Famous peoples Birthdays for the 18th of May

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Below are some very famous celebrities, Past and present, who have their Birthday today. Some you will have heard of and others you may not have.

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Pope John Paul was born 18 May 1920 in the Polish town of Wadowice..He reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He was the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s.....He died in his private apartment, at 21:37, 46 days short of his 85th birthday on 2 April 2005.

Tina Fey was born May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania..She is an American writer, comedian, actress and producer. She is the writer, star, and executive producer of the television program 30 Rock, for which she won a Golden Globe aswell as writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live amongst her works.

George Strait was born May 18, 1952,in Poteet, Texas, nicknamed " King George,"..He is an American country music singer and is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country," and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). He is known for his unique style of western swing music, barroom ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional country western music.

Chow Yun Fat was born May 18, 1955 in Lamma, Hong Kong..He is a Chinese actor and is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a major actor in the Hong Kong film industry, who is famous for his collaboration with filmmaker John Woo in heroic bloodshed genre films like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled. He mainly plays in dramatic films.

Reggie Jackson was born May 18, 1946 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania,, nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason..He is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for five different teams from 1967 to 1987. He won three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also won 2 consecutive titles with the New York Yankees.

Brooks Robinson was born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played his entire 23-year career with the Baltimore Orioles 1955-77.... Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

Robert Morse born May 18, 1931, Newton, Massachusetts..He is an American actor who has appeared in numerous TV shows, beginning in 1955 with the soap opera The Secret Storm Morse is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway, and has also acted in movies and TV shows. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War.

Dwayne Hickman was born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles..He is an American actor and television executive and the younger brother of child actor Darryl Hickman..Dwayne began his work at an early age. One of his earliest roles was an appearance in the 1942 Our Gang comedy Melodies Old and New. He first gained wide notice when he played a recurring role as Bob's nephew on the situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show.

Margot Fonteyn DBE was born 18 May 1919 in Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom. She is the British prima ballerina assoluta and was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina of her time..She was awarded a DBE (made a dame) in 1954 at the age of 35......She was diagnosed with a cancer that proved fatal on 21 February 199.

Perry Como was born May 18, 1912 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania..He was an Italian-American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and also pioneered a weekly musical variety television show,....Como died quietly in his sleep on May 12, 2001 at his home in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, six days before his eighty-ninth birthday.

Frank Capra was born 18 May 1897 in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy..He was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, among others.....Frank Capra died in La Quinta, California of a heart attack in his sleep in 1991 at the age of 94.

Diane McBain was born May 18, 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. She is an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s. She is best known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960-62 TV series Surfside 6 and as one of Elvis Presley's leading ladies in 1966's Spinout.

Laisha Wilkins was born May 18, 1976 in Mexico City, Mexico..She is a Mexican actress and talk show hostess who made her debut in 1997 with the series Mi generacion (My Generation), then eventually went on to appear in a few telenovelas, including Sonadoras, most notably on the Miami-based El Gordo y La Flaca and hosting a new show on Televisa's Canal 4, titled Metropolis.

Luisana Lopilato was born May 18, 1987 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentinais..She is a well known Argentine actress and model, probably the best known for portraying Mia Colucci in Argentine TV show Rebelde Way 2002-2003, but also in telenovelas like Chiquititas 1998-2001 and Casados con Hijos 2005-2006 to name a few.

Pernell Roberts was born May 18, 1928 in Waycross, Georgia..He is an American television actor and singer. He's better known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son, Adam Cartwright, on Bonanza...He is also known for his activism, which included participation in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, and pressuring NBC to refrain from hiring Caucasians to portray minority characters amongst many others..

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