October 18 - Births

Births

• 1127 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
• 1405 – Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
• 1517 – Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (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, Dutch territorial governor of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
• 1662 – Matthew Henry, English 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)
• 1831 – Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (d. 1888)
• 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, Italian politician (d. 1951)
• 1882 – Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-born French cyclist (d. 1917)
• 1893 – George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher (d. 1966)
• 1894 – H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological 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 athlete (d. 1983)
• 1904 – A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)
• 1904 – Haim Shirman, Russian-born Israeli academic (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire politician (d. 1993)
• 1906 – James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
• 1914 – Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1918 – Constantine Mitsotakis, Greek politician
• 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, Canadian politician (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and cultural minister (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian musician
• 1925 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician
• 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, Nicaraguan politician
• 1929 – Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (d. 2010)
• 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)
• 1938 – Dawn Wells, American actress
• 1939 – Flavio Cotti, Swiss jurist
• 1939 – Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and commentator
• 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
• 1940 – Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
• 1942 – Larry Pickering, Australian newspaper cartoonist
• 1943 – Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
• 1945 – Huell Howser, American television personality
• 1945 – Chris Shays, American politician
• 1945 – Yıldo, Turkish footballer
• 1946 – James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter
• 1946 – Frank Beamer, American college football coach
• 1946 – Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
• 1947 – Paul Chuckle, British comedian
• 1947 – Job Cohen, Dutch politician
• 1947 – Joe Morton, American actor
• 1947 – Laura Nyro, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1948 – Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher
• 1948 – Ntozake Shange, American author
• 1949 – Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel)
• 1949 – George Hendrick, American 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 – Pam Dawber, American actress
• 1951 – Terry McMillan, American author
• 1952 – Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer
• 1952 – Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist
• 1952 – Jerry Royster, American baseball player
• 1954 – Liz Burch, Australian actress
• 1954 – Arliss Howard, American actor
• 1955 – Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer and songwriter (Pylon (band), Supercluster)
• 1955 – Timmy Mallett, British TV presenter
• 1955 – David Twohy, American movie director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician

• 1956 – Craig Bartlett, American animator
• 1956 – Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born American tennis player
• 1956 – Jim Talent, American politician
• 1957 – Jon Lindstrom, American actor
• 1957 – Catherine Ringer, French singer and songwriter (Les Rita Mitsouko)
• 1958 – Corinne Bohrer, American actress
• 1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
• 1958 – Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1959 – Kirby Chambliss, American aerobatic pilot
• 1959 – Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
• 1959 – John Nord, American pro wrestler
• 1959 – Chris Russo, American sports talk show host
• 1959 – Steve Swayne, American academic
• 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 Anthrax, S.O.D., Nuclear Assault, and Brutal Truth
• 1964 – Charles Stross, British author
• 1965 – Zakir Naik, Indian Islamic speaker and doctor
• 1965 – Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
• 1966 – Slavi Trifonov, Bulgarian showman
• 1967 – Eric Stuart, American voice actor and singer
• 1969 – Volker Neumüller, German music talent manager
• 1969 – Nelson Vivas, Argentine footballer
• 1970 – Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
• 1970 – José Padilla, American suspected terrorist
• 1972 – Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
• 1973 – Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
• 1974 – Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1975 – Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1976 – Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
• 1977 – Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
• 1977 – David Vuillemin, pro motocross rider
• 1978 – Jake Farrow, American actor
• 1978 – Wesley Jonathan, American actor
• 1978 – Mike Tindall, English rugby union player
• 1978 – Priyanka Trivedi, Indian actress
• 1979 – Jothika, Indian actress
• 1979 – Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer and actor
• 1980 – Josh Gracin, American singer
• 1981 – Greg Warren, American football player
• 1982 – Thierry Amiel, French singer
• 1982 – Ne-Yo, American R&B singer
• 1984 – Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
• 1984 – Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier
• 1985 – Derrick Tribbett, American musician (Twisted Method)
• 1987 – Zac Efron, American actor
• 1987 – Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
• 1989 – Joy Lauren, American actress
• 1990 – Bristol Palin, American daughter of Sarah Palin and Todd Palin
• 1990 – Carly Schroeder, American actress
• 1991 – Tyler Posey, American actor
• 1998 – Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
• 2001 – Annelise Manojlovic, English actress