History Births on July 18

Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager

#Alan_Pardew

Nabil Fekir, French footballer

#Nabil_Fekir

Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (d. 1946)

#Sada_Yacco

Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (d. 1969)

#Arthur_Friedenreich

Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama

#Martín_Torrijos

Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier

#Marc_Girardelli

Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1932)

#Margaret_Brown

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 2000)

#Screamin'_Jay_Hawkins

K?ichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (d. 1977)

#K?ichi_Kido

Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter

#Carlos_Colón_Sr.

Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019)

#Paul_Streeten

Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer

#Panagiotis_Lagos

Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)

#Gino_Bartali

Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress

#Elsa_Pataky

Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

#Hume_Cronyn

Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)

#Immanuel_Hermann_Fichte

Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer

#Kostas_Eleftherakis

Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator (d. 2015)

#Kurt_Masur

Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor

#Bernd_Fasching

Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)

#Giacinto_Facchetti

Tullio Altamura, Italian actor

#Tullio_Altamura

Robert Elton Brooker, American business executive (d. 2000)

#Robert_Elton_Brooker

Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Daron_Malakian

Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor

#Grant_Bowler

James Brolin, American actor

#James_Brolin

M.I.A., English rapper and producer

#M.I.A._(rapper)

Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player

#Tontowi_Ahmad

Tenley Albright, American figure skater and physician

#Tenley_Albright

Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)

#Red_Skelton

Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer (d. 2012)

#Mehdi_Hassan

Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (d. 1979)

#Alberto_di_Jorio

César Villaluz, Mexican footballer

#César_Villaluz

Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium

#Elio_Di_Rupo

Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach

#Penny_Hardaway

Elizabeth McGovern, American actress

#Elizabeth_McGovern

Elizabeth Gilbert, American author

#Elizabeth_Gilbert

Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)

#Andrei_Gromyko

Pat Doherty, Irish Republican politician

#Pat_Doherty

John Naughton, Scottish-Irish journalist, author, and academic

#John_Naughton

Wendy Williams, American talk show host

#Wendy_Williams

Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ryan_Cabrera

Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group

#Richard_Branson

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (d. 1945)

#Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.

Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player

#Michael_Lichaa

Graham Spanier, 16th President of Pennsylvania State University

#Graham_Spanier

Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)

#Mohammed_Daoud_Khan

Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

#Hendrik_Lorentz

Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter

#Maunu_Kurkvaara

Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer

#Änis_Ben-Hatira

Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer

#Frank_Farian

Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor

#Lee_Tae-min

Baddiewinkle, American internet personality

#Baddiewinkle

Lilia Dale, Italian actress

#Lilia_Dale

Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1991)

#Olga_Spessivtseva

Chill Wills, American actor (d. 1978)

#Chill_Wills

Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1808)

#Saverio_Bettinelli

Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (d. 2009)

#Mamadou_Dia

Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter

#Paul_Verhoeven

Jack Layton, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (d. 2011)

#Jack_Layton

Dick Button, American figure skater and actor

#Dick_Button

Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano

#Vesselina_Kasarova

Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach

#Dan_O'Brien

Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer

#Aaron_Gillespie

Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jamie_Benn

Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (d. 2008)

#Henri_Salvador

Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (d. 2011)

#Richard_Leacock

Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (d. 1735)

#Maria_Clementina_Sobieska

Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1747)

#Giovanni_Bononcini

Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete

#Mikk_Pahapill

Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician

#Steve_Forbes

Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer

#Sebastian_Mielitz

Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor

#Bernard_Pons

Martha Reeves, American singer and politician

#Martha_Reeves

Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)

#Inge_Sørensen

Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager

#Joe_Torre

Hermann of Reichenau, German music theorist (d. 1054)[citation needed]

#Hermann_of_Reichenau

James Norton, English actor

#James_Norton_(actor)

Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1921)

#Larry_McLean

Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

#Lonnie_Mack

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Nelson_Mandela

Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player

#Brian_Auger

Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

#Harriet_Nelson

Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999)

#Nathalie_Sarraute

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)

#Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer

#Jan_Schlaudraff

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (d. 1910)

#Pauline_Viardot

Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (d. 1987)

#Margaret_Laurence

Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player

#Dennis_Seidenberg

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright (d. 2017)

#Yevgeny_Yevtushenko

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1937)

#Philip_Snowden,_1st_Viscount_Snowden

Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer

#Natalia_Mikhailova

Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Vin_Diesel

Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist and academic

#Aaron_T._Beck

Antonio García-Trevijano, Spanish republican, political activist, and author (d. 2018)

#Antonio_García-Trevijano

Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (d. 1923)

#Kadambini_Ganguly

Torii Hunter, American baseball player

#Torii_Hunter

Deion Branch, American football player

#Deion_Branch

Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (d. 2015)

#Windy_McCall

Mark Udall, American educator and politician

#Mark_Udall

Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)

#Hyacinthe_Rigaud

John V, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1507)[citation needed]

#John_V,_Duke_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician

#The_Great_Sasuke

Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1896)

#Louis_Gerhard_De_Geer

William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)

#William_Makepeace_Thackeray

Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (d. 2004)

#Shirley_Strickland

John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)

#John_Glenn

S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (d. 1992)

#S._I._Hayakawa

Joey Mercury, American wrestler and producer

#Joey_Mercury

Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor

#Sukhwinder_Singh

Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Keith_Levene

Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)

#Hunter_S._Thompson

Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor

#Joo_Sang-wook

Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic

#Jack_Dongarra

Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Hartmut_Michel

W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (d. 1915)

#W._G._Grace

Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer

#Ricky_Skaggs

Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach

#Dennis_Lillee

Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1695)

#Johannes_Camphuys

Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1780)

#Duchess_Maria_Antonia_of_Bavaria

Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)

#Frank_Forde

Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist

#Mélissa_Theuriau

Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer

#Priyanka_Chopra

Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya

#Jayendra_Saraswathi

Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter

#Edward_Bond

Jerry Moore, American football player and coach

#Jerry_Moore_(American_football,_born_1939)

Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Roald_Hoffmann

Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter

#Shaun_Micallef

Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (d. 1575)

#Heinrich_Bullinger

Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player and sportscaster

#Shane_Horgan

Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (d. 1873)

#Vasil_Levski

Adabel Guerrero, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer

#Adabel_Guerrero

Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (d. 2016)

#Jeanne_Córdova

Chace Crawford, American actor

#Chace_Crawford

Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (d. 1981)

#Peace_Pilgrim

Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 2012)

#Friedrich_Zimmermann

Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (d. 1945)

#Vidkun_Quisling

Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager

#Pasi_Rautiainen

Isabella of Austria, queen of Denmark (d. 1526)[citation needed]

#Isabella_of_Austria

Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)

#Gilbert_White

Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player and author

#Alexander_Morozevich

Margo Martindale, American actress

#Margo_Martindale

Kristen Bell, American actress

#Kristen_Bell

Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dion_DiMucci

Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1963)

#Clifford_Odets

David Hemery, English hurdler and author

#David_Hemery

Virgil Earp, American marshal (d. 1905)

#Virgil_Earp

Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster

#Nick_Faldo

Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (d. 1985)

#Ian_Stewart_(musician)

Anthony Mirra, American gangster, member of the Bonanno Crime Family (d. 1982)

#Anthony_Mirra

Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (d. 1954)

#Machine_Gun_Kelly

Andrea Gallo, Italian priest and author (d. 2013)

#Andrea_Gallo

Ben Sheets, American baseball player and coach

#Ben_Sheets

Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation

#Adolf_Ogi

Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944)

#Lupe_Vélez

Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer

Yohan Mollo, French footballer

Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer

Dominika Luzarová, Czech tennis player

Carlo Costly, Honduran footballer

Crystal Mangum, American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case

Go Soo-hee, South Korean actress

Alan Morrison, British poet

Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player

Simon Heffer, English journalist and author

Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (Village People) and actor (d. 2001)

Kalpana Mohan, Indian actress

Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author

John Connelly, English footballer (d. 2012)

Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)

Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter

Keith MacDonald, Canadian politician

Nita Bieber, American actress

Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect

Michael Medwin, English actor

Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (d. 1997)

Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1996)

Heinz Bennent, German actor (d. 2011)

Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (d. 2014)

Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1982)

Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019)

Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer (d. 2010)

Roxana Cannon Arsht, American judge (d. 2003)

Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor (d. 2006)

Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (d. 2004)

Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (d. 1989)

Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1982)

Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997)

Jessamyn West, American author (d. 1984)

Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (d. 1942)

John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (d. 1979)

Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (d. 1935)

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (d. 1968)

Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)

Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)

Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland (d. 1803)

Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (d. 1583)