April 18 - Births

Births

• 1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
• 1580 – Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)
• 1590 – Ahmed I, Ottoman emperor (d. 1617)
• 1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674)
• 1666 – Jean-Féry Rebel, French composer and violinist (d. 1747)
• 1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker (d. 1810)
• 1759 – Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer and cellist (d. 1823)
• 1771 – Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
• 1772 – David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823)
• 1797 – Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)
• 1813 – James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
• 1819 – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)
• 1819 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
• 1838 – Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
• 1857 – Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938)
• 1857 – Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist (d. 1935)
• 1863 – Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (d. 1942)
• 1863 – Linton Hope, English naval architect and yachtsman (d. 1920)
• 1864 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (d. 1916)
• 1873 – Ernst Reckeweg, American gymnast (death date unknown)
• 1874 – Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950)
• 1879 – Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Sam Crawford, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977)
• 1882 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler and author (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1889 – Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and activist (d. 1970)
• 1893 – Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944)
• 1896 – Na Hye-sok, Korean poeter, feminist writer and painter, educators, journalists. (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)
• 1901 – Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)
• 1901 – László Németh, Hungarian writer (d. 1975)
• 1901 – Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and Hasidic Judaism leader (d. 1994)
• 1904 – Pigmeat Markham, American comedian (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and sports executive (d. 1990)
• 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian composer (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Claire Martin, Canadian novelist
• 1915 – Joy Davidman, American poet and writer, wife of C. S. Lewis (d. 1960)
• 1916 – Doug Peden, Canadian athlete (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)
• 1917 – Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981)
• 1918 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Gabriel Axel, Danish director
• 1918 – Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter
• 1918 – André Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958)
• 1919 – Vondell Darr, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Barbara Hale, American actress
• 1924 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bob Hastings, American actor
• 1925 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Clive Revill, New Zealand actor
• 1934 – James Drury, American actor
• 1934 – George Shirley, American tenor
• 1935 – Costas Ferris, Greek director
• 1936 – Tommy Ivo, American race car driver
• 1937 – Jan Kaplický, Czech-British architect
• 1939 – Thomas J. Moyer, American judge
• 1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, Nobel laureate
• 1940 – Mike Vickers, British musician and composer (Manfred Mann)
• 1942 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (d. 1970)
• 1942 – Steve Blass, American baseball player
• 1942 – Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
• 1944 – Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent
• 1945 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Jean-François Balmer, Swiss actor
• 1946 – Hayley Mills, English actress
• 1946 – Skip Spence, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Dorothy Lyman, American actress
• 1947 – Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
• 1947 – Cindy Pickett, American actress
• 1947 – James Woods, American actor
• 1947 – Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, screenwriter, and director
• 1948 – Régis Wargnier, French director and screenwriter
• 1949 – Geoff Bodine, American race car driver
• 1950 – Kenny Ortega, American producer and choreographer
• 1950 – Paul Callery, Australian footballar
• 1951 – Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer
• 1951 – Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician
• 1953 – Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian
• 1956 – Anna Kathryn Holbrook, American actress
• 1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor
• 1956 – Melody Thomas Scott, American actress
• 1956 – Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress
• 1958 – Malcolm Marshall, Indian cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1961 – Jane Leeves, British actress
• 1961 – Steve Lombardi, American wrestler
• 1961 – John Podhoretz, American columnist and political pundit
• 1961 – Kelly Hansen, American singer and musician (Foreigner and Hurricane)
• 1962 – Jeff Dunham, American comedian
• 1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian actor
• 1963 – Conan O'Brien, American comedian
• 1963 – Peter Van Loan, Canadian politician
• 1964 – Bez, English dancer and author
• 1964 – Niall Ferguson, British historian
• 1964 – Rithy Panh, Cambodian director
• 1964 – Jim Ellison, American singer and musician (Material Issue) (d. 1996)
• 1965 – Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (d. 1989)
• 1965 – Rob Stenders, Dutch disc jockey
• 1966 – Camille Coduri, English actress
• 1966 – Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete
• 1966 – Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Maria Bello, American actress
• 1968 – Mary Birdsong, American actress
• 1968 – David Hewlett, English-Canadian actor
• 1969 – Princess Sayako of Japan
• 1969 – Keith R.A. DeCandido, American author
• 1969 – Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer
• 1970 – Rico Brogna, American baseball player
• 1970 – Greg Eklund, American musician (Everclear and The Oohlas)
• 1970 – Saad Hariri, Saudi-Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1970 – François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Esther Schweins, German actress and comedienne
• 1970 – Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek television host and journalist
• 1971 – Tamara Braun, American actress
• 1971 – Russell Payne, English author
• 1971 – Samantha Cameron, business executive, wife of David Cameron
• 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
• 1971 – Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Rosa Clemente, American community organizer, journalist, and activist
• 1972 – Eli Roth, American director
• 1973 – Derrick Brooks, American football player
• 1973 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete
• 1973 – Brady Clark, American baseball player
• 1973 – Jad Abumrad, American radio host and producer
• 1974 – Mark Tremonti, American musician (Creed and Alter Bridge)
• 1974 – Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer and actress
• 1974 – Edgar Wright, English director
• 1975 – GoonRock, American songwriter and producer
• 1975 – Jae-Heon Jeong, South Korean voice actor
• 1976 – Fayray, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1976 – Gavin Creel, American actor and singer
• 1976 – Jo Gibb, Scottish Actress
• 1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
• 1976 – Sean Maguire, English actor
• 1976 – Justin Ross, American politician
• 1977 – Dan Lacouture, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress
• 1979 – Michael Bradley, American basketball player
• 1979 – Ethan Cohn, American actor
• 1979 – Anthony Davidson, British race car driver
• 1979 – Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer and actress
• 1979 – Kourtney Kardashian, American model, actress, and businesswoman
• 1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer
• 1979 – Karl Wolf, Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Sky)
• 1980 – Carolina Crescentini, Italian actress
• 1980 – Justin Levens, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)
• 1980 – Laura Mennell, Canadian actress
• 1980 – Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Priit Võigemast, Estonian actor
• 1981 – Elastinen, Finnish rapper and producer (Fintelligens)
• 1981 – Brian Buscher, American baseball player
• 1981 – Jamie Davis, English actor
• 1981 – Mai Hoshimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1981 – Milan Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1981 – Aldo Ramírez, Colombian footballer
• 1982 – Ibrahim al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist
• 1982 – Greg Camarillo, American football player
• 1982 – Ricardo Colclough, Canadian football player
• 1982 – Simone Farina, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Scott Hartnell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Kristina Sisco, American actress
• 1982 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)
• 1982 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
• 1983 – Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Reeve Carney, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1983 – Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian footballer
• 1983 – Cheryl Haworth, American weightlifter
• 1983 – Cristina Nardozzi, American model, Miss Massachusetts USA 2005
• 1984 – America Ferrera, American actress
• 1984 – Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Cameroonian mixed martial artist and judoka
• 1985 – Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer
• 1985 – Mary Elise Hayden, American actress
• 1985 – Sasa Handa, Japanese porn model and actress
• 1985 – Jessica Lu, American actress
• 1985 – Karl Reindler, Australian race car driver
• 1985 – Rachel Smith, American model, Miss USA 2007
• 1985 – Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro)
• 1986 – Billy Butler, American baseball player
• 1986 – Maurice Edu, American soccer player
• 1986 – Eleanor James, English actress and dancer
• 1986 – Denice K., Danish porn actress, producer, and radio host
• 1986 – Conrad Logan, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Efraín Velarde, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Brett Deledio, Australian football player
• 1987 – Danny Guthrie, English footballer
• 1987 – Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer
• 1987 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model and actress
• 1987 – Cara Mia Wayans, American actress
• 1988 – Anagabriela Espinoza, Mexican model, Miss International 2009
• 1988 – Alexander Hauck, South African-German rugby player
• 1989 – Chaiwat Thongsaeng, Thai actor and model
• 1989 – Jessica, American-Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
• 1989 – Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1989 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
• 1989 – Hannah Wang, Australian actress
• 1990 – Henderson Alvarez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 – Britt Robertson, American actress
• 1990 – Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer
• 1990 – Junior Torunarigha, Nigerian footballer
• 1993 – Nathan Sykes, English singer-songwriter (The Wanted)
• 1994 – Moises Arias, American actor
• 2007 – Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan