Notable Birthdays for October 18
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this day include:
- Toy company founder Frederick August Otto Schwarz in 1836
- novelist Fannie Hurst in 1889
- former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1919
- singer Anita O'Day in 1919
- Greek actor Melina Mercouri in 1920
- rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry in 1926
- sports broadcaster Keith Jackson in 1928 (age 89)
- actor Peter Boyle in 1935
- actor Dawn Wells in 1938 (age 79)
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1939
- football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka in 1939 (age 78)
- composer Howard Shore in 1946 (age 71)
- singer-songwriter Laura Nyro in 1947
- actor Joe Morton in 1947 (age 70)
- playwright Wendy Wasserstein in 1950
- actor Pam Dawber in 1951 (age 66)
- writer Terry McMillan in 1951 (age 66)
- tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Navratilova in 1956 (age 61)
- musician Wynton Marsalis in 1961 (age 56)
- actor Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1960 (age 57)
- actor Erin Moran in 1960
- recording artist Ne-Yo, born Shaffer Chimere Smith, in 1979 (age 38)
- Olympic gold medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn in 1984 (age 33)
- conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos in 1984 (age 33)
- actor Freida Pinto in 1984 (age 33)
- actor Zac Efron in 1987 (age 30)
- television personality Bristol Palin in 1990 (age 27)
- WNBA star Brittney Griner in 1990 (age 27)
- actor Tyler Posey in 1991 (age 26).
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