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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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