Famous Birthdays for June 18Sir 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") |