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Birthdays of Personalities on August 18

xxxx : Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
1450 : Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
1579 : Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 : 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1587 : Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
1685 : Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1774 : Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
1778 : Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 : John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)
1805 : Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
1807 : Charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
1813 : Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884
1818 : William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1823 : Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1834 : Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store)
1871 : Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)
1873 : Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
1875 : Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam)
1882 : Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor
1883 : Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)
1887 : Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
xxxx : Jamie O'Hara, Toledo Ohio, singer (O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up)
1900 : Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood)
1904 : Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY)
1907 : Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)
1907 : Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith)
1908 : Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)
1908 : Edgar Faure, thriller writer/PM of France (1952, 52-56)
1910 : Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
1916 : Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)
1916 : Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979)
1917 : Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
1918 : Elsa Morante, writer
1919 : Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)
1920 : Bob Kennedy, baseball player
1922 : Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)
1922 : Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister
1924 : Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]
1925 : Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)
1925 : Tonny Til, rocker
1927 : Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust
1928 : Marge Schott, CEO (Cincinnati Reds)
1930 : Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
1931 : Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense (D66)
1934 : Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1934 : Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author (Helter-Skelter)
1939 : Joe Azcue, baseball player
1939 : Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love)
1940 : Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1943 : Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds)
1944 : Carl Wayne, rocker (Move)
1945 : Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
1945 : Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1949 : Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz)
1950 : Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner)
1952 : Elayne Boosler, Brooklyn NY, comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One)
1952 : Nicholas John, dramaturge
1954 : Umberto Guidoni, Rome Italy, PhD/astronaut (STS 75)
1957 : Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be)
1967 : Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1967 : John Jurkovic, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1967 : Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer (Showgirls)
1967 : Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
1973 : Luke Fickell, defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints)
1955 : Albert Einstein - Germany - Theory of Relativity - Nobel Prize Awardee

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