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May 18th

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517 Notable birthdays

Walter Gropius

German-american architect (1883–1969).

Born May 18th, 1883 in Berlin. [ref]

Died July 5th, 1969 at 86 years old in Boston. [ref]

Gary O'Neil

English association football manager (born 1983).

Born May 18th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Beckenham.

Brad Friedel

American soccer player and coach.

Born May 18th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Lakewood.

Giovanni Falcone

Italian magistrate murdered by the mafia (1939-1992).

Born May 18th, 1939 in Palermo.

Died May 23rd, 1992 at 53 years old in Capaci (car bombing).

Thomas Midgley

American chemist and engineer (1889–1944).

Born May 18th, 1889 in Beaver Falls.

Died November 2nd, 1944 at 55 years old in Worthington (strangling).

Frank Lentini

American sideshow performer (1889–1966).

Born May 18th, 1889 in Rosolini.

Died September 22nd, 1966 at 77 years old in Jacksonville.

Kyle

American rapper from california (1993-).

Born May 18th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Reseda.

Lim Ju-hwan

South korean actor.

Born May 18th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Seoul.

Brooks Robinson

American baseball player (1937–2023).

Born May 18th, 1937 in Little Rock.

Died September 26th, 2023 at 86 years old in Owings Mills (coronary artery disease). [ref]

Lionel Shriver

American writer.

Born May 18th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Gastonia.

Manu Tuilagi

English rugby union player.

Born May 18th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Savai'i.

Nobby Stiles

English footballer (1942-2020).

Born May 18th, 1942 in Collyhurst.

Died October 30th, 2020 at 78 years old in Manchester (prostate cancer). [ref]

Mathew Benjamin Brady

American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896).

Born May 18th, 1822 in New York, Lake George, Warren County. [ref]

Died January 15th, 1896 at 73 years old in Manhattan (Bright's disease).

Margot Fonteyn

British ballerina.

Born May 18th, 1919 in Reigate.

Died February 21st, 1991 at 71 years old in Panama City (ovarian cancer).

Adamari López

Puerto rican actress.

Born May 18th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Humacao.

Andreas Katsulas

American actor (1946–2006).

Born May 18th, 1946 in St. Louis.

Died February 13th, 2006 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]

Bill Macy

American actor (1922-2019).

Born May 18th, 1922 in Revere.

Died October 17th, 2019 at 97 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Patrick St. Esprit

American actor.

Born May 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in California.

Evelyn Mase

South african nurse and first wife of nelson mandela (1922-2004).

Born May 18th, 1922 in Transkei. [ref]

Died April 30th, 2004 at 81 years old in Soweto. [ref]

Holly Aird

English television actress.

Born May 18th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Aldershot.

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

German general (1869–1955).

Born May 18th, 1869 in Munich.

Died August 2nd, 1955 at 86 years old in Starnberg.

Jens Bergensten

Swedish video game programmer (born 1979).

Born May 18th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Örebro. [ref]

Michael Cretu

Romanian–german musician, singer, songwriter, and producer.

Born May 18th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Bucharest.

Chantal Kreviazuk

Canadian pop singer.

Born May 18th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Winnipeg.

Brad Raffensperger

Secretary of state of georgia since 2019.

Born May 18th, 1955 (age 70 years). [ref]

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