October 18 Births
Publish | 18 Oct 2018, 14:52
October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births
1127 – Go-Shirakawa, Japanese emperor (d. 1192)
1130 – Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (d. 1200)
1405 – Pius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1464)
1444 – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (d. 1476)
1482 – Philipp III, count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)
1517 – Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1570)
1523 – Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596)
1536 – William Lambarde, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1601)
1547 – Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and scholar (d. 1606)
1553 – Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (d. 1599)
1587 – Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (d. 1651)
1596 – Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655)
1616 – Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist (d. 1654)
1630 – Henry Powle, English politician (d. 1692)
1634 – Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1705)
1653 – Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
1662 – Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714)
1663 – Eugene of Savoy, Austrian prince and statesman (d. 1736)
1668 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian and author (d. 1778)
1706 – Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
1741 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
1777 – Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811)
1785 – Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866)
1792 – Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853)
1804 – Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868)
1818 – Francis Dutton, German-Australian politician, 7th Premier of South Australia (d. 1877)
1822 – Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1883)
1831 – Frederick III, German emperor (d. 1888)
1836 – Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)
1850 – Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (d. 1935)
1854 – Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1859 – Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1862 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)
1865 – Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (d. 1957)
1865 – Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (d. 1946)
1868 – Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
1870 – D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar (d. 1966)
1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
1873 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
1874 – Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (d. 1933)
1875 – Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955)
1878 – James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (d. 1949)
1880 – Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (d. 1940)
1881 – Max Gerson, German-born American physician (d. 1959)
1882 – Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (d. 1917)
1887 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (d. 1946)
1888 – Paul Vermoyal, French actor (d. 1925)
1893 – Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1961)
1893 – George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1966)
1894 – H. L. Davis, American author and poet (d. 1960)
1894 – Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977)
1897 – Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
1898 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
1900 – Sarah Bavly, Dutch-Israeli nutritionist, author and educator (d. 1993)
1900 – Evelyn Berckman, American author, known for her detective and Gothic horror novels (d. 1978)
1902 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist (d. 1980)
1903 – Lina Radke, German runner and coach (d. 1983)
1904 – A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963)
1904 – Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981)
1905 – Jan Gies, Dutch activist (d. 1993)
1905 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)
1906 – James Brooks, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
1909 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004)
1914 – Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
1915 – Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
1918 – Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991)
1918 – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017)
1918 – Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996)
1919 – Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
1919 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
1919 – Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (d. 2012)
1920 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1994)
1921 – Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005)
1921 – Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2008)
1921 – Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972)
1923 – Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1924 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014)
1925 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (d. 2011)
1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1926 – Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1927 – Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1927 – George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)
1928 – Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)
1928 – Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer
1928 – Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician
1929 – Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua
1929 – Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (d. 2010)
1929 – Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)
1930 – Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician
1930 – Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009)
1930 – Frank Carlucci, American politician (d. 2018)
1931 – Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer
1931 – Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist
1931 – Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994)
1932 – Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
1933 – Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach
1933 – Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
1933 – Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
1934 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (d. 1970)
1935 – Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
1936 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal
1938 – Ronnie Bright, American R&B and doo-wop singer (d. 2015)
1938 – Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician
1938 – Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959
1939 – Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1939 – Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
1939 – Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator
1940 – Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
1940 – Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)
1941 – Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman
1941 – Martha Burk, American psychologist and author
1942 – Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar
1943 – Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1943 – Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
1945 – Huell Howser, American television host and actor (d. 2013)
1945 – Chris Shays, American politician
1946 – James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1946 – Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
1946 – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician
1946 – Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
1947 – Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1947 – Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
1947 – Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)
1947 – Gary Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1947 – Luc Jouret, Belgian religious cult leader in Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
1948 – Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright
1949 – Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter
1949 – George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
1950 – Om Puri, Indian actor (d. 2017)
1950 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (d. 2006)
1951 – Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Pam Dawber, American actress and producer
1951 – Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter
1951 – David Normington, English civil servant and politician
1951 – Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
1952 – Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1952 – Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic (d. 2005)
1952 – Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
1952 – Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
1952 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1952 – Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1953 – Vickie Winans, American gospel music singer-songwriter and music producer
1954 – Nick Houghton, English general
1954 – Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host (d. 2012)
1955 – Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1955 – Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
1955 – Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
1955 – David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
1955 – Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
1955 – Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
1956 – Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1956 – Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach
1956 – Jim Talent, American lawyer and politician
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
1958 – Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
1958 – Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
1959 – Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador
1959 – Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian-American director and screenwriter
1959 – John Nord, American wrestler
1960 – Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017)
1960 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator
1961 – Rick Moody, American author and composer
1961 – Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer
1962 – Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist
1962 – Vincent Spano, American actor, director, and producer
1963 – Sigvart Dagsland, Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
1964 – Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1964 – Charles Stross, English journalist, author, and programmer
1965 – Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Zakir Naik, an Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
1966 – Dave Price, American journalist and game show host
1966 – Sam Sorbo, American actress, author, and talk radio host
1967 – Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
1968 – Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian
1968 – Stuart Law, Australian cricketer and coach
1968 – Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster
1969 – Volker Neumüller, German talent manager
1969 – Nelson Vivas, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1970 – Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach
1970 – Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
1971 – Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
1972 – Mark Morrison, West German-born British hip hop and R&B musician
1972 – Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
1972 – Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
1973 – Stephen Allan, Australian golfer
1973 – James Foley, American photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
1973 – Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
1973 – Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
1973 – Sarah Winckless, English rower
1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
1974 – Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1974 – Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
1974 – Amish Tripathi, Indian author
1975 – Alex Cora, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, sportscaster and manager
1975 – Josh Sawyer, American video game designer
1977 – Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist
1977 – Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
1977 – David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer
1978 – Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor
1978 – Mike Tindall, English rugby player
1978 – Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Damon Scott, British entertainer
1979 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
1979 – Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor
1980 – Josh Gracin, American country music singer and former member of the United States Marine Corps
1980 – Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
1981 – Nathan Hauritz, Australian cricketer
1981 – Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
1981 – Greg Warren, American football player
1982 – Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
1982 – Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
1982 – Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager
1982 – Simon Gotch, American wrestler
1983 – Dante, Brazilian footballer
1984 – Robert Harting, German discus thrower
1984 – Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
1984 – Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
1984 – Lindsey Vonn, American skier
1984 – Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
1985 – Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player
1985 – Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer
1987 – Zac Efron, American actor and singer
1987 – Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
1988 – Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress
1989 – Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
1989 – Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
1990 – Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
1990 – Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
1990 – Drew Crawford, American basketball player
1991 – Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
1993 – Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
1991 – Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
1994 – Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver