On this day · Aquarius

February 18 birthdays

309 notable historical figures were born on February 18, and 200 died on this day. Everyone born on February 18 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 18 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (79) than any other country.

Born on February 18

• Roberto Baggio (born 1967. Italian former footballer (born 1967))
• Dr. Dre (born 1965. American rapper (born 1965))
• Yoko Ono (born 1933. Japanese artist and activist (born 1933))
• John Travolta (born 1954. American actor (born 1954))
• Mary I (1516 to 1558. Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558)
• Toni Morrison (1931 to 2019. American novelist and editor (1931–2019))
• Miloš Forman (1932 to 2018. Czech and American film director (1932–2018))
• Audre Lorde (1934 to 1992. American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992))
• Alessandro Volta (1745 to 1827. Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827))
• Jadwiga of Poland (1374 to 1399. Queen of Poland from 1384 to 1399)
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 to 1957. Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957))
• Bidzina Ivanishvili (born 1956. Georgian billionaire and politician (born 1956))
• Wendell Willkie (1892 to 1944. American lawyer and corporate executive (1892–1944))
• Ernst Mach (1838 to 1916. Austrian physicist, philosopher and university educator (1838–1916))
• Artur Axmann (1913 to 1996. German Nazi official (1913–1996))
• Igor Dodon (born 1975. President of Moldova from 2016 to 2020)
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 to 1273. Persian astronomer (1201–1274))
• Adolphe Menjou (1890 to 1963. American actor (1890–1963))
• Edward Arnold (actor) (1890 to 1956. American actor (1890–1956))
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919 to 1979. Prime Minister of Iran from 1965 to 1977)
• Princess Louise of Belgium (1858 to 1924. Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1858–1924))
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 to 1449. Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449))
• Anders Zorn (1860 to 1920. Swedish painter and engraver (1860–1920))
• Warren Stephens (born 1957. American businessman (born 1957))
• Nadine Labaki (born 1974. Lebanese actress, director and activist (born 1974))
• Graeme Garden (born 1943. Scottish comedian and actor (born 1943))
• George Peabody (1795 to 1869. American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist (1795–1869))
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609 to 1674. English politician and historian (1609–1674))
• Francesco Redi (1626 to 1697. Italian naturalist and poet)
• Charles III of Lorraine (1543 to 1608. Duke Lorraine and Bar from 1545 to 1608)
• Ramakrishna (1836 to 1886. Indian mystic (1836–1886))
• George Pelecanos (born 1957. American author (born 1957))
• Ian Hacking (1936 to 2023. Canadian philosopher (1936–2023))
• Eric Gairy (1922 to 1997. Grenadian politician (1974–79))
• Gholam Reza Azhari (1912 to 2001. Iranian prime minister and army officer)
• Ra'ad bin Zeid (born 1936. Head of the House of Hashemites of Iraq and Syria)
• Gary Neville (born 1975. English footballer (born 1975))
• Max Klinger (1857 to 1920. German artist (1857–1920))
• Paul R. Williams (1894 to 1980. American architect (1894–1980))
• Bebe Moore Campbell (1950 to 2006. American novelist, journalist, teacher (1950–2006))
• Leonard Feeney (1897 to 1978. American Jesuit (1897–1978))
• Lord Adolphus FitzClarence (1802 to 1856. British naval officer (1802–1856))
• Octave Chanute (1832 to 1910. American civil engineer and aviation pioneer, born in France)
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894 to 1954. Indian politician (1894-1954))
• Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946 to 2020. Yemeni politician (1946–2020))
• Brian Faulkner (1921 to 1977. Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1971 to 1972)
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 to 1900. American painter (1823–1900))
• Alexander Kielland (1849 to 1906. Norwegian realist writer (1849–1906))
• Baha al-Din al-Amili (1547 to 1621. Iranian Shia Islamic scholar (1547–1621))
• Wolfgang Smith (1930 to 2024. Austrian mathematician and philosopher of science (1930–2024))
• Gahan Wilson (1930 to 2019. American author, cartoonist and illustrator (1930–2019))
• Hong Rengan (1822 to 1864. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom official (1822–1864))
• John Van Buren (1810 to 1866. American lawyer and politician)
• Enzo Ferrari (1898 to 1988. Italian racing driver, engineer and entrepreneur (1898–1988))
• Janko Vukotić (1866 to 1927. Montenegrin and Yugoslav general, serdar and politician)
• Rui Duarte de Barros (born 1960. Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2012–2014; 2023–2025))
• Maxwell R. Thurman (1931 to 1995. United States Army general (1931–1995))
• Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734 to 1793. French economist and politician (1734–1793))
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh (1823 to 1892. Indian social reformer (1823–1892))
• Kirsten Miller (born 1973. American novelist)

Died on February 18

• Martin Luther (1483 to 1546. German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546))
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 to 1967. American theoretical physicist (1904–1967))
• Michelangelo (1475 to 1564. Italian artist and architect (1475–1564))
• Kublai Khan (1215 to 1294. Emperor of Yuan China from 1271 to 1294)
• Nicholas I of Russia (1796 to 1855. Emperor of Russia from 1825 to 1855)
• Gene Hackman (1930 to 2025. American actor (1930–2025))
• Viscera (wrestler) (1971 to 2014. American professional wrestler (1971–2014))
• Fra Angelico (1400 to 1455. Early Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1395–1455))
• Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682 to 1712. Heir apparent to the French throne (1682–1712))
• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486 to 1535. German occult writer (1486–1535))
• Ngaio Marsh (1895 to 1982. New Zealand crime writer and theatre director (1895–1982))
• Albert Bierstadt (1830 to 1902. German-American landscape painter (1830–1902))
• Eleanor of Austria (1498 to 1558. Queen of Portugal (1518–1521) and France (1530–1547))
• Norma McCorvey (1947 to 2017. "Roe v. Wade" plaintiff (1947–2017))
• Gyula Andrássy (1823 to 1890. Hungarian statesman (1823–1890))
• Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886 to 1937. Soviet politician (1886–1937))
• Balthus (1908 to 2001. French artist (1908–2001))
• King Frederick Augustus III (1865 to 1932. King of Saxony from 1904 to 1918)
• Vasil Levski (1837 to 1873. Bulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873))
• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877 to 1949. Spanish lawyer and politician (1877–1949))
• Dedan Kimathi (1920 to 1957. Kenyan leader during the Mau Mau Uprising (1920–1957))
• Elisabeth (1843 to 1916. Princess/Queen of Romania from 1869 to 1914)
• Sophus Lie (1842 to 1899. Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899))
• John Tunstall (1853 to 1878. English-American rancher (1853–1878))
• George Tupou I (1797 to 1893. King of Tonga from 1845 to 1893)
• Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906 to 1945. Soviet military commander)
• Yūko Tsushima (1947 to 2016. Japanese fiction writer (1947–2016))
• Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817 to 1895. Austrian noble and Austro-Hungarian military officer (1817–1895))
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907 to 1964. Canadian inventor and businessman (1907–1964))
• Acharya Vidyasagar (1946 to 2024. Indian Jain monk (1946–2024))

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