18 September Births

September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

Births

AD 53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
524 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)
921 – Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou
1344 – Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
1501 – Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1563)
1554 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (d. 1576)
1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
1606 – Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel (d. 1647)
1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
1709 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
1846 – Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
1859 – John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
1872 – Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
1876 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
1878 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)
1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
1891 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1893 – William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
1895 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
1895 – Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
1904 – Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
1905 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
1906 – Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
1910 – Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)
1910 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)
1910 – Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
1912 – María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
1916 – Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1917 – June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
1918 – Johnny Mantz, American racing driver (d. 1972)
1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)
1923 – Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
1923 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
1927 – Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician
1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1931 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
1933 – Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
1933 – Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 – Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
1933 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer
1933 – Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1938 – Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
1939 – Fred Willard, American actor and comedian
1939 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
1940 – Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
1942 – Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach
1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1945 – John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
1946 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
1946 – Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler
1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
1947 – Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
1949 – Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
1949 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
1950 – Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
1950 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon and author
1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster
1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
1955 – Paul Butler, English bishop
1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
1958 – John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
1958 – Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
1958 – Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
1958 – Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959 – Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
1960 – Carolyn Harris, British politician
1960 – Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
1961 – Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer
1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
1963 – John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
1963 – Dan Povenmire, American animator
1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer
1967 – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
1968 – Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
1969 – Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper
1970 – Mike Compton, American football player and coach
1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
1970 – Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1972 – Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – James Marsden, American actor
1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
1973 – Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
1973 – Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter
1974 – Damon Jones, American football player and coach
1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
1977 – Kieran West, English rower
1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
1978 – Ryan Lowe, English footballer
1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
1980 – Jonathan Biss, American pianist and educator
1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
1980 – Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
1981 – Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
1981 – Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
1981 – JeA, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
1984 – Dashon Goldson, American football player
1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
1988 – Lukas Forchhammer, Danish singer
1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
1992 – Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
1995 – Max Meyer, German footballer
1995 – Matt Targett, English footballer

Source: wikipedia