Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays
Here is a list who born on date 18 October today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for October 18
Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on October 18
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1127 | Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) |
| 1130 | Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (d. 1200) |
| 1405 | Pope Pius II (d. 1464) |
| 1444 | John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (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) |
| 1569 | Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625) |
| 1587 | Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (d. 1651) |
| 1595 | 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 | Prince Eugene of Savoy (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) |
| 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) |
| 1869 | Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (d. 1913) |
| 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) |
| 1875 | Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955) |
| 1878 | James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (d. 1949) |
| 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) |
| 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 | Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (d. 1976) |
| 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) |
| 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 | 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 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) |
| 1929 | Frank Stanmore, Australian rugby league player (d. 2005) |
| 1930 | Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician |
| 1930 | Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009) |
| 1931 | Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (d. 2019) |
| 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 (d. 2019) |
| 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 (d. 2019) |
| 1938 | Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 (d. 2020) |
| 1939 | Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2020) |
| 1939 | Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster |
| 1939 | Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) |
| 1939 | Paddy Reilly, Irish folk singer and guitarist |
| 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 (d. 2019) |
| 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 |
| 1948 | Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic |
| 1948 | Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018) |
| 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 | 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[19] |
| 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 |
| 1954 | Nick Houghton, English general |
| 1954 | Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1954 | Bob Weinstein, American film executive |
| 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 | Letitia James, American lawyer, activist 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 and sportscaster |
| 1975 | Josh Sawyer, American video game designer |
| 1977 | Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist |
| 1977 | Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor |
| 1977 | Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach |
| 1977 | David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer |
| 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 | 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 |
| 1992 | John John Florence, American professional surfer |
| 1993 | Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer |
| 1994 | Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver |
| 1994 | Enhō Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler |
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