List of Famous people born on May 19th

Claude Buffet was a French criminal who was executed along with his accomplice, Roger Bontems, on 28 November 1972 by guillotine at La Santé Prison, aged 39 years. Both men had been convicted of the murders of Guy Girardot and Nicole Comte in 1971, whom they had taken hostage while Buffet was already serving a life sentence in Clairvaux Prison. Robert Badinter was their defence lawyer.

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, was an American-born British politician who was the second elected female Member of Parliament (MP) but the first to take her seat, serving from 1919 to 1945. Sinn Féin's Constance Markievicz had become the first elected female MP in 1918, but refused to take her seat in line with party policy, instead joining the First Dáil of the revolutionary Irish Republic.

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Germany national team. He developed through the academy of Eintracht Frankfurt and has represented Germany at various levels.

Marjorie Bernandine Castelo Barretto is an actress and politician from the Philippines. She was elected to the city councilor as representative of second district of Caloocan City from 2007 to 2013. Her sisters, Claudine and Gretchen Barretto, and her daughter Julia are also actresses.

Jeffrey Ross Hyman, known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American musician, singer, composer, and lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice, and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.

Trevor Peacock is an English actor, screenwriter, and songwriter. He is best known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley, alongside Dawn French. He was born in Tottenham, North London, the son of Alexandria and Victor Peacock.

Aurélien Barrau is a French physicist and philosopher, specialized in astroparticle physics, black holes and cosmology. He works in the CNRS Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology (LPSC) and is a professor at the Joseph Fourier University.

Nancy Kwan Ka Shen is a Chinese-American actress, philanthropist, and former dancer.

Eva Leonidovna Polna is a Russian singer, composer and songwriter. Polna was a member of the former Russian musical band Gosti iz budushchego between 1996 and 2009. In 2013, Eva Polna was most rotated musical artist from Russia and CIS. Also in 2013, Polna participated in the first season of Russian TV show Odin v odin!.

Grant Amos Berkland, better known by his ring name Danny Havoc, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and was noted for mixing his technical style with hardcore wrestling.