1728 – Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1758 – Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (Raggedy Man)
1886 – Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary (Chateaubriand)
1901 – Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (1951–54, 1956–58, 1960 and 1962–75), born in Luang Phrabang, Laos (d. 1984)
1929 – Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
1941 – Tony Sylvester, rocker (Main Ingredient)
1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei
1970 – Harold Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1973 – Gerald McBurrows, safety (St Louis Rams)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 6th October 2018
1887 – Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds (d. 1965))
1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist and explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku), born in Larvik (d. 2002)
1942 – Fred Travalena, American comedian/impressionist (Buy and Cell), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player
1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor
1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
1974 – Kenny Jonsson, Angelholm SW, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Islander)
1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
Famous Birthdays for 5th October 2018
1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher, born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1848)
1858 – Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria
1925 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1948 – Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
1948 – Delroy George Wilson, singer
1964 – Denean Howard, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1988), born in Sherman, Texas
1970 – Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer (Tord Gustavsen Trio), born in Oslo, Norway
1975 – Kate Winslet, British actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading, Berkshire, England
1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, author and playwright (The Social Network), born in Queens, New York
1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
Famous Birthdays for 4th October 2018
1797 – Jeremias Gotthelf [Albert Bitzius], writer (The Black Spider), born in Murten, Switzerland (d. 1854)
1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
1892 – Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork Mo, country singer (Walk on By)
1944 – Tony La Russa, MLB manager (Chicago, Oakland, St. Louis), born in Tampa, Florida
1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress (Dead Man Walking, The Client) also known for her social and political activism, born in Queens, New York
1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
1955 – Joe Orseno, race horse trainer
1961 – David W Harper, actor (Jim Bob in The Waltons), born in Abilene, Texas
1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player (NY Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 3rd October 2018
1573 – Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist
1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938)
1916 – Angeles Alvarino Deleira, biologist/oceanographer/writer
1919 – Walter Gieseler, composer
1919 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (Diabolical, Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?), born in Valenciennes, Nord, France (d. 2004)
1925 – W Howard Baker, English publisher
1938 – Eddie Cochran, rock vocalist/guitarist (C’Mon Everybody), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
1983 – Tessa Thompson, American actress (Thor), born in Los Angeles, California
1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer, born in Waco, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 2nd October 2018
1839 – Hans Thoma, German painter, born in Bernau, Black Forest (d. 1924)
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Indian pacifist and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, India (d. 1948)
1896 – Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law)
1900 – Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff], Famous Russian clown, born in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
1915 – Robert Russell “Chubby” Wise, musician
1923 – Jack Dellal, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire, (d. 2012)
1934 – Geoff Millman, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62)
1940 – Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player
1970 – Eddie Guardado, pitcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Stockton, California
1970 – Kelly Ripa, actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children), born in Statford, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 1st October 2018
1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40) (d. 1740)
1781 – James Lawrence, American naval hero (War of 1812-“Don’t give up the ship!”), born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 1813)
1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
1922 – Hector Campos-Parsi, composer
1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1943 – Jim Martini, rocker (Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People)
1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
1963 – Mark McGwire, American MLB 1st baseman, coach (12-time All Star, Oakland A’s, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pomona, California
1967 – Scott Young, Clinton MA, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
Famous Birthdays for 30th September 2018
1530 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
1912 – Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist
1921 – Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer
1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general
1946 – William Thurston, Washington, mathematician (Fields Medal, 1982), (d. 2012)
1950 – Victoria Tennant, London England (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War)
1957 – William Christian, actor (Derek Frye-All My Children), born in Washington, D.C.
1961 – Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80’s)
1971 – Brentson Buckner, NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1977 – Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
Famous Birthdays for 29th September 2018
1895 – Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
1915 – Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1927 – Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic gold 1952, 56)
1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce and Hart, Monkees), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1994)
1941 – Don Nix, US saxophonist (Last Night)
1953 – Drake Hogestyn, Ft Wayne Indiana, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1956 – Suzzy Roche, rocker (Roches)
1965 – Trent Yawney, Hudson Bay, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1970 – Danny de Supervise, soccer player (FC Volendam)
Famous Birthdays for 28th September 2018
1761 – Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician
1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist who isolated the element “fluorine” from its compounds (Nobel 1906), born in Paris (d. 1907)
1913 – Alice Marble, American tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40), born in Beckwourth, California (d. 1990)
1935 – Heather Sears, actress (Room at the Top), born in London, England
1939 – Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
1960 – Jennifer Rush, singer/songwriter (Destiny, Ring of Ice)
1961 – Ed Vosberg, pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Tucson, Arizona
1962 – Anne-Marie Fox, playmate (Feb, 1982), born in Los Angeles, California
1962 – Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
1978 – Marzena Godecki, actress (Ocean Girl)