18 March Births

March 18 is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
Births

1075 – Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar and theologian (d. 1144)
1395 – John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English commander (d. 1447)
1496 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France (d. 1533)
1555 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
1578 – Adam Elsheimer, German painter (d. 1610)
1590 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
1597 – Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal (d. 1659)
1609 – Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1634 – Madame de La Fayette, French author (d. 1693)
1640 – Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
1657 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)
1690 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1764)
1701 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company (d. 1776)
1733 – Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller (d. 1811)
1780 – Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince (d. 1860)
1782 – John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
1798 – Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1872)
1813 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
1814 – Jacob Bunn, American businessman (d. 1897)
1823 – Antoine Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
1828 – Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)
1837 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the United States (d. 1908)
1840 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
1842 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (d. 1898)
1844 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic (d. 1908)
1846 – Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (d. 1904)
1848 – Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American architect and engineer (d. 1938)
1848 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (d. 1939)
1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913)
1862 – Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter (d. 1915)
1863 – William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (d. 1941)
1869 – Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
1870 – Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician (d. 1917)
1874 – Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian (d. 1948)
1877 – Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic (d. 1945)
1877 – Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)
1878 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (d. 1956)
1882 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (d. 1973)
1884 – Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1970)
1890 – Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1893 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
1893 – Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (d. 1962)
1893 – Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
1901 – Manly Palmer Hall Mystic, Author & Philosopher (Father of secret teaching or all ages ) (D August 29, 1990)
1901 – William Johnson, American painter (d. 1970)
1903 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1944)
1904 – Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1926)
1904 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
1905 – Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)
1905 – Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
1907 – Rosita Moreno, Spanish-American actress (d. 1993)
1907 – John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)
1908 – Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)
1909 – Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (d. 2007)
1909 – C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1911 – Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)
1912 – Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
1913 – René Clément, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1913 – Reinhard Hardegen, German commander
1913 – Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
1915 – Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1922 – Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (d. 2015)
1922 – Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic (d. 2006)
1922 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (d. 2011)
1923 – Andy Granatelli, American auto racer and businessman (d. 2013)
1925 – James Pickles, English journalist, lawyer, and judge (d. 2010)
1926 – Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010)
1927 – John Kander, American pianist and composer
1927 – George Plimpton, American journalist and actor (d. 2003)
1927 – Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (d. 2015)
1928 – Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)
1928 – Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines
1929 – Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
1931 – John Fraser, Scottish actor
1932 – John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 2009)
1933 – Unita Blackwell, American activist and politician
1934 – Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1935 – Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
1935 – Antonios Naguib, Egyptian patriarch
1935 – Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2016)
1936 – F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
1937 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)
1938 – Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
1938 – Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
1938 – Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor
1938 – Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
1938 – Charley Pride, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (d. 2006)
1939 – Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
1941 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1942 – Kathleen Collins African-American filmmaker and playwright (d. 1988)
1943 – Kevin Dobson, American actor and director
1943 – Nobuko Imai, Japanese viola player and educator
1943 – Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1944 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
1944 – Frank McRae, American football player and actor
1944 – Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
1945 – Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
1945 – Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
1945 – Susan Tyrrell, American actress (d. 2012)
1945 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2009)
1946 – Michel Leclère, French race car driver
1947 – Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
1947 – Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
1947 – B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)
1948 – Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 – Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
1948 – Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
1949 – Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
1950 – James Conlon, American conductor and educator
1950 – Brad Dourif, American actor
1950 – Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic
1950 – Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver
1951 – Paul Barber, English actor
1951 – Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's
1951 – Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer
1952 – Will Durst, American journalist and actor
1952 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (d. 2015)
1952 – Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
1953 – Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)
1953 – Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
1955 – Francis G. Slay, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
1955 – Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
1956 – Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
1956 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (d. 2008)
1956 – Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
1957 – Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
1958 – Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 1990)
1959 – Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
1959 – Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
1960 – Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
1960 – Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player
1961 – Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player
1962 – Brian Fisher, American baseball player
1962 – Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist
1962 – James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1962 – Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director
1962 – Volker Weidler, German race car driver and engineer
1963 – Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
1963 – Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
1964 – Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
1964 – Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver
1964 – Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
1966 – Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Peter Jones, English businessman
1966 – Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
1967 – Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
1968 – Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager
1968 – Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician
1969 – Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer
1969 – Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
1969 – Shaun Udal, English cricketer
1970 – Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
1971 – Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player
1971 – Mike Bell, American wrestler (d. 2008)
1971 – Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1971 – Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician
1972 – Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
1972 – Reince Priebus, American lawyer and politician
1973 – Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter
1974 – Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1974 – Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1975 – Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
1975 – Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
1975 – Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1975 – Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
1976 – Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
1976 – Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player
1976 – Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
1976 – Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
1977 – Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
1977 – Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster
1977 – Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player
1977 – Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager
1977 – Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player and coach
1978 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1978 – Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
1978 – Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1978 – Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
1979 – Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
1980 – Sébastien Frey, French footballer
1980 – Sophia Myles, English actress
1980 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
1981 – Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
1981 – Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
1981 – Leslie Djhone, French sprinter
1981 – Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress
1981 – Kasib Powell, American basketball player
1981 – Tom Starke, German footballer
1981 – Doug Warren, American soccer player
1981 – Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
1982 – Mantorras, Angolan footballer
1982 – Chad Cordero, American baseball player
1982 – Timo Glock, German race car driver
1982 – Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
1983 – Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
1983 – Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
1983 – Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
1984 – Simone Padoin, Italian footballer
1984 – Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
1984 – Gary Roberts, English footballer
1984 – Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
1985 – Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver
1985 – Marvin Humes, English singer
1985 – Vince Lia, Australian footballer
1986 – Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
1987 – Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
1989 – Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
1989 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
1989 – Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
1989 – Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
1989 – Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer
1990 – Corey Liuget, American football player
1991 – Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 – Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Ryan Truex, American race car driver
1996 – Madeline Carroll, American actress

Source: Wikipedia