Births on 18 May
2000s
Hala Finley
2009
American actress (born 2009)
Travis Hunter
2003
American football player (born 2003)
Alina Zagitova
2002
Russian figure skater (born 2002)
Emma Navarro
2001
American tennis player (born 2001)
Ryan Sessegnon
2000
English footballer (born 2000)
Steven Sessegnon
2000
English footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Laura Omloop
1999
Belgian pop singer (born 1999)
Polina Edmunds
1998
American figure skater (born 1998)
Stuart Percy
1993
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Jessica Watson
1993
Australian sailor (born 1993)
Adwoa Aboah
1992
British fashion model
Dimitri Daeseleire
1990
Belgian footballer
Yuya Osako
1990
Japanese footballer (born 1990)
Josh Starling
1990
Australian rugby league footballer
Taeyang
1988
South Korean singer (born 1988)
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
1986
South African tennis player
Oliver Sin
1985
Henrique Sereno
1985
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
Ivet Lalova-Collio
1984
Bulgarian sprinter
Simon Pagenaud
1984
French racing driver (born 1984)
Darius Å ilinskis
1984
Lithuanian basketball player
Joakim Soria
1984
Mexican baseball player (born 1984)
Niki Terpstra
1984
Racing cyclist
Gary O'Neil
1983
English football manager (born 1983)
Luis Terrero
1983
Dominican baseball player (born 1980)
Vince Young
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Jason Brown (footballer)
1982
English footballer (born 1982)
Marie-Ève Pelletier
1982
Canadian tennis player
Mahamadou Diarra
1981
Malian footballer
Ashley Harrison
1981
Australian rugby league footballer
Reggie Evans
1980
American basketball player (born 1980)
Michaël Llodra
1980
French tennis player
Diego Pérez (footballer)
1980
Uruguayan footballer (born 1980)
Jens Bergensten
1979
Swedish video game programmer and designer (born 1979)
Mariusz Lewandowski
1979
Polish footballer and manager
Michal Martikán
1979
Slovak slalom canoeist (born 1979)
Milivoje Novaković
1979
Slovenian footballer (born 1979)
Julián Speroni
1979
Argentine footballer
Ricardo Carvalho
1978
Portuguese football manager and former player
Marcus Giles
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Charles Kamathi
1978
Kenyan long-distance runner
Lee Hendrie
1977
English footballer
Danny Mills
1977
English professional footballer (born 1978)
Li Tie
1977
Chinese footballer (born 1977)
Ron Mercer
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Marko Tomasović (composer)
1976
Croatian composer and songwriter (born 1976)
Oleg Tverdovsky
1976
Russian ice hockey player (born 1976)
Jem (singer)
1975
Welsh singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1975)
John Higgins
1975
Scottish snooker player (born 1975)
Jack Johnson (musician)
1975
American singer-songwriter (born 1975)
Ingvild Kjerkol
1975
Norwegian politician (born 1975)
Nelson Figueroa
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Donyell Marshall
1973
American basketball player (born 1973)
Aleksandr Olerski
1973
Estonian footballer
Turner Stevenson
1972
Canadian ice hockey player
Brad Friedel
1971
American soccer player coach (born 1971)
Mark Menzies
1971
British politician (born 1971)
Nobuteru Taniguchi
1971
Japanese racing driver and drifter
Javier Cárdenas (presenter)
1970
Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
Tina Fey
1970
American actress and comedian (born 1970)
Tim Horan
1970
Australian rugby union footballer (b.1970)
Billy Howerdel
1970
American guitarist (born 1970)
Vicky Sunohara
1970
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Troy Cassar-Daley
1969
Australian musician
Martika
1969
American singer (born 1969)
Antônio Carlos Zago
1969
Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1969)
Philippe Benetton
1968
France international rugby union player
Ralf Kelleners
1968
German racing driver (born 1968)
Nina Björk
1967
Swedish writer
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1967
German racing driver (born 1967)
Nancy Juvonen
1967
American film producer
Mimi Macpherson
1967
Australian environmentalist and entrepreneur
Renata Nielsen
1966
Polish-Danish long jumper
Michael Tait
1966
American contemporary Christian music artist (born 1966)
Ignasi Guardans
1964
Spanish politician (born 1964)
Marty McSorley
1963
Canadian ice hockey player
Sam Vincent (basketball)
1963
American basketball player and coach (born 1963)
Russell Senior
1961
British musician
Brent Ashton
1960
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)
Jari Kurri
1960
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1960)
Yannick Noah
1960
French tennis player & singer (born 1960)
Graham Dilley
1959
English cricketer
Jay Wells
1959
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Rubén Omar Romano
1958
Argentine footballer and manager
Toyah Willcox
1958
English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter (born 1958)
Michael Cretu
1957
German musician (born 1957)
Henrietta Moore
1957
British social anthropologist
Catherine Corsini
1956
French actress
John Godber
1956
Popular English playwright, born 1956
Jim Moginie
1956
Australian musician (born 1956)
Chow Yun-fat
1955
Hong Kong actor (born 1955)
Wreckless Eric
1954
Musical artist
Eric Gerets
1954
Belgian football manager and former player
Alan Kupperberg
1953
American comics artist
Diane Duane
1952
American-Irish science fiction and fantasy author (born 1952)
David Leakey
1952
British Army general, parliamentary official
George Strait
1952
American country music singer (born 1952)
Jeana Yeager
1952
American aviator (b. 1952)
Richard Clapton
1951
Australian singer-songwriter, musician, producer
Jim Sundberg
1951
American baseball player (born 1951)
Angela Voigt
1951
East German long jumper
Rod Milburn
1950
American hurdler
Mark Mothersbaugh
1950
American musician and composer (born 1950)
Walter Hawkins
1949
American gospel singer (1949–2010)
Rick Wakeman
1949
English keyboardist (born 1949)
Joe Bonsall
1948
American singer (1948–2024)
Yi Munyeol
1948
South Korean writer (born 1948)
Richard Swedberg
1948
Swedish sociologist
Tom Udall
1948
American politician and diplomat (born 1948)
John Bruton
1947
Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997
Frank Hsieh
1946
Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and diplomat
Reggie Jackson
1946
American baseball player and coach (born 1946)
Gerd Langguth
1946
Gail Strickland
1945
American actress (born 1945)
Albert Hammond
1944
British-Gibraltarian musician, producer (born 1944)
W. G. Sebald
1944
German writer and academic (1944–2001)
Jimmy Snuka
1943
Fijian-American professional wrestler (1943–2017)
Nobby Stiles
1942
English footballer (1942–2020)
Gino Brito
1941
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1941)
Malcolm Longair
1941
British physicist (born 1941)
Miriam Margolyes
1941
British-Australian actress (born 1941)
Erico Aumentado
1940
Filipino politician from Bohol
Patrick Cormack
1939
British politician (1939–2024)
Giovanni Falcone
1939
Italian judge (1939–1992)
Gordon O'Connor
1939
Canadian politician
Janet Fish
1938
American painter (1938–2025)
Brooks Robinson
1937
American baseball player (1937–2023)
Jacques Santer
1937
Luxembourgish and European Union politician (born 1937)
Leon Ashley
1936
American country music singer (1936–2013)
Türker İnanoğlu
1936
Turkish film producer and director (1936–2024)
Michael Sandle
1936
British sculptor and artist (born 1936)
Pádraig Ó Snodaigh
1935
Irish language activist, writer and publisher (1935–2025)
Dwayne Hickman
1934
American actor (1934–2022)
Bernadette Chirac
1933
French politician (born 1933)
H. D. Deve Gowda
1933
Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997
Don Whillans
1933
English rock climber and mountaineer (1933-1985)
Don Martin (cartoonist)
1931
American cartoonist (1931–2000)
Robert Morse
1931
American actor (1931–2022)
Kalju Pitksaar
1931
Estonian chess player
Clément Vincent
1931
Canadian politician
Warren Rudman
1930
American politician (1930–2012)
Fred Saberhagen
1930
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1930–2007)
Jack Sanford
1929
American baseball player (1929–2000)
Norman St John-Stevas
1929
English politician (1929–2012)
Pernell Roberts
1928
American actor (1928–2010)
Richard Body
1927
English politician (1927–2018)
Ray Nagel
1927
American football player, coach, and administrator (1927–2015)
Lillian Hoban
1925
American writer
Priscilla Pointer
1924
American actress (1924–2025)
Jack Whitaker
1924
American sportscaster (1924–2019)
Jean-Louis Roux
1923
Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright
Hugh Shearer
1923
3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967–72)
Bill Macy
1922
American actor (1922–2019)
Kai Winding
1922
Danish-American jazz composer and trombonist (1922–1983)
Joan Eardley
1921
British artist (1921–1963)
Anthony Epstein
1921
British pathologist (1921–2024)
Pope John Paul II
1920
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Anthony Storr
1920
English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (1920–2001)
Margot Fonteyn
1919
English ballerina (1919–1991)
Bill Everett
1917
American comic book artist
Pierre Balmain
1914
French fashion designer (1914–1982)
Boris Christoff
1914
Bulgarian bass singer
Jane Birdwood, Lady Birdwood
1913
British far-right political activist
Richard Brooks
1912
American filmmaker and writer (1912–1992)
Perry Como
1912
American singer, actor, and TV personality (1912–2001)
Walter Sisulu
1912
South African anti-apartheid activist (1912–2003)
Big Joe Turner
1911
American blues singer (1911–1985)
Ester Boserup
1910
Danish economist (1910–1999)
Fred Perry
1909
British tennis player (1909–1995)
Irene Hunt
1907
American children's writer
Ruth Alexander
1905
American female aviation pioneer
Hedley Verity
1905
English cricketer (1905–1943)
Jacob Javits
1904
American lawyer and politician (1904–1986)
Shunryū Suzuki
1904
Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US
Meredith Willson
1902
American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984)
Henri Sauguet
1901
French composer (1901–1989)
Vincent du Vigneaud
1901
American biochemist and Nobel laureate (1901–1978)
1800s
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
1898
Turkish poet, author and politician (1898–1973)
Frank Capra
1897
Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)
Eric Backman
1896
Swedish long-distance runner (1896–1965)
Augusto César Sandino
1895
Nicaraguan anti-US-occupation leader (1895–1934)
Ezio Pinza
1892
Italian opera singer (1892–1957)
Rudolf Carnap
1891
German-American philosopher (1891–1970)
Thomas Midgley Jr.
1889
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
Hanna Barysiewicz
1888
Reputed oldest woman in Belarus (1888–2007)
Jeanie MacPherson
1886
American actress (1886–1946)
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
1883
President of Brazil from 1946 to 1951
Walter Gropius
1883
German-American architect (1883–1969)
Babe Adams
1882
American baseball player (1882–1968)
Johannes Terwogt
1878
Dutch olympic rower (1878–1977)
Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)
1876
Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928–1930)
Bertrand Russell
1872
Mathematician and philosopher
Denis Horgan
1871
Irish shot putter
Lucy Beaumont (actress)
1869
English actress (1869–1937)
Nicholas II
1868
Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917
Minakata Kumagusu
1867
Japanese mycologist (1867–1941)
Josephus Daniels
1862
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862–1948)
Francis Bellamy
1855
American Christian socialist minister (1855–1931)
Bernard Zweers
1854
Dutch composer and music teacher
Gertrude Käsebier
1852
American photographer (1852–1934)
James Budd
1851
Governor and Congressman of California (1851–1908)
Simon Kahquados
1851
Native American political activist
Oliver Heaviside
1850
British mathematician and electrical engineer (1850–1925)
Charles N. Sims
1835
American academic administrator (1835–1908)
Wilhelm Hofmeister
1824
German biologist and botanist (1824–1877)
Mathew Brady
1822
American photographer (1822–1896)
Before 1800
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
1797
King of Saxony from 1836 to 1854
John Wilson (Scottish writer)
1785
Scottish advocate, literary critic, and author (1785–1854)
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
1778
Anglo-Irish soldier (1778–1854)
John George Children
1777
British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist
Roger Joseph Boscovich
1711
Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787)
Old Style and New Style dates
1692
Changes in calendar conventions
George Smalridge
1662
Bishop of Bristol
Stanislaus Papczyński
1631
Polish Catholic priest
Guido Luca Ferrero
1537
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Piero Soderini
1450
Head of state of Florence from 1498 to 1512
Konstantin of Rostov
1186
Grand Prince of Vladimir
Omar Khayyam
1048
Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131)