Births on 18 January
2000s
Sophia Reid-Gantzert
2010
Canadian actress and dancer
Wendy Shongwe
2003
South African soccer player (born 2003)
Anastasia Zakharova
2002
Russian tennis player (born 2002)
Ki-Jana Hoever
2002
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Karim Adeyemi
2002
German footballer (born 2002)
1900s
Karan Brar
1999
American actor (born 1999)
Tee Higgins
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Djorkaeff Reasco
1999
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1999)
Gary Trent Jr.
1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Mateus Ward
1999
American actor (born 1999)
Aitana Bonmatí
1998
Spanish footballer (born 1998)
Lisandro Martínez
1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Éder Militão
1998
Brazilian footballer (born 1998)
Emil Audero
1997
Indonesian footballer (born 1997)
Denis Malgin
1997
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1997)
Bryce Alford
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Leonard Fournette
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Samu Castillejo
1995
Spanish footballer (born 1995)
Max Fried
1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Kang Ji-young
1994
South Korean singer and actress (born 1994)
Ilona Kremen
1994
Belarusian tennis player
Sean Keenan (actor)
1993
Australian actor
Juan Fernando Quintero
1993
Colombian footballer (born 1993)
Francesco Bardi
1992
Italian professional footballer
DougDoug
1991
American internet personality (born 1991)
Gorgui Dieng
1990
Senegalese basketball player (born 1990)
Hayle Ibrahimov
1990
Ethiopian-born Azerbaijani runner
Brett Lawrie
1990
Canadian baseball player (born 1990)
Nacho (footballer, born 1990)
1990
Spanish footballer
Gift Ngoepe
1990
South African baseball player and coach (born 1990)
Alex Pietrangelo
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Zeeko Zaki
1990
Egyptian-American actor (born 1990)
Rubén Miño
1989
Spanish footballer
Michael Pineda
1989
Dominican baseball player (born 1989)
Ronnie Day
1988
American musician
Angelique Kerber
1988
German tennis player (born 1988)
Anastasios Kissas
1988
Cypriot footballer (born 1988)
Ashleigh Murray
1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Boy van Poppel
1988
Dutch racing cyclist (born 1988)
Johan Djourou
1987
Swiss footballer (born 1987)
Christopher Liebig
1987
Germany international rugby union player
Grigoris Makos
1987
Greek footballer
Marya Roxx
1986
Estonian recording artist and vocalist
Becca Tobin
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
1986
Japanese actor and singer
Eugene Lee Yang
1986
American filmmaker and internet personality (born 1986)
Dale Begg-Smith
1985
Australian-Canadian freestyle skier (born 1985)
Mark Briscoe
1985
American professional wrestler (born 1985)
Riccardo Montolivo
1985
Italian footballer
Hyun Woo
1985
South Korean actor
Seung-Hui Cho
1984
South Korean mass murderer (1984–2007)
Kristy Lee Cook
1984
American country music singer
Ioannis Drymonakos
1984
Greek swimmer (born 1984)
Makoto Hasebe
1984
Japanese footballer (born 1984)
Michael Kearney
1984
American game show winner and child prodigy (born 1984)
Benji Schwimmer
1984
American dancer and choreographer
Viktoria Šklover
1984
Estonian pair skater
Amir Blumenfeld
1983
Israeli American comedian
Samantha Mumba
1983
Irish singer-songwriter (born 1983)
Joel Stallworth
1983
American sprinter (born 1984)
Quinn Allman
1982
American guitarist
Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
1982
Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1982)
Gang Dong-won
1981
South Korean actor (born 1981)
Olivier Rochus
1981
Belgian tennis player
Khari Stephenson
1981
Jamaican footballer (born 1981)
Estelle (musician)
1980
British musician (born 1980)
Robert Green
1980
English footballer (born 1980)
Kert Haavistu
1980
Estonian footballer
Julius Peppers
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Jason Segel
1980
American actor and writer (born 1980)
Ruslan Fedotenko
1979
Ukrainian ice hockey player (born 1979)
Paulo Ferreira
1979
Portuguese former footballer (born 1979)
Brian Gionta
1979
American ice hockey player (born 1979)
Kenyatta Jones
1979
American football player (1979–2018)
Wandy Rodríguez
1979
Dominican baseball player (born 1979)
Brian Falkenborg
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Thor Hushovd
1978
Norwegian cyclist
Bogdan Lobonț
1978
Romanian footballer and coach (born 1978)
Richard Archer
1977
British musician
Laurence Courtois
1976
Belgian tennis player
Marcelo Gallardo
1976
Argentine football manager (born 1976)
Damien Leith
1976
Irish-Australian singer–songwriter (born 1976)
Derek Richardson (actor)
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Christian Burns
1974
English singer
Burnie Burns
1973
American actor (born 1973)
Luke Goodwin
1973
NZ Māori international rugby league footballer and coach
Ben Jealous
1973
American civil rights activist and businessman (born 1973)
Joe Kehoskie
1973
American baseball consultant and executive
Anthony Koutoufides
1973
Australian rules footballer, born 1973
Crispian Mills
1973
English rock musician and film director (born 1973)
Rolando Schiavi
1973
Argentine footballer
Vinod Kambli
1972
Indian cricketer (born 1972)
Mike Lieberthal
1972
American baseball player (born 1972)
Kjersti Plätzer
1972
Norwegian race walker (born 1972)
Amy Barger
1971
American astronomer
Jonathan Davis
1971
American singer (born 1971)
Christian Fittipaldi
1971
Brazilian racing driver (born 1971)
Pep Guardiola
1971
Spanish football manager (born 1971)
Binyavanga Wainaina
1971
Kenyan writer and editor (1971–2019)
DJ Quik
1970
American rapper (born 1970)
Peter Van Petegem
1970
Belgian cyclist (born 1970)
Dave Bautista
1969
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1969)
Jesse L. Martin
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
1969
American musician (born 1969)
Dean Bailey
1967
Australian rules footballer and coach
Iván Zamorano
1967
Chilean footballer (born 1967)
Alexander Khalifman
1966
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1966)
Kazufumi Miyazawa
1966
Japanese musician
André Ribeiro (racing driver)
1966
Brazilian racing driver (1966–2021)
Brady Anderson
1964
American baseball player (born 1964)
Richard Dunwoody
1964
British jockey
Virgil Hill
1964
American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015
Jane Horrocks
1964
British actress (born 1964)
Maxime Bernier
1963
Canadian politician (born 1963)
Ian Crook
1963
English footballer & coach
Carl McCoy
1963
British singer
Martin O'Malley
1963
American politician (born 1963)
Alison Arngrim
1962
American actress and author (born 1962)
Peter Beardsley
1961
English footballer (born 1961)
Bob Hansen
1961
American basketball player
Mark Messier
1961
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)
Jeff Yagher
1961
American actor
Mark Rylance
1960
British actor, playwright and theatre director (born 1960)
Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton
1956
British politician
Kevin Costner
1955
American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)
Ted DiBiase
1954
American professional wrestler (born 1954)
Brett Hudson
1953
American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)
B. K. Misra
1953
Neurosurgeon
Peter Moon (comedian)
1953
Australian comedian (born 1953)
Michael Behe
1952
American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate
R. Stevie Moore
1952
American musician who pioneered lo-fi/DIY music
Bram Behr
1951
Surinamese journalist (1951–1982)
Bob Latchford
1951
England footballer (born 1951)
Gianfranco Brancatelli
1950
Italian racing driver (born 1950)
Gilles Villeneuve
1950
Canadian racing driver (1950–1982)
Bill Keller
1949
American journalist
Philippe Starck
1949
French architect and industrial designer (born 1949)
Sachio Kinugasa
1947
Japanese baseball player (1947–2018)
Takeshi Kitano
1947
Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker
Perro Aguayo
1946
Mexican professional wrestler
Joseph Deiss
1946
President of Switzerland in 2004
Henrique Rosa
1946
President of Guinea-Bissau (1946–2013)
Rocco Forte
1945
English hotelier
Paul Keating
1944
Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996
Carl Morton
1944
American baseball player (1944–1983)
Kei Ogura
1944
Japanese singer, songwriter and composer (born 1944)
Alexander Van der Bellen
1944
President of Austria since 2017
Paul Freeman (actor)
1943
English actor (born 1943)
Kay Granger
1943
American politician (born 1943)
Dave Greenslade
1943
British musician (born 1943)
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
1943
American businessman and politician (1943–2013)
Denise Bombardier
1941
Canadian essayist, novelist and media personality (1941–2023)
Bobby Goldsboro
1941
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter, and television producer (born 1941)
David Ruffin
1941
American singer (1941–1991)
Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)
1940
Mexican racing driver (1940–1971)
Curt Flood
1938
American baseball player (1938–1997)
Anthony Giddens
1938
British sociologist (born 1938)
Werner Olk
1938
Former football player and manager
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
1938
American session keyboard player (1938–2022)
John Hume
1937
Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020)
Tim Barlow
1936
English actor (1936–2023)
David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford
1936
British politician (born 1936)
Eddie Jones (artist)
1935
Albert Millaire
1935
Canadian actor and theatre director (1935–2018)
Jon Stallworthy
1935
British literary critic, professor and poet
Gad Yaacobi
1935
Israeli politician (1935–2007)
Raymond Briggs
1934
English illustrator (1934–2022)
Emeka Anyaoku
1933
Nigerian diplomat (born 1933)
David Bellamy
1933
English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner
John Boorman
1933
British filmmaker (born 1933)
Ray Dolby
1933
American electrical engineer and inventor (1933–2013)
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart
1933
British politician
Frank McMullen
1933
Rugby player
Jean Vuarnet
1933
French alpine skier (1933–2017)
Robert Anton Wilson
1932
American writer and futurist (1932–2007)
Chun Doo-hwan
1931
Leader of South Korea from 1979 to 1988
Esther Coopersmith
1930
American diplomat (1930–2024)
Alexander Gomelsky
1928
Russian basketball player and coach
S. Balachander
1927
Indian veena player and filmmaker (1927–1990)
Randolph Bromery
1926
Tuskegee Airman and American geologist (1926–2013)
Gilles Deleuze
1925
French philosopher (1925–1995)
John Evans (Idaho politician)
1925
American politician
Sol Yurick
1925
American writer (1925–2013)
John Graham (British Army officer, born 1923)
1923
British Army officer (1923–2012)
Gerrit Voorting
1923
Dutch cyclist (1923–2015)
Yoichiro Nambu
1921
Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist
Toni Turek
1919
German footballer (1919–1984)
Gustave Gingras
1918
Canadian physician
Nicholas Oresko
1917
American soldier awarded Medal of Honor
Wang Yung-ching
1917
Taiwanese businessman
Syl Apps
1915
Canadian ice hockey player and politician (1915–1998)
Santiago Carrillo
1915
Spanish politician (1915–2012)
Vassilis Tsitsanis
1915
Musical artist
Arno Schmidt
1914
German writer and translator (1914–1979)
Vitomil Zupan
1914
Slovene writer and Gonars concentration camp survivor
Carroll Cloar
1913
American painter (1913–1993)
Giannis Papaioannou
1913
Greek musician and composer (1913–1972)
José María Arguedas
1911
Peruvian writer (1911–1969)
Danny Kaye
1911
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)
Kenneth E. Boulding
1910
British-American economist (1910–1993)
Jacob Bronowski
1908
Polish-born British mathematician and historian (1908–1974)
János Ferencsik
1907
Hungarian conductor
Joseph Bonanno
1905
American organized crime boss (1905–2002)
Anthony Galla-Rini
1904
American accordionist and composer
Cary Grant
1904
British-American actor (1904–1986)
Berthold Goldschmidt
1903
German Jewish composer
Ivan Petrovsky
1901
Soviet mathematician (1901–1973)
1800s
Albert Kivikas
1898
Estonian writer and journalist
C. M. Eddy Jr.
1896
American writer (1896–1967)
Ville Ritola
1896
Finnish long-distance runner (1896–1982)
Toots Mondt
1894
American professional wrestler and promoter
Jorge Guillén
1893
Spanish poet
Oliver Hardy
1892
American actor (1892–1957)
Bill Meanix
1892
American hurdler
Paul Rostock
1892
Nazi official (1892–1956)
Thomas Sopwith
1888
English aviation pioneer
Clara Nordström
1886
German writer and translator
A. A. Milne
1882
English writer (1882–1956)
Gaston Gallimard
1881
French publisher (1881–1975)
Paul Ehrenfest
1880
Austrian theoretical physicist (1880–1933)
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
1880
Italian Catholic Benedictine monk and prelate
Henri Giraud
1879
French military officer (1879–1949)
Sam Zemurray
1877
American businessman (1877–1961)
Kantarō Suzuki
1868
Prime Minister of Japan in 1945
Rubén Darío
1867
Nicaraguan poet, journalist and writer (1867–1916)
Daniel Hale Williams
1856
American cardiologist (1856–1931)
Thomas A. Watson
1854
American inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
Seth Low
1850
American politician (1850–1916)
Edmund Barton
1849
Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903
Ioan Slavici
1848
Romanian writer and journalist (1848 - 1925)
Marthinus Nikolaas Ras
1843
South African military personnel
A. A. Ames
1842
American politician (1842–1911)
Emmanuel Chabrier
1841
French composer and pianist (1841–1894)
Henry Austin Dobson
1840
19th/20th-century English poet and essayist
César Cui
1835
Russian composer and army officer (1835–1918)
Constantin von Tischendorf
1815
German theologian and biblical scholar (1815–1874)
Before 1800
Pratap Singh of Satara
1793
Chhatrapati of the Marathas (r. 1808–1818) and Raja of Satara (r. 1818–1839)
Daniel Webster
1782
American lawyer and statesman (1782–1852)
Peter Mark Roget
1779
British physician, philologist (1779–1869)
Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815)
1764
English politician (1764-1815)
John Nash (architect)
1752
British architect (1752–1835)
Ferdinand Kauer
1751
Austrian composer and pianist
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
1743
French philosopher (1743–1803)
Caspar Friedrich Wolff
1734
German physiologist and embryologist (1733–1794)
Johann Jakob Moser
1701
German jurist, publicist and researcher
Montesquieu
1689
French judge, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755)
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
1688
British politician
Antoine Houdar de la Motte
1672
French author (1672–1731)
Damaris Cudworth Masham
1659
British philosopher and theologian (1659–1708)
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois
1641
Secretary of State for War under Louis XIV
Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza
1540
Claimant to the Portuguese throne in 1580
Isabella Jagiellon
1519
16th-century queen consort of Hungary
Antonio Trivulzio, seniore
1457
Italian bishop and cardinal
Philip Courtenay (died 1463)
1404