1696 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans, born in Herrenberg, Germany (d. 1760)
1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, born in National City, California (d. 1995)
1913 – Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (known for sculpted heads of Yehudi Menuhin and George Thomas), born in Oswestry, England (d. 1996)
1914 – Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and billionaire
1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat, born in Birmingham
1949 – Simon Augustini, Albanian politician
1958 – Willie McGee, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985), born in San Francisco, California
1974 – Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2018
1549 – Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
1748 – Christoph Rheineck, composer
1879 – Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41)
1911 – Donald William Kerst, American Physicist who developed the betatron (device to accelerate electron beams), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1929 – Nicholas Mavroules, (Rep-D-MA, 1979- )
1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
1944 – Richard “Kinky” Friedman, American country rocker (Ride ’em Jewboy), born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Anthony Kiedis, rock vocalist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1983 – Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2018
1632 – Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter (Procuress, Astronomer), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1675)
1892 – Ruth Fuller Sasaki, American Zen teacher (1st Zen Institute of America), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer, born in Westerveld, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1927 – Anita Kerr, American singer composer and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1929 – Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, Italy (d. 2016)
1930 – Michael Collins, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), born in Rome, Italy
1941 – Lucas Brown Jackson, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), born in San Marcos, Texas
1969 – Lee Woodall, NFL linebacker (SF 49ers), born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1979 – Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer, born in Vila Real, Portugal
1982 – The Cheeky Girls, British-Romanian singers, born in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2018
1391 – Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author
1906 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1966)
1911 – Ruth Hussey, American actress (Another Thin Man), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2005)
1925 – Teo Macero [Attilio Joseph Macero], American composer, born in Glens Falls, New York
1925 – Gus Savage, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1981- 93), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
1944 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (supported US 2003 invasion), born in Kadhimiya, Baghdad (d. 2015)
1946 – Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player
1964 – Howard Lederer, American poker player
1970 – Ben Bailey, American host of the TV game show Cash Cab, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky
1978 – Amanda Swafford, American model
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2018
1815 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856)
1899 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls), born in Tiflis, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
1913 – Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1925 – Robert Hardy, British actor (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (d. 2017)
1935 – Isao Takahata, Japanese anime film director, screenwriter and producer (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), born in Ujiyamada, Mie, Japan (d. 2018)
1940 – Galen Weston, English Canadian multi-millionaire industrialist
1960 – Michael Carter, shot putter (Olympic silver 1984), born in Dallas, Texas
1968 – Grayson McCouch, American actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress (Black-ish), born in Los Angeles, California
1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2018
1466 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (The Praise of Folly), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1536)
1510 – Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)
1801 – Karl Georg Lickl, composer
1914 – Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Congressman (d. 1988)
1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
1933 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1952 – Annie Potts, actress (Mary Jo-Designing Women), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1956 – Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet)
1980 – Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
1981 – Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2018
1156 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1194-1222), born in Saint-Gilles, Gard, France (d. 1222)
1865 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958)
1876 – Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Un Soir Un Train), born in Pamekasan, Dutch Indies (d. 1976)
1921 – Anestis Logothetis, Austrian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 1994)
1951 – Jayne Kennedy-Overton, actress (Penitentary), born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Tom Nieto, American baseball player, born in Downey, California
1967 – Jaren Jackson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1971 – Matt Brown, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1977 – Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1986 – Matty Pattison, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2018
1789 – Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1863)
1880 – Andrei Bely [Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev], Russian writer (Petersburg), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1934)
1944 – Ries Smits, Dutch economist and politician (CDA), born in Tricht, Netherlands
1946 – Holly Woodlawn, transgender Puerto Rican actress (Warhol films), born in Juana Díaz (d. 2015)
1948 – Marshall Colt, actor (Eric-Lottery), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1953 – Rosa Monckton, English businesswoman adn notable charity fundraiser, born in Westminster, London
1954 – D. W. Moffett, American actor (Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons), born in Highland Park, Illinois
1963 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor/producer (Ed, Scrubs), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1963 – Tony Casillas, American NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets, Dallas Cowboys), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1973 – Robert Petrovicky, Kosice CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Dallas)
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2018
1330 – Louis II, Count of Flanders, born in Male Castle, Flanders, France (d. 1384)
1838 – Georges Bizet, French composer (Carmen), born in Paris (d. 1875)
1912 – Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 1997)
1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani cricket all-rounder, politician (88 Tests, 3,807 runs, 362 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1964 – Pat Swilling, NFL defensive end/linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1964 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor
1964 – Michael Boatman, actor (Carter-Spin City), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1972 – Leland Taylor, defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens)
1979 – Sarah Thompson, American actress
1985 – Ciara Harris, American singer
Famous Birthdays for 24th October 2018
1900 – Elizabeth Hill, Russian-English teacher of Salvonic languages, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1996)
1936 – Bill Wyman, England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
1936 – Rainer Kunad, composer
1948 – Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers
1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer
1972 – Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1974 – Nathan Parks, tackle (KC Chiefs)
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1982 – Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver