Births on 18 October
2000s
Sophie Thatcher
2000
American actress (born 2000)
1900s
Janalynn Castelino
1998
Indian-Italian singer and songwriter (born 1998)
Terance Mann
1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Enhō Yūya
1994
Japanese sumo wrestler
Pascal Wehrlein
1994
German and Mauritian racing driver (born 1994)
Ivan Cavaleiro
1993
Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
John John Florence
1992
American professional surfer (born 1992)
Barry Keoghan
1992
Irish actor (born 1992)
Roly Bonevacia
1991
Curaçao footballer (born 1991)
Tyler Posey
1991
American actor and musician (born 1991)
Toby Regbo
1991
English actor
Zohran Mamdani
1991
Mayor of New York City since January 2026
Drew Crawford
1990
American basketball player
Brittney Griner
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Bristol Palin
1990
American public speaker (born 1990)
Laci Green
1989
American YouTuber
Joy Jorgensen
1989
American actress
Riisa Naka
1989
Japanese actress (born 1989)
Tessa Schram
1988
Dutch actress and director (born 1988)
Zac Efron
1987
American actor (born 1987)
Freja Beha Erichsen
1987
Danish fashion model (born 1987)
Wilma Elles
1986
German actress, model and fashion designer
Yoenis Céspedes
1985
Cuban-born baseball player (born 1985)
Andrew Garcia
1985
American singer (born 1985)
Robert Harting
1984
German discus thrower (born 1984)
Freida Pinto
1984
Indian actress (born 1984)
Esperanza Spalding
1984
American jazz bassist and singer
Lindsey Vonn
1984
American alpine skier (born 1984)
Milo Yiannopoulos
1984
British polemicist and political commentator (born 1984)
Dante (footballer)
1983
Brazilian footballer (born 1983)
Thierry Amiel
1982
French singer and songwriter
Michael Dingsdag
1982
Dutch retired footballer
Simon Gotch
1982
American professional wrestler
Mark Sampson
1982
Welsh footballer and coach
Nathan Hauritz
1981
Australian cricketer
Tina Hergold
1981
Slovenian tennis player
Greg Warren (American football)
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Birsen Bekgöz
1980
Turkish sprinter (born 1980)
Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)
1979
Czech footballer (born 1979)
Ne-Yo
1979
American singer (born 1979)
Damon Scott
1979
British entertainer
Mike Tindall
1978
English rugby union player (born 1978)
Kenji Wu
1978
Musical artist
Flavia Colgan
1977
Brazilian-American political strategist (born 1977)
Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)
1977
Indian actor (born 1977)
Ryan Nelsen
1977
New Zealand footballer (born 1977)
David Vuillemin
1977
French motorcycle racer (born 1977)
Alex Cora
1975
Puerto Rican baseball player and manager (born 1975)
Josh Sawyer
1975
American video game designer
Robbie Savage
1974
Welsh football manager, pundit, and former player (born 1974)
Peter Svensson
1974
Swedish musician
Amish Tripathi
1974
Indian author
Zhou Xun
1974
Chinese actress and singer (born 1974)
Stephen Allan
1973
Australian professional golfer (born 1973)
James Foley (journalist)
1973
American journalist (1973–2014)
Michalis Kapsis
1973
Greek footballer
Rachel Nichols (journalist)
1973
American sports journalist
Sarah Winckless
1973
British rower
Mika Ninagawa
1972
Japanese photographer and director (born 1972)
Alex Tagliani
1972
Canadian racing driver (born 1972)
Nick O'Hern
1971
Australian professional golfer (born 1971)
Doug Mirabelli
1970
American baseball player (born 1970)
Mike Starink
1970
Dutch television presenter and stage actor
Volker Neumüller
1969
German music manager
Nelson Vivas
1969
Argentine footballer and manager (born 1969)
Rhod Gilbert
1968
Welsh comedian (born 1968)
Stuart Law
1968
Australian cricketer
Michael Stich
1968
German tennis player
Eric Stuart
1967
American voice actor and musician
Dave Price
1966
American journalist and meteorologist
Zakir Naik
1965
Indian Islamic scholar (born 1965)
Curtis Stigers
1965
American jazz singer (born 1965)
Dan Lilker
1964
American musician (born 1964)
Charles Stross
1964
British author (born 1964)
Sigvart Dagsland
1963
Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
Min Ko Naing
1962
Burmese activist (born 1962)
Vincent Spano
1962
American actor, film director and producer (born 1962)
Wynton Marsalis
1961
American jazz trumpeter (born 1961)
Rick Moody
1961
American novelist (born 1961)
Gladstone Small
1961
English cricketer (born 1961)
Erin Moran
1960
American actress (1960–2017)
Jean-Claude Van Damme
1960
Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)
Kirby Chambliss
1959
American air race pilot
Mauricio Funes
1959
President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014
Milcho Manchevski
1959
Macedonian-American film director
John Nord
1959
American professional wrestler
Thomas Hearns
1958
American boxer (born 1958)
Megumi Ishii
1958
Japanese actress and politician
Letitia James
1958
American lawyer and politician (born 1958)
Kjell Samuelsson
1958
Swedish ice hockey player
Jon Lindstrom
1957
American actor
Catherine Ringer
1957
Musical artist
Craig Bartlett
1956
American animator (born 1956)
Martina Navratilova
1956
Czech-American tennis player (born 1956)
Jim Talent
1956
American politician (born 1956)
Jean-Pierre Hautier
1955
Belgian television presenter and broadcaster
Vanessa Briscoe Hay
1955
American singer and songwriter (born 1955)
Timmy Mallett
1955
English television and radio presenter, artist
Stu Mead
1955
American artist
David Twohy
1955
American film director and screenwriter
Rita Verdonk
1955
Dutch politician (born 1965)
Denis Watson
1955
Zimbabwean professional golfer (born 1955)
Mark Welland
1955
British physicist (born 1955)
Nick Houghton
1954
British retired army officer (born 1954)
Arliss Howard
1954
American actor, screenwriter, and film director (born 1954)
Bob Weinstein
1954
American film executive (born 1954)
Roy Dias
1952
Sri Lankan cricketer
Paul Geroski
1952
British economist
Chuck Lorre
1952
American television writer and producer (born 1952)
Patrick Morrow
1952
Canadian photographer and mountain climber
Bảo Ninh
1952
Vietnamese writer
Allen Ripley
1952
American baseball player (1952–2014)
Jerry Royster
1952
American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1952)
Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)
1951
American ice hockey player (b. 1951)
Pam Dawber
1951
American actress (born 1951)
Terry McMillan
1951
American author (born 1951)
David Normington
1951
British civil servant
Nic Potter
1951
English bassist, composer and painter (1951–2013)
Wendy Wasserstein
1950
American playwright (1950–2006)
George Hendrick
1949
American baseball player and coach (born 1949)
Gary Richrath
1949
American musician (1949–2015)
Hans Köchler
1948
Austrian philosopher
Ntozake Shange
1948
American playwright and poet (1948–2018)
Chuckle Brothers
1947
English children's entertainers
Job Cohen
1947
Dutch politician (born 1947)
John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)
1947
American basketball player (1947–2016)
Joe Morton
1947
American actor (born 1947)
Laura Nyro
1947
American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)
Gary Sullivan (rugby league)
1947
Australian rugby league footballer
James Robert Baker
1946
American author (1947–1997)
Frank Beamer
1946
American football player and coach (born 1946)
Joe Egan (musician)
1946
Scottish singer-songwriter (1946–2024)
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
1946
Welsh politician (1946–2025)
Howard Shore
1946
Canadian film score composer (born 1946)
Huell Howser
1945
American television personality (1945–2013)
Chris Shays
1945
American politician (born 1945)
Christine Charbonneau
1943
French Canadian singer and songwriter
Birthe Rønn Hornbech
1943
Danish politician (born 1943)
Gianfranco Ravasi
1942
Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1942)
Timothy Bell, Baron Bell
1941
British advertising and public relations executive (1941–2019)
Martha Burk
1941
American feminist
Talitha Getty
1940
Dutch actress (1940–1971)
Cynthia Weil
1940
American songwriter (1940–2023)
Flavio Cotti
1939
Swiss politician (1939–2020)
Mike Ditka
1939
American football player, coach, and commentator (born 1939)
Lee Harvey Oswald
1939
Assassin of John F. Kennedy (1939–1963)
Paddy Reilly
1939
Irish folk singer
Jan Erik Vold
1939
Norwegian writer, jazz vocal reciter, and translator
Robert Dove
1938
Parliamentarian of the United States Senate (1938–2021)
Dawn Wells
1938
American actress (1938–2020)
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
1936
Cuban prelate (1936–2019)
Peter Boyle
1935
American actor (1935–2006)
Inger Stevens
1934
Swedish and American actress (1934–1970)
Forrest Gregg
1933
American football player and coach (1933–2019)
Irwin M. Jacobs
1933
American businessman, founder of Qualcomm (born 1933)
Ludovico Scarfiotti
1933
Italian racing driver (1933–1968)
Roger Climpson
1932
Australian journalist (1931–2025)
Vytautas Landsbergis
1932
Lithuanian politician
Chris Albertson
1931
Music journalist, writer and record producer
Ien Dales
1931
Dutch politician (1931–1994)
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun
1930
Scottish hereditary peer (1930–2024)
Esther Hautzig
1930
American writer
Violeta Chamorro
1929
President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997
Hillard Elkins
1929
American theater and film producer (1929–2010)
Kees Fens
1929
Dutch writer (1929–2008)
Frank Stanmore (rugby league)
1929
Australia international rugby league footballer
Maurice El Médiouni
1928
Algerian musician (1928–2024)
Keith Jackson
1928
American sports announcer (1928–2018)
Dick Taverne
1928
English barrister and politician (1928–2025)
Marv Rotblatt
1927
American baseball player (1927–2013)
George C. Scott
1927
American actor (1927–1999)
Chuck Berry
1926
American musician (1926–2017)
Klaus Kinski
1926
German actor (1926–1991)
Ramiz Alia
1925
Head of state of Albania from 1982 to 1992
Buddy MacMaster
1924
Canadian musician
Jessie Mae Hemphill
1923
American singer-songwriter (1923–2006)
Jerry Cooke (photographer)
1921
American photojournalist (1921–2005)
Jesse Helms
1921
American politician (1921–2008)
Beatrice Worsley
1921
First female computer scientist in Canada
Melina Mercouri
1920
Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician (1920–1994)
Ric Nordman
1919
Canadian politician
Anita O'Day
1919
American jazz singer (1919–2006)
Pierre Trudeau
1919
Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984)
Camilla Williams
1919
American opera singer (1919–2012)
Molly Geertsema
1918
Dutch politician (1918–1991)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
1918
Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993
Bobby Troup
1918
American actor and musician (1918–1999)
Victor Sen Yung
1915
American actor (1915–1980)
Raymond Lambert
1914
Swiss mountain climber
Norberto Bobbio
1909
Italian legal scholar (1909–2004)
James Brooks (painter)
1906
American Abstract Expressionist, muralist, abstract painter, art teacher (1906–1992)
Jan Gies
1905
Dutch Resistance member who helped hide Anne Frank
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1905
First president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993
Aarne Juutilainen
1904
Finnish army captain (1904–1976)
A. J. Liebling
1904
American journalist (1904–1963)
Hayyim Schirmann
1904
Israeli historian
Lina Radke
1903
Miriam Hopkins
1902
American film and TV actress (1902–1972)
Pascual Jordan
1902
German physicist and politician (1902–1980)
1800s
Lotte Lenya
1898
Austrian singer and actress (1898–1981)
Isabel Briggs Myers
1897
American writer (1897–1980)
H. L. Davis
1894
American novelist
Tibor Déry
1894
Hungarian writer and poet
Sidney Holland
1893
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1949 to 1957
George Ohsawa
1893
Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine
Paul Vermoyal
1888
French actor
Takashi Sakai
1887
Japanese officer, war criminal 1887–1946
Väinö Kivisalo
1882
Finnish politician (1882–1953)
Lucien Petit-Breton
1882
French cyclist (1882–1917)
Max Gerson
1881
German-American physician (1881–1959)
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880
Russian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940)
James Truslow Adams
1878
American writer and historian (1878–1949)
Len Braund
1875
English cricketer
Ivanoe Bonomi
1873
Prime Minister of Italy (1921–1922; 1944–1945)
Mikhail Kuzmin
1872
Russian poet, musician and novelist
D. T. Suzuki
1870
Japanese Zen scholar (1870–1966)
Johannes Linnankoski
1869
Finnish author and playwright (1869–1913)
Ernst Didring
1868
Swedish author
Arie de Jong
1865
Logan Pearsall Smith
1865
American-born British essayist and critic (1865–1946)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat
1862
Ottoman Army officer (1862–1952)
Henri Bergson
1859
French philosopher (1859–1941)
Billy Murdoch
1854
Australian cricketer
Basil Hall Chamberlain
1850
British academic (1850–1935)
Frederick August Otto Schwarz
1836
Founder Of FAO Schwarz
Frederick III, German Emperor
1831
German Emperor in 1888
Midhat Pasha
1822
Ottoman politician, reformist and statesman (1822–1883)
Mongkut
1804
King of Siam from 1851 to 1868
Before 1800
Lucas Alamán
1792
Mexican statesman, historian, and scientist (1792–1853)
Thomas Love Peacock
1785
English novelist and poet (1785-1866)
Heinrich von Kleist
1777
German Romantic writer (1777–1811)
Thomas Phillips
1770
English painter (1770–1845)
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
1741
French novelist, official, freemason, and army general (1741–1803)
Baldassare Galuppi
1706
Italian composer (1706–1785)
Charles le Beau
1701
French historical writer
John George IV
1668
Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694
Prince Eugene of Savoy
1663
Military commander in the service of Austria (1663–1736)
Matthew Henry
1662
British Nonconformist minister and author (1662–1714)
Abraham van Riebeeck
1653
Dutch colonial administrator (1653–1713)
Luca Giordano
1634
Italian Baroque painter (1634–1705)
Henry Powle
1630
English lawyer and politician (1630–1692)
Nicholas Culpeper
1616
English botanist and physician (1616–1654)
Edward Winslow
1595
Governor of Plymouth Colony (1595–1655)
Lady Mary Wroth
1587
English noblewoman and poet
Luca Marenzio
1553
Italian composer (1553/54 – 1599)
Justus Lipsius
1547
Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist (1547–1606)
William Lambarde
1536
English antiquarian, writer, and politician
Anna Jagiellon
1523
Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1575 to 1587
Manuel da Nóbrega
1517
Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary
Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1482
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
1444
English nobleman (1444–1476)
Pope Pius II
1405
Head of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464
Zhu Xi
1130
Chinese philosopher (1130–1200)
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
1127
Emperor of Japan from 1155 to 1158