| 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 |
| Corinne Bohrer |
Actor |
18-Oct-1958 |
|
Free Spirit |
| 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 |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Actor |
18-Oct-1960 |
|
Timecop |
| 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 |
|
Cameron Bale on Summerland |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
President of Stanford University, 1971-80 |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Jazz Musician |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Trumpeter |
| Terry McMillan |
Author |
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 |
|
Chachi's romantic interest 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 |
| Jean Passerat |
Poet |
18-Oct-1534 |
14-Sep-1602 |
Satyre ménippée |
| Thomas Love Peacock |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1785 |
23-Jan-1866 |
Nightmare Abbey |
| Pope Pius II |
Religion |
18-Oct-1405 |
14-Aug-1464 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1458-64 |
| Om Puri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1950 |
|
East is East |
| James E. Rohr |
Business |
18-Oct-1948 |
|
CEO of PNC Financial |
| 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, Connecticut 4th |
| 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 |
| Lamar Trotti |
Screenwriter |
18-Oct-1900 |
28-Aug-1952 |
Young Mr. Lincoln |
| 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 |
| 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 |
