| 119224 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation |
| 119225 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster |
| 119226 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Ted Boy Marino, Italian-Brazilian wrestler and actor (d. 2012) |
| 119227 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) |
| 119228 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator |
| 119229 | October 18 | Birth | 1940 – Cynthia Weil, American songwriter |
| 119230 | October 18 | Birth | 1941 – Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman |
| 119231 | October 18 | Birth | 1941 – Martha Burk, American psychologist and author |
| 119232 | October 18 | Birth | 1942 – Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar |
| 119233 | October 18 | Birth | 1943 – Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 119234 | October 18 | Birth | 1943 – Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs |
| 119235 | October 18 | Birth | 1945 – Yıldo, Turkish footballer, volleyball player, actor and showman |
| 119236 | October 18 | Birth | 1945 – Huell Howser, American television host and actor (d. 2013) |
| 119237 | October 18 | Birth | 1945 – Chris Shays, American politician |
| 119238 | October 18 | Birth | 1945 – Norio Wakamoto, Japanese voice actor |
| 119239 | October 18 | Birth | 1946 – James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 119240 | October 18 | Birth | 1946 – Frank Beamer, American football player and coach |
| 119241 | October 18 | Birth | 1946 – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician |
| 119242 | October 18 | Birth | 1946 – Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer |
| 119243 | October 18 | Birth | 1947 – Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter |
| 119244 | October 18 | Birth | 1947 – Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam |
| 119245 | October 18 | Birth | 1947 – Joe Morton, American actor and director |
| 119246 | October 18 | Birth | 1947 – Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997) |
| 119247 | October 18 | Birth | 1948 – Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic |
| 119248 | October 18 | Birth | 1948 – Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright |
| 119249 | October 18 | Birth | 1949 – Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel) |
| 119250 | October 18 | Birth | 1949 – George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach |
| 119221 | October 18 | Birth | 1938 – Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician |
| 119222 | October 18 | Birth | 1938 – Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 |
| 119223 | October 18 | Birth | 1939 – Earl Jolly Brown, American actor (d. 2006) |