Rainer Woelki

Catholic archbishop.

Born August 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Cologne. ^[ref]

Harald Schmidt

German actor, comedian and television presenter.

Born August 18th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Neu-Ulm.

Georgy Pyatakov

Soviet ukrainian politician (1890-1937).

Born August 18th, 1890 in Horodyshche. ^[ref]

Died January 30th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).

Hayrünnisa Gül

First lady of turkey (born 1965).

Born August 18th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Beşiktaş.

Elena Santarelli

Italian model and actress.

Born August 18th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Latina.

Jim Les

American basketball player-coach.

Born August 18th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Niles.

Nathan Clifford

American politician (1803-1881).

Born August 18th, 1803 in Rumney. ^[ref]

Died July 25th, 1881 at 77 years old in Cornish. ^[ref]

Lewin Nyatanga

Association football player (born 1988).

Born August 18th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Burton upon Trent.

Edgar Longuet

French doctor (1879–1950).

Born August 18th, 1879 in England.

Died December 12th, 1950 at 71 years old in Alfortville.

John Finnegan

American actor (1926-2012).

Born August 18th, 1926 in New York City.

Died July 29th, 2012 at 85 years old in Palm Desert (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Edgar Faure

French politician (1908-1988).

Born August 18th, 1908 in Béziers.

Died March 30th, 1988 at 79 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Kim Glass

Volleyball player.

Born August 18th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Los Angeles.

Evgeny Zinichev

Russian military officer and politician (1966—2021).

Born August 18th, 1966 in Saint Petersburg.

Died September 8th, 2021 at 55 years old in Norilsk (falling). ^[ref]

Shahab Zahedi

Footballer.

Born August 18th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Malayer.

Abebe Aregai

Prime minister of ethiopia (1903-1960).

Born August 18th, 1903.

Died December 17th, 1960 at 57 years old in Guenete Leul Palace.

Birol Ünel

Turkish-german actor (1961–2020).

Born August 18th, 1961 in Silifke.

Died September 3rd, 2020 at 59 years old in Berlin (cancer). ^[ref]

Princess Anna of Montenegro

Montenegrin princess and composer (1874-1971).

Born August 18th, 1874 in Cetinje.

Died April 22nd, 1971 at 96 years old in Montreux.

Onni Valakari

Finnish association football player.

Born August 18th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Motherwell.

Paula Danziger

American children's writer (1944–2004).

Born August 18th, 1944 in Washington, D.C..

Died July 8th, 2004 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).

Ma Jian

Chinese-born british writer (1953-).

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

Sholem Schwarzbard

Russian-born moldovan-french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).

Born August 18th, 1886 in Balta, Izmail, Smolensk.

Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).

Miliza Korjus

American-estonian opera singer and actress (1909-1980).

Born August 18th, 1909 in Warsaw.

Died August 26th, 1980 at 71 years old in Culver City (disease).

Luciano De Crescenzo

Italian writer and engineer (1928–2019).

Born August 18th, 1928 in Naples.

Died July 18th, 2019 at 90 years old in Rome (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Rickey Green

American basketball player.

Born August 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Chicago.

Lee Seung-yuop

South korean baseball player.

Born August 18th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Daegu. ^[ref]