July 18 Birthdays
July 18 Birthdays of important people from throughout history.
1340 – Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
1501 – Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)
1504 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)
1534 – Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
1552 – Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)
1634 – Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
1635 – Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, Scientist (Micrographia)
1670 – Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer
1711 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
1718 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)
1720 – Gilbert White, English “father of British naturalists”
1766 – Friedrich Fleischmann, German composer
1796 – Feargus O’Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1797 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879)
1810 – Peter Singer, composer
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1818 – Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896)
1821 – Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)
1823 – Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1901)
1827 – Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1837 – Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873)
1845 – Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)
1848 – William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England’s greatest cricketer
1850 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939)
1853 – Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
1862 – Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne
1862 – Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general (d. 1933)
1864 – Ricarda Huch, writer
1864 – Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937)
1865 – Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
1870 – Emil Mlynarski, composer
1871 – Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
1871 – Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946)
1872 – Julius Fucik, composer
1880 – Otto Vrieslander, composer
1881 – Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921)
1882 – Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1884 – Alberto di Jorio, former head of the Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958 conclave (d. 1979)
1887 – Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)
1888 – Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
1888 – Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1890 – Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1890 – Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)
1891 – Gene Lockhart, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol), born in NYC, New York
1892 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (d. 1969)
1893 – Josef Huttel, composer
1893 – Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
1894 – Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
1895 – Marie Ney, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft), born in London, England
1895 – George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], American gangster, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
1897 – E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (d. 1935)
1898 – Herbert Marcuse, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization), born in Berlin, Germany
1898 – John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17)
1899 – Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
1900 – Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], Ivanovo, Russia, writer and lawyer (Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits)
1902 – Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
1903 – Bozidar Kunc, composer
1903 – Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders)
1906 – Belle Stewart, singer
1906 – Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy)
1906 – S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
1907 – Yvonne Desportes, composer
1908 – Mildred Lisette Norman, American peace activist, earned the moniker Peace Pilgrim (d. 1981)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS]
1909 – Harriet Nelson, American singer/actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Follow the Fleet), born in Des Moines, Iowa
1909 – Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1911 – Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
1911 – Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1912 – Harry Levin, literary Scholar
1912 – Henry L “Hank” Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
1912 – Max Rousié, French rugby footballer (d. 1950)
1913 – Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
1913 – Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
1913 – Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
1914 – Herbert Collum, composer
1914 – John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
1914 – Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
1914 – Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
1914 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)
1915 – Anthony Cox, English architect
1915 – Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
1916 – Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education
1916 – Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
1916 – Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)
1917 – Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)
1918 – Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/President (1994-1999)/ Nobel (1993)
1918 – Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
1920 – Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
1920 – Eric Brandon, British racing driver (d. 1982)
1921 – John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh)
1922 – Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (d. 1996)
1923 – Hector Tosar, composer
1923 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997)
1924 – Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
1924 – John Cruickshank, French scholar
1924 – Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer
1925 – George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres
1925 – Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
1925 – Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Australia, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
1926 – Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
1926 – Jane Hylton, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak), born in London, England
1926 – Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
1926 – Robert Sloman, writer (d. 2005)
1926 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (d. 1987)
1927 – Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
1927 – Ludwig Harig, writer
1927 – Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50’s & 60’s)
1928 – Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
1929 – “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins, rocker (I Put a Spell on You), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1929 – Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
1929 – Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
1930 – Siegfried Kurz, composer
1930 – Burt Kwouk, English actor
1931 – “Papa” Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
1932 – Robert Ellis Miller, American film director
1933 – Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
1933 – Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
1933 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
1934 – Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
1934 – Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)
1935 – Tenley Albright, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1935 – Jayendra Saraswathi, Hindu religious leader
1936 – Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1937 – Roald Hoffman, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) (d. 2005)
1938 – Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer’s Pilots)
1938 – Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1938 – Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985)
1938 – John Connelly, St Helens, Lancashire, footballer (20 English caps), (d. 2012)
1939 – Brian Auger, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis), born in London, England
1939 – Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1939 – Edward Gramlich, American economics professor (d. 2007)
1939 – Jerry Moore, American football coach
1940 – James Brolin, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel), born in Los Angeles, California
1940 – Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
1941 – Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
1941 – Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What’s Wrong)
1941 – Marcia Jones Smoke, Oklahoma, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1941 – Martha Reeves, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St), born in Detroit, Michigan
1942 – Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
1942 – Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician
1942 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)
1943 – Bobby Sherman, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides), born in Santa Monica, California
1943 – Calvin Peete, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open), born in Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
1944 – David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
1944 – Jonelle Allen, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers), born in NYC, New York
1945 – Danny McCullock, rocker (Animals), born in London, England
1946 – Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1946 – Leo Madder, Belgian actor
1947 – Ayn Rumen, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
1947 – Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
1947 – Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
1948 – Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
1948 – Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
1948 – Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1948 – Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler
1949 – Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
1950 – Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic), born in London, England
1950 – Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001)
1950 – Jack Layton, Canadian politician
1950 – Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
1951 – Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
1951 – Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
1951 – Margo Martindale, American actress
1952 – James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1953 – Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
1954 – Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
1954 – Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
1954 – Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1954 – Tobias Picker, composer
1955 – Teresa Ann Savoy, actress (Caligula), born in London, England
1955 – Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
1955 – Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
1956 – Audrey Landers [Hamburg], American actress/singer (Dallas, Chorus Line), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956 – Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager and coach
1957 – Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
1957 – Nick Faldo, Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire, English golfer (six-time Major Championship winner)
1958 – Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1958 – Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1959 – Pauline Quirke, British actress
1960 – Anne-Marie Johnson, actress (In the Heat of the Night), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
1962 – Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1962 – Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
1962 – Lee Arenberg, American actor
1962 – Jack Irons, American drummer
1962 – Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian
1963 – Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
1963 – Martín Torrijos Espino, President of Panama
1963 – Al Snow, American professional wrestler
1964 – Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
1964 – Wendy Williams, radio host
1965 – Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1965 – Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1966 – Dan[iel Dion] O’Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
1967 – Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1967 – Vin Diesel, American actor
1969 – Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 – Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1970 – John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1970 – Margaret Langford, canoeist (Olympics-96), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1970 – Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971 – Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
1971 – Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
1972 – Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1972 – Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 – Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
1974 – Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1974 – Alan Morrison, British poet
1975 – Torii Hunter, baseball player
1975 – Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway)
1975 – M.I.A. (Mathangi Arulpragasam), Hounslow, London, rapper (Sunshowers)
1976 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
1977 – Dylan Lane, American television host
1977 – Alfian bin Sa’at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
1978 – Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player
1978 – Ben Sheets, American baseball player
1978 – Mélissa Theuriau, French newscaster
1978 – Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer
1979 – Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
1979 – Rick Baxter, American politician
1979 – Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter
1979 – Deion Branch, American football player
1979 – Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler
1979 – Jermaine Paul, American musician
1980 – Kristen Bell, American actress
1980 – Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
1982 – Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
1982 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen
1982 – Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host
1983 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Chace Crawford, American actor
1988 – César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
1991 – Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist
1994 – Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother
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