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October 18 birthdays

317 notable historical figures were born on October 18, and 202 died on this day. Everyone born on October 18 is a Libra.

20% of October 18 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.

Born on October 18

• Martina Navratilova (born 1956. Czech-American tennis player (born 1956))
• Jean-Claude Van Damme (born 1960. Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960))
• Zac Efron (born 1987. American actor (born 1987))
• Zohran Mamdani (born 1991. Mayor of New York City since January 2026)
• Pierre Trudeau (1919 to 2000. Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984))
• Milo Yiannopoulos (born 1984. British polemicist and political commentator (born 1984))
• Frederick III, German Emperor (1831 to 1888. German Emperor in 1888)
• Natasha Rothwell (born 1980. American actress and writer (born 1980))
• Howard Shore (born 1946. Canadian film score composer (born 1946))
• Henri Bergson (1859 to 1941. French philosopher (1859–1941))
• Eugene of Savoy (1663 to 1736. Military commander in the service of Austria (1663–1736))
• Mongkut (1804 to 1868. King of Siam from 1851 to 1868)
• Esperanza Spalding (born 1984. American jazz bassist and singer)
• Jesse Helms (1921 to 2008. American politician (1921–2008))
• Violeta Chamorro (1929 to 2025. President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997)
• Pius II (1405 to 1464. Head of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464)
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905 to 1993. First president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993)
• James Boswell (1740 to 1795. Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795))
• Chuck Berry (1926 to 2017. American musician (1926–2017))
• Ramiz Alia (1925 to 2011. Head of state of Albania from 1982 to 1992)
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777 to 1811. German Romantic writer (1777–1811))
• Ivanoe Bonomi (1873 to 1951. Prime Minister of Italy (1921–1922; 1944–1945))
• Cristobal Tapia de Veer (born 1973. Chilean-Canadian composer)
• Gulab Singh (1792 to 1857. First Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1846 to 1856)
• D. T. Suzuki (1870 to 1965. Japanese Zen scholar (1870–1966))
• Anna Jagiellon (1523 to 1596. Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1575 to 1587)
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 to 1963. Assassin of John F. Kennedy (1939–1963))
• Stephen V of Hungary (1239 to 1272. King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272)
• John Nord (born 1959. American professional wrestler)
• Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127 to 1192. Emperor of Japan from 1155 to 1158)
• Freida Pinto (born 1984. Indian actress (born 1984))
• Luca Giordano (1634 to 1705. Italian Baroque painter (1634–1705))
• Philibert Tsiranana (1912 to 1978. Malagasy politician, first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972)
• Salomon August Andrée (1854 to 1897. Swedish engineer, physicist, and explorer (1854–1897))
• Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671 to 1702. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from 1695 to 1702)
• Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899 to 1980. Russian educator and writer (1899–1980))
• Justus Lipsius (1547 to 1606. Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist (1547–1606))
• Eugene Yelchin (born 1956. American writer (born 1956))
• Aleksandr Rozenberg (born 1967. Transnistrian politician)
• James Truslow Adams (1878 to 1949. American writer and historian (1878–1949))
• Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753 to 1824. French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1753–1824))
• Waldo Salt (1914 to 1987. American screenwriter (1914–1987))
• Eduardo Arana Ysa (born 1965. Prime Minister of Peru (born 1965))
• Justo José de Urquiza (1801 to 1870. General and first constitutional president of Argentina)
• Craig Mello (born 1960. American biologist (b.1960))
• Luc Jouret (1947 to 1994. Belgian homeopath (1947–1994))
• Lindsey Vonn (born 1984. American alpine skier (born 1984))
• Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818 to 1877. American writer, poet and translator (1818–1877))
• Fannie Hurst (1889 to 1968. American novelist)
• Sheikh Russel (1964 to 1975. Youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1964–1975))
• Muhammad al-Awsat ibn Ali (635 to 684. Great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad)
• Pinar Toprak (born 1980. Turkish-American composer (b. 1980))
• Dick Taverne (1928 to 2025. English barrister and politician (1928–2025))
• Rick Moody (born 1961. American novelist (born 1961))
• Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872 to 1958. Princess Karl Anton of Hohenzollern)
• Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753 to 1829. Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg)
• Harvey Washington Wiley (1844 to 1930. American physician and Food and Drugs Commissioner (1844–1930))
• Mika Ninagawa (born 1972. Japanese photographer and director (born 1972))
• Milcho Manchevski (born 1959. Macedonian-American film director)
• John Frederick (1654 to 1686. Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)

Died on October 18

• Thomas Edison (1847 to 1931. American inventor and businessman (1847–1931))
• Colin Powell (1937 to 2021. United States Army general and diplomat (1937–2021))
• Charles Babbage (1791 to 1871. English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871))
• Margaret Tudor (1489 to 1541. Queen of Scotland from 1503 to 1513)
• Lord Palmerston (1784 to 1865. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865))
• Yang Chen-Ning (1922 to 2025. Chinese-American physicist (1922–2025))
• Leo Strauss (1899 to 1973. American political philosopher (1899–1973))
• King Ludwig III (1845 to 1921. King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918)
• Gwen Verdon (1925 to 2000. American actress and dancer (1925–2000))
• Antonio Meucci (1808 to 1889. Italian inventor (1808–1889))
• Agrippina the Elder (14 BC to 33. Member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (died AD 33))
• Dolores Cannon (1931 to 2014. American hypnotherapist and author (1931–2014))
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883 to 1955. Spanish philosopher and essayist (1883–1955))
• Charles Gounod (1818 to 1893. French composer (1818–1893))
• Gregory XII (1335 to 1417. Head of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415)
• Pius III (1439 to 1503. Head of the Catholic Church in 1503)
• Mary (1505 to 1558. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526)
• Chlothar II (584 to 629. Frankish king (584–629))
• Pierre Mendès France (1907 to 1982. French politician (1907–1982))
• Fasiladas (1603 to 1667. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667)
• Sancho III (985 to 1035. King of Pamplona from 1004 to 1035)
• Mikhail Nesterov (1862 to 1942. Russian-Soviet painter (1862–1942))
• Yehuda Bauer (1926 to 2024. Israeli Holocaust historian (1926–2024))
• Zeid bin Hussein (1898 to 1970. Iraqi Hashemite prince then pretender (1898–1970))
• Hugh, Count of Vermandois (1057 to 1101. French noble (1057–1101))
• Gregory Baum (1923 to 2017. Canadian theologian (1923–2017))
• Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (1571 to 1578. Prince of Asturias)
• Issam Zahreddine (1961 to 2017. Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard)
• John, Constable of Portugal (1400 to 1442. Portuguese prince and Constable of Portugal (1400–1442))
• al-Qahir (899 to 950. 19th Abbasid Caliph (r. 932–934))

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