Famous Births on 18 Jan

Famous Births on 18 Jan

1519 - Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
1543 - (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)
1641 - François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691)
1672 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
1779 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
1782 - Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
1795 - Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
1813 - Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)
1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
1840 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)
1841 - Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. 1894)
1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
1848 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)
1849 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
1850 - Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916)
1854 - Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934)
1856 - Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931)
1867 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
1877 - Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961)
1879 - Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949)
1881 - Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
1882 - A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)
1886 - Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
1888 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)
1892 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)
1892 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956)
1896 - C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)
1901 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
1904 - Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
1905 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002)
1908 - Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972)
1908 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
1910 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1983)
1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
1914 - Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)
1915 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
1917 - Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman
1918 - Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. 1996)
1922 - Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)
1925 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1927 - Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007)
1933 - Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
1933 - John Boorman, Irish film director
1934 - Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator
1935 - Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
1935 - Jon Stallworthy, English poet
1935 - Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007)
1937 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
1938 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1940 - Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
1941 - Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
1941 - Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer
1941 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)
1943 - Kay Granger, American politician
1944 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
1945 - José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
1946 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
1949 - Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer
1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
1951 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982)
1951 - Bob Latchford, English footballer
1952 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
1952 - Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design
1953 - Brett Hudson, American actor
1954 - Ted DiBiase, Retired Professional Wrestler
1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor
1955 - Fergus Martin, Irish artist
1956 - Tom Bailey, English singer (Thompson Twins)
1956 - Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
1961 - Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Peter Beardsley, English footballer
1961 - Jeff Yagher, American actor
1962 - Alison Arngrim, American actress
1963 - Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter
1963 - Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
1963 - Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
1964 - Andrea Leand, American tennis player
1964 - Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
1964 - Jane Horrocks, British actress
1965 - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
1966 - Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
1966 - André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1967 - Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
1967 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
1968 - Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist
1969 - Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Wilco)
1969 - Batista, American professional wrestler
1969 - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
1970 - DJ Quik, American rapper
1970 - Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
1971 - Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
1971 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
1971 - Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn)
1971 - Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist
1972 - Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
1973 - Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer
1973 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
1974 - Princess Claire of Belgium
1974 - Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio
1974 - Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
1974 - Devon Odessa, American actress
1974 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
1976 - Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
1976 - Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006
1977 - Curtis Cregan, American actor
1977 - Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
1978 - Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
1979 - Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
1979 - Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer
1979 - Kenyatta Jones, American football player
1980 - Estelle Swaray, English singer
1980 - Jason Segel, American actor
1980 - Julius Peppers, American football player
1980 - Robert Green, English footballer
1981 - Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor
1981 - Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
1981 - Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
1982 - Joanna Newsom, American harpist
1983 - Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
1984 - Seung-Hui Cho, shooter at Virginia Tech
1984 - Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer
1984 - Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
1984 - Benji Schwimmer, American dancer
1984 - Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol 7 cast member
1985 - Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
1985 - Riccardo Montolivo, Italian soccer player
1988 - Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter
1993 - Morgan York, American actress
885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)