Who Was Born Today – January 18 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on January 18 | ||
1782 | Daniel Webster, congressman from New Hampshire, Massachusetts senator, and secretary of state before the Civil War. | |
1813 | Joseph Glidden, inventor. | |
1858 | Daniel Hale Williams, physician who performed the first open heart surgery, founder of Chicago’s Provident Hospital. | |
1882 | A.A. [Alan Alexander] Milne, novelist, humorist and journalist (Winnie the Pooh). | |
1892 | Oliver Hardy, film comedian, one half of Laurel and Hardy. | |
1904 | Cary Grant, U.S. film actor (Gunga Din, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, North by Northwest). |