What famous people were born on October 18th?

Answer 1

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)

1905 - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, first President of Côte d'Ivoire (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)

1914 - Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)

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 Minister for Culture of Greece (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 - Chris Shays, Member of the United States Congress from Connecticut

1945 - Huell Howser, American TV host

1945 - Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player

1946 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter

1946 - Howard Shore, Canadian film composer

1946 - Frank Beamer, American football coach Virginia Tech Hokies football

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 - Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel)

1949 - George Hendrick, baseball player

1949 - Gary Richrath, American musician (REO Speedwagon)

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 - Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer, first to complete the Seven Summits

1952 - Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist

1952 - Jerry Royster, American baseball player

1954 - Liz Burch, Australian actress

1954 - Arliss Howard, American actor

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)

1956 - Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born tennis player

1956 - Craig Bartlett, American animator

1956 - Jim Talent, American politician

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 - Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer

1959 - Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter

1959 - John Nord, former American pro wrestler

1959 - Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, American sports talk show host

1959 - Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor

1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor

1960 - Erin Moran, American actress

1961 - Wynton Marsalis, American jazz 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

1964 - Charles Stross, British speculative-fiction author

1965 - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist.

1965 - Zakir Naik, Indian Islamic speaker and doctor.

1966 - Slavi Trifonov, Bulgarian showman

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 - Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer

1974 - Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)

1974 - Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress

1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player

1976 - Azlea Antistia, American pornographic actress

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

1978 - Jyothika Saravanan, Indian actress popular in Tamil

1978 - Priyanka Trivedi, Indian actress

1981 - Greg Warren, American football player

1982 - Ne-Yo, R&B singer

1984 - Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier

1984 - Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model

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 *

Answer 2

Some famous people born on October 18th include actor Zac Efron, musician Lindsey Vonn, and writer Chuck Lorre.