18 October
Notable Births
Sophie Thatcher
b. 2000
American actress (born 2000)
Janalynn Castelino
b. 1998
Indian-Italian singer and songwriter (born 1998)
Terance Mann
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Enhō Yūya
b. 1994
Japanese sumo wrestler
Pascal Wehrlein
b. 1994
German and Mauritian racing driver (born 1994)
Ivan Cavaleiro
b. 1993
Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
John John Florence
b. 1992
American professional surfer (born 1992)
Barry Keoghan
b. 1992
Irish actor (born 1992)
Roly Bonevacia
b. 1991
Curaçao footballer (born 1991)
Tyler Posey
b. 1991
American actor and musician (born 1991)
Toby Regbo
b. 1991
English actor
Zohran Mamdani
b. 1991
Mayor of New York City since January 2026
Brittney Griner
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Bristol Palin
b. 1990
American public speaker (born 1990)
Laci Green
b. 1989
American YouTuber
Joy Jorgensen
b. 1989
American actress
Tessa Schram
b. 1988
Dutch actress and director (born 1988)
Zac Efron
b. 1987
American actor (born 1987)
Freja Beha Erichsen
b. 1987
Danish fashion model (born 1987)
Wilma Elles
b. 1986
German actress, model and fashion designer
Notable Deaths
Sam Rivers (bassist)
d. 2025
American bassist (1977–2025)
Yang Chen-Ning
d. 2025
Chinese-American physicist (1922–2025)
Suicide of Lia Smith
d. 2025
2025 suicide of transgender college student
Yehuda Bauer
d. 2024
Israeli Holocaust historian (1926–2024)
Ginés González García
d. 2024
Argentine politician and physician (1945–2024)
Harvey Wollman
d. 2022
American politician (1935–2022)
Colin Powell
d. 2021
American general, diplomat and statesman (1937–2021)
René Felber
d. 2020
Swiss politician (1933–2020)
Rui Jordão
d. 2019
Portuguese footballer (1952–2019)
Lisbeth Palme
d. 2018
Swedish psychologist and wife of Olof Palme
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
d. 2018
President of Sudan from 1985 to 1986
Marino Perani
d. 2017
Italian footballer and manager
Gamal al-Ghitani
d. 2015
Egyptian author, literary editor and commentator
Robert W. Farquhar
d. 2015
Frank Watkins (musician)
d. 2015
Musical artist (1968–2015)
Paul West (writer, born 1930)
d. 2015
British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist (1930–2015)
Edward Regan
d. 2014
American politician
Sidney Shapiro
d. 2014
American-born Chinese translator (1915–2014)
Tom Foley
d. 2013
American politician (1929–2013)
Bum Phillips
d. 2013
American football coach (1923–2013)