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September 18 birthdays

309 notable historical figures were born on September 18, and 179 died on this day. Everyone born on September 18 is a Virgo.

20% of September 18 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on September 18

• James Gandolfini (1961 to 2013. American actor (1961–2013))
• Lance Armstrong (born 1971. American cyclist (born 1971))
• Greta Garbo (1905 to 1990. Swedish and American actress (1905–1990))
• Trajan (53 to 117. Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117)
• Aisha Tyler (born 1970. American actress and talk show host)
• Corey Lewandowski (born 1973. American political operative and commentator (born 1973))
• Filthy Frank (born 1992. Japanese entertainer)
• Samuel Johnson (1709 to 1784. English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784))
• Steven Pinker (born 1954. Canadian-American psycholinguist (born 1954))
• Tommy Tuberville (born 1954. American politician and football coach (born 1954))
• Richard Grenell (born 1966. American politician (born 1966))
• John Diefenbaker (1895 to 1979. Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963)
• June Foray (1917 to 2017. American voice actress (1917–2017))
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903 to 1989. Russian and American pianist (1903–1989))
• Vishnuvardhan (1950 to 2009. Indian Kannada actor (1950–2009))
• Gregory XVI (1765 to 1846. Head of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846)
• John Powell (film composer) (born 1963. English film music composer and music conductor)
• Nina Arianda (born 1984. American actress (born 1984))
• Mark Shuttleworth (born 1973. South African entrepreneur and space tourist (born 1973))
• Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950. African-American actress and playwright (born 1950))
• Murtaza Bhutto (1954 to 1996. Pakistani politician and militant (1954–1996))
• Jorge Sampaio (1939 to 2021. President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006)
• Philip J. Pierre (born 1954. Prime Minister of Saint Lucia since 2021)
• Christian VIII (1786 to 1848. King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848)
• Léon Foucault (1819 to 1868. French physicist (1819–1868))
• Madan Lal Dhingra (1883 to 1909. Indian revolutionary and activist (1883–1909))
• Eleanor of Portugal (1434 to 1467. Holy Roman Empress from 1452 to 1467)
• James Scullin (1876 to 1953. Prime Minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932)
• F. D. Reeve (1928 to 2013. American poet)
• Emperor Shōmu (701 to 756. Emperor of Japan from 724 to 749)
• Joseph Story (1779 to 1845. US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845)
• Philip May (born 1957. British investment manager (born 1957))
• Jack Cardiff (1914 to 2009. British cinematographer, director and photographer (1914–2009))
• Yaşar Güler (born 1954. Turkish general and politician)
• Edwin McMillan (1907 to 1991. American physicist (1907–1991))
• Stephen Flaherty (born 1960. American composer)
• Otto Schmidt (1891 to 1956. Soviet scientist and statesman (1891–1956))
• Leslie Morshead (1889 to 1959. Australian general (1889–1959))
• Anton Mauve (1838 to 1888. Dutch painter (1838–1888))
• Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (governor) (1718 to 1744. Austrian royal (1718–1744))
• Chris Chan (born 1950. Singaporean sports administrator (born 1950))
• Kim Thúy (born 1968. Vietnamese-born Canadian novelist (born 1968))
• Ken Brett (1948 to 2003. American baseball player (1948–2003))
• Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971. American actress (born 1971))
• George Read (American politician, born 1733) (1733 to 1798. American Founding Father and politician (1733–1798))
• Francesca Caccini (1587 to 1640. Italian composer)
• Gilbert Burnet (1643 to 1715. Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury)
• Christian Pulisic (born 1998. American soccer player (born 1998))
• William March (1893 to 1954. United States Marine, novelist, short story writer)
• Lord Berners (1883 to 1950. British composer and eccentric (1883-1950))
• Norodom Narindrapong (1954 to 2003. Cambodian prince)
• Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841 to 1895. Ukrainian intellectual (1841–1895))
• Sahar Delijani (born 1983. Iranian author)
• Leonid Kharitonov (1933 to 2017. Russian choir-soloist and concert singer)
• Fausto Zonaro (1854 to 1929. Italian painter (1854–1929))
• Arthur Benjamin (1893 to 1960. Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher (1893–1960))
• Pierre Eugene du Simitiere (1737 to 1784. American artist (1737–1784))
• Abbas El Fassi (born 1940. Prime Minister of Morocco from 2007 to 2011)
• José Tomás Boves (1782 to 1815. Spanish general (1782–1814))
• Alwin-Broder Albrecht (1903 to 1945. German naval officer)

Died on September 18

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933 to 2020. US Supreme Court justice from 1993 to 2020)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1942 to 1970. American guitarist (1942–1970))
• Leonhard Euler (1707 to 1783. Swiss mathematician (1707–1783))
• Domitian (51 to 96. Roman emperor from AD 81 to 96)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 to 1598. Military ruler of Japan from 1585 to 1598)
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 to 1961. UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961)
• Louis VII (1120 to 1180. King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180)
• George MacDonald (1824 to 1905. Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905))
• Callixtus I (Head of the Catholic Church from c. 218 to c. 223)
• George Smoot (1945 to 2025. American astrophysicist (1945–2025))
• Charles XV (1826 to 1872. King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872)
• Blind Willie Johnson (1897 to 1945. American gospel blues musician (1897–1945))
• Seán O'Casey (1880 to 1964. Irish dramatist and memoirist (1880–1964))
• Pamela Colman Smith (1878 to 1951. British occultist, artist and illustrator (1878–1951))
• Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640 to 1660. English and Scottish prince (1640–1660))
• Katherine Anne Porter (1890 to 1980. American journalist, fiction writer, and political activist (1890–1980))
• Américo Tomás (1894 to 1987. President of Portugal from 1958 to 1974)
• Herbert von Bismarck (1849 to 1904. German politician (1849–1904))
• John Cockcroft (1897 to 1967. British physicist (1897–1967))
• Gwen John (1876 to 1939. Welsh artist (1876–1939))
• Diane Martel (1962 to 2025. American music video director (1962–2025))
• Robert Venturi (1925 to 2018. American architect (1925–2018))
• Marguerite, Queen of England and Hungary (1158 to 1197. Junior Queen of England, Queen of Hungary and Croatia)
• Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745 to 1790. British prince (1745–1790))
• Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783 to 1840. French polymath and naturalist (1783–1840))
• Varina Anne Davis (1864 to 1898. American writer (1864–1898))
• Mario Benjamín Menéndez (1930 to 2015. Argentinian military officer (1930–2015))
• Ruth Sherman Tolman (1893 to 1957. American psychologist and professor (1893–1957))
• José Manuel Balmaceda (1840 to 1891. 10th President of Chile (1886–91))
• Ahmad bin Yahya (1891 to 1962. King and Imam of Yemen from 1948 to 1962)

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