History Births on January 18

Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2004)
#Frank_McMullen

Hyun Woo, South Korean actor
#Hyun_Woo

Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
#Johan_Djourou

Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
#Werner_Olk

Robert Green, English footballer
#Robert_Green

André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
#André_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)

Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
#Marcelo_Gallardo

Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2007)
#Robert_Anton_Wilson

Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
#Jesse_L._Martin

Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
#Mark_Rylance

Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter
#Carl_McCoy

Philippe Starck, French interior designer
#Philippe_Starck

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
#Mary_Jepkosgei_Keitany

Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
#Estelle_(musician)

A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
#A._A._Ames

Nacho, Spanish footballer
#Nacho_(footballer,_born_1990)

Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
#Brian_Falkenborg

Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
#Takeshi_Kitano

Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
#Joseph_Deiss

John Nash, English architect (d. 1835)
#John_Nash_(architect)

Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
#Edmund_Barton

Otgonbayar Ershuu, Mongolian painter and illustrator
#Otgonbayar_Ershuu

Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
#Grigoris_Makos

Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
#Burnie_Burns

Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer
#Jane_Horrocks

Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic (d. 1993)
#Kenneth_E._Boulding

Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
#Amir_Blumenfeld

Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
#Ronnie_Day

Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
#Thor_Hushovd

Samuel Whitbread, English politician (d. 1815)
#Samuel_Whitbread_(1764-1815)

Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984)
#Toni_Turek

Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
#Marya_Roxx

Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist
#Sachio_Kinugasa

Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
#Anthony_Giddens

Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
#Makoto_Hasebe

Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)
#Thomas_A._Watson

Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
#Christian_Burns

Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
#Brian_Gionta

Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Brett_Hudson

John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter
#John_Boorman

John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
#John_Hume

Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (d. 1957)
#Bill_Meanix

Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer
#Kang_Ji-young

Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916)
#Rubén_Darío

Paul Freeman, English actor
#Paul_Freeman_(actor)
Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
#Khari_Stephenson

Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803)
#Louis_Claude_de_Saint-Martin

Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
#Riccardo_Montolivo

Sir Philip Courtenay, British noble (d. 1463)
#Philip_Courtenay_(died_1463)

Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea
#Chun_Doo-hwan

Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech (d. 2007)
#Seung-Hui_Cho

Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director (d. 2018)
#Albert_Millaire

Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
#Dave_Bautista
Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
#Curt_Flood
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
#Lionel_Sackville,_1st_Duke_of_Dorset

Kantar? Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
#Kantar?_Suzuki

Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
#Vitomil_Zupan

Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
#Olivier_Rochus

Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869)
#Peter_Mark_Roget

Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978)
#Albert_Kivikas

Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933)
#Paul_Ehrenfest

Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (d. 1894)
#Emmanuel_Chabrier

Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
#Peter_Van_Petegem

Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter
#Jonathan_Davis

Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (d. 1956)
#Paul_Rostock

Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Damien_Leith

Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
#Paul_Keating

Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter
#Jason_Segel

Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (d. 1874)
#Constantin_von_Tischendorf

Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1925)
#Ioan_Slavici

Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
#Charlie_Wilson_(Ohio_politician)

A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
#A._A._Milne

Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
#Bob_Hansen

Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2007)
#Gad_Yaacobi

Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
#Michael_Behe

Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress
#Alison_Arngrim

Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755)
#Montesquieu

Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002)
#Joseph_Bonanno

César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic (d. 1918)
#César_Cui

Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989)
#Thomas_Sopwith

Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author
#Denise_Bombardier

János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (d. 1984)
#János_Ferencsik

Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
#Christian_Fittipaldi

Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900)
#Marthinus_Nikolaas_Ras

Henri Giraud, French general and politician (d. 1949)
#Henri_Giraud

Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japanese actor and singer
#Ikusaburo_Yamazaki

Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
#Benji_Schwimmer

Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
#Francesco_Bardi

Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
#Angelique_Kerber

Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)
#Ray_Dolby

Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982)
#Ville_Ritola
Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
#Dave_Greenslade
Bryce Alford, American basketball player
#Bryce_Alford

Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
#Daniel_Webster

Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
#Ruslan_Fedotenko

Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
#Mike_Lieberthal
Julius Peppers, American football player
#Julius_Peppers

Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer
#Aitana_Bonmatí

Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player and author
#Alexander_Khalifman

Sean Keenan, Australian actor
#Sean_Keenan_(actor)

Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
#Mark_Briscoe

Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012)
#Santiago_Carrillo

Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
#Maxime_Bernier

Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
#Kristy_Lee_Cook

Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1847)
#Pratap_Singh,_Raja_of_Satara

Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
#Vinod_Kambli

Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
#Nicholas_Oresko

Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
#Gilles_Villeneuve

Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Bobby_Goldsboro

Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
#Ilona_Kremen

Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist (d. 1931)
#Daniel_Hale_Williams

Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
#Yoichiro_Nambu

Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2013)
#Henrique_Rosa

Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland
#Martin_O'Malley

Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
#Alexander_Van_der_Bellen

Cary Grant, English-American actor (d. 1986)
#Cary_Grant

Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City (d. 1916)
#Seth_Low

Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (d. 1785)
#Johann_Jakob_Moser

David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
#David_Howell,_Baron_Howell_of_Guildford

Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic (d. 1984)
#Jorge_Guillén

Bill Keller, American journalist
#Bill_Keller

Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Richard_Archer

Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
#Isabella_Jagiellon

Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
#Paulo_Ferreira

Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
#Kevin_Costner

Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
#Mark_Messier

Arno Schmidt, German author and translator (d. 1979)
#Arno_Schmidt

Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
#Boy_van_Poppel

Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (d. 1998)
#Syl_Apps

Brady Anderson, American baseball player
#Brady_Anderson

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (d. 1954)
#Alfredo_Ildefonso_Schuster

Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author (d. 1921)
#Henry_Austin_Dobson

Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
#Crispian_Mills

David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic
#David_Bellamy

Kay Granger, American educator and politician
#Kay_Granger

R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#R._Stevie_Moore

Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
#Samantha_Mumba

Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator
#Raymond_Briggs

Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager
#Pep_Guardiola

Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1971)
#Pedro_Rodríguez_(racing_driver)

Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (d. 1731)
#Antoine_Houdar_de_la_Motte

Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
#Gift_Ngoepe

Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
#Jim_O'Rourke_(musician)

Virgil Hill, American boxer
#Virgil_Hill

François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1691)
#François-Michel_le_Tellier,_Marquis_de_Louvois

Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
#Paul_Deighton,_Baron_Deighton

Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
#Iván_Zamorano

Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
#Rolando_Schiavi
Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
#Hayle_Ibrahimov

Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (d. 2015)
#Gerrit_Voorting

Kazufumi Miyazawa, Japanese singer
#Kazufumi_Miyazawa

Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
#Danny_Kaye