Famous Birthdays on October 18

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• 1127 Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
• 1239 Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia (1270-72), son of Béla IV, born on Csepel Island, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1272) baptism date
• 1405 Pius II [Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64), (Commentaries - only biography by a reigning Pope), born in Corsignano, Republic of Siena (d. 1464)

• 1517 Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
• 1547 Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips], Flemsih humanist and classical scholar (founding father of Neostoicism), born in Overijse, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1606)
• 1569 Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)
• 1595 Edward Winslow, British separatist and Plymouth Colony founder, born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. (d. 1655)
• 1611 Valentin Strobel, German lutenist and composer, baptized in Halle, Saxony (d. after 1669)
• 1634 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1705)
• 1638 Lasse Lucidor [Lars Johnstown], Swedish poet, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1674)
• 1653 Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
• 1662 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
• 1663 Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian field marshal in the Holy Roman Empire and for the Habsburg Monarchy against the Ottomans and the French, born in Paris, France (d. 1736) [1]
• 1668 John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1691-94), born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1684)
• 1679 Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem Witch Trials (d. 1716)
• 1697 Giovanni Canaletto, Italian painter (Regatta on the Grand Canal) and printmaker, born in Venice (d. 1768)

• 1701 Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
• 1706 Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano, Venice (d. 1785)
• 1712 Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1775-77), born in Utrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1777)
• 1741 Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French army general and writer (Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)), born in Amiens, Kingdom of France (d. 1803)
• 1774 Adolf Muller, German dramatist and critic, born near Weissenfels (d. 1829)
• 1777 Heinrich von Kleist, German writer, dramatist and poet (Penthesilea, The Marquise of O), born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia (d. 1811)
• 1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English satirical writer (Headlong Hall), born in Weymouth, England (d. 1866)
• 1789 Giovanni Tadolini, Italian conductor and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1872)
• 1794 Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian organist, composer, and teacher, born in Vienna (d. 1859)

• 1806 John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), (d. 1861)
• 1811 Hugh Thompson Reid, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Union City, Indiana (d. 1874)
• 1818 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1883)
• 1829 Charles S. Winder, American military officer and Confederate Brigadier General (US Army, 1850-61; Confederate Army, 1861-62), born in Easton, Maryland (d. 1862)
• 1829 Lucius Marshall Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
• 1831 Frederick III, German Emperor (1888), born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1888)
• 1833 Johannes Habert, Austrian composer, born in Oberplan, Bohemia (now Horní Planá, Czech Republic) (d. 1896)
• 1837 Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg, German-Dutch sculptor and architect of church interiors, born in Cologne (d. 1919)
• 1844 Émile Mathieu, Belgian composer, born in Lille, France (d. 1932)
• 1844 Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, born in Kent, Indiana (d. 1930)
• 1850 Francis Thome, French composer, born in Port Louis, Mauritius (d. 1909)
• 1854 Billy Murdoch, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests Australia, 1 England; 2 x 100s; NSW, Sussex CCC, London CCC), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1911)
• 1854 Charles Scribner II, American magazine and book publisher, born in New York City (d. 1930)
• 1854 Salomon August Andrée, Swedish engineer, balloonist and polar explorer, born in Gränna, Sweden (d. 1897)
• 1859 Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Creative Evolution, Nobel Prize for Literature 1927), born in Paris, France (d. 1941)
• 1859 Paolo Orsi, Italian archaeologist (Sicilian excavations), born in Rovereto, Austria-Hungary (d. 1935)
• 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 D. T. Suzuki, Japanese-American Zen Buddhist scholar, born in Kanazawa, Japan (d. 1966)
• 1871 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1940)
• 1872 Joséphine Caroline, Belgian royal princess, and later (1935) Benedictine nun, taking the name of Sister Marie-Josephine, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1958)
• 1872 Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer and poet, born in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire (d. 1936)
• 1873 Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
• 1875 James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, Ghanaian-American missionary, educator and scholar, born in Anomabo, Gold Coast (d. 1927)
• 1875 Len Braund, English cricket all-rounder (23 Tests, 3 x 100, 47 wickets; Surrey CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Clewer, Berkshire, England (d. 1955)
• 1877 Florence Walrath, American adoption agency founder (The Cradle), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1958)
• 1878 James Truslow Adams, American historian (Pulitzer Prize 1921, popularized phrase "American Dream"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1949)
• 1879 Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish violinist/conductor/composer, born in Daugavpils, Russian Empire (now Latvia); (d. 1953)
• 1882 Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), born in Plessé, France (d. 1917)
• 1889 Fannie Hurst, American novelist (Anatomy of Me), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1968)
• 1890 Agathe Henriette Trip-de Beaufort, Dutch writer (Rembrandt. Olympics 1928), born in Baarn, Netherlands (d. 1982)
• 1891 Václav Kálik, Czech composer, born in Opava; (d. 1951)
• 1893 Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics (d. 1966)
• 1893 Roy Del Ruth, American filmmaker (About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)

• 1894 H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
• 1895 Raymond Brulez, Belgian author (Appearance at Kallista), born in Blankenenberge, Belgium (d. 1972)
• 1897 Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist (d. 1980)
• 1898 Bob Custer [Raymond Glenn], American silent and sound screen actor (The Fighting Hombre; The Law of the Wild), born in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1974)
• 1898 Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
• 1901 Barbara Brown, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1975)
• 1901 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, born in Bogodukhov, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1956)
• 1902 Miriam Hopkins, American actress (Becky Sharp, These Three), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1972)
• 1902 Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
• 1903 Ambrose Thibodeaux, American Cajun accordionist, also known as Ambrose Sam, born in Church Point, Louisiana (d. 1995)
• 1903 Emile Enthoven, Dutch composer and lawyer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1950)
• 1904 A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)

• 1906 James Brooks, American mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1992)
• 1907 Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar) (d. 1994)
• 1909 Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
• 1910 Vojislav Vučkovič, Serbian conductor, composer (Vesnik bure (The Harbinger of the Storm)), and musicologist, born in Pirot, Serbia (d. 1942)
• 1913 Evelyn Venable, American model and actress (Death Takes a Holiday, Columbia Pictures logo), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1993)
• 1915 Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, Engaland (d. 2016)
• 1915 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1980)
• 1918 Constantine Mitsotakis [Konstantinos Mitsotakis], Prime Minister of Greece (1990 –1993), born in Halepa, Crete (d. 2017)
• 1918 James Cameron Tudor, Barbadian politician and diplomat (founded Democratic Labour Party), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 1995)
• 1918 Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
• 1919 Anita O'Day [Colton], American jazz singer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
• 1919 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, born in Danville, Virginia (d. 2012)

• 1919 Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
• 1920 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, activist and politician, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1994)
• 1921 Jesse Helms, American politician (Senator -D/R-North Carolina, 1973-2003), born in Monroe, North Carolina (d. 2008)
• 1922 Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, born in Gussago, Italy (d. 1993)
• 1922 Richard Stankiewicz, American sculptor (1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis) (d. 1983)
• 1923 Eileen Sheridan, English cyclist (record road cyclist - Land’s End-John O’Groats time stood for 36 years), born in Coventry, England (d. 2023) [1]
• 1923 Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch artist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
• 1924 (Hugh) "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian Cape Breton fiddler, born in Timmons, Ontario (d. 2014)
• 1924 Allyn Ferguson, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), and TV theme composer (Barney Miller; Charlie's Angels), born in San Jose, California (d. 2010)
• 1924 Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, born in Råde, Norway (d. 2013)
• 1925 Ramiz Alia, Communist leader and first President of Albania (1982-92), born in Shkodër, Albania (d. 2011)
• 1925 Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012)

• 1926 John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 2018)
• 1926 Klaus Kinski [Naksynski], German-Polish actor (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Little Drummer Girl), born in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (d. 1991)
• 1926 Thomas Millar, Australian historian and political scientist, born in Kalamunda, Western Australia (d. 1994)

• 1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
• 1928 Keith Jackson, American sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football, college football), born in Roopville, Georgia (d. 2018)
• 1928 R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India)
• 1929 Hans Wallat, German opera conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2014)
• 1929 Violeta Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1990-97) and 1st female president of the country, born in Rivas, Nicaragua
• 1930 Barry McDaniel, American lyric baritone (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1962-99), born in Lyndon, Kansas (d. 2018)
• 1930 Frank C. Carlucci, American politician, National Security Adviser under Reagan and Secretary of Defense (1987-89), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
• 1931 Ed Biles, American football coach (College: Xavier 1962-68; NFL: Houston Oilers 1981-83), born in Reading, Ohio (d. 2020)
• 1931 Ien Dales, Dutch politician (Minister of Internal minister 1989-94), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1994)
• 1932 Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician (European Parliament, 2003-14; Speaker of the Seimas, 1996-2000), and writer, born in Kaunas, Lithuania
• 1933 Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), born in Birthright, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1933 Jacques Charpentier, French organist and composer (72 études karnatiques), born in Paris (d. 2017)
• 1934 Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (d. 2007)
• 1934 Chuck Swindoll, American evangelist
• 1934 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1935 John B. Coleman, American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1935 Jorge "Jordi" Cervelló, Catalan composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain

• 1935 Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2021)

• 1938 Ronnie Bright, American doo-wop bass vocalist (Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man"; The Coasters, 1968-2009), born in New York City (d. 2015)
• 1939 Flavio Cotti, member of the Swiss Federal Council

• 1939 Viktor Lisitsky, Russian gymnast (5 x Olympic silver USSR 1964, 68; World C'ship silver team 1962, 70), born in Magnitogorsk, Russia (d. 2023)
• 1940 Cynthia Weil, American songwriter ("We Got Get Out Of This Place"; "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; "On Broadway"; "He's So Shy"), born in New York City (d. 2023) [1]
• 1940 H.B. "Toby" Halicki, American filmmaker, stunt driver, and actor (Gone In 60 Seconds), born in Dunkirk, New York (d. 1989)
• 1941 William "Billy" Cox, American bass player (performed with Jimi Hendrix), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
• 1942 Larry Pickering, Australian political cartoonist and illustrator, born in Australia (d. 2018)
• 1942 Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
• 1943 Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
• 1943 Elena Ferrante, pseudonymous Italian novelist (Neapolitan Novels), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (claimed)
• 1943 Russ Giguere, American pop-rock guitarist and singer (The Association - "Windy"; "Cherish"), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• 1944 Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author (Deryni Rising, Saint Camber)
• 1944 Nelson Freire, Brazilian classical pianist, born in Boa Esperança, Brazil (d. 2021)
• 1944 Slobodan Škrbić, Serbian soccer defender (4 caps Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade, Lille), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2022)
• 1945 Christopher Shays, American politician (Rep-R-Connecticut 1987-2009), born in Stamford, Connecticut
• 1945 Huell Howser, American TV host
• 1945 Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player
• 1946 Howard Shore, Canadian television and film composer (Lord of the Rings trilogy; 1st music director of Saturday Night Live), born in Toronto, Canada
• 1946 James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter
• 1947 (John) "JJ" Johnson, American NBA basketball player, 1970-82 (Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, and 2 other teams), born in Carthage, Mississippi (d. 2016)
• 1947 Job Cohen, Dutch politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
• 1947 Joe Morton, American actor (Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World), born in New York City
• 1947 Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter ("Wedding Bell Blues"; "Stoned Soul Picnic"; "And When I Die"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997)
• 1947 Luc Journet, Belgian physician (Order of Zonnetempel)
• 1947 Paul Chuckle, British comedian
• 1948 Isabel E Allen, biostatician
• 1948 Ntozake Shange, American author
• 1949 Ed Farmer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; Chicago White Sox) and radio broadcaster (Chicago White Sox, 1991-2005), born in Evergreen Park, Illinois (d. 2020)
• 1949 Gary Richrath, guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), born in Peoria Illinois, (d. 2015)
• 1949 George Hendrick, baseball outfielder (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1972 Oakland A's, 1982 St. Louis Cardinals; Silver Slugger Award 1980, 83), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1949 Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"), born in Paisley, Scotland
• 1950 Merry Martin, actress (Leslie-Peter Loves Mary), born in Camden, Michigan
• 1950 Om Puri, Indian Bollywood actor (Aakrosh, Ardh Satya), born in Ambala, Haryana
• 1950 Pat Swindall, American politician convicted of perjury (Rep-R-GA, 1985-89), born in Gadsden, Alabama (d. 2018)
• 1950 Sheila White, actress (I Claudius), born in London, England

• 1951 Pam Dawber, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam), born in Detroit, Michigan
• 1951 Terry McMillan, American author
• 1952 Bảo Ninh [pen name for Hoàng Ấu Phương], Vietnamese novelist, know for "The Sorrow of War", born in Nghệ An, Vietnam
• 1952 Chuck Lorre, American television director, writer, and producer (Dharma & Greg; Two and a Half Men; The Big Bang Theory), born in Plainview, New York
• 1952 Jerry Royster, American baseball player and coach, born in Sacramento, California
• 1952 Jim Ratcliffe, British billionaire and founder of chemical company INEOS, born in Failsworth, England
• 1952 Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman), born in Colombo, Ceylon
• 1954 Liz Burch, Australian actress
• 1955 David Twohy, American movie director and screenwriter
• 1955 Denis Watson, South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 2007), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
• 1955 Timmy Mallett, British TV presenter
• 1956 Craig Bartlett, American animator (Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train, Ready Jet Go!), born in Seattle, Washington
• 1956 Jim Talent, American politician (Rep-R-Missouri), born in Des Peres, Missouri

• 1957 Doug Isaacson, American politician (Mayor of North Pole, Alaska, 2006-12), born in Seattle, Washington
• 1957 Jon Lindstrom, American actor (General Hospital, 1992-97, 2013-present - "Kevin Collins" & "Ryan Chamberlain"), born in Medford, Oregon
• 1958 Hal Haenel, American sailor (Olympic 8th 1988, 92, 96), born in St Louis, Missouri
• 1958 Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Tyngsryd, Sweden
• 1958 Letitia James, American lawyer and politician (NY Attorney General), born in New York City

• 1959 Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C'ship gold 20k 1983), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
• 1959 Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer
• 1959 Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
• 1959 Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor
• 1960 Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
• 1960 Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Burbank, California (d. 2017)

• 1961 Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
• 1961 Gladstone Small, English cricketer, born in St. George, Barbados
• 1961 Wynton Marsalis, American 9-time Grammy Award-winning jazz and classical trumpeter (Pulitzer Prize for "Blood on the Fields"; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1962 Jody Rosenthal, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1987), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1962 Vincent Spano, American actor (Baby, It's You; Alphabet City; Maria's Lovers), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1964 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
• 1964 George Ferris, Antigua cricketer (Leewards fast bowler), born in Antigua
• 1965 Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist ("I Wonder Why"), born in Bloise, Idaho
• 1966 Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
• 1966 Angela Visser, Dutch actress, model and Miss Universe 1989, born in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands

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