1851 – Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea, powerful consort of Korean monarch Gojong, born in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do (d. 1895)
1909 – Marguerite Perey, French physicist, discovered the element francium (Fr), born in Villemomble, France (d. 1975)
1911 – George Cates, American composer and orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show), born in New York City (d. 2002)
1926 – Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
1945 – Jeannie C. Riley (née Stephenson), American Grammy and CMA Award-winning pop-country and gospel singer (“Harper Valley P.T.A.”), born in Stamford, Texas
1948 – Patrick Simmons, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers – “Blackwater”), born in Aberdeen, Washington
1956 – Sunny Deol [Ajay Singh Deol], Indian actor (Ghayal), born in Sahnewal, Punjab, India
1964 – Ty Pennington [Gary Tygert Burton], American television host (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1983 – Makaya McCraven, American jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader, born in Paris, France
1999 – Abigail Morris, British musician and lead singer of The Last Dinner Party (2020-present), born in London
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 18th October 2025
1706 – Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano, Republic of Venice (d. 1785)
1774 – Adolf Muller, German dramatist and critic, born near Weissenfels (d. 1829)
1804 – Mongkut [Rama IV], King of Thailand (1851-68), opened country to the West, (model for musical “The King and I”), born in Thonburi Palace, Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1868)
1898 – Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
1924 – (Hugh) “Buddy” MacMaster, Canadian Cape Breton fiddler, born in Timmons, Ontario (d. 2014)
1925 – Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels – “Waarom heb jij me laten staan?”), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012)
1950 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (The Heidi Chronicles), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1955 – Denis Watson, South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up; Senior PGA C’ship 2007), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, American actor (General Hospital, 1992-97, 2013-present – “Kevin Collins” and “Ryan Chamberlain”), born in Medford, Oregon
1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer, 1993-2011 (Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, an 5 other clubs), born in Wrexham, Wales
Famous Birthdays for 17th October 2025
1582 – Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader and author of “Loci Theologici”, born in Quedlinburg (d. 1637)
1815 – Emanuel Geibel, German poet and playwright (Gedichte), born in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck (d. 1884)
1892 – Theodor Eicke, German Nazi official who developed the concentration camps, born in Hampont, German Empire (d. 1943)
1898 – Mildred O. Knopf, American cookbook writer (Food of Italy), born in New York (d. 1993)
1907 – John Marley [Mortimer Marlieb], American actor (Cat Ballou; Love Story; The Godfather), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1920 – Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor and director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), born in Nová Včelnice (d. 1994)
1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1966)
1932 – Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (Olympic gold +90kg 1956; World C’ship gold 1955), born in Toccoa, Georgia (d. 1994)
1964 – David Cromer, American theatre director and actor (The Band’s Visit), born in Skokie, Illinois
1992 – Sam Concepcion, Filipino singer known for “Forever Young” and actor, born in Manila, Philippines
Famous Birthdays for 16th October 2025
1797 – James Brudenell, British Earl Of Cardigan (led the Charge of the Light Brigade), born in Hambleden, England (d. 1868)
1900 – Lloyd Corrigan, American actor (Papa Dodger, The Manchurian Candidate), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1969)
1925 – Daniel J. Evans, American politician (Senator-R-Washington, 1983-89, Governor of Washington 1965-77), born in Seattle, Washington
1932 – Henry Jay Lewis, American double-bassist and conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1948-65), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
1947 – Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player (World pro champion 1979; World amateur champion 1975), born in Llanelli, Wales (d. 2024)
1948 – Jim Ed Norman [Edward James Norman], American musician and record producer, born in Fort Myers, Florida
1953 – Falcão, Brazilian soccer midfielder (34 caps; SC Internacional 342 games, Roma) and manager (Brazil, Japan), born in Abelardo Luz, Brazil
1964 – Stephen Paul “Steve” Lamacq [Lammo], British disc jockey (BBC Radio 6), born in Islington, London
1967 – Joe Murphy, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks), born in London, England
1969 – Terri J. Vaughn, American actress known for ” The Steve Harvey Show”, born in San Francisco, California
Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2025
1819 – Joseph Clement Juglar, French physician and statistician (business cycle pioneer), born in Paris, France (d. 1905)
1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer who discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos and Deimos), born in Goshen, Connecticut (d. 1907)
1840 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian politician and 9th Premier of Quebec (1887-91), born in Saint-Athanase, Lower Canada (d. 1894)
1934 – Peter Haskell, American actor (Bracken’s World, Rituals), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist, born in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, British India (d. 2015)
1940 – Fanny Howe, American novelist and poet (Second Childhood, The Definitions), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2025)
1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef (Emeril Live), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1970 – Eric Benét, American singer and songwriter (“Love Don’t Love Me”), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1977 – Erin McKeown, American indie rock-folk musician and singer-songwriter (We Will Become Like Birds), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish son of f Crown Prince Frederik, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Famous Birthdays for 14th October 2025
1730 – Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1812)
1861 – Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic organist, composer, musical folklorist, and priest, born in Melur, Mýrasýsla, Iceland (d. 1938)
1918 – Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, born in Hull, Quebec (d. 1991)
1926 – Bill Justis, American rock and roll musician (Raunchy), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1982)
1943 – Anthony Iannaccone, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York City
1949 – Katha Pollitt, American poet and writer, born in Brooklyn Heights, New York
1953 – Marcel Zeeuw, Surinamese soldier (participant in the Sergeant Coup, 1982), born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2015)
1961 – Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer and TV presenter, born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 – Yim Jae-beom, South Korean rock singer, born in Seoul, South Korea
1976 – Ben Pridmore, World Memory Champion (2004, 2008, 2009) and inventor of the Ben System, born in Boston, England
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2025
1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471)
1823 – Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1894)
1826 – Lafayette Curry Baker, American investigator spy and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Stafford, New York (d. 1868)
1876 – Rube Waddell, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown, AL wins leader 1905; ERA leader 1900, 05; strikeout leader 1902–07; Philadelphia A’s), born in Bradford, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
1942 – Jerry Jones, American businessman and NFL team owner (Dallas Cowboys, 1989-present), born in Los Angeles, California
1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani qawwal (Sufi devotional music) vocalist, and composer, born in Lyallpur, Pakistan (d. 1997)
1949 – Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster, born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1959 – Marie Osmond, American pop singer (“Paper Roses”), and actress (Goin’ Coconuts), born in Ogden, Utah
1960 – Peter Keisler, American lawyer and acting Attorney General of the United States (2007), born in Hempstead, New York
1964 – Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese military pilot and CNSA astronaut, born in Zaoyang, Hubei, China
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2025
1855 – August Sauer, Austrian literature historian (Euphorion), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1926)
1886 – Karl Dane, Danish-American comedian and actor (Son of the Sheik), born in Copenhagen (d. 1934)
1928 – Jerzy Semkow, Polish-French conductor and educator, born in Radomsko (d. 2014)
1935 – Paul Humphrey, American jazz, RandB, and rock session and touring drummer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
1945 – Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2015)
1950 – Susan Anton, American actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever), born in Oak Glen, California
1967 – Saara Kuugongelwa, Namibian politician (1st female Prime Minister of Namibia 2015-), born in Otamanzi, South West Africa
1982 – Émile Parisien, French jazz soprano and alto saxophonist, and composer, born in Cahors, France
1986 – Tyler Blackburn, American actor (Pretty Little Liars), born in Burbank, California
1986 – Sergio Peter, German footballer (SpVgg Neckarelz), born in Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Famous Birthdays for 11th October 2025
1747 – Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal, Nobel 1931), born in Breslau (Wrocław), Germany (d. 1949)
1903 – Charles P. Cabell, American military and intelligence officer (US Air Force general; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1953–1962), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1971)
1905 – Fred Trump, American real estate developer and father of President Donald Trump, born in New York City (d. 1999)
1908 – Armen Carapetyan, American musicologist and composer, born in Isfahan, Iran (d. 1992)
1937 – Bobby Charlton, English soccer midfielder (106 caps; World Cup 1966; Manchester United) and manager (Preston NE), born in Ashington, England (d. 2023)
1942 – Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor (The Great Gatsby), born in Uttar Pradesh, India
1943 – Frank Muyser, Dutch pop-rock guitarist and saxophonist (Les Baroques – “Such a Cad”), born in Netherlands
1967 – Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois
1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player, born in San Diego, California
Famous Birthdays for 10th October 2025
1865 – Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, born in London, England (d. 1930)
1902 – Dick Ket, Dutch painter and cartoonist, born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1940)
1910 – Alan Frank, English composer and music publisher, born in London (d. 1994)
1949 – Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (43 Tests, 130 wickets; 78 ODIs, 89 wickets), born in Picton, New Zealand
1952 – Bobby Nystrom, Swedish NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1979-83; jersey #23 retired 1995), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1954 – Juliane Koepcke, German-Peruvian mammalogist (specialises in bats), born in Lima, Peru
1961 – Jodi Benson, American voice actress (Ariel-The Little Mermaid), born in Rockford, Illinois
1964 – Maxi Gnauck, German uneven parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold 1980), born in Berlin, Germany
1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker, born in Haelen, Netherlands
1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian concert pianist, born in Moscow, USSR