October 18 - Births

Births

• 1127 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
• 1405 – Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
• 1517 – Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese priest (d. 1570)
• 1547 – Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and humanist (d. 1606)
• 1569 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)
• 1595 – Edward Winslow, English politician (d. 1655)
• 1634 – Luca Giordano, Italian painter (d. 1705)
• 1653 – Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
• 1662 – Matthew Henry, English minister (d. 1714)
• 1663 – Prince Eugene of Savoy (d. 1736)
• 1668 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
• 1679 – Ann Putnam, Jr., American witness 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 author and poet (d. 1811)
• 1785 – Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866)
• 1804 – Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868)
• 1831 – Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888)
• 1836 – Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)
• 1854 – Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
• 1859 – Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1862 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)
• 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)
• 1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
• 1873 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
• 1882 – Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (d. 1917)
• 1884 – Hugo Goetz, American swimmer (d. 1972)
• 1893 – George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher (d. 1966)
• 1894 – H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
• 1894 – Tibor Déry, Hungarian author (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Isabel Briggs Myers, American author and theorist (d. 1980)
• 1898 – 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 runner (d. 1983)
• 1904 – A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)
• 1904 – Haim Shirman, Russian-Israeli academic (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Jan Gies, Dutch activist, husband of Miep Gies (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)
• 1906 – James Brooks, American painter (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 politician (d. 1991)
• 1918 – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece
• 1918 – Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Camilla Williams, American soprano (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1925 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania {d. 2011}
• 1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1926 – Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Keith Jackson, American sportscaster
• 1929 – Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua
• 1929 – Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Kees Fens, Dutch critic (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Chris Albertson, American journalist and historian
• 1931 – Ien Dales, Dutch politician (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
• 1933 – Forrest Gregg, American football player
• 1934 – Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (d. 1970)
• 1934 – Chuck Swindoll, American pastor, author, and educator
• 1935 – Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Dawn Wells, American actress
• 1939 – Flavio Cotti, Swiss jurist
• 1939 – Mike Ditka, American football player and coach
• 1939 – Ted Boy Marino, Italian-Brazilian wrestler and actor (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
• 1940 – Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
• 1943 – Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
• 1945 – Yıldo, Turkish footballer
• 1945 – Huell Howser, American television host
• 1945 – Chris Shays, American politician
• 1946 – James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Howard Shore, Canadian composer
• 1947 – Paul Chuckle, English comedian and actor
• 1947 – Job Cohen, Dutch politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
• 1947 – Joe Morton, American actor
• 1947 – Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)
• 1948 – Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher
• 1948 – Ntozake Shange, American author
• 1949 – Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel)
• 1949 – George Hendrick, American baseball player
• 1949 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (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 coach
• 1951 – Pam Dawber, American actress
• 1951 – Terry McMillan, American author
• 1952 – Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer
• 1952 – Chuck Lorre, American scriptwriter, director, and producer
• 1952 – Bao Ninh, Vietnamese author
• 1952 – Jerry Royster, American baseball player
• 1953 – Loes Luca, Dutch actress and singer
• 1954 – Liz Burch, Australian actress
• 1954 – Arliss Howard, American actor
• 1955 – Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian television host (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter (Pylon and Supercluster)
• 1955 – Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
• 1955 – David Twohy, American director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
• 1956 – Craig Bartlett, American animator
• 1956 – Martina Navrátilová, Czech-American tennis player
• 1956 – Jim Talent, American politician
• 1957 – Jon Lindstrom, American actor
• 1957 – Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Les Rita Mitsouko)
• 1958 – Stacy Allison, American mountaineer
• 1958 – Corinne Bohrer, American actress
• 1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
• 1958 – Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1959 – Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
• 1959 – Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian director and screenwriter
• 1959 – John Nord, American wrestler
• 1959 – Chris Russo, American radio host
• 1960 – Erin Moran, American actress
• 1960 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and director
• 1961 – Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator
• 1961 – Rick Moody, American author
• 1962 – Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist
• 1962 – Vincent Spano, American actor
• 1964 – Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death, Nuclear Assault, Exit-13, and Brutal Truth)
• 1964 – Charles Stross, English author
• 1965 – Zakir Naik, Indian surgeon
• 1965 – Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1966 – Dave Price, American journalist and weatherman
• 1966 – Slavi Trifonov, Bulgarian actor and singer
• 1966 – Angela Visser, Dutch model and actress, Miss Universe 1989
• 1967 – Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
• 1968 – Michael Stich, German tennis player
• 1969 – Volker Neumüller, German talent manager
• 1969 – Nelson Vivas, Argentine footballer
• 1970 – Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
• 1970 – José Padilla, American terrorist
• 1970 – Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
• 1972 – Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
• 1973 – Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Brian Scolaro, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1974 – Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
• 1974 – Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (The Cardigans)
• 1975 – Baby Bash, American rapper
• 1975 – Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1976 – Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
• 1977 – Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
• 1977 – David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Jake Farrow, American actor
• 1978 – Wesley Jonathan, American actor
• 1978 – Jaime Koeppe, Canadian fitness expert
• 1978 – Mike Tindall, English rugby player
• 1978 – Priyanka Trivedi, Indian actress
• 1978 – Jyothika, Indian actress
• 1978 – Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
• 1979 – 'Ana Po'uhila, Tongan shot putter
• 1979 – Ne-Yo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Josh Gracin, American singer
• 1981 – Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
• 1981 – Greg Warren, American football player
• 1982 – Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Dante Bonfim Costa Santos, 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
• 1985 – Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Wilma Elles, German actress
• 1987 – Zac Efron, American actor and singer
• 1987 – Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
• 1989 – Joy Lauren, American actress
• 1990 – Bristol Palin, American author
• 1990 – Carly Schroeder, American actress
• 1991 – Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Tyler Posey, American actor
• 1998 – Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress