List of Famous people born on March 19th
Simone Duvalier
Simone Duvalier, also known as Mama Doc, was the wife of Haitian leader François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and the First Lady of Haiti.
Rūta Meilutytė
Rūta Meilutytė is a retired Lithuanian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and world record-holder. She is the current world record holder in the 100 metre breaststroke.
Jay Berwanger
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American college football player and referee. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 ; the trophy is awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding college football player. Berwanger was a star halfback for the Chicago Maroons football team of the University of Chicago, where he was known as the "one man football team". In 1936, Berwanger became the first player drafted into the National Football League (NFL) in its inaugural 1936 NFL Draft, although he did not play professionally.
Patricia Laffan
Patricia Alice Laffan was an English stage, film, TV and radio actress, and also, after her retirement from acting, an international fashion impresario. She was five-feet-six-inches tall, with dark reddish-brown hair and green eyes. She is best known for her film roles as the Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis (1951) and the alien Nyah in Devil Girl from Mars (1954).
José Antonio Medeiros
José Antonio Medeiros is a Brazilian politician. He had represented Mato Grosso in the Federal Senate from 2015 to 2019 and is currently member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is a member of the Podemos (PODE).
Herman José
Hermann José Krippahl ComM, known as Herman José, is a well-known Portugal-based German comedian, though virtually unknown abroad. His career has focused on television.
Prince Eudes d'Orléans
Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, was the Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Henry VII.
Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher, later known by her married name Jennie Hyslop, was a British competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, and former world record-holder. In 1905 she set a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle that stood for seven years. She was selected for the 1908 Olympics, but the women's swimming events were cancelled due to a shortage of participants. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the individual 100-metre freestyle race. In 1971 she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer".
Sahibə Qafarova
Sahiba Ali gizi Gafarova is a professor, Doctor of Sciences of philology, Deputy and Chairman of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
Julio Canessa
Lieutenant General Julio Canessa Roberts was a Chilean military and political figure. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the Army. He was also a designated Senator between 1998 and 2006.