Historical Birthdays

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - April 18, 2025

1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova, USSR, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1964)

1935 Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)

1950 Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)

1965 Vicky Villegas, rocker (Triplets)

1937 Robert Hooks, Wash DC, actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela)

1934 Jan Klusak, composer

1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)

1956 Eric Roberts, Miss, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies)

1890 James Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel)

1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)

1946 Hayley Mills, London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna)

1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial

1935 Paul A Rothchild, record producer

1889 Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter

1895 Anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19]

1965 Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)

1920 Walter Clegg, MP

1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary

1926 Doug Insole, cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests)

1955 Anne-Marie Palli, Ciboure France, LPGA golfer (1992 ShopRite)

1936 Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)

1963 Phil Simmons, cricketer (West Indian opening batsman)

1913 Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video)

1944 Irvine Shillingford, cricketer (cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI)

1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)

1940 Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)

1967 Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)

1966 Valeri Kamensky, Voskresensk Rus, NHL left wing (Avalanche, Oly-S-98)

1911 Francis Frederick Johnson, architect

1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer

1962 Wilber Marshall, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)

1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer

1819 Franz von Supp‚, Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over)

1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander (S Afr army)

1884 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart)

1948 Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)

1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France

1521 Fran‡ois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)

1900 Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer

1941 Mike Vickers, rock guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)

1947 James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)

1913 Susan Bosence, textile designer

1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer

1973 Derrick Brooks, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1925 Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician

1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You)

1906 Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals (Gibralter)

1912 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer

1936 Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator

1888 Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier

1927 Jim De Courcy, cricketer (in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953)

1903 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer

1917 Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece

1923 Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm)

1955 Amschel Rothschild, banker

1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer

1946 Anne Boyd, composer

1966 Chuck Wade, Menomonee Falls Wisc, diver (Olympics-96)

1969 Vladimir Tsyplakov, Inta Rus, NHL left wing (LA Kings, Belarus 1998)

1934 Jap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)

1921 Barbara Hale, Dekalb Ill, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)

1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer

1907 Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing)

1956 Melody Thomas Scott, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless)

1933 Alan Devereux, CEO (Scottish Tourist Board)

1934 James Drury, NYC, actor (Virginian)

1958 Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)

1948 Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)

1948 "Tiny" Nate Archibald, NBA guard (Cincinnati)

1956 David Wayne Edwards, Neosho MO, PGA golfer (1980 Walt Disney)

1971 Oleg Petrov, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)

1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)

1946 Harvey Kagan, rocker

1947 Lori Martin, Glendale Calif, actress (Velvet-National Velvet)

1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/(D66) Dutch Asst Sec of State (1994- )

1952 Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad)

1922 Avril Angers, actress (Brass Monkey)

1924 Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)

1910 Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )

1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)

1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer

1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)

1918 Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)

1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer

1970 Heike Friedrich, East Germany swimmer (world record 200m)

1923 Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions)

1903 Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)

1929 Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)

1852 George Clausen, painter

1901 L szlў N‚meth, Hungarian physician/author (Gy sz/Galilei)

1947 Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family)

1732 George Colman, "the Elder", playwright (baptised)

1973 Haile Gebresleassie, Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympics-gold-96)

1953 Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs)

1946 Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)

1859 Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)

1912 Wendy Barrie, Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show)

1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer

1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer

1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)

1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)

1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike)

1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)

1961 Jeff Cook, Muncie IN, Nike golfer (1990 Greater Ozarks Open)

1924 Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer

1926 Gunter Meisner, Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum)

1911 George Huntington Hartford II, NYC, heir (A&P)

1931 Klas Lestander, Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympic-gold-1960)

1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant

1946 Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)

1973 James "Jamie" Koven, Morristown NJ, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)

1958 Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann

1970 Vladimir Antipin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)

1976 Melissa Joan Hart, Sayville NY, actress (Clarissa, Sabrina)

1961 Pamella Bordes, New Dehli India, Brit parliament prostitute

1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)

1947 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)

1906 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem)

1934 Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)

1962 Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)

1944 Rudy Shackelford, composer

1930 Clive Revill, Wellington NZ, actor (Legend of Hell House)

1939 Von McDaniel, baseball player

1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer

1897 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]

1992 Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love

1907 Miklўs Rўzsa, Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora)

1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)

1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)

1914 C S Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie)

1967 Kenneth Gant, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1928 Jean-Fran‡ois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Fran‡ois France, conductor

1956 John James, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty)

1882 Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony)

1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer

1954 Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)

1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer

1889 John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)

1971 Dan Kordic, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)

1970 William Roaf, NFL tackle (NO Saints)

1965 Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)

1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)

1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)

1918 Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)

1934 Jaap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP (VVD)

1871 Henry Stephenson, Brit WI, actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky)

1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot

1967 Marcel Valk, soccer player (RKC, Go Ahead Eagles)

1914 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP)

1918 Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64)

1971 Kerry Lynn Kemper, Miss Nebraska USA (1996)

1958 Malcolm Marshall, cricketer (WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker)

1924 Raf de Linde, [Rapha‰l van Hecke], author (Vaarwel on Gertrude)

1963 Conan Chris O'Brien, Brookline Mass, TV host (Late Night)

1961 Ian Doig, Seaforth Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 Florida Classic)

1908 Henry Guinness, missionary

1936 Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor (Tall Guy)

1959 Jim Eisenreich, St Cloud MN, outfielder (Phila Phillies, Fla Marlins)

1896 C EugЉne Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura pliss‚)

1925 Bob Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family)

1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)

1968 Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2) [or Aug 19]

1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer

1932 Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England)

1966 Michelle Chryst, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-17th-1994)

1972 Jeff Traversy, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)

1881 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter

1868 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriciate)

1939 Glen Hardin, rocker

1960 Ocl Sweda, rocker (Bulletboys)

1929 Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)

1970 Francois Leroux, Ste-adele, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)

1898 Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer

1908 Edward Roberts, bishop (Ely)

1970 Carl Simpson, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)

1913 Milos Sokola, composer

1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver

1940 Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985)

1961 Jane Leeves, London, actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon-Fraiser)

1970 Peter Giles, London Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)

1855 Josef Gruber, composer

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