List of Famous people born on October 18th

Wataru Karashima is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Shen Show-len, better known by her stage name Showlen Maya, is a Taiwanese singer of Han Chinese (father) and Bunun (mother) descent. While she also sings in Mandarin, Showlen Maya is primarily a Hokkien pop singer, even though she doesn't speak Hokkien.

Abdoul Aziz Mbaye was a Senegalese politician and diplomat. He had formerly served as Chief of Staff for President Macky Sall. He was appointed Minister of Culture during a cabinet reshuffle on 29 October 2012, succeeding Youssou N'Dour.

Lisa Irene Chappell is an actress and musician from Auckland, New Zealand. She is best known for playing Claire McLeod on the Nine Network drama series McLeod's Daughters.

Gloria Garayua is an American film and television actress. Garayua made her major film debut in the 2005 comedy film Fun With Dick and Jane, and is now commonly cast in guest roles on long-running series such as Six Feet Under, Weeds and The Shield. After being cast in an ongoing role in Grey's Anatomy, Garayua has played recurring roles in other popular TV shows such as Cougar Town and How to Get Away with Murder.

Juan Leonardo Santillia Rojas is an Ecuadorian musician. He won the fifth season of the television show Das Supertalent, the German version of Britain's Got Talent.

Charles de Lorraine was a French duke and nobleman. He was marquis of Elbeuf from 1566 to 1582, then duke of Elbeuf from 1582 to 1605 and count of Harcourt from 1566 to 1582, lord of Rieux, baron of Ancenis and peer of France.

Vincent M. Spano is an American film, stage and television actor; he is also a film director and producer.

Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium was the youngest daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. She was an older sister of Albert I of Belgium.

Zé Arigó was a faith healer and proponent of psychic surgery. He claimed to have performed psychic surgery with his hands or with simple kitchen utensils while in a mediumistic trance, therefore he was also known as the Surgeon of the Rusty Knife. During his operations he supposedly embodied the spirit of Dr. Adolf Fritz.