History Births on April 18

Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer and coach

#Ricardo_Fortaleza

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

#Giuseppe_Pella

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

#Samuel_P._Huntington

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

#Peter_Van_Loan

Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer

#Jane_Leeves

Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer

#Donny_van_de_Beek

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

#Michael_D._Higgins

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

#Richard_Harding_Davis

"TV" Tommy Ivo, American actor and drag racer

#Tommy_Ivo

Melissa Joan Hart, American actress, director, and producer

#Melissa_Joan_Hart

Wojciech Szcz?sny, Polish footballer

#Wojciech_Szcz?sny

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

#Tatyana_Shchelkanova

Nathan Sykes, English singer-songwriter

#Nathan_Sykes

Divock Origi, Belgian footballer

#Divock_Origi

Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (d. 1938)

#Clarence_Darrow

America Ferrera, American actress and producer

#America_Ferrera

Gratian, Roman emperor (d. 383)

#Gratian

Audrey Tang, Taiwanese computer scientist and academic

#Audrey_Tang

Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer and manager

#Rabiu_Afolabi

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

#Rick_Moranis

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

#John_F._Wiley

Tommy Shannon, American bass guitarist

#Tommy_Shannon

Henry II of Navarre, (d. 1555)

#Henry_II_of_Navarre

Rithy Panh, Cambodian director and screenwriter

#Rithy_Panh

James Drury, American actor

#James_Drury

Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1484)

#Ippolita_Maria_Sforza

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

#Ardito_Desio

Ricardo Colclough, Canadian-American football player

#Ricardo_Colclough

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

#Conan_O'Brien

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

#Kathy_Acker

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

#Teddy_Taylor

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

#Sam_Crawford

Anna van der Breggen, Dutch cyclist

#Anna_van_der_Breggen

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

#Franz_von_Suppé

Samantha Jade, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Samantha_Jade

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

#Adolphe_Thiers

Taylor Griffin, American basketball player

#Taylor_Griffin

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

#Frances_D'Souza,_Baroness_D'Souza

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

#Brian_Clay

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

#Joseph_L._Goldstein

Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter

#Régis_Wargnier

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

#James_McCune_Smith

Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster

#Matthias_Blübaum

Claire Martin, Canadian author (d. 2014)

#Claire_Martin_(writer)

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

#Dhondo_Keshav_Karve

Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner

#Haile_Gebrselassie

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

#László_Németh

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

#Thomas_J._Moyer

Kelly Hansen, American singer-songwriter

#Kelly_Hansen

Gavin Creel, American actor and singer

#Gavin_Creel

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

#Eugene_Houdry

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

#Jaan_Anvelt

Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic

#Robert_Christgau

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

#Gabi_Delgado-López

James Woods, American actor and producer

#James_Woods

Derrick Brooks, American football player

#Derrick_Brooks

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

#Thomas_Middleton

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

#Violette_Morris

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

#Virginia_O'Brien

Keith DeCandido, American author

#Keith_DeCandido

George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator

#George_Shirley

Mariah Bell, American figure skater

#Mariah_Bell

Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)

#Ahmed_I

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

#Paul-Émile_Lecoq_de_Boisbaudran

Red Bryant, American football player

#Red_Bryant

Brian Buscher, American baseball player

#Brian_Buscher

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

#Jessica_Jung

Maria Bello, American actress and writer

#Maria_Bello

Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer

#Kenny_Ortega

Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic

#Niall_Ferguson

Conrad Logan, Irish footballer

#Conrad_Logan

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

#Linton_Hope

François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host

#François_Leroux

Susan Faludi, American journalist and author

#Susan_Faludi

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

#Clarence_"Gatemouth"_Brown

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (d. 1820)

#Karl_Philipp,_Prince_of_Schwarzenberg

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

#Alexander_Shirvanzade

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

#Ty_LaForest

Justin Ross, American politician

#Justin_Ross

David Tennant, Scottish actor

#David_Tennant

Henderson Álvarez, Venezuelan baseball player

#Henderson_Álvarez

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

#David_Ricardo

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

#Mark_Tremonti

Graham Rowntree, English rugby player

#Graham_Rowntree

Hayley Mills, English actress

#Hayley_Mills

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

#Reeve_Carney

Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017)

#Barbara_Hale

Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Steve_Blass

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

#Maurice_Goldhaber

Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor and producer

#Eric_McCormack

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

#Jean-Féry_Rebel

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

#Ilario_Bandini

Efraín Velarde, Mexican footballer

#Efraín_Velarde

Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer and manager

#Stefan_Schwarz

Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist

#Rosa_Clemente

Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI

#Lucrezia_Borgia

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

#Eli_Roth

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

#Carlos_Manuel_de_Céspedes

Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer

#Clive_Revill

Ioana Ducu, Romanian tennis player

#Ioana_Ducu

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

#Frank_Mulholland,_Lord_Mulholland

Kourtney Kardashian, American model and businesswoman

#Kourtney_Kardashian

Greg Camarillo, American football player

#Greg_Camarillo

Milan Jovanovi?, Serbian footballer

#Milan_Jovanovi?_(footballer,_born_1981)

Scott Hartnell, Canadian ice hockey player

#Scott_Hartnell

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

#Otto_Piene

Ludwig Levy, German architect (d. 1907)

#Ludwig_Levy

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

#Pierre_Pettigrew

Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer

#Grigory_Sokolov

Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jerzy_Stuhr

Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

#Miguel_Cabrera

Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek journalist and talk show host

#Tatiana_Stefanidou

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

#Vicente_Sotto

Jessie Street, Australian activist (d. 1970)

#Jessie_Street

Glen Hardin, American pianist and arranger

#Glen_Hardin

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English model and actress

#Rosie_Huntington-Whiteley

Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent

#Robert_Hanssen

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

#Karl_Josef_Becker

Billy Butler, American baseball player

#Billy_Butler_(baseball)

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

#Jochen_Rindt

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

#Jean_Richard

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

#Charles_Pasqua

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

#Henry_Hyde

Danny Guthrie, English footballer

#Danny_Guthrie

Eric Roberts, American actor

#Eric_Roberts

Brett Deledio, Australian footballer

#Brett_Deledio

Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (d. 1977)

#Leopold_Stokowski

Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (d. 1972)

#Waldemar_Hammenhög

Maurice Edu, American soccer player

#Maurice_Edu

Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player

#Matt_Cooper_(rugby_league)

Jake Howells, English footballer

#Jake_Howells

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

#Saad_Hariri

Anthony Davidson, English racing driver

#Anthony_Davidson

Jeff Dunham, American comedian and ventriloquist

#Jeff_Dunham

?ukasz Fabia?ski, Polish footballer

#?ukasz_Fabia?ski

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

#Duffy_Lewis

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

#Ivana_Brli?-Mažurani?

Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (d. 847)

#Al-Wathiq

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

#Tadeusz_Mazowiecki

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

#George_H._Hitchings

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

#Per-Erik_Hedlund

Geoff Bodine, American race car driver

#Geoff_Bodine

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

#Sir_Francis_Baring,_1st_Baronet

Matt Salisbury, English cricketer

Junior Torunarigha, Nigerian footballer

Alexander Hauck, South African-German rugby player

Andre Frolov, Estonian footballer

Ivan Tri?kovski, Macedonian footballer

Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer

Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)

Blair Late, American singer-songwriter and journalist

Simone Farina, Italian footballer

Ibrahim al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist

Aldo Ramírez, Colombian footballer

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

Ethan Cohn, American actor

Michael Bradley, American basketball player and coach

Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress

Dan LaCouture, American ice hockey player

Staffan Strand, Swedish high jumper

Andrew Ilie, Romanian-Australian tennis player

Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer

Brady Clark, American baseball player

Michael Rutter, English motorcycle racer

Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player

Greg Eklund, American drummer and guitarist

Rico Brogna, American baseball player and coach

Robert Zm?lík, Czech decathlete

Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player

Phil Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer

Nick Farr-Jones, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

John Podhoretz, American journalist and author

Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner

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

Ian Campbell, Australian jumper

Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer

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

Paul Callery, Australian footballer

Cindy Pickett, American actress

Dorothy Lyman, American actress

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

Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

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

Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer

Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic

Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician

Doug Insole, English cricketer

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

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

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

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

Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (d. 2000)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Peden, Canadian basketball player (d. 2005)

Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984)

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

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

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

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

Al Lewis, American songwriter (d. 1967)

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

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

Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler (d. 1964)

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

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

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

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

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

William Harrison, English clergyman (d. 1593)

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