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November 18 birthdays

328 notable historical figures were born on November 18, and 170 died on this day. Everyone born on November 18 is a Scorpio.

20% of November 18 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on November 18

• Margaret Atwood (born 1939. Canadian writer (born 1939))
• Qaboos bin Said (1940 to 2020. Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020)
• Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945. Sri Lankan Politician)
• Johnny Mercer (1909 to 1976. American lyricist, songwriter, singer (1909–1976))
• Alaa Abd El-Fattah (born 1981. Egyptian writer and activist (born 1981))
• Patrick Blackett (1897 to 1974. English experimental physicist (1897–1974))
• Wilma Mankiller (1945 to 2010. Cherokee Nation chief and activist (1945–2010))
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 to 1826. German composer (1786–1826))
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 to 1941. Polish pianist, composer, intellectual and statesman (1860–1941))
• Ana Mendieta (1948 to 1985. Cuban-American artist (1948–1985))
• Jacques Maritain (1882 to 1973. French Catholic philosopher (1882–1973))
• Salvador Laurel (1928 to 2004. Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992)
• Wyndham Lewis (1882 to 1957. English painter and writer (1882–1957))
• Carl Vinson (1883 to 1981. American politician (1883–1981))
• Duncan Sheik (born 1969. American singer-songwriter and composer (born 1969))
• Kathleen Stock (born 1972. British analytical philosopher and writer)
• Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington (born 1939. British baroness (born 1939))
• Asa Gray (1810 to 1888. American botanist (1810–1888))
• Hank Ballard (1927 to 2003. American singer (1927–2003))
• Tokugawa Ienari (1773 to 1841. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1787 to 1837)
• Alan Shepard (1923 to 1998. American astronaut (1923–1998))
• Dennis W. Sciama (1926 to 1999. British physicist (1926–1999))
• Pierre Bayle (1647 to 1706. French philosopher and writer (1647–1706))
• John O'Keefe (neuroscientist) (born 1939. American–Irish neuroscientist)
• Alan Moore (born 1953. British writer (born 1953))
• Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774 to 1837. Queen of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1837)
• Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877 to 1959. English economist (1877–1959))
• Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981. American author (born 1981))
• Tom Gordon (born 1967. American baseball player (born 1967))
• Máximo Gómez (1836 to 1905. Dominican Major General)
• Zoltán Tildy (1889 to 1961. President of Hungary (1889–1961))
• Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804 to 1878. Italian general and politician (1804–1878))
• Robert B. Abrams (born 1960. US Army general)
• Luis Somoza Debayle (1922 to 1967. President of Nicaragua from 1956 to 1963)
• Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832 to 1901. Finland-Swedish baron, geologist and explorer (1832–1901))
• Emperor Kōnin (709 to 782. Emperor of Japan from 770 to 781)
• Timothy Maude (1947 to 2001. United States Army general (1947–2001))
• David Wilkie (artist) (1785 to 1841. Scottish painter (1785–1841))
• Nicholas Nikolaevich (1856 to 1929. Russian grand duke and general (1856–1929))
• Michael Swanwick (born 1950. American science fiction author (born 1950))
• Hannes Meyer (1889 to 1954. Swiss architect (1889–1954))
• Antonio Aguto (born 1966. U.S. Army general (born 1966))
• Zoheb Hassan (born 1966. Pakistani singer)
• Chloë Sevigny (born 1974. American actress and director (born 1974))
• George Wald (1906 to 1997. Nobel Prize-winning American Scientist and Activist)
• Mihai Antonescu (1904 to 1946. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Romania)
• Ahmed Helmy (born 1968. Egyptian actor (born 1968))
• Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806) (1772 to 1806. Prince of Prussia and composer)
• John Edmond (born 1936. Northern Rhodesian folk singer)
• Krste Misirkov (1874 to 1926. Philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer)
• James Welch (writer) (1940 to 2003. Native American writer and poet)
• Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton (1904 to 1983. British Conservative politician (1904–1983))
• Owen Wilson (born 1968. American actor (born 1968))
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859 to 1924. Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1859–1924))
• Marco Minghetti (1818 to 1886. Italian politician (1818–1886))
• Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon (1674 to 1681. Légitimée de France)
• Peter Schmeichel (born 1963. Danish footballer (born 1963))
• Victoria Riskin (born 1945. American screenwriter (born 1945))
• W. Wallace Smith (1900 to 1989. Leader of the RLDS Church (1900–1989))
• Levon Mirzoyan (1897 to 1939. Soviet politician (1897–1939))

Died on November 18

• Chester A. Arthur (1829 to 1886. President of the United States from 1881 to 1885)
• Niels Bohr (1885 to 1962. Danish physicist (1885–1962))
• Ernest Augustus (1771 to 1851. King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851)
• Henry A. Wallace (1888 to 1965. Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945)
• Man Ray (1890 to 1976. American and French visual artist (1890–1976))
• Adam Weishaupt (1748 to 1830. German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (1748–1830))
• Michael Kamen (1948 to 2003. American musician (1948–2003))
• Paul Bowles (1910 to 1999. American composer and writer (1910–1999))
• Gustáv Husák (1913 to 1991. Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987)
• Paul Éluard (1895 to 1952. French poet (1895–1952))
• Madhavrao I (1745 to 1772. Peshwa of Maratha Empire from 1761 to 1772)
• Ardeshir Zahedi (1928 to 2021. Iranian politician and diplomat (1928–2021))
• Chris Watson (1867 to 1941. Prime Minister of Australia in 1904)
• Randy Jones (1950 to 2025. American baseball player (1950–2025))
• Walther Nernst (1864 to 1941. German physical chemist (1864–1941))
• William II the Good (1153 to 1189. King of Sicily from 1166 to 1189)
• Renée Vivien (1877 to 1909. British poet who wrote in the French language)
• Albert the Bear (1100 to 1170. Margrave of Brandenburg from 1100 to 1170)
• Gustav Fechner (1801 to 1887. German experimental psychologist, physicist, and philosopher (1801–1887))
• Bessarion (1403 to 1472. Greek theologian and scholar (1403–1472))
• Ned Rorem (1923 to 2022. American composer and writer (1923–2022))
• Pietro Gasparri (1852 to 1934. Italian Catholic cardinal, diplomat, and politician (1851–1934))
• Beatrice Shilling (1909 to 1990. British aeronautical engineer (1909–1990))
• Louis, Count of Vermandois (1667 to 1683. French count; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1667–1683))
• John Lyly (1554 to 1606. English writer, dramatist, courtier, and Member of Parliament. (c. 1553/54–1606))
• Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1956 to 2019. Emirati politician (1955–2019))
• Cy Coleman (1929 to 2004. American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (1929–2004))
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 to 1953. American composer (1901–1953))
• Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310 to 1349. Margrave of Meissen)
• Aleijadinho (1730 to 1814. Colonial Brazilian sculptor and architect (c.1738–1814))

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