Blakey, Art (October 11)
Drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers
Famous People Born in 1919
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Cruse, Heloise Bowles (May 4)
The originator of the newspaper column 'Hints From Heloise' -
Gabor, Eva (February 11)
Star of the TV sitcom Green Acres -
Hillary, Sir Edmund (July 20)
The first man to climb Mount Everest -
Jones, Jennifer (March 2)
The star of 1943's The Song of Bernadette -
Kovacs, Ernie (January 23)
Zany 1950s TV comedian -
Lessing, Doris (October 22)
The author of The Golden Notebook -
Liberace (May 16)
The glitzy and popular pianist of the 1950s -
Miller, Doris "Dorie" (October 12)
African-American naval hero of Pearl Harbor -
Murdoch, Iris (July 15)
Alzheimer's stricken author of The Sea, The Sea -
O'Hair, Madalyn Murray (April 13)
Head of American Atheists -
Oyl, Olive
Popeye's fickle gal -
Palance, Jack (February 18)
The creepy trail boss Curly in City Slickers -
Peron, Eva (May 7)
Argentina's famous First Lady, known as Evita -
Pohl, Frederik (November 26)
The sci-fi author of The Space Merchants and Gateway -
Robinson, Jackie (January 31)
The man who broke baseball's color barrier -
Rooney, Andy (January 14)
The star of the 60 Minutes segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" -
Salinger, J.D. (January 1)
The author of The Catcher In the Rye -
Shah of Iran (October 26)
The Shah of Iran, 1941-1979 -
Trudeau, Pierre (October 18)
Prime minister of Canada, 1968-84 -
Wallace, George (August 25)
Segregationist governor of the 1960s -
Wells, Kitty (August 30)
The Queen of Country Music -
Young, Alan (November 19)
Wilbur on TV's Mr. Ed