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August 18 Birthdays in History - August 18 Deaths - August 18 Events
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August 18, 1992 Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love August 18, 1976 Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997 August 18, 1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver August 18, 1974 Sekou Soumah, soccer player, Willem II August 18, 1974 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994- August 18, 1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen August 18, 1973 Clarence Benford, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks August 18, 1973 Luke Fickell, defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints August 18, 1972 Derrick Harris, running back for the St. Louis Rams August 18, 1972 Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer, NZ champ 1991, 92 August 18, 1972 Nate Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics bronze August 18, 1972 Ray Jacobs, NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos August 18, 1971 Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society August 18, 1971 Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics August 18, 1971 Kevin Bouie, NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals August 18, 1971 Mindy Czuleger, Inglewood California, WPVA volleyballer, Myrtle Bch-17th-1994 August 18, 1971 Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life August 18, 1971 Richard D. James, English Musician August 18, 1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Theodore-Cosby Show August 18, 1970 Richie Cunningham, kicker for the Dallas Cowboys August 18, 1970 Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers August 18, 1969 Christian Slater, actor, Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers August 18, 1969 Isaac Austin, NBA center for the Miami Heat August 18, 1969 Edward Norton, American Actor August 18, 1968 Brian Mitchell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins August 18, 1968 Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze August 18, 1968 Greta Lind, Goshen, New York, actress, Katie Kennicott-All My Children August 18, 1968 Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island August 18, 1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics August 18, 1968 Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers August 18, 1967 Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy, Texas, rock drummer, Slaughter-Stick it Live August 18, 1967 John Jurkovic, defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars August 18, 1967 Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls August 18, 1967 Tracy Tracy, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal August 18, 1966 Cees Lock of hair, soccer player, NEC August 18, 1966 Steve Avery, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers August 18, 1963 Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star August 18, 1962 Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler August 18, 1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live August 18, 1960 Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Shreveport Open August 18, 1958 Madeleine Stowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tropical Snow, Bad Girls August 18, 1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service August 18, 1957 Dennis Leary, actor/comic, MTV August 18, 1957 Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be August 18, 1957 Denis Leary, American Actor August 18, 1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 August 18, 1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS 75 August 18, 1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One August 18, 1952 Nicholas John, dramaturge August 18, 1952 Patrick Swayze, born in Houston, Texas, actor/dancer, Dirty Dancing, Ghost August 18, 1951 Greg Pruitt, NFL running back, Los Angeles Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII August 18, 1950 Candice Earley, Ft. Hood, Texas, actress, Donna Tyler-All My Children August 18, 1950 Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer, Foreigner August 18, 1950 Lynn Adams, Kingsville, Texas, LPGA golfer August 18, 1949 Nigel Griggs, rocker, Split Enz August 18, 1948 Carol O'Neal, playmate, July, 1972 August 18, 1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ August 18, 1948 John Scarlett, British Celebrity August 18, 1945 Barbara Harris, U.S. singer, Toys-A Lover's Concerto August 18, 1945 Nona Hendryx, Trenton, New Jersey, rocker, LaBelle-Lady Marmalade August 18, 1944 Carl Wayne, rocker, Move August 18, 1943 Martin Mull, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/comedian, Bad Manners, Flick, Serial August 18, 1943 Sarah Dash, Trenton, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Patti LaBelle and Bluebirds August 18, 1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets August 18, 1941 Matt Snell, NFL running back, New York Jets, Super Bowl III August 18, 1940 Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo August 18, 1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer, 1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th August 18, 1939 Joe Azcue, baseball player August 18, 1939 Johnny Preston singer, Running Bear, Cradle of Love August 18, 1939 Molly Bee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Pinky Lee Show August 18, 1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby August 18, 1937 William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 August 18, 1935 Gail Fisher, Orange, New Jersey, actress, Peggy-Mannix August 18, 1935 Lajos Papp, composer August 18, 1935 Rafer Johnson, Hillsboro Texas, decathlete, Olympics gold 60 August 18, 1934 Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro, Texas, decathlete 1960 Olympics gold August 18, 1934 Roberto Clemente, U.S. baseball outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates August 18, 1934 Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter August 18, 1933 Roman Polanski, Poland, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates August 18, 1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete August 18, 1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66 August 18, 1930 Carl Barger, Lewistown Pennsylvania, baseball President, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins August 18, 1930 Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man August 18, 1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine August 18, 1928 Marge Schott, CEO, Cincinnati Reds August 18, 1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust August 18, 1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady August 18, 1927 Marvin Harris, American Scientist August 18, 1925 Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author, Helliconia Trilogy August 18, 1925 Tonny Til, rocker August 18, 1923 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Aust tour August 18, 1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's August 18, 1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist, Voyeur August 18, 1922 Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister August 18, 1922 Shelley Winters, [Schrift], born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure August 18, 1920 Bob Kennedy, baseball player August 18, 1920 [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's August 18, 1919 Walter J Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969-71 August 18, 1918 Elsa Morante, writer August 18, 1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87 August 18, 1917 Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant August 18, 1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer, L'isola di Arturo August 18, 1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979 August 18, 1915 Max Lanier, baseball player August 18, 1910 Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor August 18, 1910 Herman Berlinski, composer August 18, 1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz August 18, 1908 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer, Belenggu August 18, 1908 Bill Merritt, cricketer, early NZ Test leg-spinner, also Northants August 18, 1908 Edgar Faure, thriller writer/PM of France, 1952, 52-56 August 18, 1908 Milan Ristic, composer August 18, 1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC August 18, 1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith August 18, 1907 Howard Swanson, composer August 18, 1907 Otto Mortensen, composer August 18, 1906 Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor, Search for the Nile August 18, 1906 Marcel Carne, French Director August 18, 1905 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer August 18, 1904 Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters August 18, 1904 Max Factor, Jr., CEO, Max Factor Cosmetics August 18, 1904 Sterling W. Cole, Rep-R-NY August 18, 1904 [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer, Max Factor August 18, 1903 Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer August 18, 1902 Julius Kalas, composer August 18, 1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood August 18, 1896 Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack August 18, 1893 Ernest MacMillan, composer August 18, 1887 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist August 18, 1883 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, Chanel August 18, 1883 Coco Chanel, French Designer August 18, 1882 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor August 18, 1882 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer August 18, 1881 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer August 18, 1878 Fritz Brun, composer August 18, 1875 Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam August 18, 1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello August 18, 1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes August 18, 1871 Johan J Arch, graphic artist, wood cutter August 18, 1856 Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer August 18, 1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer August 18, 1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer August 18, 1841 Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet August 18, 1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store August 18, 1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman August 18, 1823 Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian August 18, 1818 William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1879 August 18, 1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1884 August 18, 1807 Charles Francis Adams, Union, died in 1886 August 18, 1805 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter, Mutterliebe August 18, 1792 John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM, 1846-52, 1865-66 August 18, 1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica August 18, 1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville, Virginia, capt, Lewis and Clark Expedition August 18, 1769 Alexandre Stievenard, composer August 18, 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer, Tatare August 18, 1745 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer August 18, 1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem August 18, 1587 1st English child born in New World, Virginia Dare August 18, 1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents August 18, 1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange August 18, 1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet August 18, 472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker |