Who are famous people born on August 18?

Famous people born on August 18 include Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863), Roman Polanski (1933), Patrick Swayze (1952), Felipe Calderón (1962).

What star sign is someone born on August 18?

Someone born on August 18 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 18?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 18?

In the US, August 18 is the No. 86 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,734 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 18

Famous people born on August 18, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 86 of 366

Born on August 18

August 18 in history

2019One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2).
2008War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
1983Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1971Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1958Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1945Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1937A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program.
1917A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1870Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1826Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
1721The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
1572The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France.
1136Following the surrender of Baghdad, Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud replaces Abbasid caliph Al-Rashid Billah with his uncle Al-Muqtafi.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Agapitus of Palestrina
Christian feast day: Alberto Hurtado
Christian feast day: Daig of Inniskeen
Christian feast day: Evan (or Inan)
Christian feast day: Fiacre
Christian feast day: Florus and Laurus
Christian feast day: Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Arbor Day (Pakistan)
Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

August 18 in every year

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Questions about August 18 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 18?: Famous people born on August 18 include Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863), Roman Polanski (1933), Patrick Swayze (1952), Felipe Calderón (1962).
What star sign is someone born on August 18?: Someone born on August 18 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 18?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 18?: In the US, August 18 is the No. 86 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,734 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).