Famous birthdays
Famous people born on December 18
Short answer
Well-known people born on December 18 include Steven Spielberg (1946), Brad Pitt (1963), Christina Aguilera (1980) and Willy Brandt (1913). Our list below has 85 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives December 18 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1610 (Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange) and the most recent is 2002 (Giuliano Simeone). The most common fields on this date: actress, writer, actor.
Who was born on December 18?
- Steven Spielberg 1946 American filmmaker
- Brad Pitt 1963 American actor
- Christina Aguilera 1980 American singer, songwriter and actress
- Willy Brandt 1913 German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Joseph John Thomson 1856 British physicist
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria 1863 Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary
- Yoon Suk Yeol 1960 President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025
- Keith Richards 1943 British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones
- Steve Biko 1946 South African anti-apartheid activist
- Sia 1975 Australian singer and songwriter
- Katie Holmes 1978 American actress
- Pierre Nkurunziza 1964 President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020
- James Sie 1962 American actor
- Yuri Nikulin 1921 Soviet and Russian actor and clown
- Ray Liotta 1954 American actor
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1971 Spanish tennis player
- Ashley Benson 1989 American actress
- Laura Mancinelli 1933 Italian germanist, medievalist, translator and writer
- Bridgit Mendler 1992 American actress and singer
- Harold E. Varmus 1939 American scientist
- Saki 1870 British writer
- Stone Cold Steve Austin 1964 American professional wrestler and actor
- Lawrence Wong 1972 Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024
- Betty Grable 1916 American actress and pin-up girl
- Santiago Cañizares 1969 Spanish footballer
- Edwin Howard Armstrong 1890 American electrical engineer and inventor
- Jules Dassin 1911 American film director
- Rachel Griffiths 1968 Australian actress
- Rob Van Dam 1970 American professional wrestler and actor
- Barbora Krejčíková 1995 Czech tennis player
- Michael Moorcock 1939 English writer, editor, critic
- Gianluca Pagliuca 1966 Italian association football player
- Alejandro Sanz 1968 Spanish pop musician
- Ryan Crouser 1992 American athletics competitor
- Giuliano Simeone 2002 Argentine footballer
- Eimear Quinn 1972 Irish singer
- Anna Leopoldovna 1718 Regent and Grand Duchess of Russia
- Alfred Bester 1913 American author
- Josh Dallas 1978 American actor
- Älihan Smaiylov 1972 Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Mario Basler 1968 German footballer
- Ty Cobb 1886 American baseball player
- Celia Johnson 1908 English actress
- Gladys Cooper 1888 British actress
- Peter Wessel Zapffe 1899 Norwegian philosopher, mountaineer, and author
- Angie Stone 1961 American singer and actress
- Natália Kelly 1994 Austrian singer
- Trish Stratus 1975 Canadian professional wrestler
- Lei Feng 1940 Chinese soldier and communist icon
- Karol Dobiaš 1947 Slovak football player and coach
- Józef Glemp 1929 Catholic cardinal, Primate of Poland
- Mohamed El-Shenawy 1988 Egyptian assiciation football player
- David Chipperfield 1953 English architect
- Charles Wesley 1707 English Methodist and hymn writer
- Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange 1610 French philologist
- Théodule-Armand Ribot 1839 French psychologist
- Krystyna Janda 1952 Polish actress
- Ossie Davis 1917 American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist
- Radia Perlman 1951 American software designer and network engineer
- Vijay Mallya 1955 Indian businessman and former Member of Parliament
- Gunnel Lindblom 1931 Swedish actress
- Christopher Polhem 1661 Swedish inventor
- Edward MacDowell 1860 American composer
- Galina Voskoboeva 1984 Kazakhstani tennis player
- Kari Byron 1974 Television host, artist, ''MythBusters'' build team member
- Schelte J. Bus 1956 American astronomer
- Robert Moses 1888 American urban planner
- Willem van de Velde the Younger 1633 Dutch painter
- Lizzie Deignan 1988 English track and road racing cyclist
- Banine 1905 French-Azerbaijani writer
- Zainab Hawa Bangura 1959 Sierra Leonean politician
- Boris Volynov 1934 Soviet cosmonaut
- Axwell 1977 Swedish DJ and record producer
- Viktor Rydberg 1828 Swedish writer
- Esther Lederberg 1922 American microbiologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics
- Giuliano Razzoli 1984 Italian alpine skier
- Mara Carfagna 1975 Italian politician
- Mutassim Gaddafi 1974 Officer and National Security Advisor for Libya
- Mads Pedersen 1995 Danish cyclist, born 1995
- Thomas Lam 1993 Dutch-Finnish footballer
- Prince William of Gloucester 1941 Elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
- Uli Jon Roth 1954 German guitarist
- Richa Chadha 1986 Indian actress
- Sneha Ullal 1987 Indian actress
- Takahiro Shimotaira 1971 Japanese association football player and manager
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on December 18 share the 18th of December as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.