Famous people born on 18 August

• Franz Joseph I of AustriaEmperor of Austria and King of Hungary · 1830–1916
  86 yrs
• Robert RedfordAmerican actor and director · 1936–2025
  89 yrs
• Patrick SwayzeAmerican actor, producer, singer and dancer · 1952–2009
  57 yrs
• Luc MontagnierFrench virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine · 1932–2022
  89 yrs
• Antonio SalieriItalian composer and teacher · 1750–1825
  74 yrs
• Rosalynn CarterFirst Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 · 1927–2023
  96 yrs
• Shelley Winters ↗American actress · 1920–2006
  85 yrs
• John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ↗Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866 · 1792–1878
  85 yrs
• Just Fontaine ↗French football player and manager · 1933–2023
  89 yrs
• Alain Robbe-Grillet ↗French author and film director · 1922–2008
  85 yrs
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ↗Indian diplomat and politician · 1900–1990
  90 yrs
• Brian Aldiss ↗British science fiction writer · 1925–2017
  92 yrs
• Brook Taylor ↗English mathematician · 1685–1732
  46 yrs
• Elsa Morante ↗Italian novelist · 1912–1985
  73 yrs
• Walther Funk ↗German economist, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal · 1890–1960
  69 yrs
• Marcel Carné ↗French film director · 1906–1996
  90 yrs
• Meriwether Lewis ↗American explorer · 1774–1809
  35 yrs
• Maria Anna of Spain ↗Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III · 1606–1646
  39 yrs
• Baji Rao I ↗General of the Maratha Empire in India · 1700–1740
  39 yrs
• Rafer Johnson ↗American athlete and actor · 1934–2020
  86 yrs
• Anna Ancher ↗Danish impressionist painter · 1859–1935
  75 yrs
• Edgar Faure ↗French politician · 1908–1988
  79 yrs
• Lydia Litvyak ↗Soviet flying ace · 1921–1943
  21 yrs
• Almanzor ↗Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman · 938–1002
  63 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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