1577 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)
1884 – Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), born in Oakland, California (d. 1929)
1917 – Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
1921 – George Mackey Brown, poet
1934 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), born in Kingston (d. 2015)
1941 – Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes)
1967 – Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, tennis star, born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish auto racer (F1 World Champion 2007), born in Espoo, Finland
1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
1984 – Randall Munroe, American webcomic author
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 16th October 2018
1396 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)
1605 – Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer
1795 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (d. 1876)
1878 – Carlos Pedrell, composer
1905 – Wild Bill Elliott [Gordon Nance], American actor (Beyond the Sacramento), born in Pattonsburg, Missouri (d. 1965)
1930 – Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress, singer and TV presenter (Vengeance, Searching for Monica, Don Juan), born in Seville, Spain
1938 – Nico (born Christa Päffgen; singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress) (d. 1988)
1946 – Tariq Yunus, Indian actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers), born in Karachi, India (d. 1994)
1956 – James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69)
1978 – Ethan Luck, American musician (The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Relient K)
Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2018
1888 – S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)
1905 – Dag Ivar Wiren, composer
1920 – Mario Puzo, American novelist (The Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
1930 – Phillipe Leroy, French actor (Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci), born in Paris, France
1955 – Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], actress (Charlie’s Angels, Sheena), born in The Bronx, New York
1962 – Susan DeMattei, cyclist (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
1966 – Douglas Vipond, Scottish pop drummer (Deacon Blue) and broadcaster, born in Elderslie, Scotland
1971 – Andy Cole, British footballer
1977 – David Trezeguet, French football player
1982 – Charline Labonté, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Famous Birthdays for 14th October 2018
1784 – Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, born in El Escorial, Spain (d. 1833)
1827 – William Harcourt, British Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, born in York, England (d. 1904)
1890 – Frank Conroy, British actor (Call of the Wild), born in Derby, Derbyshire, England (d. 1964)
1894 – E.E.Cummings (Edward Estlin), poet (Tulips and Chimneys), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1907 – Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1981)
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York
1941 – Jim Courter, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), born in Montclair, New Jersey
1957 – Michel Després, Quebec politician
1980 – Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
2001 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress (Girl Meets World) and activist, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2018
1901 – Benjamin Merkelbach, Dutch architect and city builder of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
1912 – Hugo Weisgall, American composer (4 Impressions), born in Ivančice, Czech Republic (d. 1997)
1933 – Raynald Fréchette, Quebec politician and judge, born in Asbestos, Quebec (d. 2007)
1942 – Jerry Jones, American businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys(1989-present), born in Los Angeles, California
1942 – Bob Bailey, American baseball player, born in Long Beach, California
1949 – Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster, born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1952 – Beverly Johnson, American model and actress (Ashanti Land of No Mercy), born in Buffalo, New York
1963 – Colin Channer, Jamaican writer (often referred as “Bob Marley” with a pen), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1973 – Brian Dawkins, American football safety (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1981 – Kele Okereke, Nigerian-English musician (Bloc Party), born in Liverpool, England
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2018
1710 – Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman, born in Lebanon, Connecticut (d. 1785)
1725 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist, born in Paris (d. 1810)
1813 – Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), born in Colchester, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1875 – Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire England (d. 1947)
1908 – Ann Lane Petry, American journalist and author (Street), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1932 – Dusan Makavejev, Serbian film director (Man is Not a Bird), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1949 – Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler, born in Borger, Texas
1950 – Robin Askwith, English actor (Confessions Sex Comedies), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
1966 – Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1997 – Boris, Prince of Bulgaria, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 11th October 2018
1820 – Alfred Washington Ellet, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
1884 – Sig Ruman [Siegfried Albon Rumann], German-American actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1967)
1942 – Vic Fazio, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Winchester, Massachusetts
1950 – Amos Gitai, Israeli filmmaker (Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder), born in Haifa, Israel
1960 – Joe Nash, American NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1961 – Neil Buchanan, English television presenter (Finders Keepers), born in Aintree, Liverpool, England
1962 – Joan Cusack, American actress (Working Girl, SNL, Addams Family Values), born in Evanston Illinois
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress (30 Rock), born in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
1989 – Henry Lau, Hong Kong-Canadian singer (Super Junior-M), born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 10th October 2018
1870 – Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935)
1892 – Earle Dickson, American inventor (Band-Aid), born in Grandview, Tennessee (d. 1961)
1923 – Nicholas Parsons, British presenter and actor described as “the ultimate quiz show host”, born in Grantham, England
1925 – Ivan Sviták, Czech philosopher and poet, born in Hranice na Moravě, Czechoslovakia (d. 1994)
1954 – Rekha, Bollywood actress (Khoon Bhari Maang), born in Madras, India
1966 – Elana Meyer, South African runner (Olympic silver 1992), born in South Africa
1968 – James Williams, American NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers), born in Natchez, Mississippi
1972 – Hunter Goodwin, American football tight end (Minnesota Vikings), born in Bellville, Texas
1974 – Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor, born in Ashdod, Israel
1979 – Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player, born in Viña del Mar, Chile
Famous Birthdays for 9th October 2018
1586 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1632)
1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist who discovered the diffraction of X-rays by crystals, born in Pfaffendorf, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1960)
1890 – Alfred Swan, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1970)
1893 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer, photographer and modernist, born in São Paulo (d. 1947)
1906 – John Dalrymple, 13th earl of Stair, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1961-83)
1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian poet and writer (Dikt, Jonas), born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1976)
1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), born in Helsinki (d. 2016)
1940 – Joe Pepitone, American baseball 1st baseman (3-time MLB All Star), born in Brooklyn, New York
1961 – Liz Sagal, American actress (Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2), born in Los Angeles, California
1992 – Tyler James Williams, American actor (Everybody Hates Chris), born in Westchester County, New York
Famous Birthdays for 8th October 2018
1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist, born in Opatów, Poland (d. 1793)
1748 – Franz Seydelmann, German composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1806)
1898 – Clarence Williams, American composer, born in Plaquemine, Louisiana (d. 1965)
1913 – Walter Schumann, American choral director (Ford Show) and composer (Rhenish), born in NYC, New York (d. 1958)
1926 – Raaj Kumar, Hindi film star (Mother India), born in Loralai, Balochistan, British India (d. 1996)
1944 – Bruce Morrison, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut), born in New York
1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1960 – Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
1974 – Rashaan Salaam, NFL running back (Chicago Bears, born in San Diego, California (d. 2016)