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Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C.
Famous Birthdays on November 18
1939 — Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
November 18 has 224 recorded notable births across history, from 701 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1803 The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. Source
- 1985 The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers. Source
- 1889 Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington. Source
- 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples. Source
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David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2016, primarily for the Boston Red Sox.
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Kim Wilde first gained success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no.
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Nathan Kress began his career at the age of three, appearing in television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film Babe: Pig in the City (1998).
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In film, he is best known for his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Think Like a Man (2012) and its sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), and The DUFF (2015).
More major people born on November 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1975
David Ortiz
Dominican-American baseball player
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2016, primarily for the Boston…
1960
Kim Wilde
English singer-songwriter
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer. She first gained success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist.
1992
Nathan Kress
American actor and director
Nathan Karl Kress is an American actor. He began his career at the age of three, appearing in television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film Babe: Pig in the City (1998).
1968
Romany Malco
American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
Romany Romanic Malco Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
1923
Ted Stevens
American politician (died 2010)
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
1945
Wilma Mankiller
American tribal chief (died 2010)
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
1856
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1929)
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia was a Russian grand duke and World War I general, a son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia and a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I.
1947
Ross Wilson
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Ross Andrew Wilson is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
1866
Henry Daglish
Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (died 1920)
Henry Daglish was an Australian politician who was the sixth premier of Western Australia and the first from the Labor Party, serving from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905.
1922
Marjorie Gestring
American springboard diver (died 1992)
Marjorie Gestring was a competitive springboard diver from the United States.
1944
Ed Krupp
American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
Edwin Charles Krupp is an American astronomer, researcher, author, and popularizer of science.
1963
Peter Schmeichel
Danish footballer and sportscaster
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1969
Koichiro Kimura
Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)
Koichiro Kimura was a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, also known under the ring name Super Uchuu Power .
1836
W. S. Gilbert
English playwright, poet, and illustrator (died 1911)
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.
1970
Megyn Kelly
American lawyer and journalist
Megyn Marie Kelly is an American journalist, attorney, political commentator, and media personality.
1977
Fabolous
American rapper
John David Jackson, known professionally as Fabolous, is an American rapper. Raised in Brooklyn, he first gained recognition for his ability upon performing live on DJ Clue's Hot 97 radio show.
1914
Haguroyama Masaji
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (died 1969)
Haguroyama Masaji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakanokuchi, Niigata. He was the sport's 36th yokozuna.
1970
Mike Epps
American actor and comedian
Michael Elliot Epps is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also appeared in The Hangover and The Hangover Part III as "Black Doug".
1927
Hank Ballard
American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Hank Ballard was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s.