Born on This Day: Sunday, June 18

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The following folks were, for better or worse, born June 18.

1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)

1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)

1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)

1896 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)

1912 – Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974)

1915 – Alice T. Schafer, American mathematician (d. 2009)

1925 – Robert Beadell, American composer and educator (d. 1994)

1936 – Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)

1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia

1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1948 – Philip Jackson, English actor

1950 – Mike Johanns, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture

1952 – Carol Kane, American actress

1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater, choreographer and sportscaster

1970 – Katie Derham, English journalist

1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1980 – Tara Platt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1985 – Alex Hirsch, American animator and television producer

1986 – Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete

1990 – Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast

1995 – Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater