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History Births on April 18

Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer and coach

#Ricardo_Fortaleza

In 1951

Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)

#Giuseppe_Pella

In 1902

Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic (d. 2008)

#Samuel_P._Huntington

In 1927

Peter Van Loan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of International Trade

#Peter_Van_Loan

In 1963

Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer

#Jane_Leeves

In 1961

Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer

#Donny_van_de_Beek

In 1997

Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and politician, 9th President of Ireland

#Michael_D._Higgins

In 1941

Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (d. 1916)

#Richard_Harding_Davis

In 1864

"TV" Tommy Ivo, American actor and drag racer

#Tommy_Ivo

In 1936

Melissa Joan Hart, American actress, director, and producer

#Melissa_Joan_Hart

In 1976

Wojciech Szcz?sny, Polish footballer

#Wojciech_Szcz?sny

In 1990

Tatyana Shchelkanova, Russian long jumper and heptathlete (d. 2011)

#Tatyana_Shchelkanova

In 1937

Nathan Sykes, English singer-songwriter

#Nathan_Sykes

In 1993

Divock Origi, Belgian footballer

#Divock_Origi

In 1995

Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (d. 1938)

#Clarence_Darrow

In 1857

America Ferrera, American actress and producer

#America_Ferrera

In 1984

Gratian, Roman emperor (d. 383)

#Gratian

In 359

Audrey Tang, Taiwanese computer scientist and academic

#Audrey_Tang

In 1981

Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer and manager

#Rabiu_Afolabi

In 1980

Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter

#Rick_Moranis

In 1953

John F. Wiley, American football player and coach (d. 2013)

#John_F._Wiley

In 1920

Tommy Shannon, American bass guitarist

#Tommy_Shannon

In 1946

Henry II of Navarre, (d. 1555)

#Henry_II_of_Navarre

In 1503

Rithy Panh, Cambodian director and screenwriter

#Rithy_Panh

In 1964

James Drury, American actor

#James_Drury

In 1934

Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1484)

#Ippolita_Maria_Sforza

In 1446

Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer (d. 2001)

#Ardito_Desio

In 1897

Ricardo Colclough, Canadian-American football player

#Ricardo_Colclough

In 1982

Conan O'Brien, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host

#Conan_O'Brien

In 1963

Kathy Acker, American author and poet (d. 1997)

#Kathy_Acker

In 1944

Teddy Taylor, Scottish journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

#Teddy_Taylor

In 1937

Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (d. 1968)

#Sam_Crawford

In 1880

Anna van der Breggen, Dutch cyclist

#Anna_van_der_Breggen

In 1990

Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1895)

#Franz_von_Suppé

In 1819

Samantha Jade, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Samantha_Jade

In 1987

Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (d. 1877)

#Adolphe_Thiers

In 1797

Taylor Griffin, American basketball player

#Taylor_Griffin

In 1986

Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician

#Frances_D'Souza,_Baroness_D'Souza

In 1944

Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (d. 1987)

#Brian_Clay

In 1935

Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Joseph_L._Goldstein

In 1940

Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter

#Régis_Wargnier

In 1948

James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (d. 1865)

#James_McCune_Smith

In 1813

Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster

#Matthias_Blübaum

In 1997

Claire Martin, Canadian author (d. 2014)

#Claire_Martin_(writer)

In 1914

Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian educator and activist, Bharat Ratna Awardee (d. 1962)

#Dhondo_Keshav_Karve

In 1858

Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner

#Haile_Gebrselassie

In 1973

László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (d. 1975)

#László_Németh

In 1901

Thomas J. Moyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 2010)

#Thomas_J._Moyer

In 1939

Kelly Hansen, American singer-songwriter

#Kelly_Hansen

In 1961

Gavin Creel, American actor and singer

#Gavin_Creel

In 1976

Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1962)

#Eugene_Houdry

In 1892

Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician (d. 1937)

#Jaan_Anvelt

In 1884

Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic

#Robert_Christgau

In 1942

Gabi Delgado-López, Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F.

#Gabi_Delgado-López

In 1958

James Woods, American actor and producer

#James_Woods

In 1947

Derrick Brooks, American football player

#Derrick_Brooks

In 1973

Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet (d. 1627)

#Thomas_Middleton

In 1580

Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1944)

#Violette_Morris

In 1893

Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (d. 2001)

#Virginia_O'Brien

In 1919

Keith DeCandido, American author

#Keith_DeCandido

In 1969

George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator

#George_Shirley

In 1934

Mariah Bell, American figure skater

#Mariah_Bell

In 1996

Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)

#Ahmed_I

In 1590

Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (d. 1912)

#Paul-Émile_Lecoq_de_Boisbaudran

In 1838

Red Bryant, American football player

#Red_Bryant

In 1984

Brian Buscher, American baseball player

#Brian_Buscher

In 1981

Jessica Jung, Korean American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

#Jessica_Jung

In 1989

Maria Bello, American actress and writer

#Maria_Bello

In 1967

Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer

#Kenny_Ortega

In 1950

Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic

#Niall_Ferguson

In 1964

Conrad Logan, Irish footballer

#Conrad_Logan

In 1986

Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (d. 1920)

#Linton_Hope

In 1863

François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host

#François_Leroux

In 1970

Susan Faludi, American journalist and author

#Susan_Faludi

In 1959

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

#Clarence_"Gatemouth"_Brown

In 1924

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (d. 1820)

#Karl_Philipp,_Prince_of_Schwarzenberg

In 1771

Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and author (d. 1935)

#Alexander_Shirvanzade

In 1858

Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1947)

#Ty_LaForest

In 1917

Justin Ross, American politician

#Justin_Ross

In 1976

David Tennant, Scottish actor

#David_Tennant

In 1971

Henderson Álvarez, Venezuelan baseball player

#Henderson_Álvarez

In 1990

David Ricardo, British economist and politician (d. 1823)

#David_Ricardo

In 1772

Mark Tremonti, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Mark_Tremonti

In 1974

Graham Rowntree, English rugby player

#Graham_Rowntree

In 1971

Hayley Mills, English actress

#Hayley_Mills

In 1946

Reeve Carney, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Reeve_Carney

In 1983

Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017)

#Barbara_Hale

In 1922

Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Steve_Blass

In 1942

Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian Jewish-American physicist and academic (d. 2011)

#Maurice_Goldhaber

In 1911

Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor and producer

#Eric_McCormack

In 1963

Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer (d. 1747)

#Jean-Féry_Rebel

In 1666

Ilario Bandini, Italian businessman and racing driver (d. 1992)

#Ilario_Bandini

In 1911

Efraín Velarde, Mexican footballer

#Efraín_Velarde

In 1986

Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer and manager

#Stefan_Schwarz

In 1969

Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist

#Rosa_Clemente

In 1972

Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI

#Lucrezia_Borgia

In 1480

Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Eli_Roth

In 1972

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist (d. 1874)

#Carlos_Manuel_de_Céspedes

In 1819

Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer

#Clive_Revill

In 1930

Ioana Ducu, Romanian tennis player

#Ioana_Ducu

In 1996

Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland, Scottish judge, former Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate

#Frank_Mulholland,_Lord_Mulholland

In 1959

Kourtney Kardashian, American model and businesswoman

#Kourtney_Kardashian

In 1979

Greg Camarillo, American football player

#Greg_Camarillo

In 1982

Milan Jovanovi?, Serbian footballer

#Milan_Jovanovi?_(footballer,_born_1981)

In 1981

Scott Hartnell, Canadian ice hockey player

#Scott_Hartnell

In 1982

Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (d. 2014)

#Otto_Piene

In 1928

Ludwig Levy, German architect (d. 1907)

#Ludwig_Levy

In 1854

Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Pierre_Pettigrew

In 1951

Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer

#Grigory_Sokolov

In 1950

Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jerzy_Stuhr

In 1947

Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

#Miguel_Cabrera

In 1983

Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek journalist and talk show host

#Tatiana_Stefanidou

In 1970

Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1950)

#Vicente_Sotto

In 1877

Jessie Street, Australian activist (d. 1970)

#Jessie_Street

In 1889

Glen Hardin, American pianist and arranger

#Glen_Hardin

In 1939

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English model and actress

#Rosie_Huntington-Whiteley

In 1987

Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent

#Robert_Hanssen

In 1944

Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (d. 2015)

#Karl_Josef_Becker

In 1928

Billy Butler, American baseball player

#Billy_Butler_(baseball)

In 1986

Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racing driver (d. 1970)

#Jochen_Rindt

In 1942

Jean Richard, French actor and singer (d. 2001)

#Jean_Richard

In 1921

Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 2015)

#Charles_Pasqua

In 1927

Henry Hyde, American commander, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)

#Henry_Hyde

In 1924

Danny Guthrie, English footballer

#Danny_Guthrie

In 1987

Eric Roberts, American actor

#Eric_Roberts

In 1956

Brett Deledio, Australian footballer

#Brett_Deledio

In 1987

Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (d. 1977)

#Leopold_Stokowski

In 1882

Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (d. 1972)

#Waldemar_Hammenhög

In 1902

Maurice Edu, American soccer player

#Maurice_Edu

In 1986

Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player

#Matt_Cooper_(rugby_league)

In 1979

Jake Howells, English footballer

#Jake_Howells

In 1990

Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon

#Saad_Hariri

In 1970

Anthony Davidson, English racing driver

#Anthony_Davidson

In 1979

Jeff Dunham, American comedian and ventriloquist

#Jeff_Dunham

In 1962

?ukasz Fabia?ski, Polish footballer

#?ukasz_Fabia?ski

In 1985

Duffy Lewis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)

#Duffy_Lewis

In 1888

Ivana Brli?-Mažurani?, Croatian author and poet (d. 1938)

#Ivana_Brli?-Mažurani?

In 1874

Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (d. 847)

#Al-Wathiq

In 812

Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013)

#Tadeusz_Mazowiecki

In 1927

George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

#George_H._Hitchings

In 1905

Per-Erik Hedlund, Swedish skier (d. 1975)

#Per-Erik_Hedlund

In 1897

Geoff Bodine, American race car driver

#Geoff_Bodine

In 1949

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (d. 1810)

#Sir_Francis_Baring,_1st_Baronet

In 1740

Matt Salisbury, English cricketer

In 1993

Junior Torunarigha, Nigerian footballer

In 1990

Alexander Hauck, South African-German rugby player

In 1988

Andre Frolov, Estonian footballer

In 1988

Ivan Tri?kovski, Macedonian footballer

In 1987

Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer

In 1982

Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)

In 1982

Blair Late, American singer-songwriter and journalist

In 1982

Simone Farina, Italian footballer

In 1982

Ibrahim al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist

In 1982

Aldo Ramírez, Colombian footballer

In 1981

Justin Levens, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)

In 1980

Ethan Cohn, American actor

In 1979

Michael Bradley, American basketball player and coach

In 1979

Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress

In 1977

Dan LaCouture, American ice hockey player

In 1977

Staffan Strand, Swedish high jumper

In 1976

Andrew Ilie, Romanian-Australian tennis player

In 1976

Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer

In 1974

Brady Clark, American baseball player

In 1973

Michael Rutter, English motorcycle racer

In 1972

Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player

In 1971

Greg Eklund, American drummer and guitarist

In 1970

Rico Brogna, American baseball player and coach

In 1970

Robert Zm?lík, Czech decathlete

In 1969

Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player

In 1966

Phil Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer

In 1963

Nick Farr-Jones, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

In 1962

John Podhoretz, American journalist and author

In 1961

Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner

In 1960

Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (d. 1999)

In 1958

Ian Campbell, Australian jumper

In 1957

Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer

In 1954

Tina Chow, American model and jewelry designer (d. 1992)

In 1950

Paul Callery, Australian footballer

In 1950

Cindy Pickett, American actress

In 1947

Dorothy Lyman, American actress

In 1947

Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (d. 2013)

In 1947

Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

In 1945

Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

In 1945

Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author (d. 2009)

In 1945

Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer

In 1944

Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic

In 1942

Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

In 1940

Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (d. 2009)

In 1937

Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1997)

In 1936

Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer

In 1936

Costas Ferris, Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

In 1935

Bill Miles, American director and producer (d. 2013)

In 1931

Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician

In 1929

Doug Insole, English cricketer

In 1926

Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (d. 2005)

In 1925

Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2015)

In 1924

Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, English engineer and politician (d. 2015)

In 1923

Alfred Bieler, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2013)

In 1923

Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (d. 2000)

In 1922

Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending (d. 2002)

In 1919

Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)

In 1918

Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes (d. 2001)

In 1918

Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)

In 1918

André Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958)

In 1918

Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)

In 1918

Doug Peden, Canadian basketball player (d. 2005)

In 1916

Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984)

In 1916

Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian Jewish American poet and author (d. 1960)

In 1915

Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (d. 1995)

In 1907

Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 1990)

In 1905

Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)

In 1904

Al Lewis, American songwriter (d. 1967)

In 1901

Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist (d. 1997)

In 1900

Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman (d. 1981)

In 1898

Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler (d. 1964)

In 1882

Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar (d. 1962)

In 1879

Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)

In 1863

William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams (d. 1863)

In 1794

Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer (d. 1823)

In 1759

Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1674)

In 1605

William Harrison, English clergyman (d. 1593)

In 1534

K'an II, Mayan ruler (d. 658)

In 588

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