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Notable Birthdays for October 18

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Those born on this day include:

- Pope Pius II in 1405
- 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
- actor Peter Boyle in 1935
- actor Dawn Wells in 1938
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1939
- football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka in 1939 (age 82)
- composer Howard Shore in 1946 (age 75)
- singer/songwriter Laura Nyro in 1947
- actor Joe Morton in 1947 (age 74)
- playwright Wendy Wasserstein in 1950
- actor Pam Dawber in 1951 (age 70)
- writer Terry McMillan in 1951 (age 70)
- tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Navratilova in 1956 (age 65)
- actor Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1960 (age 61)
- actor Erin Moran in 1960
- musician Wynton Marsalis in 1961 (age 60)
- recording artist Ne-Yo, born Shaffer Chimere Smith, in 1979 (age 42)
- Olympic gold medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn in 1984 (age 37)
- conservative writer/speaker Milo Yiannopoulos in 1984 (age 37)
- actor Freida Pinto in 1984 (age 37)
- actor Zac Efron in 1987 (age 34)
- television personality Bristol Palin in 1990 (age 31)
- WNBA star/Olympian Brittney Griner in 1990 (age 31)
- actor Tyler Posey in 1991 (age 30).

 


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