieved a world ranking of 17 in the men's doubles and 65 in the men's singles. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal with the Australian team and the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Audrey Tuckey. Four years earlier he won another bronze medal with the Australian team at the Commonwealth Games. This was the first ever gold medal won in Australian Badminton History.

Carl Bennet is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the medical technology firm Getinge and the printing company Elanders.

Laura Spinney is a British science journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer whose 2017 book Pale Rider is an account of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Gabriela Shalev is an Israeli jurist. She was Israeli ambassador to the United Nations.