List of Famous people born on October 18th

Gary Dean Richrath was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989.

Florian Toncar is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 until 2013 and since 2017.

Thomas Hearns is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns' tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight.

Emma Hayes MBE is an English professional football manager. She is currently the manager of FA WSL club Chelsea Women. She previously served as the head coach and director of football operations for Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer in the United States from 2008 until 24 May 2010.

Jennifer Ulrich is a German actress who has starred in such films as The Wave and We Are The Night. She was born in Lichtenberg, Berlin.

Yui Ohashi is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91. She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Mark Sampson is a Welsh football coach, who is currently assistant manager at Stevenage football club.

Ivan Ricardo Neves Abreu Cavaleiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Fulham. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a forward.

Alejandro Balde Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Barcelona Atlètic.

German Lvovich Sterligov is a Russian businessman.