Famous Birthdays for June 18


Today's:





Sir Thomas Overbury 1581 - Poet, essayist


Viscount Castlereagh (Robert Stewart) 1769 - British statesman known as Lord Castlereagh


Edouard Daladier 1884 - French politician


George Mallory 1886 - Mountaineer


M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) 1898 - Graphic artist


Jeanette MacDonald 1901 - Singer, actress


Keye Luke 1904 - Actor


Kay Kyser (James Kern "Kay" Kyser) 1906 - Bandleaer


Bud Collyer 1908 - Radio announcer/actor


E.G. Marshall 1910 - Actor ("The Defenders")


Ray McKinley 1910 - Drummer, singer, bandleader


Sammy Cahn (Samuel Cohen) 1913 - Lyricist, songwriter, musician


Sylvia Porter 1913 - Economist, journalist


Paul "Red" Adiar 1915 - Oil well firefighter






Richard Boone (Richard Allen Boone) 1917 - Actor


Ian Carmichael 1920 - Actor


Robert Arthur (Robert Arthaud) 1925 - Actor


Tom Wicker (Thomas Grey "Tom" Wicker) 1926 - Journalist


Maggie McNamara (Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara) 1928 - Actress


Eva Bartok 1929 - Actress


Lou Brock (Louis Clark "Lou" Brock) 1939 - Baseball player


Paul McCartney 1942 - Musician (Beatles, Wings)
Today in Beatles History


Roger Ebert 1942 - Film critic, screenwriter


Linda Thorson (Linda Robinson) 1947 - Actress


Carol Kane (Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane) 1952 - Actress


Isabella Rossellini (Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini) 1952 - Actress (Movies: Death Becomes Her, Blue Velvet)


Jerome Smith 1953 - Musician (KC & The Sunshine Band)


Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet) 1961 - Singer (Yazoo)


Nathan Morris 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)


Alana de la Garza 1976 - Actress ("Law and Order")
















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