Hans Goldschmidt

German chemist & entrepreneur (1861–1923).

Born January 18th, 1861 in Berlin.

Died May 21st, 1923 at 62 years old in Baden-Baden.

Kevin Costner

American actor.

Born January 18th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Lynwood.

Dave Bautista

American actor and former professional wrestler.

Born January 18th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Washington, D.C..

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football player and manager (born 1971).

Born January 18th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Santpedor.

Cary Grant

British-american actor (1904–1986).

Born January 18th, 1904 in Bristol.

Died November 29th, 1986 at 82 years old in Davenport (stroke).

Jason Segel

American actor (born 1980).

Born January 18th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Los Angeles.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director.

Born January 18th, 1960 (age 66 years) in Ashford.

Joanna Newsom

American musician (b. 1982).

Born January 18th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Grass Valley.

Danny Kaye

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987).

Born January 18th, 1913 in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Died March 3rd, 1987 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (hepatitis, heart failure).

Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024..

Born January 18th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Dublin. ^[ref]

Veerappan

Indian bandit who was charged allegedly for sandalwood smuggling (1952-2004).

Born January 18th, 1952 in Gopinatham.

Died October 18th, 2004 at 52 years old in Papparapatti (gunshot wound).

Seung-Hui Cho

South korean mass murderer; perpetrator of the virginia tech massacre (1984-2007).

Born January 18th, 1984 in Asan.

Died April 16th, 2007 at 23 years old in Blacksburg (shot to the head). ^[ref]

Oliver Hardy

American comic actor famous as one half of laurel and hardy (1892–1957).

Born January 18th, 1892 in Harlem.

Died August 7th, 1957 at 65 years old in Hollywood (intracranial thrombosis).

A. A. Milne

British author known for creating winnie-the-pooh (1882–1956).

Born January 18th, 1882 in London, Henley House.

Died January 31st, 1956 at 74 years old in Hartfield (cancer).

Angelique Kerber

German tennis player.

Born January 18th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Bremen.

Jonathan Davis

American singer.

Born January 18th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Bakersfield.

David Ruffin

American singer (1941–1991).

Born January 18th, 1941 in Whynot.

Died June 1st, 1991 at 50 years old in Philadelphia (drug overdose).

Jay Chou

Taiwanese pop singer, songwriter, and actor.

Born January 18th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Taipei, Linkou District.

Elijah Cummings

American politician (1951-2019).

Born January 18th, 1951 in Baltimore.

Died October 17th, 2019 at 68 years old in Baltimore.

Karan Brar

American actor.

Born January 18th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Redmond.

Jesse L. Martin

American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor.

Born January 18th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Rocky Mount.

David Ayer

American filmmaker.

Born January 18th, 1968 (age 58 years) in Champaign.

Ted DiBiase

American professional wrestler.

Born January 18th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Omaha.

Lisandro Martínez

Argentine association football player.

Born January 18th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Gualeguay.

Takeshi Kitano

Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947).

Born January 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Adachi.