Gianfranco Ravasi

Catholic cardinal.

Born October 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Merate.

Kong Linghui

Chinese table tennis player.

Born October 18th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Harbin.

Susana Díaz

Spanish politician.

Born October 18th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Seville.

Jacques Higelin

French actor and singer (1940-2018).

Born October 18th, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine.

Died April 6th, 2018 at 77 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (dementia with Lewy bodies). ^[ref]

Job Cohen

Dutch politician.

Born October 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Haarlem.

Hiromi Go

Japanese singer.

Born October 18th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Sue.

Sidney Holland

New zealand politician (1893–1961).

Born October 18th, 1893 in Greendale.

Died August 5th, 1961 at 67 years old in Wellington.

Rita Verdonk

Dutch politician.

Born October 18th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Utrecht.

Takashi Sakai

Japanese general and war criminal (1887-1946).

Born October 18th, 1887 in Kamo district.

Died September 30th, 1946 at 58 years old in Nanjing (capital punishment in China).

Anténor Firmin

Haitian anthropologist, journalist, and politician (1850-1911).

Born October 18th, 1850 in Cap-Haïtien.

Died September 19th, 1911 at 60 years old in Saint Thomas.