The 291st day of the year, the 292nd in a leap year
Born on 18 October
Every 18 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 18 October in any year.
Which weekday 18 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 October falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 18 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,830 babies were born on 18 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 129th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 18 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Bergson | 1859–1941 | French philosopher |
| Zhu Xi | 1130–1200 | Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty |
| Chuck Berry | 1926–2017 | American musician |
| Martina Navratilova | 1956– | Czech-American tennis player |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | 1960– | Belgian actor and martial artist |
| Zac Efron | 1987– | American actor and singer |
| Pope Pius II | 1405–1464 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 |
| Pierre Trudeau | 1919–2000 | Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 |
| Zohran Mamdani | 1991– | Mayor of New York City since 2026 |
| Heinrich von Kleist | 1777–1811 | German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer |
| Huell Howser | 1945–2013 | American television personality |
| Frederick III, German Emperor | 1831–1888 | German Emperor and King of Prussia in 1888 |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | 1939–1963 | American former Marine, named by the Warren Commission as John F. Kennedy's assassin |
| Freida Pinto | 1984– | Indian actress |
| Prince Eugene of Savoy | 1663–1736 | prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Klaus Kinski | 1926–1991 | German actor |
| Lindsey Vonn | 1984– | American alpine skier |
| George C. Scott | 1927–1999 | American actor, film director and producer |
Died on 18 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison | 1847–1931 | American inventor and businessman |
| Charles Babbage | 1791–1871 | English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer |
| Colin Powell | 1937–2021 | American general and diplomat |
| Yang Chen-Ning | 1922–2025 | Chinese physicist |
| Pope Pius III | 1439–1503 | pope of the Catholic Church from 22 September to 18 October 1503 |
| Charles Gounod | 1818–1893 | French composer |
| Pope Gregory XII | died 1417 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415 |
| Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | 1784–1865 | British statesman and prime minister |
| Alfred Binet | 1857–1911 | French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test |
| Bess Truman | 1885–1982 | First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 |
| Walther von Brauchitsch | 1881–1948 | German field marshal |
| Margaret Tudor | 1489–1541 | Scottish Queen consort |
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