August 18 - Births

Births

1414 – Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)
1450 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
1579 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)
1587 – Virginia Dare, English child first born in the Americas
1596 – Jean Bolland, Flemish writer (d. 1665)
1605 – Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)
1606 – Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
1611 – Marie Louise Gonzaga, French wife of John II Casimir Vasa (d. 1650)
1657 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)
1685 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
1692 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, French statesman (d. 1740)
1700 – Baji Rao I, Indian emperor (d. 1740)
1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician and murderer (d. 1760)
1750 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
1754 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier and explorer, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1809)
1792 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American diplomat and jurist, 19th United States Attorney General (d. 1881)
1819 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876)
1822 – Isaac P. Rodman, American general (d. 1862)
1830 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916)
1831 – Ernest Noel, British businessman and MP (d. 1931)
1834 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (d. 1906)
1841 – William Halford, American navy officer (d. 1919)
1855 – Alfred Wallis, English painter (d. 1942)
1857 – Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian prelate (d. 1926)
1869 – Carl Rungius, German-American painter (d. 1959)
1870 – Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954)
1870 – Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918)
1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
1879 – Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
1882 – Herman Groman, American runner (d. 1954)
1883 – Sidney Hatch, American runner (d. 1966)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964)
1886 – Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (d. 1962)
1890 – Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960)
1893 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1893 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973)
1896 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (d. 1933)
1896 – Firaq Gorakhpuri,Indian writer(d.1982)
1900 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964)
1902 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1902 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
1906 – Marcel Carné, French director (d. 1996)
1908 – Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (d. 1988)
1908 – Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977)
1909 – Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
1910 – Herman Berlinski, Polish-American composer (d. 2001)
1911 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist
1913 – Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
1915 – Max Lanier, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1916 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, writer, and diplomat
1916 – Don Keefer, American actor
1916 – Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005)
1917 – Caspar Weinberger, American politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
1918 – Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter (Almanac Singers) (d. 1961)
1919 – Wally Hickel, American politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (d. 2010)
1920 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (d. 1999)
1920 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1921 – Lydia Litvyak, Soviet pilot (d. 1943)
1921 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish historian
1922 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer (d. 2008)
1923 – Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer (d. 1982)
1923 – Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
1925 – Brian Aldiss, English author
1925 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (d. 2006)
1926 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (d. 2012)
1927 – Rosalynn Carter, American wife of Jimmy Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States
1928 – Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (d. 2004)
1929 – Hugues Aufray, French singer
1930 – Bo Hi Pak, Korean church leader
1930 – Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American scientist and Holocaust survivor, victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007)
1931 – Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th general of The Salvation Army
1931 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician (d. 2010)
1931 – Dick White, English footballer
1932 – Bill Bennett, Canadian politician
1932 – Luc Montagnier, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Just Fontaine, French footballer
1933 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, writer, and actor
1934 – Gulzar, Indian director, screenwriter, and songwriter
1934 – Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author
1934 – Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1972)
1935 – Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor
1935 – Howard Morrison, New Zealand singer (Howard Morrison Quartet) (d. 2009)
1935 – Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian politician, 2nd President of Namibia
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor
1939 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1939 – Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011)
1939 – Johnny Preston, American singer (d. 2011)
1940 – Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
1940 – Gil Whitney, American weatherman (d. 1982)
1942 – Judith Keppel, English game show contestant, first winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1943 – Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (Labelle)
1943 – Martin Mull, American actor and singer
1943 – Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
1943 – Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move and The Hollies) (d. 2004)
1944 – Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor
1945 – Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004)
1945 – Barbara Harris, American singer-songwriter (The Toys)
1948 – Joseph Marcell, English actor
1949 – Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Split Enz and Schnell Fenster)
1949 – Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
1950 – Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor (Foreigner)
1952 – Elayne Boosler, American comedian, actress, and activist
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009)
1952 – Ricardo Villa, Argentine footballer and coach
1953 – Louie Gohmert, American politician
1954 – Angela Dimitriou, Greek singer
1954 – Umberto Guidoni, Italian astronaut
1955 – Bruce Benedict, American baseball player
1955 – Taher Elgamal, Egyptian cryptographer
1956 – John Debney, American composer and conductor
1956 – Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer
1956 – Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
1956 – Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Carole Bouquet, French actress
1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1957 – Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work)
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress
1959 – Tom Prichard, American wrestler
1960 – Mike LaValliere, American baseball player
1960 – Fat Lever, American basketball player
1961 – Timothy Geithner, American politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1961 – Glenn Plummer, American actor
1961 – Birol Ünel, German-Turkish actor
1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist
1962 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican politician, 56th President of Mexico
1962 – Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Heino Ferch, German actor
1964 – Craig Bierko, American actor
1964 – Jim Florentine, American comedian, writer, and actor
1964 – Edith Frost, American singer-songwriter
1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player
1965 – Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese singer (Complex)
1965 – Ikue Ōtani, Japanese actress
1966 – Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist
1966 – Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress
1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American writer and illustrator
1967 – Blas Elias, American drummer (Slaughter)
1967 – Daler Mehndi, Indian singer-songwriter
1967 – Dan Peters, American drummer (Bundle of Hiss, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Love Battery)
1968 – Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress
1969 – Everlast, American rapper (House of Pain and La Coka Nostra)
1969 – Isaac Austin, American basketball player
1969 – Masta Killa, American rapper (La Coka Nostra)
1969 – Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor
1969 – Christian Slater, American actor
1970 – Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress
1970 – Greg Dean Schmitz, American journalist
1970 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
1971 – Tom Middleton, English DJ, producer, and composer
1971 – Jacob Vargas, American actor
1972 – Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer, actor, producer, and director
1972 – Masahiro Nakai, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP)
1972 – Shaun Wilson, Australian painter and director
1972 – Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer (Globe)
1973 – Victoria Coren, English journalist and poker player
1975 – Kaitlin Olson, American actress
1976 – Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
1976 – Daphnée Duplaix Samuel, American actress and model
1976 – Bryan Volpenhein, American rower
1977 – Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Arcade Fire)
1977 – Mizuo Peck American actress
1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor, writer, and rapper (The Lonely Island)
1978 – Quinoline Yellow, Welsh composer and producer
1979 – Stuart Dew, Australian footballer
1979 – Mohib Mirza, Pakistani actor
1980 – Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer
1980 – Kieron Davies, Welsh-German rugby player
1980 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
1980 – Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver
1980 – Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker
1980 – Bart Scott, American football player
1980 – Jeremy Shockey, American football player
1981 – César Delgado, Argentine footballer
1981 – Carla Khan, English-Pakistani squash player
1981 – Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
1981 – Jon Schneck, American guitarist (Relient K)
1983 – Danny!, American rapper and producer
1983 – Mika, Lebanese-English singer-songwriter
1983 – Kris Boyd, Scottish footballer
1983 – Michael Montgomery, American football player
1983 – Cameron White, Australian cricketer
1984 – Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer
1984 – Robert Huth, German footballer
1985 – Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
1985 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish-Basque cyclist (d. 2006)
1985 – Brooke Harman, American-Australian actress
1985 – Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
1986 – Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
1986 – Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Mika Boorem, American actress
1987 – Zuzana Jandová, Czech model, Miss Czech Republic 2008
1988 – Jack Hobbs, English footballer
1988 – Luke Jackson, English author
1988 – Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
1988 – Siri Tollerød, Norwegian model
1988 – G-Dragon, Korean Singer
1992 – Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
1992 – Frances Bean Cobain, American model
1992 – Riko Narumi, Japanese actress
1994 – Bobby Andonov, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1994 – Jessie Flower, American voice actress
1995 – Parker McKenna Posey, American actress
2003 – Max Charles, American actor