| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1414 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Jami |
Persian poet (d. 1492) |
| 1450 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Marko Maruli? |
Croatian poet (d. 1524) |
| 1579 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau |
Roman Catholic nun (d. 1640) |
| 1587 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Virginia Dare |
first English child born in North America |
| 1596 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Jean Bolland |
Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665) |
| 1605 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Henry Hammond |
English churchman (d. 1660) |
| 1606 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Maria Anna of Spain |
Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) |
| 1611 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Ludwika Maria Gonzaga |
queen of Poland (d. 1650) |
| 1657 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena |
Italian architect/designer (d. 1743) |
| 1685 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Brook Taylor |
English mathematician (d. 1731) |
| 1692 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Louis Henri‚ Duc de Bourbon |
Prime Minister of France (d. 1740) |
| 1720 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Laurence Shirley‚ 4th Earl Ferrers |
English murderer (d. 1760) |
| 1750 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Antonio Salieri |
Italian composer (d. 1825) |
| 1754 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Francois‚ marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat |
French general (d. 1833) |
| 1774 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Meriwether Lewis |
American explorer (d. 1809) |
| 1792 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
John Russell‚ 1st Earl Russell |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878) |
| 1803 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Nathan Clifford |
American statesman‚ diplomat‚ and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881) |
| 1822 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Isaac P. Rodman |
American Union general (d. 1862) |
| 1841 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
William Halford |
American naval officer (d. 1919) |
| 1855 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Alfred Wallis |
English artist and mariner (d. 1942) |
| 1857 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Libert H. Boeynaems |
Belgian Catholic prelate (d. 1926) |
| 1870 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Hugh Bromley-Davenport |
England cricketer (d. 1954) |
| 1870 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Lavr Georgevich Kornilov |
Russian general (d. 1918) |
| 1879 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Aleksandr Rodzyanko |
Russian general (d. 1970) |
| 1885 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Nettie Palmer |
Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964) |
| 1890 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Walther Funk |
German Nazi politician (d. 1960) |
| 1893 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Ernest MacMillan |
Canadian musician (d. 1973) |
| 1893 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Burleigh Grimes |
American baseball player (d. 1985) |
| 1896 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Jack Pickford |
Canadian-born actor (d. 1933) |
| 1900 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Glenn Albert Black |
American archaeologist (d. 1964) |
| 1902 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Adamson-Eric |
Estonian painter (d. 1968) |
| 1902 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Margaret Murie |
American conservationist‚ naturalist‚ and author (d. 2003) |
| 1903 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Lucienne Boyer |
French singer (d. 1983) |
| 1904 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Max Factor |
Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996) |
| 1906 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Marcel Carne |
French film director (d. 1996) |
| 1908 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Edgar Faure |
French politician and historian (d. 1988) |
| 1908 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Bill Merritt |
New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977) |
| 1909 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Gerard Filion |
French Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005) |
| 1911 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Amelia Boynton Robinson |
American leader in the Schiller Institute |
| 1913 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Romain Maes |
Belgian cyclist (d. 1983) |
| 1915 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Max Lanier |
baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1916 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Neagu Djuvara |
Romanian diplomat |
| 1916 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Don Keefer |
American actor |
| 1916 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Dame Moura Lympany |
British pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Caspar Weinberger |
American politician (d. 2006) |
| 1918 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Cisco Houston |
American folk singer (d. 1961) |
| 1919 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Walter Joseph Hickel |
2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska |
| 1920 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Godfrey Evans |
England cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1920 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Bob Kennedy |
baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1920 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Shelley Winters |
American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1921 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Lydia Litvyak |
Soviet pilot‚ one of only two female flying aces (d. 1943) |
| 1921 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Zdzis?aw ?ygulski‚ Jr. |
Polish art historian |
| 1922 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Alain Robbe-Grillet |
French writer (d. 2008) |
| 1923 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Jenni Irani |
Indian cricketer (d. 1982) |
| 1923 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Sadashiv Shinde |
Indian cricketer (d. 1955) |
| 1925 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Brian Aldiss |
English writer |
| 1925 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Pierre Grondin |
French Canadian cardiac surgeon (d. 2006) |
| 1927 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady of the United States |
| 1928 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Marge Schott |
baseball team owner (d. 2004) |
| 1929 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Hugues Aufray |
French singer |
| 1930 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Liviu Librescu |
Israeli professor‚ killed in the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007) |
| 1930 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Bo Hi Pak |
Korean church leader |
| 1931 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Bramwell Tillsley |
Canadian Salvation Army general |
| 1931 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Dick White |
English footballer |
| 1931 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Hans van Mierlo |
Dutch politician‚ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (d. 2010) |
| 1932 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
William R. Bennett |
Premier of British Columbia |
| 1933 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Just Fontaine |
French footballer |
| 1933 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Roman Polanski |
French-born director and actor |
| 1934 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Vincent Bugliosi |
American attorney |
| 1934 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Ronnie Carroll |
British singer |
| 1934 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Roberto Clemente |
Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (d. 1972) |
| 1935 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Rafer Johnson |
American athlete |
| 1935 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Howard Morrison |
New Zealand entertainer |
| 1936 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Robert Redford |
American actor |
| 1938 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Joe Frank |
American radio personality |
| 1939 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Harald Heide-Steen Jr. |
Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008) |
| 1939 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Robert Horton |
British businessman |
| 1939 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Johnny Preston |
American singer |
| 1942 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Judith Keppel |
first British winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| 1943 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Martin Mull |
American comedian |
| 1943 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Gianni Rivera |
Italian footballer and politician |
| 1943 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Carl Wayne |
English singer (d. 2004) |
| 1944 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Robert Hitchcock |
Australian Sculptor |
| 1945 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Barbara Harris |
American singer (Toys) |
| 1948 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Joseph Marcell |
British actor |
| 1949 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Rudy Hartono |
Indonesian badminton player |
| 1952 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Elayne Boosler |
American comedian |
| 1952 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Patrick Swayze |
American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1952 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Ricky Villa |
Argentine former footballer |
| 1953 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Louie Gohmert |
American politician |
| 1954 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Angela Dimitriou |
Greek singer |
| 1955 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Taher ElGamal |
Egyptian scientist |
| 1956 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
John Debney |
American composer |
| 1956 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Sandeep Patil |
Indian cricketer |
| 1956 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
"Jon ""Bermuda"" Schwartz" |
American musician |
| 1957 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Carole Bouquet |
French actress |
| 1957 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Denis Leary |
American comedian and actor |
| 1958 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Madeleine Stowe |
American actress |
| 1959 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Tom Prichard |
American wrestler |
| 1960 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Mike LaValliere |
baseball player |
| 1960 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Fat Lever |
American basketball player |
| 1961 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Bob Woodruff |
American journalist‚ anchor |
| 1962 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Felipe Caldern |
President of Mexico |
| 1962 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Geoff Courtnall |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1964 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Craig Bierko |
American actor |
| 1964 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Edith Frost |
American singer/songwriter |
| 1964 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Kenny Walker |
American basketball player |
| 1965 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Jim Florentine |
American comedian |
| 1965 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Koji Kikkawa |
Japanese singer |
| 1966 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Gustavo Charif |
Argentine artist |
| 1966 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Kang Soo-yeon |
South Korean actress |
| 1967 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Brian Michael Bendis |
American comic-book writer |
| 1967 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Daler Mehndi |
Indian bhangra/pop singer |
| 1967 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Dan Peters |
American musician |
| 1968 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Lee Seung-yeon |
South Korean actress |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Isaac Austin |
American basketball player |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Everlast |
American musician |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Masta Killa |
American rapper |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Mark Kuhlmann |
German rugby player |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Edward Norton |
American actor |
| 1969 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Christian Slater |
American actor |
| 1970 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Jessica Hsuan |
Hong Kong actress |
| 1970 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Greg Dean Schmitz |
American film journalist |
| 1970 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
American actor |
| 1971 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Richard D James |
Irish musician (Aphex Twin) |
| 1971 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Jacob Vargas |
American actor |
| 1972 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Leo Ku |
Hong Kong singer |
| 1972 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Masahiro Nakai |
Japanese singer |
| 1972 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Shaun Wilson |
Australian artist |
| 1972 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Keiko Yamada |
Japanese singer |
| 1975 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Kaitlin Olson |
American actress |
| 1976 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Paraskevas Antzas |
Greek footballer |
| 1976 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Daphnee Duplaix Samuel |
American actress and glamor model |
| 1976 |
August 18 |
Wednesday |
Bryan Volpenhein |
American rower |
| 1977 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Regine Chassagne |
Canadian musician Arcade Fire |
| 1978 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Andy Samberg |
American comedian |
| 1978 |
August 18 |
Friday |
Luke Williams |
Welsh musician (Quinoline Yellow) |
| 1979 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Stuart Dew |
Australian rules footballer |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Esteban Cambiasso |
Argentine footballer |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Kieron Davies |
Welsh-born German rugby player |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Preeti Jhangiani |
Indian actress |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Rob Nguyen |
Australian racing driver |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Athina Papayianni |
Greek race walker |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Bart Scott |
American football player |
| 1980 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Jeremy Shockey |
American football player |
| 1981 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Cesar Delgado |
Argentine footballer |
| 1981 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Carla Khan |
Pakistani Squash Player |
| 1981 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Dimitris Salpigidis |
Greek footballer |
| 1981 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Jon Schneck |
American musician (Relient K Audio Adrenaline) |
| 1983 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Cameron White |
Australian cricketer |
| 1983 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Kris Boyd |
Scottish footballer |
| 1983 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Danny! |
American record producer/hip-hop artist |
| 1983 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Mika |
Lebanese/British musician |
| 1983 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Michael Montgomery |
American football player |
| 1984 |
August 18 |
Saturday |
Robert Huth |
German footballer |
| 1985 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Julen Goikoetxea |
Spanish Basque cyclist (d. 2006) |
| 1985 |
August 18 |
Sunday |
Inge Dekker |
Dutch swimmer |
| 1986 |
August 18 |
Monday |
Ross McCormack |
Scottish footballer |
| 1987 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Mika Boorem |
American actress |
| 1988 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
G-Dragon |
South Korean musician (Big Bang) |
| 1988 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Eggert Jnsson |
Icelandic football player |
| 1988 |
August 18 |
Thursday |
Jack Hobbs |
English footballer |
| 1992 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Elizabeth Beisel |
American swimmer |
| 1992 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Frances Bean Cobain |
American daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love |
| 1992 |
August 18 |
Tuesday |
Riko Narumi |
Japanese actress |
