October 18th Birthdays

Chuck Berry, American singer and musician, was born on this day in 1926, as Charles Edward Anderson Berry, in St. Louis, MO. A seminal figure in early Rock ‘n Roll, he was often called “the Father of Rock ‘n Roll.” Berry passed away at age 90 on March 18, 2017.

Also born on October 18th:

    Mike Ditka, American football player, coach
  • 1947
    Joe Morton, American actor
  • 1949
    Joe Egan, British musician
    George Hendrick, American baseball player
  • 1950
    Sheila White, English actress
  • 1951
    Pam Dawber, American actress
  • 1952
    Chuck Lorre, American TV producer
    Jerry Royster, American baseball player
  • 1954
    Arliss Howard, American actor
  • 1955
    Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer
    Jon Lindstrom, American actor
  • 1957
    Catherine Ringer, French singer
  • 1958
    Corinne Bohrer, American actress
  • 1960
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor
    Erin Moran, American actress
  • 1961
    Wynton Marsalis, American musician
  • 1962
    Vincent Spano, American actor
  • 1964
    Dan Lilker, American musician
  • 1967
    Eric Stuart, American voice actor, singer
  • 1970
    Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
  • 1978
    Jake Farrow, American actor
    Wesley Jonathan, American actor
  • 1979
    Ne-Yo, American R&B singer
  • 1980
    Josh Gracin, American singer
  • 1981
    Greg Warren, American football player
  • 1985
    Derrick Tribbett, American musician
  • 1986
    Wilma Elles, German actress
  • 1987
    Zac Efron, American actor
  • 1989
    Joy Lauren, American actress
  • 1990
    Carly Schroeder, American actress
  • 1991
    Tyler Posey, American actor
  • 2001
    Annelise Manojlovic, English actress

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Died on October 18th:

  • 1893
    Charles Gounod, French composer, educator (age 75
  • 1931
    Thomas Edison, American engineer, inventor (age 84)
  • 1966
    Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman (Elizabeth Arden, Inc.), (age 87)
    S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (age 99)
  • 1973
    Walt Kelly, American illustrator animator (age 60)
  • 1975
    Al Lettieri, American actor (age 47)
    Graham Haberfield, English actor (age 33)
  • 1982
    Bess Truman, 40th U.S. First Lady (age 97)
  • 1984
    Henri Michaux, French painter, poet (age 85)
    Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (age 26)
  • 2000
    Julie London, American singer, actress (age 74)
    Gwen Verdon, American actress, dancer (age 75)
  • 2008
    Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (age 66)
  • 2021
    Val Bisoglio, Italian-American actor (age 95)
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