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August 18th

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514 Notable birthdays

Sandra Farmer-Patrick

American athlete (born 1962).

Born August 18th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Kingston.

Maria Ulfah Santoso

Indonesian politician and activist (1911–1988).

Born August 18th, 1911 in Serang.

Died April 15th, 1988 at 76 years old in Jakarta.

Beatriz Paredes Rangel

Governor of tlaxcala, mexico, and chairwoman of the pri.

Born August 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in San Esteban Tizatlan.

Inge Dekker

Dutch swimmer.

Born August 18th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Assen.

Lars Rudolph

German actor.

Born August 18th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Wittmund.

Anis Mansour

Egyptian writer (1924–2011).

Born August 18th, 1924 in Mansoura.

Died October 21st, 2011 at 87 years old in Cairo (pneumonia). [ref]

Michael Greis

German biathlete.

Born August 18th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Füssen.

Victor Basch

Hungarian born french literary historian, philosopher, germanist, journalist and university teacher (1863-1944).

Born August 18th, 1863 in Pest. [ref]

Died January 10th, 1944 at 80 years old in Neyron. [ref]

Ladislao Vajda

Hungarian-spanish film director (1906–1965).

Born August 18th, 1906 in Budapest.

Died March 25th, 1965 at 58 years old in Barcelona.

Patrick Cowdell

Boxer.

Born August 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Smethwick.

Fred Carreiro

Brazilian footballer.

Born August 18th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Belo Horizonte.

Evhen Khytrov

Ukrainian boxer.

Born August 18th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Kryvyi Rih.

Jean Dasté

French actor (1904-1994).

Born August 18th, 1904 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 15th, 1994 at 90 years old in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez.

Michael May

Swiss racing driver.

Born August 18th, 1934 (age 91 years) in Stuttgart. [ref]

Tyler McGill

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, world champion.

Born August 18th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Champaign.

Adam Makowicz

Polish-canadian musician.

Born August 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hnojník.

Markus Meckel

German theologian and politician.

Born August 18th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Müncheberg.

Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes

Portuguese footballer.

Born August 18th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Vila Franca de Xira.

Sabine Sinjen

Actress (1942-1995).

Born August 18th, 1942 in Itzehoe.

Died May 18th, 1995 at 52 years old in Berlin (cancer).

Yohanna Ibrahim

Syriac orthodox archbishop of aleppo.

Born August 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Qamishli.

Kjell-Olof Feldt

Swedish politician.

Born August 18th, 1931 in Holmsund.

Died January 8th, 2025 at 93 years old in Nacka Municipality. [ref]

Sergey Dvortsevoy

Kazakh film director (born 1962).

Born August 18th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Shymkent.

Maksym Stepanov

Politician.

Born August 18th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Skovorodino.

Henry Cornelius

South african film director, producer and screenwriter (1913–1958).

Born August 18th, 1913 in Cape Town.

Died May 2nd, 1958 at 44 years old in London.

Gerhard Wagner

Nazi physician (1888-1939).

Born August 18th, 1888 in Chorzów.

Died March 25th, 1939 at 50 years old in Munich (cancer).

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