Famous Birthdays By Date

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Famous People Born on December 18(216 people)

Athlete

Giuliano Simeone, Argentine footballer

Musician

Billie Eilish, American singer

Athlete

Jalen Johnson, American basketball player

Notable Figure

Jayden Daniels, American football player

Actor

Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor and singer

Notable Figure

Travon Walker, American football player

Athlete

Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball player

Notable Figure

Alex DeBrincat, American ice hockey player

Athlete

Barbora Krejčíková, Czech tennis player

Actor

Lim Na-young, South Korean singer and actress

Athlete

Gerard Gumbau, Spanish footballer

Musician

Natália Kelly, American-Austrian singer

Athlete

Byron Buxton, American baseball player

Athlete

Thomas Lam, Finnish footballer

Notable Figure

Ryan Crouser, American shot putter

Actor

Bridgit Mendler, American singer-songwriter and actress

Fashion

Marcus Butler, English model and YouTuber

Notable Figure

Victor Hedman, Swedish ice hockey player

Musician

Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter

Actor

Ashley Benson, American actress and singer

Notable Figure

Lizzie Deignan, English cyclist

Notable Figure

Seth Doege, American football player

Notable Figure

Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canadian heptathlete

Notable Figure

Imad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer

Notable Figure

Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater

Athlete

Chris Carter, American baseball player

Notable Figure

François Hamelin, Canadian speed skater

Notable Figure

Usman Khawaja, Pakistani-Australian cricketer

Notable Figure

Brian Boyle, American ice hockey player

Athlete

Paul Harrison, English footballer

Notable Figure

Giuliano Razzoli, Italian skier

Musician

Derrick Tribbett, American bass player and singer

Notable Figure

Andy Fantuz, Canadian football player

Actor

Christina Aguilera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Actor

Neil Fingleton, English actor and basketball player, one of the tallest 25 men in the world (died 2017)

Notable Figure

Benjamin Watson, American football player

Notable Figure

Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player

Athlete

Ali Curtis, American soccer player

Actor

Josh Dallas, American actor

Actor

Katie Holmes, American actress

Filmmaker

Axwell, Swedish DJ, record producer, member of Swedish House Mafia

Athlete

Claudia Gesell, German runner

Musician

Randy Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Musician

Sia, Australian singer-songwriter

Actor

Trish Stratus, Canadian wrestler and actress

Politician

Peter Boulware, American football player and politician

Musician

Knut Schreiner, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer

Athlete

Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian runner

Notable Figure

Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukrainian pole vaulter

Musician

Raymond Herrera, American drummer and songwriter

Musician

DJ Lethal, Latvian-American musician

Political Leader

Lawrence Wong, Singaporean civilist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Singapore

Writer

Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist

Musician

Noriko Matsueda, Japanese pianist and composer

Athlete

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player and sportscaster

Musician

Norman Brown, American singer and guitarist

Actor

DMX, American rapper and actor (died 2021)

Athlete

Lucious Harris, American basketball player

Musician

Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer-songwriter

Athlete

Rob Van Dam, American wrestler

Artist

Jonathan Yeo, English painter

Athlete

Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer

Athlete

Justin Edinburgh, English footballer and manager (died 2019)

Notable Figure

Akira Iida, Japanese race car driver

Athlete

Mario Basler, German footballer and manager

Actor

Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress

Musician

Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Actor

Casper Van Dien, American actor and producer

Musician

Mille Petrozza, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

Writer

Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch journalist

Athlete

Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian footballer and sportscaster

Actor

Shawn Christian, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Athlete

Manolo Peña, Spanish footballer (died 2012)

Filmmaker

Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler and producer

Notable Figure

Don Beebe, American football player and coach

Musician

Greg D'Angelo, American drummer

Notable Figure

Karl Dorrell, American football player and coach

Political Leader

Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian soldier and politician, 9th President of Burundi (died 2020)

Athlete

Charles Oakley, American basketball player and coach

Actor

Brad Pitt, American actor and producer

Notable Figure

Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater and coach

Notable Figure

Lalchand Rajput, Indian cricketer

Musician

Leila Steinberg, American singer, producer, author, and poet

Actor

Angie Stone, American singer, songwriter, and actress (died 2025)

Notable Figure

Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and academic

Musician

Naoko Yamano, Japanese singer, guitarist and composer

Musician

Geordie Walker, English guitarist (died 2023)

Musician

Julia Wolfe, American composer and educator

Writer

Jonathan Cainer, English astrologer and author (died 2016)

Actor

T. K. Carter, American actor (died 2026)

Comedian

Ron White, American comedian

Politician

Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician

Athlete

Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner

Notable Figure

John Booth, English race car driver

Actor

Ray Liotta, American actor (died 2022)

Athlete

Willi Wülbeck, German runner

Athlete

Kevin Beattie, English footballer (died 2018)

Musician

Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer

Musician

John Leventhal, American songwriter and producer

Athlete

Bobby Jones, American basketball player

Filmmaker

Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

Musician

Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (died 2002)

Politician

Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan general and politician

Athlete

Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (died 2015)

Writer

Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic

Notable Figure

David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (died 1980)

Athlete

George T. Johnson, American basketball player

Musician

Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Artist

Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter

Musician

Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Filmmaker

Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian author and screenwriter

Activist

Steve Biko, South African activist, founded the Black Consciousness Movement (died 1977)

Filmmaker

Steven Spielberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks

Notable Figure

Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Notable Figure

Crispian Steele-Perkins, English trumpet player and educator

Notable Figure

Bobby Keys, American saxophone player (died 2014)

Musician

Keith Richards, English musician

Filmmaker

Alan Rudolph, American director and screenwriter

Scientist

Lenore Blum, American mathematician and academic

Notable Figure

Bobby Keyes, Australian rugby league player (died 2022)

Musician

Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Musician

Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer

Writer

Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic

Notable Figure

Ilario Castagner, Italian football manager (died 2023)

Athlete

John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler (died 1974)

Athlete

Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (died 2018)

Musician

Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter

Scientist

Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Filmmaker

Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (died 1996)

Musician

Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (died 2005)

Politician

Nancy Ryles, American politician (died 1990)

Athlete

Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (died 1987)

Actor

Rosemary Leach, English actress (died 2017)

Writer

Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author

Business

Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore (died 2013)

Scientist

Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and cosmonaut

Musician

Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (died 2017)

Business

Norm Provan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman (died 2021)

Actor

Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Business

Allen Klein, American businessman and music publisher (died 2009)

Writer

Alison Plowden, English historian and author (died 2007)

Athlete

Gene Shue, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2022)

TV/Radio

Bill Thompson, American television host (died 2014)

Athlete

Moose Skowron, American baseball player (died 2012)

Athlete

Gino Cimoli, American baseball player (died 2011)

Notable Figure

Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (died 2013)

Writer

Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author (died 2003)

Notable Figure

Harold Land, American tenor saxophonist (died 2001)

Politician

Ramsey Clark, American lawyer and politician, 66th United States Attorney General (died 2021)

Politician

Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (died 2009)

Politician

Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London (died 2019)

Politician

Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)

Notable Figure

Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist (died 2006)

Writer

Robert Leckie, American soldier and author (died 2001)

Actor

Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (died 2005)

Notable Figure

Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic (died 2008)

Actor

Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1973)

Filmmaker

Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (died 1987)

Political Leader

Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)

Athlete

Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (died 2006)

Military

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (died 2002)

Actor

Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Filmmaker

Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director (died 1985)

Notable Figure

Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (died 2010)

Actor

Celia Johnson, English actress (died 1982)

Explorer

Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (died 1969)

Notable Figure

Bill Holland, American race car driver (died 1984)

Musician

Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator (died 2009)

Filmmaker

George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1975)

Writer

Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author (died 1990)

Musician

Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer (died 1952)

Notable Figure

Gerald Barry, English colonel and cricketer (died 1977)

Scientist

Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (died 1954)

Actor

Gladys Cooper, English actress and singer (died 1971)

Notable Figure

Robert Moses, American urban planner (died 1981)

Actor

Bhikhari Thakur, Indian actor, singer, and playwright (died 1971)

Athlete

Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (died 1961)

Notable Figure

Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist, co-founded clinical pharmacology (died 1942)

Scientist

Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway (died 1950)

Artist

Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator (died 1940)

Politician

Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1953)

Notable Figure

Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1941)

Politician

Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (died 1957)

Writer

Saki, British short story writer (died 1916)

Artist

Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (died 1965)

Notable Figure

Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder (died 1941)

Notable Figure

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (died 1914)

Musician

Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic (died 1924)

Musician

Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer (died 1908)

Scientist

J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

Writer

Henrietta Edwards, Canadian activist and author (died 1931)

Musician

Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (died 1903)

Writer

Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author (died 1922)

Military

Charles Griffin, American general (died 1876)

Politician

John S. Harris, American surveyor and politician (died 1906)

Political Leader

Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian general, twice President of Peru (died 1901)

Political Leader

John Hall, English-New Zealand politician, 12th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1907)

Business

James Watney, English brewer and businessman (died 1884)

Musician

Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor and composer (died 1810)

Philosopher/Religious

Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian (died 1791)

Musician

Charles Wesley, English missionary and composer (died 1788)

Politician

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (died 1711)

Scientist

Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor (died 1751)

Notable Figure

Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1715)

Political Leader

Christina, Queen of Sweden (died 1689)

Politician

John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (died 1683)

Notable Figure

Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (died 1668)

Notable Figure

Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (died 1688)

Politician

Simonds d'Ewes, English historian and politician (died 1650)

Notable Figure

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (died 1640)

Writer

Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (died 1616)

Notable Figure

Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (died 1551)

Explorer

Philipp von Hutten, German explorer (died 1546)

Philosopher/Religious

Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (died 1561)

Notable Figure

Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony (died 1503)

Notable Figure

Richard Olivier de Longueil, French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (died 1470)

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About Famous Birthdays on December 18

December 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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