Famous Births on 18 Nov

Famous Births on 18 Nov

1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)
1630 - Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
1727 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)
1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
1774 - Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826)
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901)
1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)
1836 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909)
1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894)
1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1861 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)
1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935)
1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963)
1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973)
1883 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (d. 1981)
1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989)
1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985)
1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. 1984)
1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)
1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
1906 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (d. 1988)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (d. 2001)
1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)
1911 - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. 2000)
1915 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
1917 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (d. 2007)
1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
1920 - Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 1967)
1923 - Ted Stevens, American politician
1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2000)
1925 - Gene Mauch, American baseball manager (d. 2005)
1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)
1928 - Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
1932 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)
1934 - Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer, Greece's ambassador to UNESCO
1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997)
1936 - Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995)
1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer
1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. 2003)
1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
1942 - Susan Sullivan, American actress
1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector
1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author
1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor
1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress
1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player
1950 - Graham Parker, English singer
1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor
1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author
1952 - Peter Beattie, 36th Premier of Queensland
1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor
1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
1953 - Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
1954 - John Parr, British pop singer
1954 - Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
1955 - Carter Burwell, American composer
1956 - Warren Moon, American football player
1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995)
1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet
1958 - Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager
1958 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
1960 - Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
1962 - Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
1963 - Dante Bichette, American baseball player
1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet
1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor
1968 - Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
1968 - Romany Malco, American actor and music producer
1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player
1969 - Duncan Sheik, American Singer/Songwriter
1969 - Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian Actor
1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress
1970 - Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1970 - Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor
1970 - Mike Epps, American actor
1970 - Elizabeth Anne Allen, American Actress
1972 - Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter
1972 - Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English wicket-keeper
1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
1975 - Shawn Camp, American baseball player
1975 - Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter
1975 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir)
1976 - Mona Zaki, Egyptian Actress
1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer
1977 - Fabolous, American rapper
1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
1980 - Luke Chadwick, English footballer
1980 - François Duval, Belgian rally driver
1980 - Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice)
1980 - Okada Junichi, singer and actor (member of V6)
1981 - Christina Vidal, American actress
1981 - Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
1983 - Travis Buck, American baseball player
1984 - Ryohei Chiba, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
1984 - Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1985 - Christian Siriano, Winner of Project Runway, Season 4
1986 - Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
1988 - Jeffrey Jordan, son of Michael Jordan
1988 - Montanna Thompson, English actress
1992 - Nathan Kress, American actor