Birthday wishes go out to Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sophie Thatcher and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on October 18th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Top celebrity birthdays on October 18, 2025

Composer Howard Shore turns 79

Fun fact: Also composed the score for the 2004 film “The Aviator.”

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Producer Chuck Lorre turns 73

Fun fact: One of his earliest TV jobs was working as a freelancer for the show “Charles in Charge.”

Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme turns 65

Fun fact: Once appeared in an episode of “Friends” where he played himself on the set of a fictional sequel to the film “Outbreak.”

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