List of Famous people born on October 18th

Ștefan Bănică Jr. is a Romanian entertainer, TV presenter, one of the most important Romanian TV personalities, and the son of actor Ștefan Bănică Sr. In his early career he starred in a couple of successful romantic films. He is well known in Romania for presenting the Romanian version of “Dancing with the Stars”, the most long-lived dance competition ever aired in Romania, broadcast on Pro TV and for his role as a talent judge on The X Factor.

Léon Barsacq was a Russian-born and naturalized French production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Longest Day. He was the brother of French theatre director André Barsacq and the father of film actor Yves Barsacq.

Charles III Le Moyne (Longueuil, was the second baron de Longueuil. He succeeded his father Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil in 1729. He became Governor of Montreal, and administrator by interim of New France

Cynthia Weil is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann.

Edward Miller Mundy was an English Tory politician who represented the constituency of Derbyshire.

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine Computer Shopper and was responsible for its monthly Linux column. He stopped writing for the magazine to devote more time to novels. However, he continues to publish freelance articles on the Internet.

Álvaro Felipe Henríquez Pettinelli is a Chilean singer-songwriter, best known for being the vocalist and guitarist of the band Los Tres, considered by MusicaPopular.cl to be "the great musical symbol of the 1990s in Chile".