Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, science-fiction films and action films. He won the Academy Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards. He won numerous honorary accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1978, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1967, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1971, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003.

4 October 1923

Born on the same birth day (4 October): Adam Voges • Ann Thwaite • Francis Bigod • Jean-François Millet • Jon Secada • Kyle Lohse • Martial Célestin • Olaf Backasch • Owen Davidson • Richard Reed Parry • Sherri Turner • Vicky Bullett • Álvaro Parente

Born in the same month (October 1923): Achille Silvestrini • Beate Sirota Gordon • Bobby Thomson • Charles McClendon • Gloria Oden • Goody Petronelli • Irma Grese • Jessie Mae Hemphill • John C. Champion • Ned Rorem • Robert Craft • Robin Day