January 18 - Births

Births

• 885 – Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)
• 1519 – Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
• 1543 – (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)
• 1641 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691)
• 1659 – Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher (d. 1708)
• 1672 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
• 1688 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
• 1689 – Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
• 1743 – Louis Claude de Saint-Martin French philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu. (d. 1803)
• 1779 – Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
• 1782 – Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
• 1795 – Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
• 1813 – Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)
• 1815 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
• 1840 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)
• 1841 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. 1894)
• 1842 – Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
• 1848 – Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)
• 1849 – Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
• 1850 – Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916)
• 1853 – Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (d. 1900)
• 1854 – Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934)
• 1856 – Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931)
• 1867 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
• 1877 – Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d. 1961)
• 1879 – Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949)
• 1880 – Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (d. 1933)
• 1881 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
• 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)
• 1892 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956)
• 1896 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)
• 1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
• 1904 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002)
• 1908 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1908 – Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972)
• 1910 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and musician (d. 1972)
• 1914 – Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)
• 1914 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (d. 1987)
• 1915 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1917 – Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
• 1932 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007)
• 1933 – John Boorman, Irish film director
• 1933 – Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
• 1934 – Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator
• 1935 – Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
• 1935 – Jon Stallworthy, English poet
• 1935 – Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007)
• 1937 – John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
• 1938 – Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Anthony Giddens, British sociologist
• 1940 – Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
• 1941 – Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
• 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer
• 1941 – David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)
• 1943 – Paul Freeman, British actor
• 1943 – Kay Granger, American politician
• 1944 – Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• 1944 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1945 – José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
• 1946 – Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1947 – Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
• 1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
• 1949 – Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
• 1949 – Philippe Starck, French designer
• 1950 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1951 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982)
• 1951 – Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1952 – Michael Angelis, British actor
• 1952 – Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design
• 1952 – R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
• 1953 – Brett Hudson, American musician
• 1954 – Ted DiBiase, Retired Professional Wrestler
• 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor
• 1955 – Fergus Martin, Irish artist
• 1956 – Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
• 1961 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer
• 1961 – Bobby Hansen, American basketball player
• 1961 – Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Jeff Yagher, American actor
• 1962 – Alison Arngrim, American actress
• 1962 – David O'Connor, American equestrian rider
• 1963 – Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
• 1963 – Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
• 1963 – Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter
• 1964 – Brady Anderson, American baseball player
• 1964 – Jane Horrocks, British actress
• 1964 – Andrea Leand, American tennis player
• 1964 – Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
• 1965 – Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
• 1966 – Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
• 1966 – André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
• 1967 – Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
• 1967 – Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• 1968 – Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist
• 1969 – Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler
• 1969 – John Eder, American politician
• 1969 – Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1969 – Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Wilco)
• 1970 – DJ Quik, American rapper
• 1970 – Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn)
• 1971 – Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 – Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
• 1971 – Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician
• 1971 – Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist
• 1972 – Vinod Kambli, Indian cricket player
• 1972 – Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
• 1973 – Ben Jealous, African-American leader, president of the NAACP
• 1973 – Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator
• 1973 – Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
• 1974 – Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
• 1974 – Princess Claire of Belgium
• 1974 – Devon Odessa, American actress
• 1974 – Maulik Pancholy, American actor
• 1974 – Michael Tunn, Australian television presenter and radio announcer
• 1976 – Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 – Damien Leith, Irish-born Australian singer, winner of Australian Idol 2006
• 1976 – Subhrajit Mitra, Film Maker, India
• 1977 – Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)
• 1977 – Curtis Cregan, American actor
• 1977 – Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
• 1977 – Richard Wall, Irish actor
• 1978 – Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1978 – Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
• 1978 – Bogdan Lobont, Romanian football player
• 1979 – Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, producer, actor and director
• 1979 – Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 – Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Kenyatta Jones, American football player
• 1980 – Robert Green, English footballer
• 1980 – Julius Peppers, American football player
• 1980 – Jason Segel, American actor
• 1980 – Estelle Swaray, English singer
• 1981 – Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor
• 1981 – Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
• 1981 – Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1982 – Quinn Allman, American Guitarist, The Used
• 1982 – Joanna Newsom, American harpist
• 1983 – Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
• 1984 – Seung-Hui Cho, American spree killer (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Kristy Lee Cook, American singer
• 1984 – Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
• 1984 – Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1984 – Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
• 1984 – Benji Schwimmer, American dancer
• 1985 – Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
• 1985 – Minissha Lamba, Indian actress and model
• 1985 – Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
• 1986 – Marya Roxx, Estonian singer
• 1987 – Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
• 1987 – Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
• 1988 – Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Morgan York, American actress