Famous people born on 18 October

• Henri BergsonFrench philosopher · 1859–1941
  81 yrs
• Chuck BerryAmerican musician · 1926–2017
  90 yrs
• Pierre TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 · 1919–2000
  80 yrs
• Huell HowserAmerican television personality · 1945–2013
  67 yrs
• Frederick III, German EmperorAs King of Prussia German Emperor · 1831–1888
  56 yrs
• Lee Harvey OswaldAmerican former marine who assassinated John F. Kennedy · 1939–1963
  24 yrs
• Giovanni Antonio CanalItalian painter of landscapes · 1697–1768
  70 yrs
• Eugene of SavoyPrince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire · 1663–1736
  72 yrs
• Klaus Kinski ↗German actor · 1926–1991
  65 yrs
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny ↗First President of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993 · 1905–1993
  88 yrs
• George C. Scott ↗American actor, film director and producer · 1927–1999
  71 yrs
• Melina Mercouri ↗Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece · 1920–1994
  73 yrs
• Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ↗President of Nicaragua · 1929–2025
  95 yrs
• Mongkut ↗King of Siam from 1851 to 1868 · 1804–1868
  63 yrs
• Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ↗French novelist, official and army general · 1741–1803
  61 yrs
• Mauricio Funes ↗President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014 · 1959–2025
  65 yrs
• Ramiz Alia ↗Former First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, 1st President of the Republic of Albania · 1925–2011
  85 yrs
• Om Puri ↗Indian actor · 1949–2017
  67 yrs
• Heinrich Schütz ↗German composer and organist · 1585–1672
  87 yrs
• Ivanoe Bonomi ↗Italian prime minister in 1921–22 and 1944–45 · 1873–1951
  77 yrs
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis ↗Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993 · 1918–2017
  98 yrs
• Peter Boyle ↗American actor · 1935–2006
  71 yrs
• Baldassare Galuppi ↗Italian composer · 1706–1785
  78 yrs
• Philibert Tsiranana ↗First President of Madagascar · 1912–1978
  65 yrs
• D. T. Suzuki ↗Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters · 1870–1966
  95 yrs
• Lotte Lenya ↗Austrian singer and actress · 1898–1981
  83 yrs
• Miriam Hopkins ↗American actress · 1902–1972
  69 yrs
• Norberto Bobbio ↗Italian legal scholar · 1909–2004
  94 yrs
• Luca Giordano ↗Italian Baroque painter · 1634–1705
  70 yrs
• Pascual Jordan ↗German physicist and politician · 1902–1980
  77 yrs
• Erik Acharius ↗Swedish botanist · 1757–1819
  61 yrs
• Giulio Caccini ↗Italian composer · 1551–1618
  67 yrs
• Justo José de Urquiza ↗Argentine politician and military · 1801–1870
  68 yrs
• Muhammad Rashid Rida ↗Syrian Muslim scholar and reformer · 1865–1935
  69 yrs
• James Foley ↗American journalist · 1973–2014
  40 yrs
• Lucien Petit-Breton ↗French cyclist · 1882–1917
  35 yrs
• Midhat Pasha ↗Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution · 1822–1883
  60 yrs

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