18 April
Notable Births
Ski Mask the Slump God
b. 1996
American rapper (born 1996)
Divock Origi
b. 1995
Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Aminé
b. 1994
American rapper (born 1994)
Mika Zibanejad
b. 1993
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1993)
Chloe Bennet
b. 1992
American actress, model and singer (born 1992)
Wojciech Szczęsny
b. 1990
Polish footballer (born 1990)
Jessica Jung
b. 1989
American and South Korean singer (born 1989)
Alia Shawkat
b. 1989
American actress (born 1989)
Vanessa Kirby
b. 1988
British actress (born 1987/88)
Tina Bru
b. 1986
Norwegian politician (born 1986)
Łukasz Fabiański
b. 1985
Polish footballer (born 1985)
America Ferrera
b. 1984
American actress (born 1984)
Miguel Cabrera
b. 1983
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1983)
Audrey Tang
b. 1981
Taiwanese politician and software programmer
Matt Cooper (rugby league)
b. 1979
Australia international rugby league footballer
Kourtney Kardashian
b. 1979
American media personality (born 1979)
Melissa Joan Hart
b. 1976
American actress, director and producer (born 1976)
Edgar Wright
b. 1974
English filmmaker (born 1974)
Derrick Brooks
b. 1973
American football player and executive (born 1973)
Haile Gebrselassie
b. 1973
Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born 1973)
Notable Deaths
Dickey Betts
d. 2024
American guitarist (1943–2024)
Mandisa
d. 2024
American singer (1976–2024)
Harrison Birtwistle
d. 2022
English composer (1934–2022)
Lyra McKee
d. 2019
Northern Ireland journalist (1990–2019)
Guru Dhanapal
d. 2014
Indian film director
Brian Priestman
d. 2014
British conductor
Goran Švob
d. 2013
Croatian philosopher (1947–2013)
Dick Clark
d. 2012
American radio and television personality (1929–2012)
Robert O. Ragland
d. 2012
Musical artist
K. D. Wentworth
d. 2012
American writer (1951–2012)
Germaine Tillion
d. 2008
French anthropologist, member of the French Resistance in World War II (1907–2008)
Kamisese Mara
d. 2004
Fijian former prime minister and president
Thor Heyerdahl
d. 2002
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914–2002)
Arturo Frondizi
d. 1995
32nd President of Argentina (1958–62)
Marcel Pagnol
d. 1974
Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France
Guillermo González Camarena
d. 1965
Mexican electrical engineer and inventor
Ben Hecht
d. 1964
American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)
Meyer Jacobstein
d. 1963
American politician
Maurice Gamelin
d. 1958
French general (1872–1958)
Albert Einstein
d. 1955
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)