19 April: today's birthdays

• Marko Arnautović - Austrian soccer player of Serbian descent
• Fernando Botero - Colombian painter
• Hayden Christensen - Canadian actor
• Paul Day - English musician
• Natalie Dessay - French opera singer, born Nathalie Dessaix
• José Echegaray y Eizaguirre - Spanish mathematician, dramatist, and politician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904.
• Theodor Gustav Fechner - German psychologist
• James Franco - American actor and film director, born James Edward Franco
• Vera Gedroits - Russian surgeon, born Vera Ignatievna Gedroits.
• Kate Hudson - American actress. She is the daughter of American actress Goldie Hawn
• Ashley Judd - American actress, born Ashley Tyler Ciminella. She starred in the films Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, and High Crimes
• Paul Koschaker - Austrian jurist
• Geordan Murphy - Irish rugby player
• Valerie Plame - American politician
• Michel Roux - Michel Roux was a French chef who obtained multiple Michelin stars. He worked in Britain for a long time and is considered one of the fathers of modern cuisine in Great Britain. He often appeared on television shows, as well. He has trained many chefs in Britain who have gone on to win Michelin stars, including Gordon Ramsay.
  The correct pronunciation of Michel Roux in French can be written as Me-shell Rue.
• Marija Šarapova (Maria Sharapova) - Russian tennis player
• Germaine Tailleferre - French composer