Famous Birthdays for April 18


Today's:



George Henry Lewes 1817 - English philosopher, literary and theater critic


Clarence Darrow 1857 - Attorney, famous for his part in the Scopes 'monkey trial'


Sam (Samuel Earl) Crawford 1880 - Baseball player


Leopold Stokowski 1882 - Conductor


Sylvia Fisher 1910 - Opera singer


Tony Mottola 1918 - Guitarist, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show


Hal Galper 1938 - Jazz pianist, composer


Barbara Hale 1922 - Actress ("Perry Mason", "Airport")


Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924


Clive Revill 1930 - Actor ("The Sea Wolf", "The Empire Strikes Back")


James Drury (James Child Drury, Jr.) 1934 - Actor ("The Virginian")


Don Ohl 1936 - Basketball player


Robert Hooks 1937 - Actor ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock", "Passenger 57")


Hal Galper 1938 - Jazz pianist (Hal Galper Quintet), author ("The Touring Musician")


Richie Pettibone 1938 - Football player


Mike Vickers 1941 - Musician (Manfred Mann)


Walt Sweeney 1941 - Football player








Steve Blass 1942 - Baseball player


Pete Gogolak 1942 - Football player


Jochen Rindt 1942 - Auto racer


Hayley Mills 1946 - Actress ("The Parent Trap"), singer


Alexander "Skip" Spence 1946 - Musician (Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane)


James Woods 1947 - Actor ("The Onion Field", "Casino")


Dorothy Lyman 1947 - Actress ("All My Children")


Cindy Pickett 1947 - Actress ("Guiding Light")


Walt Richmond 1947 - Musician (Tractors)


Nate Archibald 1948 - Basketball player


Catherine Malfitano 1948 - Opera singer


Geoff Bodine 1949 - Auto racer


Rick Moranis 1954 - Actor ("Parenthood", "Ghostbuster" series, "Spaceballs")


John James 1956 - Actor ("Search for Tomorrow", "As the World Turns")


Eric Roberts 1956 - Actor ("Doctor Who", "The Coca-Cola Kid"), brother of actress Julia Roberts


Melody Thomas Scott 1956 - Actess ("Young and the Restless")


Les Pattinson 1958 - Musician (Echo and the Bunnymen)








Jane Leeves 1961 - Actress (TV: "Frazier")


Wilbur Marshall 1962 - Football player


Conan O'Brien 1963 - Television personality ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien")


Mike Mangini 1963 - Drummer (Dream Theater)


Eric McCormack 1963 - Actor, musician, writer


Maria Bello 1967 - Actress ("Payback," "Coyote Ugly")


Greg Eklund 1970 - Musician (Everclear)


Trina 1974 - Singer (Trina and Tamara)


Mark Thomas Tremonti 1974 - Guitarist (Creed)


Sean Maguire 1976 - Actor


Melissa Joan Hart 1976 - Actress ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch")


Alia Shawkat 1989 - Actress ("Arrested Development")


Brittany Leanna "Britt" Robertson 1990 - Actress
















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