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Famous People Born on April 18(139 people)

Musician

Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper

Athlete

Divock Origi, Belgian footballer

Musician

Aminé, American singer-songwriter

Notable Figure

Mika Zibanejad, Swedish ice hockey player

Actor

Chloe Bennet, American actress

Athlete

Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer

Actor

Jessica Jung, South Korean-American singer, songwriter, actress, author, fashion designer and businesswoman

Actor

Alia Shawkat, American actress

Actor

Vanessa Kirby, English actress

Politician

Tina Bru, Norwegian politician

Athlete

Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer

Actor

America Ferrera, American actress

Athlete

Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

Notable Figure

Audrey Tang, Taiwanese Minister of Digital Affairs and programmer

Notable Figure

Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player

TV/Radio

Kourtney Kardashian, American television personality

Actor

Melissa Joan Hart, American actress

Filmmaker

Edgar Wright, English filmmaker

Notable Figure

Derrick Brooks, American football player

Athlete

Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner

Writer

Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist

Actor

Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Actor

David Tennant, Scottish actor

Political Leader

Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon

Notable Figure

Willie Roaf, American football player

Writer

Keith DeCandido, American author

Actor

Maria Bello, American actress

Notable Figure

Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic

Actor

Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor

Comedian

Conan O'Brien, American television host, comedian, and podcaster

Comedian

Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian

Actor

Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer

Writer

John Podhoretz, American journalist and author

Athlete

Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner

Writer

Susan Faludi, American journalist, author and feminist

Musician

Gabi Delgado-López, Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F. (died 2020)

Notable Figure

Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (died 1999)

Actor

Eric Roberts, American actor

Musician

Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer

Actor

Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter

Politician

Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician

Musician

Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer

Filmmaker

Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter

Political Leader

Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (died 2013)

Actor

Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter

Actor

James Woods, American actor and producer

Actor

Hayley Mills, English actress

Writer

Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author (died 2009)

Writer

Kathy Acker, American author and poet (died 1997)

Artist

Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer

Legal

Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic

Writer

Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic

Notable Figure

Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racing driver (died 1970)

Political Leader

Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and politician, 9th President of Ireland

Notable Figure

Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate

Musician

Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

Musician

Glen Hardin, American pianist and arranger

Legal

Thomas J. Moyer, American lawyer and judge (died 2010)

Musician

Keiko Abe, Japanese marimba player and composer

Architect

Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (died 2009)

Filmmaker

Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer (died 2022)

Scientist

Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (died 1997)

Actor

Costas Ferris, Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Actor

James Drury, American actor (died 2020)

Notable Figure

George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator

Filmmaker

Bill Miles, American director and producer (died 2013)

Actor

Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2025)

Notable Figure

Jean Guillou, French organist (died 2019)

Politician

Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician (died 2024)

Philosopher/Religious

Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (died 2015)

Artist

Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (died 2014)

Writer

Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic (died 2008)

Political Leader

Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (died 2013)

Notable Figure

Doug Insole, English cricketer (died 2017)

Writer

Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (died 2005)

Musician

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

Actor

Barbara Hale, American actress (died 2017)

Actor

Jean Richard, French actor and singer (died 2001)

Notable Figure

John F. Wiley, American football player and coach (died 2013)

Actor

Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (died 2001)

Business

Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending (died 2002)

Actor

Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

Notable Figure

André Bazin, French critic and theorist (died 1958)

Filmmaker

Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)

Notable Figure

Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes (died 2001)

Musician

Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)

Artist

Carl Burgos, American illustrator (died 1984)

Writer

Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian American poet and author (died 1960)

Writer

Claire Martin, Canadian author (died 2014)

Scientist

Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (died 2011)

Musician

Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (died 1995)

Business

Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 1990)

Medical

George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Musician

Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (died 1981)

Writer

Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (died 1972)

Political Leader

Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1981)

Musician

Al Lewis, American songwriter (died 1967)

Writer

László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (died 1975)

Politician

Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist (died 1997)

Business

Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman (died 1981)

Notable Figure

Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer (died 2001)

Scientist

Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1962)

Activist

Jessie Street, Australian activist (died 1970)

Politician

Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician (died 1937)

Writer

Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (died 1956)

Notable Figure

Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler (died 1964)

Musician

Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (died 1977)

Athlete

Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (died 1968)

Notable Figure

Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar (died 1962)

Politician

Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1950)

Writer

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (died 1938)

Writer

Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (died 1916)

Politician

Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (died 1942)

Architect

Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (died 1920)

Politician

Siegfried Bettmann, founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company and Mayor of Coventry (died 1955)

Activist

Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian educator and activist, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1962)

Writer

Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and author (died 1935)

Legal

Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (died 1938)

Architect

Ludwig Levy, German architect (died 1907)

Scientist

Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (died 1912)

Legal

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist (died 1874)

Musician

Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1895)

Writer

James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)

Business

William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams (died 1863)

Politician

David Ricardo, British economist and politician (died 1823)

Notable Figure

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (died 1820)

Musician

Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer (died 1823)

Politician

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (died 1810)

Musician

Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer (died 1747)

Musician

Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (died 1674)

Political Leader

Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (died 1617)

Writer

Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet (died 1627)

Notable Figure

William Harrison, English clergyman (died 1593)

Notable Figure

Henry II of Navarre (died 1555)

Philosopher/Religious

Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI (died 1519)

Notable Figure

Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (died 1484)

Notable Figure

Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (died 847)

Notable Figure

K'an II, Mayan ruler (died 658)

Political Leader

Gratian, Roman emperor (died 383)

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About Famous Birthdays on April 18

April 18 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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People Born on April 18th — 139+ Notable & Famous Birthdays