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1960 66 years ago Notable Births October 18

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter

On October 18, in the year 1960, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of October 18, one of 461 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Jean-Claude Van Damme. Learn more below.

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, he was enrolled by his father in a Shotokan karate school at the age of ten, which led Van Damme to hold the rank of 2nd Dan in karate, and compete in several karate and kickboxing competitions. As a teenager, he won the middleweight championship of the European Professional Karate Association in 1979 and the Mr. Belgium bodybuilding title in 1978. With the desire of becoming an actor in Hollywood, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988).

Key Facts

  • This event took place on October 18, 1960 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 19 September 2026.

On This Date in History 461

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 18 Sam Rivers, American bassist (born 1977)
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 18 Yang Chen-Ning, Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 18 Lia Smith, American diver and transgender rights advocate.
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 18 Yehuda Bauer, Israeli historian of the Holocaust (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 18 Ginés González García, Argentine politician and physician (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2022 Oct 18 Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2021 Oct 18 Colin Powell, American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2020 Oct 18 René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1933)
Historical Events 2019 Oct 18 NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of…
Historical Events 2019 Oct 18 Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164…
Notable Deaths 2019 Oct 18 Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)
Selected Events 2019 Oct 18 Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police,…
Notable Deaths 2018 Oct 18 Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2018 Oct 18 Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2017 Oct 18 Marino Perani, Italian football player and manager (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 18 Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 18 Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 18 Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 18 Frank Watkins, American bass player (born 1968)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 18 Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 18 Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 18 Edward Regan, American academic and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 18 Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 18 Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 18 Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 18 Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 18 Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 Brain Damage, American wrestler (born 1977)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 George Mattos, American pole vaulter (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 18 David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 18 Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 18 Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (born 1912)
Notable Deaths 2009 Oct 18 Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2009 Oct 18 Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2008 Oct 18 Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (born 1945)
Historical Events 2007 Oct 18 Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and…
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 18 Alan Coren, English journalist and author (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 18 William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 18 Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 18 Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 18 Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 18 Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (born 1911)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 18 Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 18 Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 18 Bill King, American sportscaster (born 1927)
Historical Events 2003 Oct 18 Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 18 Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (born 1912)

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