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May 18 birthdays
290 notable historical figures were born on May 18, and 169 died on this day. Everyone born on May 18 is a Taurus.
17% of May 18 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.
Born on May 18
- John Paul II (1920 to 2005. Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005)
- Delcy Rodríguez (born 1969. Acting president of Venezuela since 2026)
- Bertrand Russell (1872 to 1970. Mathematician and philosopher)
- Omar Khayyam (1048 to 1131. Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131))
- Chow Yun-fat (born 1955. Hong Kong actor (born 1955))
- H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933. Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997)
- Rick Wakeman (born 1949. English keyboardist (born 1949))
- Anil Chauhan (born 1961. 2nd Chief of Defence Staff of India (born 1961))
- Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889 to 1944. American chemist and engineer (1889–1944))
- Jessica Watson (born 1993. Australian sailor (born 1993))
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 1967. German racing driver (born 1967))
- Tina Fey (born 1970. American actress and comedian (born 1970))
- Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869 to 1955. Last Crown Prince of Bavaria)
- Constantine VII (905 to 959. Byzantine emperor from 913 to 959)
- Oliver Heaviside (1850 to 1925. British mathematician and electrical engineer (1850–1925))
- David Deutsch (born 1953. British theoretical physicist (born 1953))
- Isabella d'Este (1474 to 1539. Italian noblewoman, patron of the arts and fashion leader (1474–1539))
- Rudolf Carnap (1891 to 1970. German-American philosopher (1891–1970))
- Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876) (1876 to 1931. Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928–1930))
- Meredith Willson (1902 to 1984. American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984))
- Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711 to 1787. Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787))
- Shunryū Suzuki (1904 to 1971. Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US)
- John Bruton (1947 to 2024. Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997)
- Frederick Augustus II (1797 to 1854. King of Saxony from 1836 to 1854)
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913 to 1994. Colombian philosopher and aphorist (1913–1994))
- Jacques Santer (born 1937. Luxembourgish and European Union politician (born 1937))
- Rupert Soames (born 1959. British businessman)
- Francis Bellamy (1855 to 1931. American Christian socialist minister (1855–1931))
- Agnes of Austria (1281–1364) (1281 to 1364. Queen consort of Hungary)
- Don Bachardy (born 1934. American painter (born 1934))
- Ben Feringa (born 1951. Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry)
- William Hood Simpson (1888 to 1980. United States army general (1888–1980))
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883 to 1974. President of Brazil from 1946 to 1951)
- Hugh Shearer (1923 to 2004. 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967–72))
- Diane Duane (born 1952. American-Irish science fiction and fantasy author (born 1952))
- Peter Grünberg (1939 to 2018. German physicist (1939–2018))
- Helen Chadwick (1953 to 1996. British sculptor, photographer and artist)
- Fred Saberhagen (1930 to 2007. American science fiction and fantasy writer (1930–2007))
- Gertrude Käsebier (1852 to 1934. American photographer (1852–1934))
- Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 to 1667. German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso and organist)
- Sara Shane (1928 to 2022. American actress (1928–2022))
- Michael Mann (sociologist) (born 1942. British sociologist (born 1942))
- Michael Eisenberg (born 1971. American-born Israeli businessman (born 1971))
- Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1475 to 1491. Hereditary Prince of Portugal)
- Venancio Flores (1808 to 1868. Uruguayan general and politician (1808–1868))
- Patrick Dennis (1921 to 1976. American author (1921–1976))
- John-Paul Himka (born 1949. American-Canadian historian (born 1949))
- Karl Goldmark (1830 to 1915. Hungarian-born Viennese composer (1830–1915))
- Frank Capra (1897 to 1991. Italian-born American film director (1897–1991))
- Lenny Lipton (1940 to 2022. American author (1940–2022))
- Diane English (born 1948. American film director)
- Anthony Storr (1920 to 2001. English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (1920–2001))
- Andrew Gross (1952 to 2025. American novelist (1952–2025))
- R. H. Barlow (1918 to 1951. American anthropologist (1918–1951))
- Vincent du Vigneaud (1901 to 1978. American biochemist and Nobel laureate (1901–1978))
- Doron Almog (born 1951. Chairman of the Jewish Agency)
- Constance Briscoe (born 1957. English convict and former barrister)
- Joan Eardley (1921 to 1963. British artist (1921–1963))
- Don Lind (1930 to 2022. American astronaut (1930–2022))
- Nelson Figueroa (born 1974. American baseball player (born 1974))
Died on May 18
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