Famous people born on 18 January

• Cary GrantBritish-American actor · 1904–1986
  82 yrs
• Gilles DeleuzeFrench philosopher · 1925–1995
  70 yrs
• A. A. MilneBritish author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh · 1882–1956
  74 yrs
• Rubén DaríoNicaraguan poet, journalist and diplomat · 1867–1916
  49 yrs
• Yoichiro NambuAmerican theoretical physicist · 1921–2015
  94 yrs
• Chun Doo-hwan ↗11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea · 1931–2021
  90 yrs
• John Hume ↗Irish politician from Northern Ireland · 1937–2020
  83 yrs
• Edmund Barton ↗Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia · 1849–1920
  70 yrs
• Oliver Hardy ↗American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy · 1892–1957
  65 yrs
• Danny Kaye ↗American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian · 1911–1987
  76 yrs
• César Cui ↗Russian composer and army officer · 1835–1918
  83 yrs
• Daniel Webster ↗14th and 19th United States Secretary of State · 1782–1852
  70 yrs
• Paul Ehrenfest ↗Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist · 1880–1933
  53 yrs
• Anna Pavlovna of Russia ↗Queen consort of the Netherlands · 1795–1865
  70 yrs
• Gilles Villeneuve ↗Canadian racing driver · 1950–1982
  32 yrs
• Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo ↗Portuguese politician · 1930–2004
  74 yrs
• Al-Hakam II ↗Caliph of Córdoba from 961 to 976 · AD 915–976
  61 yrs
• Aleksandra Ekster ↗Ukrainian and French painter and designer · 1882–1949
  67 yrs
• Enrique Ballestrero ↗Uruguayan footballer · 1905–1969
  64 yrs
• Robert Anton Wilson ↗American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic · 1932–2007
  74 yrs
• Hayim Nahman Bialik ↗Hebrew poet, author, and editor · 1873–1934
  61 yrs
• Jorge Guillén ↗Spanish poet · 1893–1984
  91 yrs
• José María Arguedas ↗Peruvian writer · 1911–1969
  58 yrs
• Kantarō Suzuki ↗29th Prime Minister of Japan · 1868–1948
  80 yrs
• Henri Giraud ↗French general \ · 1879–1949
  70 yrs
• Jacob Bronowski ↗Polish-born British mathematician · 1908–1974
  66 yrs
• Arthur Ransome ↗English author and journalist · 1884–1967
  83 yrs
• Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ↗Saxe-Coburgen and Gothan and Swedish Royal · 1908–1972
  64 yrs
• Ray Dolby ↗American engineer and inventor of the Dolby noise reduction system · 1933–2013
  80 yrs
• Emmanuel Chabrier ↗French Romantic composer and pianist · 1841–1894
  53 yrs
• John Nash ↗British architect · 1752–1835
  83 yrs

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