History Births on May 18
Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (d. 1985)
#Don_Whillans
Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (d. 2013)
#Gerd_Langguth
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
#Hermann_Müller_(politician)
Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (d. 1982)
#Pierre_Balmain
Taeyang, member of popular Korean boyband Big Bang
#Taeyang
Milivoje Novakovi?, Slovenian footballer
#Milivoje_Novakovi?
Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic (d. 1995)
#Fred_Perry
Francis Bellamy, American minister and author (d. 1931)
#Francis_Bellamy
Josh Starling, Australian rugby league player
#Josh_Starling
Philippe Benetton, French rugby player
#Philippe_Benetton
Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
#Henrietta_Moore
Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
#Vincent_du_Vigneaud
Stanislaus Papczy?ski, Polish priest (d. 1701)
#Stanislaus_Papczy?ski
Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
#Jens_Bergensten
Vicky Sunohara, Canadian former ice hockey player
#Vicky_Sunohara
Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
#Chow_Yun-fat
Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (d. 1896)
#Mathew_Brady
Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico
#Tom_Udall
Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
#Bernadette_Chirac
Piero Soderini, Italian politician and diplomat (d. 1513)
#Piero_Soderini
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (d. 1974)
#Eurico_Gaspar_Dutra
Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (d. 1922)
#Denis_Horgan
Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
#Oliver_Sin
H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
#H._D._Deve_Gowda
Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler and promoter
#Gino_Brito
Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
#Tina_Fey
Guido Luca Ferrero, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1585)
#Guido_Luca_Ferrero
Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
#Jem_(singer)
Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Wreckless_Eric
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)
#Augusto_César_Sandino
Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
#Jay_Wells
Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University (d. 1908)
#Charles_N._Sims
Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
#Diane_Duane
Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
#Mark_Menzies
Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
#Diego_Pérez_(footballer)
Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager
#Nobby_Stiles
Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
#Joakim_Soria
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)
#Bernard_Zweers
Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (d. 1968)
#Babe_Adams
Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (d. 1984)
#Meredith_Willson
Antônio Carlos Zago, Brazilian footballer and manager
#Antônio_Carlos_Zago
George Strait, American singer, guitarist and producer
#George_Strait
Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
#Niki_Terpstra
Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist (d. 1941)
#Minakata_Kumagusu
Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
#Jari_Kurri
Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1787)
#Roger_Joseph_Boscovich
George Smalridge, English bishop (d. 1719)
#George_Smalridge
Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
#Erico_Aumentado
Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
#Marie-Ève_Pelletier
Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (d. 1993)
#Boris_Christoff
Marcus Giles, American baseball player
#Marcus_Giles
Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer
#Joe_Bonsall
Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
#Warren_Rudman
Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
#Giovanni_Falcone
Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
#Mark_Mothersbaugh
Gordon O'Connor, Canadian general and politician, 38th Canadian Minister of Defence
#Gordon_O'Connor
Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer and pastor (d. 2010)
#Walter_Hawkins
Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach (d. 2000)
#Jack_Sanford
Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
#Jessica_Watson
Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
#Bertrand_Russell
Henri Sauguet, French composer (d. 1989)
#Henri_Sauguet
John Wilson, Scottish author and critic (d. 1854)
#John_Wilson_(Scottish_writer)
Yannick Noah, French tennis player
#Yannick_Noah
Malcolm Longair, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
#Malcolm_Longair
Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot (d. 1930)
#Ruth_Alexander
Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
#Miriam_Margolyes
Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
#Alan_Kupperberg
Perry Como, American singer and television host (d. 2001)
#Perry_Como
Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
#Polina_Edmunds
Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer (d. 1985)
#Big_Joe_Turner
Pernell Roberts, American actor (d. 2010)
#Pernell_Roberts
Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1925)
#Oliver_Heaviside
John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
#John_Bruton
Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Jim_Sundberg
Priscilla Pointer, American actress
#Priscilla_Pointer
Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
#Nobuteru_Taniguchi
Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1957)
#Ezio_Pinza
Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
#Ricardo_Carvalho
Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
#Nicholas_II_of_Russia
Simon Pagenaud, French race car driver
#Simon_Pagenaud
David Leakey, English general and politician
#David_Leakey
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)
#Hedley_Verity
Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
#Danny_Mills
Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Michael_Tait
Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
#Ray_Nagel
Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
#Luis_Terrero
Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
#Michaël_Llodra
Angela Voigt, German long jumper (d. 2013)
#Angela_Voigt
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
#Heinz-Harald_Frentzen
Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
#Laura_Omloop
Gary O'Neil, English footballer
#Gary_O'Neil
Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (d. 1999)
#Ester_Boserup
Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
#Billy_Howerdel
Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
#Catherine_Corsini
Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Reggie_Jackson
Eric Backman, Swedish runner (d. 1965)
#Eric_Backman
Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
#Ignasi_Guardans
Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
#Jacques_Santer
Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
#Fred_Saberhagen
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
#Walter_Gropius
Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (d. 1997)
#Rod_Milburn
Bill Macy, American actor
#Bill_Macy
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (d. 1854)
#Charles_Vane,_3rd_Marquess_of_Londonderry
Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Albert_Hammond
Konstantin of Rostov (d. 1218)
#Konstantin_of_Rostov
Robert Morse, American actor
#Robert_Morse
Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director
#Dwayne_Hickman
Lee Hendrie, English footballer
#Lee_Hendrie
Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist (d. 1752)
#Joseph_Butler
Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
#Gertrude_Käsebier
Mimi Macpherson, Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
#Mimi_Macpherson
Rick Wakeman, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (Yes)
#Rick_Wakeman
James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (d. 1908)
#James_Budd
Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
#Frank_Hsieh
Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
#Toyah_Willcox
Troy Cassar-Daley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Troy_Cassar-Daley
Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
#Henrique_Sereno
Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Brooks_Robinson
Vince Young, American football player
#Vince_Young
Ashley Harrison, Australian rugby league player
#Ashley_Harrison
Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Jack_Johnson_(musician)
Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
#Pope_John_Paul_II
Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
#Frank_Capra
Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
#Julián_Speroni
Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
#Adwoa_Aboah
Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
#Mahamadou_Diarra
Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer and manager
#Eric_Gerets
Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948)
#Josephus_Daniels
Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
#Kevin_Anderson_(tennis)
Charles Kamathi, Kenyan runner
#Charles_Kamathi
Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (d. 1983)
#Kai_Winding
Brad Friedel, American soccer player and sportscaster
#Brad_Friedel
Jeana Yeager, American pilot
#Jeana_Yeager
Reggie Evans, American basketball player
#Reggie_Evans
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
#Frederick_Augustus_II_of_Saxony
Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina (d. 1991)
#Margot_Fonteyn
Jason Brown, English footballer
#Jason_Brown_(footballer)
Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
#Yuya_Osako
John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (d. 1852)
#John_George_Children
Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
#Marty_McSorley
Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
#Mariusz_Lewandowski
Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Nelson_Figueroa
Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
#Donyell_Marshall
Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater
#Alina_Zagitova
Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
#Javier_Cárdenas_(presenter)
Richard Clapton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Richard_Clapton
Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
#Richard_Brooks