Famous people born on 18 September

• Samuel JohnsonEnglish writer and lexicographer · 1709–1784
  75 yrs
• Greta GarboSwedish-American actress · 1905–1990
  84 yrs
• Gregory XVIPope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 · 1765–1846
  80 yrs
• James GandolfiniAmerican actor · 1961–2013
  51 yrs
• Léon FoucaultFrench physicist · 1819–1868
  48 yrs
• Victor Ambartsumian ↗Soviet Armenian astrophysicist · 1908–1996
  87 yrs
• Edwin McMillan ↗American physicist · 1907–1991
  83 yrs
• Wolfgang Schäuble ↗German politician and statesman · 1942–2023
  81 yrs
• Adrien-Marie Legendre ↗French mathematician · 1752–1833
  80 yrs
• Christian VIII of Denmark ↗King of Norway 1814, King of Denmark 1839-1848 · 1786–1848
  61 yrs
• Jorge Sampaio ↗President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006 · 1939–2021
  81 yrs
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov ↗Azerbaijani composer · 1885–1948
  63 yrs
• John Diefenbaker ↗13th Prime Minister of Canada · 1895–1979
  83 yrs
• Fred Willard ↗American actor and comedian · 1933–2020
  86 yrs
• John McAfee ↗British-American programmer and businessman · 1945–2021
  75 yrs
• James Scullin ↗Australian politician, ninth Prime Minister of Australia · 1876–1953
  76 yrs
• Francesco Filippini ↗Italian painter and theorist · 1853–1895
  41 yrs
• Rachid Taha ↗Franco-Algerian singer · 1958–2018
  59 yrs
• Anton Mauve ↗Dutch painter · 1838–1888
  49 yrs
• Jack Warden ↗American actor · 1920–2006
  85 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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