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552 Notable birthdays

Michaël Llodra

French tennis player.

Born May 18th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Paris.

Antônio Carlos Zago

Brazilian association football player and manager.

Born May 18th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Presidente Prudente. [ref]

Milivoje Novaković

Slovenian association football player.

Born May 18th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Ljubljana.

Helena Noguerra

Belgian actress and singer.

Born May 18th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Brussels metropolitan area.

Daniel Lafferty

Northern irish footballer.

Born May 18th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Derry.

Niki Terpstra

Dutch cyclist.

Born May 18th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Beverwijk.

Georges Leekens

Belgian footballer.

Born May 18th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Meeuwen-Gruitrode.

Eurico Gaspar Dutra

President of brazil from 1946 to 1951.

Born May 18th, 1883 in Cuiabá.

Died June 11th, 1974 at 91 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Born May 18th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Tokyo.

Michael Mann

British american sociologist.

Born May 18th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Manchester.

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Japanese artist (1831–1889).

Born May 18th, 1831 in Koga.

Died April 26th, 1889 at 57 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (stomach cancer).

Brock Chisholm

Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the world health organization (1896–1971).

Born May 18th, 1896 in Oakville.

Died February 4th, 1971 at 74 years old in Victoria.

Thierry Meyssan

French journalist and political activist.

Born May 18th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Talence. [ref]

Hugo Sotil

Peruvian footballer (1949–2024).

Born May 18th, 1946 in Ica. [ref]

Died December 30th, 2024 at 78 years old in Lima (kidney failure, liver failure). [ref]

Diane English

American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Born May 18th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Buffalo.

Yane Sandanski

Macedonian bulgarian revolutionary.

Born May 18th, 1872 in Vlahi.

Died April 22nd, 1915 at 42 years old in Melnik. [ref]

Dean Tavoularis

American production designer (1932–2026).

Born May 18th, 1932 in Lowell.

Died April 23rd, 2026 at 93 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]

Kōji Seto

Japanese actor singer.

Born May 18th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Kama.

Frank Hsieh

Taiwanese politician (born 1946).

Born May 18th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Taipei.

Sara Shane

American actress.

Born May 18th, 1928 in St. Louis.

Died July 31st, 2022 at 94 years old in Gold Coast.

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003).

Born May 18th, 1918 in Mogliano.

Died January 5th, 2003 at 84 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).

Colin Addison

Footballer (1940-2025).

Born May 18th, 1940 in Taunton.

Died October 31st, 2025 at 85 years old in Hereford. [ref]

Paul Nardi

French association football player.

Born May 18th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Vesoul.

Sigrid Gurie

American actress (1911-1969).

Born May 18th, 1911 in Brooklyn.

Died August 14th, 1969 at 58 years old in Mexico City (pulmonary embolism).

Akira Terao

Japanese actor and musician (born 1947).

Born May 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Yokohama.

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