18 September Births

Published : 18 Sep 2018, 16:15

Sahos Desk

September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

AD 53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
524 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)
1091 – Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince and general (d. 1130/31)
1344 – Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
1501 – Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1563)
1554 – Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (d. 1576)
1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
1606 – Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1647)
1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
1709 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
1846 – Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
1859 – John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
1872 – Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
1876 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
1878 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)
1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
1891 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1893 – William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
1895 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
1895 – Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
1904 – Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
1905 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
1906 – Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
1910 – Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)
1910 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)
1910 – Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
1912 – María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
1916 – Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1917 – June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
1918 – Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (d. 1972)
1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)
1923 – Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
1923 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
1924 – Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
1927 – Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician
1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1930 – John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009)
1931 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
1933 – Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
1933 – Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 – Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
1933 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer
1933 – Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1937 – Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (d. 2009)[2]
1938 – Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
1939 – Fred Willard, American actor and comedian
1939 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
1940 – Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
1942 – Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach
1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1945 – John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
1946 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
1946 – Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler
1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
1947 – Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
1949 – Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
1949 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
1950 – Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
1950 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon and author
1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster
1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
1955 – Paul Butler, English bishop
1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
1958 – John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
1958 – Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
1958 – Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
1958 – Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959 – Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
1960 – Carolyn Harris, British politician
1960 – Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
1960 – Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler
1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
1961 – Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer
1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
1963 – John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
1963 – Dan Povenmire, American animator
1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer
1967 – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
1968 – Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
1969 – Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper
1970 – Mike Compton, American football player and coach
1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
1970 – Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1972 – Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer
1973 – James Marsden, American actor
1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
1973 – Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
1973 – Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter
1974 – Damon Jones, American football player and coach
1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1974 – Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host
1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Kieran West, English rower
1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
1978 – Ryan Lowe, English footballer
1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
1979 – Robert Pruett, American criminal
1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
1980 – Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
1981 – Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
1981 – Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1982 – Leono, Mexican wrestler
1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
1983 – Giulio Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Dashon Goldson, American football player
1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
1984 – Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
1992 – Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
1995 – Max Meyer, German footballer
1995 – Matt Targett, English footballer
1998 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player

Source: wikipedia

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