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January 18 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on January 18, and 213 died on this day. Everyone born on January 18 is a Capricorn.

17% of January 18 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (64) than any other country.

Born on January 18

• Pep Guardiola (born 1971. Spanish football manager (born 1971))
• Cary Grant (1904 to 1986. British-American actor (1904–1986))
• Mark Rylance (born 1960. British actor, playwright and theatre director (born 1960))
• José Antonio Kast (born 1966. President of Chile since 2026)
• Montesquieu (1689 to 1755. French judge, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755))
• Chun Doo-hwan (1931 to 2021. Leader of South Korea from 1979 to 1988)
• Gilles Deleuze (1925 to 1995. French philosopher (1925–1995))
• Paul Keating (born 1944. Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996)
• Daniel Webster (1782 to 1852. American lawyer and statesman (1782–1852))
• Ted DiBiase (born 1954. American professional wrestler (born 1954))
• Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944. President of Austria since 2017)
• Raymond Briggs (1934 to 2022. English illustrator (1934–2022))
• Ismail Sabri Yaakob (born 1960. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022)
• John Hume (1937 to 2020. Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020))
• Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908 to 1972. Member of the Swedish royal family (1908–1972))
• Maria Antonia of Austria (1669 to 1692. Electress of Bavaria from 1685 to 1692)
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932 to 2007. American writer and futurist (1932–2007))
• Edmund Barton (1849 to 1920. Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903)
• Bairam Khan (1501 to 1561. Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561))
• Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795 to 1865. Queen of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849)
• Paul Ehrenfest (1880 to 1933. Austrian theoretical physicist (1880–1933))
• Rubén Darío (1867 to 1916. Nicaraguan poet, journalist and writer (1867–1916))
• Henri Giraud (1879 to 1949. French military officer (1879–1949))
• John Nash (architect) (1752 to 1835. British architect (1752–1835))
• Jacob Bronowski (1908 to 1974. Polish-born British mathematician and historian (1908–1974))
• Curt Flood (1938 to 1997. American baseball player (1938–1997))
• Morgan York (born 1993. American novelist, podcaster and former child actress)
• Ray Dolby (1933 to 2013. American electrical engineer and inventor (1933–2013))
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) (1726 to 1802. Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia)
• César Cui (1835 to 1918. Russian composer and army officer (1835–1918))
• Yoichiro Nambu (1921 to 2015. Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist)
• Kevin Costner (born 1955. American actor and filmmaker (born 1955))
• Salah Zulfikar (1926 to 1993. Egyptian actor and producer (1926–1993))
• Dave Bautista (born 1969. American actor and professional wrestler (born 1969))
• Isabel Allende (politician) (born 1945. Chilean politician (born 1945))
• José María Arguedas (1911 to 1969. Peruvian writer (1911–1969))
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 to 1894. French composer and pianist (1841–1894))
• Isabella Jagiellon (1519 to 1559. 16th-century queen consort of Hungary)
• Otto von Below (1857 to 1944. Prussian military officer)
• Seth Low (1850 to 1916. American politician (1850–1916))
• Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808 to 1891. Princess Frederick of Denmark)
• Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930 to 2004. Portuguese politician (1930–2004))
• Kenneth E. Boulding (1910 to 1993. British-American economist (1910–1993))
• Bridget O'Connor (1961 to 2010. British playwright and screenwriter (1961–2010))
• Kaúlza de Arriaga (1915 to 2004. Portuguese general (1915–2004))
• Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872 to 1931. Duke of Vendôme)
• Henk Chin A Sen (1934 to 1999. President of Suriname from 1980 to 1982)
• Damien Leith (born 1976. Irish-Australian singer–songwriter (born 1976))
• Andreas Hillgruber (1925 to 1989. German historian (1925–1989))
• Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657 to 1696. Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 to 1696)
• Edward Frankland (1825 to 1899. English chemist)
• Pratap Singh of Satara (1793 to 1847. Chhatrapati of the Marathas (r. 1808–1818) and Raja of Satara (r. 1818–1839))
• Aitana Bonmatí (born 1998. Spanish footballer (born 1998))
• Agostino Gemelli (1878 to 1959. Italian Franciscan friar, physician and psychologist)
• Isaak Dunayevsky (1900 to 1955. Soviet composer and conductor (1900–1955))
• Grace Nichols (born 1950. Guyanese poet)
• Geoffrey Roberts (born 1952. British historian (born 1952))
• Danny Kaye (1913 to 1987. American actor, singer, dancer and comedian (1911–1987))
• Enrico Lo Verso (born 1964. Italian actor (born 1964))
• Richard Friend (born 1953. British physicist (born 1953))

Died on January 18

• John Tyler (1790 to 1862. President of the United States from 1841 to 1845)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865 to 1936. English writer and poet (1865–1936))
• Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905 to 1919. British prince (1905–1919))
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907 to 2003. Hindi poet and writer (1907–2003))
• Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1845 to 1890. King of Spain from 1870 to 1873)
• Cecil Beaton (1904 to 1980. British photographer and designer (1904–1980))
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 to 1873. British statesman and writer (1803–1873))
• Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842 to 1919. Austrian archduke (1842–1919))
• Peter I of Portugal (1320 to 1367. King of Portugal from 1357 to 1367)
• Publius Clodius Pulcher (90 BC to 52 BC. Roman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC))
• Bruce Chatwin (1940 to 1989. English writer, novelist and journalist (1940–1989))
• Hugh Gaitskell (1906 to 1963. British politician (1906–1963))
• Jobst (1351 to 1411. 15th-century King of Germany)
• Constans (320 to 350. Roman emperor from 337 to 350)
• Jan van Riebeeck (1619 to 1677. Dutch colonial administrator (1619–1677))
• Claire van Kampen (1953 to 2025. English director and composer (1953–2025))
• Amy Carmichael (1867 to 1951. Christian missionary to India (1867–1951))
• Konstantin Päts (1874 to 1956. Estonian statesman and president (1874–1956))
• David O. McKay (1873 to 1970. American religious leader (1873–1970))
• Margaret of Parma (1522 to 1586. Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1559–67 and 1578–82)
• Edmund Mortimer (1391 to 1425. 15th-century English noble)
• Georges Picquart (1854 to 1914. French Minister of War (1854-1914))
• Hakuin Ekaku (1686 to 1769. Japanese Zen Buddhist master (1686–1769))
• Henry I of Cyprus (1217 to 1253. King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253)
• Liu Thai Ker (1938 to 2026. Singaporean architect and urban planner (1938–2026))
• Leonor Fini (1907 to 1996. Argentine-Italian artist (1907–1996))
• John George (1525 to 1598. Elector of Brandenburg from 1571 to 1598)
• Go-Hanazono (1419 to 1471. Emperor of Japan from 1428 to 1464)
• Adolf Butenandt (1903 to 1995. German biochemist (1903–1995))
• Alfred Vail (1807 to 1859. 19th-century American machinist and inventor)

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