October 19th Birthdays

American singer and songwriter, Larry Chance was born on this day in 1940 in the Bronx, NY, as Larry Figueiredo. Larry passed away on September 6, 2023 at the age of 82 in Orlando, FL.

Also born on October 19th:

• 1936
  Tony Lo Bianco, American actor
• 1941
  Simon Ward, British actor
• 1944
  George McCrae, American soul singer
• 1945
  Gloria Jones, American soul singer
  John Lithgow, American actor
  Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
• 1948
  Patrick Simmons, American musician
• 1949
  Lynn Dickey, American football player
• 1952
  Veronica Castro, Mexican actress, singer
• 1958
  Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
• 1960
  Jennifer Holliday, American singer, actress
  Jeremy Swift, British actor
• 1961
  Sunny Deol, Indian actor
• 1962
  Evander Holyfield, American boxer, actor
• 1965
  Ty Pennington, American television personality
• 1966
  Jon Favreau, American actor
  Sinitta, American singer
• 1966
  Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, singer
• 1969
  Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-Canadian actor
  John Edward, American TV psychic
  Trey Parker, American cartoonist, actor
• 1970
  Chris Kattan, American comedian, actor
• 1972
  Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher
  Pras, American musician
• 1976
  Joy Bryant, American actress
  Omar Gooding, American actor
  Desmond Harrington, American actor
  Michael Young, baseball player
• 1977
  Louis-José Houde, Canadian stand-up comic
• 1979
  Marc Elliott, British actor
• 1980
  José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
  Rajai Davis, American baseball player
  Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
• 1982
  Gillian Jacobs, American actress

October Birthday Calendar

Died on October 19th:

• 1745
  Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist, essayist (age 77)
• 1851
  Marie Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette (age 72)
• 1897
  George Pullman, American engineer, Pullman Company founder (age 66)
• 1905
  Virgil Earp, American marshal (age 62)
• 1943
  Camille Claudel, French sculptor, illustrator (age 78)
• 1950
  Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet, playwright (age 58)
• 1978
  Gig Young, American actor, Oscar winner (age 64)
• 1994
  Martha Raye, American actress, comedian (age 78)
• 1995
  Don Cherry, American trumpet player (age 58)
• 2008
  Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, critic (age 86)
• 2009
  Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (age 91)
• 2010
  Tom Bosley, American actor (age 83)
• 2013
  Noel Harrison, English singer, actor (age 79)
• 2016
  Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, Chess Records co-founder (age 85)
• 2020
  Spencer Davis, British singer, guitarist (age 81)