People born on August 18 183
Ashikaga Takauji
b. 1305 – d. 1358
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese Shogun (d. 1358)
Marko Marulić
b. 1450 – d. 1524
Marko Marulić, Croatian poet and author (d. 1524)
Lorenzo Pucci
b. 1458 – d. 1531
Lorenzo Pucci, Catholic cardinal (d. 1531)
Francesco Canova da Milano
b. 1497 – d. 1543
Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (d. 1543)
Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland
b. 1542 – d. 1601
Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (d. 1601)
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau
b. 1579 – d. 1640
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)
Virginia Dare
b. 1587
Virginia Dare, Virginia colony settler
Jean Bolland
b. 1596 – d. 1665
Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)
Henry Hammond
b. 1605 – d. 1660
Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (d. 1660)
Maria Anna of Spain
b. 1606 – d. 1646
Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
Agneta Horn
b. 1629 – d. 1672
Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (d. 1672)
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena
b. 1657 – d. 1743
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)
Brook Taylor
b. 1685 – d. 1731
Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1731)
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
b. 1692 – d. 1740
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1740)
Baji Rao I
b. 1700 – d. 1740
Baji Rao I, Indian emperor (d. 1740)
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers
b. 1720 – d. 1760
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (d. 1760)
Antonio Salieri
b. 1750 – d. 1825
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat
b. 1754 – d. 1833
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
Meriwether Lewis
b. 1774 – d. 1809
Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
b. 1792 – d. 1878
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
Nathan Clifford
b. 1803 – d. 1881
Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (d. 1881)
B. T. Finniss
b. 1807 – d. 1893
B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (d. 1893)
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876)
b. 1819 – d. 1876
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1876)
Isaac P. Rodman
b. 1822 – d. 1862
Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (d. 1862)
Franz Joseph I of Austria
b. 1830 – d. 1916
Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916)
Ernest Noel
b. 1831 – d. 1931
Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (d. 1931)
Marshall Field
b. 1834 – d. 1906
Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (d. 1906)
William Halford
b. 1841 – d. 1919
William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
Alfred Wallis
b. 1855 – d. 1942
Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
Libert H. Boeynaems
b. 1857 – d. 1926
Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (d. 1926)
Carl Rungius
b. 1869 – d. 1959
Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator (d. 1959)
Lavr Kornilov
b. 1870 – d. 1918
Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (d. 1918)
Alexander Rodzyanko
b. 1879 – d. 1970
Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
Sidney Hatch
b. 1883 – d. 1966
Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (d. 1966)
Nettie Palmer
b. 1885 – d. 1964
Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (d. 1964)
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John Anthony Sydney Ritson
b. 1887 – d. 1957
John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining (d. 1957)
Walther Funk
b. 1890 – d. 1960
Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics (d. 1960)
Burleigh Grimes
b. 1893 – d. 1985
Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
Ernest MacMillan
b. 1893 – d. 1973
Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973)
Jack Pickford
b. 1896 – d. 1933
Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1933)
Clemente Biondetti
b. 1898 – d. 1955
Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
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Ruth Bonner
b. 1900 – d. 1987
Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (d. 1987)
Ruth Norman
b. 1900 – d. 1993
Ruth Norman, American religious leader (d. 1993)
Adamson-Eric
b. 1902 – d. 1968
Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
Margaret Murie
b. 1902 – d. 2003
Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
Lucienne Boyer
b. 1903 – d. 1983
Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
Max Factor, Jr.
b. 1904 – d. 1996
Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
Enoch Light
b. 1905 – d. 1978
Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (d. 1978)
Marcel Carné
b. 1906 – d. 1996
Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
Curtis Jones (pianist)
b. 1906 – d. 1971
Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer (d. 1971)
Edgar Faure
b. 1908 – d. 1988
Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)
Olav H. Hauge
b. 1908 – d. 1994
Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)
Bill Merritt (cricketer)
b. 1908 – d. 1977
Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977)
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Gérard Filion
b. 1909 – d. 2005
Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
Herman Berlinski
b. 1910 – d. 2001
Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2001)
Robert Winters
b. 1910 – d. 1969
Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 1969)
Amelia Boynton Robinson
b. 1911 – d. 2015
Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911)
Klara Dan von Neumann
b. 1911 – d. 1963
Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
Otto Ernst Remer
b. 1912 – d. 1997
Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
Romain Maes
b. 1913 – d. 1983
Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
Lucy Ozarin
b. 1914
Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist
Max Lanier
b. 1915 – d. 2007
Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
Neagu Djuvara
b. 1916
Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat
Moura Lympany
b. 1916 – d. 2005
Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005)
Caspar Weinberger
b. 1917 – d. 2006
Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
Cisco Houston
b. 1918 – d. 1961
Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961)
Wally Hickel
b. 1919 – d. 2010
Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (d. 2010)
Godfrey Evans
b. 1920 – d. 1999
Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (d. 1999)
Bob Kennedy
b. 1920 – d. 2005
Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
Shelley Winters
b. 1920 – d. 2006
Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
Lydia Litvyak
b. 1921 – d. 1943
Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
Zdzisław Żygulski (junior)
b. 1921 – d. 2015
Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (d. 2015)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
b. 1922 – d. 2008
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008)
Brian Aldiss
b. 1925
Brian Aldiss, English author and critic
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Pierre Grondin
b. 1925 – d. 2006
Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic (d. 2006)
Anis Mansour
b. 1925 – d. 2011
Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2011)
Marge Schott
b. 1928 – d. 2004
Marge Schott, American businesswoman (d. 2004)
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Sonny Til
b. 1928 – d. 1981
Sonny Til, American R&B singer (The Orioles) (d. 1981)
Hugues Aufray
b. 1929
Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
Liviu Librescu
b. 1930 – d. 2007
Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
Rafael Pineda Ponce
b. 1930 – d. 2014
Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014)
Bramwell Tillsley
b. 1931
Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army
Hans van Mierlo
b. 1931 – d. 2010
Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2010)
Luc Montagnier
b. 1932
Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Just Fontaine
b. 1933
Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
Roman Polanski
b. 1933
Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Vincent Bugliosi
b. 1934 – d. 2015
Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
Roberto Clemente
b. 1934 – d. 1972
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (d. 1972)
Gulzar
b. 1934
Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
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Michael May (racing driver)
b. 1934
Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
Gail Fisher
b. 1935 – d. 2000
Gail Fisher, American actress (d. 2000)
Hifikepunye Pohamba
b. 1935
Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
Robert Redford
b. 1936
Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
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Sheila Cassidy
b. 1937
Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
Maxine Brown (soul singer)
b. 1939
Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
Robert Horton (businessman)
b. 1939 – d. 2011
Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011)
Johnny Preston
b. 1939 – d. 2011
Johnny Preston, American pop singer (d. 2011)
Adam Makowicz
b. 1940
Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
Gil Whitney
b. 1940 – d. 1982
Gil Whitney, American journalist (d. 1982)
Martin Mull
b. 1943
Martin Mull, American actor and comedian
Gianni Rivera
b. 1943
Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
Carl Wayne
b. 1943 – d. 2004
Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (d. 2004)
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Paula Danziger
b. 1944 – d. 2004
Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004)
Robert Hitchcock
b. 1944
Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator
Sarah Dash
b. 1945
Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress
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Värner Lootsmann
b. 1945
Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.
b. 1945 – d. 1994
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (d. 1994)
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James Jones (bishop)
b. 1948
James Jones, English bishop
John Scarlett
b. 1948
John Scarlett, English intelligence officer
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Nigel Griggs
b. 1949
Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
Dennis Elliott
b. 1950
Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
Elayne Boosler
b. 1952
Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
Patrick Swayze
b. 1952 – d. 2009
Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
Ricardo Villa
b. 1952
Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
Louie Gohmert
b. 1953
Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
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Marvin Isley
b. 1953 – d. 2010
Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (d. 2010)
Umberto Guidoni
b. 1954
Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
Bruce Benedict
b. 1955
Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach
Taher Elgamal
b. 1955
Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer
Tan Dun
b. 1955
Tan Dun, Chinese composer
John Debney
b. 1956
John Debney, American composer and conductor
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Sandeep Patil
b. 1956
Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach
Jon Schwartz (drummer)
b. 1956
Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
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Kelly Willard
b. 1956
Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter
Rainer Woelki
b. 1956
Rainer Woelki, German cardinal
Denis Leary
b. 1957
Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Ron Strykert
b. 1957
Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Didier Auriol
b. 1958
Didier Auriol, French race car driver
Madeleine Stowe
b. 1958
Madeleine Stowe, American actress
Tom Prichard
b. 1959
Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer
Mike LaValliere
b. 1960
Mike LaValliere, American baseball player
Fat Lever
b. 1960
Fat Lever, American basketball player and sportscaster
Huw Edwards (journalist)
b. 1961
Huw Edwards, Welsh-English journalist and author
Timothy Geithner
b. 1961
Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
Bob Woodruff
b. 1961
Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author
Felipe Calderón
b. 1962
Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
Geoff Courtnall
b. 1962
Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Andi Deris
b. 1964
Andi Deris, German singer and songwriter
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Mark Sargent
b. 1964
Mark Sargent, Australian rugby league player
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Kenny Walker
b. 1964
Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster
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Ikue Ōtani
b. 1965
Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress
Gustavo Charif
b. 1966
Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer
Brian Michael Bendis
b. 1967
Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator
Everlast (musician)
b. 1969
Everlast, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
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Mark Kuhlmann
b. 1969
Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
Edward Norton
b. 1969
Edward Norton, American actor
Christian Slater
b. 1969
Christian Slater, American actor and producer
Jason Furman
b. 1970
Jason Furman, American economist and politician
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
b. 1970
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer
Tom Middleton
b. 1971
Tom Middleton, English DJ and producer
Victoria Coren Mitchell
b. 1972
Victoria Coren Mitchell, English journalist and poker player
Nicole Krauss
b. 1974
Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
Paraskevas Antzas
b. 1977
Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
Even Kruse Skatrud
b. 1977
Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and educator
Andy Samberg
b. 1978
Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian
Stuart Dew
b. 1979
Stuart Dew, Australian footballer
Esteban Cambiasso
b. 1980
Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer
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Rob Nguyen
b. 1980
Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver
Ryan O'Hara
b. 1980
Ryan O'Hara, Australian rugby league player
Bart Scott
b. 1980
Bart Scott, American football player
Jeremy Shockey
b. 1980
Jeremy Shockey, American football player
César Delgado
b. 1981
César Delgado, Argentinian footballer
Dimitris Salpingidis
b. 1981
Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
Cameron White
b. 1983
Cameron White, Australian cricketer
Sigourney Bandjar
b. 1984
Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer
Robert Huth
b. 1984
Robert Huth, German footballer
Inge Dekker
b. 1985
Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
Bryan Ruiz
b. 1985
Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
Evan Gattis
b. 1986
Evan Gattis, American baseball player
Ross McCormack
b. 1986
Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
Andreas Weise
b. 1986
Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
b. 1987
Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist
Jack Hobbs (footballer)
b. 1988
Jack Hobbs, English footballer
Eggert Jónsson
b. 1988
Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
G-Dragon
b. 1988
G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
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Elliot Justham
b. 1990
Elliot Justham, English footballer
Elizabeth Beisel
b. 1992
Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball)
b. 1992
Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
Jung Eun-ji
b. 1993
Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
Maia Mitchell
b. 1993
Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
Morgan Sanson
b. 1994
Morgan Sanson, French footballer
Alīna Fjodorova
b. 1995
Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
Renato Sanches
b. 1997
Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer