Who Was Born Today – September 18 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 18 | ||
1709 | Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, essayist, poet and moralist. | |
1819 | Leon Foucault, French physicist. | |
1827 | John Towsend Trowbridge, poet and author of books for boys, wrote the Jack Hazzard and Toby Trafford series. | |
1839 | John Aitken, physician and meterologist. | |
1895 | John G. Diefenbaker, prime minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. | |
1905 | Greta Garbo, actress nominated for Oscars for her roles in Anna Christie and Ninotcha. | |
1908 | Viktor Hambardzumyan, a Soviet Armenian scientist who was among the founders of theoretical astrophysics. | |
1912 | Maria de la Cruz, journalist, woman’s suffrage advocate; the first woman ever elected to Chile’s Senate (1953). | |
1923 | Queen Anne of Romania. | |
1926 | Joe Kubert, comic book artist (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman), inducted into Harvey Awards’ Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1907) and Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (1998); founder of The Kubert School. | |
1939 | Frankie Avalon, singer (“Venus”) , actor (The Alamo), playwright; teen idol of 1950s-60s. | |
1951 | Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr., African-American neurosurgeon. | |
1961 | James Gandolfini, actor; won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and three Screen Actors Guild Awards (crime boss Tony Soprano in The Sopranos). | |
1971 | Lance Armstrong (Lance Gunderson), cyclist; won record 7 Tour De France titles but was stripped of them and banned from competitive cycling for life after it was determined he had used performance-enhancing drugs. |
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