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

Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer

Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer

Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer

Christopher Liebig, German rugby player

Dale Begg-Smith, Canadian-Australian skier

Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater

Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic

Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer

Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer

Kang Dong-won, South Korean actor

Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager

Kenyatta Jones, American football player

Bogdan Lobon?, Romanian footballer

Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player

Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer

Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist

Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach

Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker

Amy Barger, American astronomer

Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)

Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster

Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor

Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager

Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor

Bob Latchford, English footballer

Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist (d. 1982)

Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver

Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler

Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist

Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer

Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)

David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)

Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player

Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic (d. 2014)

Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (d. 2017)

William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)

Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach of Jewish origin (d. 2005)

Sundaram Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990)

Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (d. 2013)

Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013)

John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (d. 2014)

Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher (d. 1995)

John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (d. 2012)

Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996)

Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008)

Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1984)

Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972)

Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993)

José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (d. 1969)

Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (d. 1974)

Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (d. 2006)

Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer (d. 1996)

Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)

C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (d. 1967)

Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976)

Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (d. 1957)

Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962)

Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975)

Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company (d. 1961)

Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831)

Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708)

Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (d. 1614)

Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)