Who Was Born Today – August 18 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on August 18 | ||
1774 | Meriwether Lewis, American explorer who led the Corps of Discovery with William Clark. | |
1792 | Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of England from 1846 to 1852 and 1865 to 1866. | |
1807 | Charles F. Adams, U.S. diplomat and public official whose father was John Quincy Adams. | |
1918 | Elsa Morante, Italian writer (History: A Novel). | |
1922 | Shelly Winters, actress who won an Academy Award for The Diary of Anne Frank. | |
1923 | Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer. | |
1932 | Luc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | |
1933 | Roman Polanski, Polish film director best known for Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown. | |
1934 | Roberto Clemente, outfielder for Pittsburgh Pirates, first Latin American enshrined in National Baseball Hall of Fame; died in plane crash while delivering aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, Dec. 31, 1972. | |
1936 | Robert Redford, actor (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Great Gatsby). | |
1937 | William George Rushton, London, actor, author, cartoonist; co-founder of Private Eye satire magazine. | |
1940 | Frankie Avalon, singer (“Venus,” 5 weeks at No. 1), actor (Beach Blanket Bingo); teen heartthrob of late 1950s–early 1960s. | |
1952 | Patrick Swayze, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost). | |
1961 | Robert Warren “Bob” Woodruff, journalist, TV news anchor; critically wounded by roadside bomb while reporting on the war in Iraq, January 2006. | |
1962 | Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico 2006–2012. | |
1969 | Christian Slater, actor (Heathers, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Hard Rain). |
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