Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
James Truslow Adams |
Author |
18-Oct-1878 |
18-May-1949 |
The Epic of America |
C. Michael Armstrong |
Business |
18-Oct-1938 |
|
CEO of Comcast, 2002-04 |
Baby Bash |
Rapper |
18-Oct-1975 |
|
The Smokin' Nephew |
Frank Beamer |
Football |
18-Oct-1946 |
|
Head Coach, Virginia Tech |
Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
Norberto Bobbio |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1909 |
9-Jan-2004 |
Philosopher of politics and the law |
Corinne Bohrer |
Actor |
18-Oct-1958 |
|
Free Spirit |
George Box |
Mathematician |
18-Oct-1919 |
|
Statistician at University of Wisconsin |
Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
Frank Carlucci |
Government |
18-Oct-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89 |
Violetta Chamorro |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1929 |
|
President of Nicaragua, 1990-96 |
Flavio Cotti |
Politician |
18-Oct-1939 |
|
Swiss Federal Councillor, 1986-99 |
Richard L. Daugherty |
Business |
18-Oct-1935 |
|
Former IBM executive |
H. L. Davis |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1894 |
31-Oct-1960 |
Honey in the Horn |
Pam Dawber |
Actor |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Mork and Mindy |
Roy Del Ruth |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1893 |
27-Apr-1961 |
The Phantom of the Rue Morgue |
Mike Ditka |
Football |
18-Oct-1939 |
|
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92 |
Zac Efron |
Actor |
18-Oct-1987 |
|
High School Musical |
Mark T. Gaffney |
Labor Leader |
18-Oct-1955 |
|
President, Michigan State AFL-CIO |
Baldassare Galuppi |
Composer |
18-Oct-1706 |
3-Jan-1784 |
Il Filosofo di Campagna |
Barry Gifford |
Author |
18-Oct-1946 |
|
Wild at Heart |
Robert R. Gilruth |
Engineer |
18-Oct-1913 |
17-Aug-2000 |
NASA scientist |
Luca Giordano |
Painter |
18-Oct-1632 |
3-Jan-1705 |
Leading Neapolitan painter |
Forrest Gregg |
Football |
18-Oct-1933 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer, Coach |
Todd Hamilton |
Golf |
18-Oct-1965 |
|
Winner, 2004 British Open |
Thomas Hearns |
Boxing |
18-Oct-1958 |
|
Light Heavyweight champ |
Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
4-Jul-2008 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
Sidney Holland |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1893 |
5-Aug-1961 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57 |
Miriam Hopkins |
Actor |
18-Oct-1902 |
9-Oct-1972 |
The Story of Temple Drake |
Arliss Howard |
Actor |
18-Oct-1954 |
|
Plain Clothes |
Huell Howser |
TV Personality |
18-Oct-1945 |
|
California's Gold |
Ze'ev Jabotinsky |
Military |
18-Oct-1880 |
4-Aug-1940 |
Founder of the Jewish Legion |
Irwin M. Jacobs |
Business |
18-Oct-1933 |
|
Co-Founder of Qualcomm |
Judith Mayhew Jonas |
Educator |
18-Oct-1948 |
|
Provost of King's College, 2003-06 |
Wesley Jonathan |
Actor |
18-Oct-1978 |
|
What I Like About You |
Pascual Jordan |
Physicist |
18-Oct-1902 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Founder of Quantum Mechanics |
Klaus Kinski |
Actor |
18-Oct-1926 |
23-Nov-1991 |
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1741 |
5-Nov-1803 |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
James A. Lawrence |
Business |
18-Oct-1952 |
|
CFO of Unilever |
Lotte Lenya |
Singer |
18-Oct-1898 |
27-Nov-1981 |
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
A. J. Liebling |
Journalist |
18-Oct-1904 |
28-Dec-1963 |
The New Yorker |
Justus Lipsius |
Scholar |
18-Oct-1547 |
23-Mar-1606 |
Belgian scholar and author |
Richard W. Lyman |
Educator |
18-Oct-1923 |
27-May-2012 |
President of Stanford University, 1971-80 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Jazz Musician |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Trumpeter |
Terry McMillan |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Waiting to Exhale |
Melina Mercouri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1920 |
6-Mar-1994 |
Topkapi |
Rick Moody |
Author |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Purple America |
Erin Moran |
Actor |
18-Oct-1960 |
|
Joanie on Happy Days |
Joe Morton |
Actor |
18-Oct-1947 |
|
The brother from another planet |
Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
Ne-Yo |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1982 |
|
R&B singer, In My Own Words |
Laura Nyro |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
|
Alleged Terrorist |
Bristol Palin |
Relative |
18-Oct-1990 |
|
Ironic abstinence advocate |
Jean Passerat |
Poet |
18-Oct-1534 |
14-Sep-1602 |
Satyre ménippée |
Thomas Love Peacock |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1785 |
23-Jan-1866 |
Nightmare Abbey |
Freida Pinto |
Actor |
18-Oct-1984 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Pope Pius II |
Religion |
18-Oct-1405 |
14-Aug-1464 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1458-64 |
Tyler Posey |
Actor |
18-Oct-1991 |
|
Scott McCall on Teen Wolf |
Om Puri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1950 |
|
East is East |
Thomas B. Reed |
Politician |
18-Oct-1839 |
7-Dec-1902 |
Speaker of the House, 1889-91 and 1895-99 |
James E. Rohr |
Business |
18-Oct-1948 |
|
CEO of PNC Financial |
Dennis A. Ross |
Politician |
18-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman, Florida 12th |
Boris Sagal |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1917 |
22-May-1981 |
The Omega Man |
Frederick A. O. Schwarz |
Business |
18-Oct-1836 |
17-May-1911 |
Founder of FAO Schwarz |
George C. Scott |
Actor |
18-Oct-1927 |
22-Sep-1999 |
Patton |
Christopher Shays |
Politician |
18-Oct-1945 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1987-2009 |
Vincent Spano |
Actor |
18-Oct-1962 |
|
Rumble Fish |
Inger Stevens |
Actor |
18-Oct-1934 |
30-Apr-1970 |
The Farmer's Daughter |
Michael Stich |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1968 |
|
Winner, 1991 Wimbledon |
Charles Stross |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1964 |
|
Accelerando |
Pat Swindall |
Politician |
18-Oct-1950 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1985-89 |
Chuck Swindoll |
Religion |
18-Oct-1934 |
|
Insight for Living |
Jim Talent |
Politician |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
US Senator from Missouri, 2002-07 |
Lamar Trotti |
Screenwriter |
18-Oct-1900 |
28-Aug-1952 |
Young Mr. Lincoln |
Bobby Troup |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1918 |
7-Feb-1999 |
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 |
Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
David Twohy |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1955 |
|
The Chronicles of Riddick |
Justo José de Urquiza |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1801 |
11-Apr-1870 |
President of Argentina, 1854-60 |
Winfred Van Atta |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1910 |
5-Jun-1990 |
Shock Treatment |
Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Actor |
18-Oct-1960 |
|
Timecop |
Lindsey Vonn |
Skier |
18-Oct-1984 |
|
Downhill skier, two Olympic medals |
Carl E. Vuono |
Military |
18-Oct-1934 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1987-91 |
Wendy Wasserstein |
Playwright |
18-Oct-1950 |
30-Jan-2006 |
The Heidi Chronicles |
Cynthia Weil |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1937 |
|
Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil |
Dawn Wells |
Actor |
18-Oct-1938 |
|
Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island |
Michael Wigglesworth |
Poet |
18-Oct-1631 |
10-Jun-1705 |
The Day of Doom |
Edward Winslow |
Government |
18-Oct-1595 |
8-May-1655 |
American pilgrim leader |
Victor Sen Yung |
Actor |
18-Oct-1915 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Hop Sing on Bonanza |