A Thursday
Born on May 18, 1972?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
54 years
Famous people born on May 18, 1972
Born the same week
Andrzej Duda
May 16 · politician and lawyer, president of Poland from 2015 to 2025
Ergün Penbe
May 17 · Turkish association football player and manager (born 1972)
Özcan Deniz
May 19 · Turkish actor and director (born 1972)
Jenny Berggren
May 19 · Swedish singer
Serghei Cleșcenco
May 20 · Moldovan footballer
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 18, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 18, 1972 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 18, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,894 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Nicholas II of Russia
1868 · 14th and last Emperor of Russia

Bertrand Russell
1872 · British philosopher and logician

Walter Gropius
1883 · German-American architect

Frank Capra
1897 · Italian-born American film director

John Paul II
1920 · pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Gift ideas for someone born in 1972
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 55
- “Born in 1972” gifts
- Wine from 1972
- Books about 1972
- A newspaper from 1972
- Coin set from 1972
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Questions about May 18, 1972
- What day of the week was May 18, 1972?
- May 18, 1972 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 18, 1972?
- Someone born on May 18, 1972 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1972?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
- How old is someone born on May 18, 1972?
- Someone born on May 18, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,894 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1972?
- People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 18, 1972?
- On May 18, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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