Famous Births on 18 Oct

Famous Births on 18 Oct

1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
1405 - Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
1517 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
1547 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (d. 1606)
1569 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1595 - Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)
1634 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
1653 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
1662 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
1668 - John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
1679 - Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem Witch Trials (d. 1716)
1701 - Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1706 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
1741 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
1777 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (d. 1811)
1785 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
1854 - Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1859 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1941)
1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)
1865 - Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
1868 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
1870 - Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese scholar (d. 1966)
1873 - Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
1882 - Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (d. 1917)
1893 - Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics (d. 1966)
1894 - H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
1897 - Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist (d. 1980)
1900 - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
1902 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 - Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
1903 - Lina Radke, German athlete (d. 1983)
1904 - A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)
1905 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993)
1906 - James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992)
1909 - Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
1913 - Robert Gilruth, American aviation and space pioneer (d. 2000)
1915 - Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
1918 - Bobby Troup, American musician (d. 1999)
1919 - Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1919 - Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
1919 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
1920 - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and political activist (d. 1994)
1921 - Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
1924 - Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician
1925 - Ramiz Alia, political leader of Albania
1926 - Chuck Berry, American musician
1926 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991)
1927 - George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)
1928 - Keith Jackson, American football commentator
1929 - Violeta Chamorro, President of Nicaragua
1931 - Chris Albertson, American jazz historian
1932 - Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
1933 - Forrest Gregg, American football player
1934 - Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (d. 2007)
1934 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (d. 1970)
1934 - Chuck Swindoll, American evangelist
1935 - Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
1937 - Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
1938 - Dawn Wells, American actress
1939 - Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and commentator
1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, purported American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
1939 - Flavio Cotti, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1942 - Larry Pickering, Australian newspaper cartoonist
1943 - Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
1945 - Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player
1945 - Huell Howser, American TV host
1945 - Chris Shays, Member of the United States Congress from Connecticut
1946 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter
1946 - Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
1947 - Job Cohen, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam
1947 - Joe Morton, American actor
1947 - Laura Nyro, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
1947 - Paul Chuckle, British comedian
1948 - Ntozake Shange, American author
1949 - Gary Richrath, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
1949 - George Hendrick, baseball player
1949 - Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel)
1950 - Om Puri, Indian actor
1950 - Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
1950 - Sheila White, English actress
1951 - Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive
1951 - Terry McMillan, American author
1951 - Pam Dawber, American actress
1952 - Jerry Royster, American baseball player
1952 - Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist
1954 - Liz Burch, Australian actress
1955 - Timmy Mallett, British TV presenter
1955 - David Twohy, American movie director and screenwriter
1955 - Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
1955 - Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer and songwriter (Pylon (band) & Supercluster (band))
1956 - Jim Talent, American politician
1956 - Craig Bartlett, American animator
1956 - Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born tennis player
1957 - Doug Isaacson, Alaskan politician
1957 - Catherine Ringer, French singer and songwriter (Les Rita Mitsouko)
1958 - Corinne Bohrer, American actress
1958 - Thomas Hearns, American boxer
1958 - Kjell Samuelsson, National Hockey League defenseman
1959 - Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor
1959 - Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, American sports talk show host
1959 - John Nord, former American pro wrestler
1959 - Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
1959 - Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer
1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
1960 - Erin Moran, American actress
1961 - Wynton Marsalis, American musician
1961 - Rick Moody, American author
1962 - Vincent Spano, American actor
1964 - Dan Lilker, American musician, bassist for Anthrax, S.O.D., Nuclear Assault, and Brutal Truth
1965 - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
1969 - Nelson Vivas, Argentine former footballer
1970 - José Padilla, American former gang member and alleged supporter of terrorism
1970 - Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
1972 - Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
1972 - Jake Farrow, actor
1973 - Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
1974 - Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
1974 - Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 - Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 - Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
1977 - Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
1977 - David Vuillemin, Pro Motocross Rider
1978 - Wesley Jonathan, American actor
1978 - Mike Tindall, English rugby union player
1982 - Ne-Yo, an R&B singer
1984 - Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier
1987 - Zac Efron, American actor
1987 - Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
1990 - Carly Schroeder, American actress
1991 - Tyler Posey, American actor
1998 - Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
2001 - Annelise Manojlovic, English actress