Famous birthdays on January 18
Famous people born on January 18, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
💎 Birthstone
Garnet
👶 How common
No. 221 of 366
Born on January 18

Cary Grant
born 1904 · British-American actor (1904–1986)

Kevin Costner
born 1955 · American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)
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Pep Guardiola
born 1971 · Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
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Angelique Kerber
born 1988 · German tennis player

Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens
born 1938 · British sociologist (born 1938)

Nacho
born 1990 · Spanish association football player
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Aitana Bonmatí
born 1998 · Spanish football player

Alexander Khalifman
born 1966 · Russian chess player

Robert Green
born 1980 · English association football player
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Karim Adeyemi
born 2002 · Germany footballer (born 2002)

Fernando Trueba
born 1955 · Spanish film director (born 1955)

Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin
born 1961 · Russian-Swiss writer
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Bernard Genghini
born 1958 · French footballer (born 1958)

Pedro Rodríguez
born 1940 · Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)
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Juan Carlos Chávez
born 1967 · Mexican footballer

Ovidio G. Assonitis
born 1943 · Egyptian show business executive, film producer, screenwriter, and film director
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Naif Almas
born 2000 · Saudi Arabian association footballer
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Manuel Rodríguez
born 1938 · Chilean footballer (1938–2018)
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Iva Zanicchi
born 1940 · Italian singer and politician
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Alexander Van der Bellen
born 1944 · President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)

Paul Keating
born 1944 · Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
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Joseph Deiss
born 1946 · Swiss economist, member of the Swiss Federal Council

Takeshi Kitano
born 1947 · Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)

Gilles Villeneuve
born 1950 · Canadian racing driver (1950–1982)

Wim Rijsbergen
born 1952 · Dutch football manager and former player
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Tibor Nyilasi
born 1955 · Hungarian footballer
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Ismail Sabri Yaakob
born 1960 · Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022
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Karin Kneissl
born 1965 · Austrian diplomat, journalist and politician

José Antonio Kast
born 1966 · president of Chile since 2026

Iván Zamorano
born 1967 · Chilean footballer

Pieter Huistra
born 1967 · Dutch association football player and manager

Ever Palacios
born 1969 · Colombian association football player

Marcelo Gallardo
born 1976 · Argentine footballer and manager
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Bogdan Lobonț
born 1978 · Romanian footballer (born 1978)

Thor Hushovd
born 1978 · Norwegian cyclist

Katja Kipping
born 1978 · German politician

Roberta Metsola
born 1979 · Maltese politician and president of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979)

Jay Chou
born 1979 · Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actor, director, and businessman

Paulo Ferreira
born 1979 · Portuguese footballer (born 1979)
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Leo Varadkar
born 1979 · Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024.
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Questions about January 18 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on January 18?
- Famous people born on January 18 include Cary Grant (1904), Kevin Costner (1955), Pep Guardiola (1971), Angelique Kerber (1988), Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (1938).
- What star sign is someone born on January 18?
- Someone born on January 18 is a Capricorn.
- What is the birthstone for January 18?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- How common is a birthday on January 18?
- In the US, January 18 is the No. 221 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,237 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).