Famous people born on 18 January

19 of the people we track were born on 18 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Montesquieu 1689French philosopherdied aged 66
2. Kevin Costner 1955American actorliving, 71
3. Cary Grant 1904British actordied aged 82
4. Pep Guardiola 1971Spanish footballerliving, 55
5. Alexander Van der Bellen 1944Politician who served as President of Austrialiving, 82
6. Gilles Deleuze 1925French philosopherdied aged 70
7. A. A. Milne 1882British novelistdied aged 74
8. Rubén Darío 1867Nicaraguan poet and journalistdied aged 49
9. Takeshi Kitano 1947Japanese film director and comedianliving, 79
10. Yoichiro Nambu 1921American theoretical physicistdied aged 94
11. Leo Varadkar 1979Irish physicianliving, 47
12. Angelique Kerber 1988German tennis playerliving, 38
13. Dave Bautista 1969American actor and professional wrestlerliving, 57
14. RMRoberta Metsola 1979Maltese politician who served as Vice President of the European Parliamentliving, 47
15. Makoto Hasebe 1984Japanese footballerliving, 42
16. Chun Doo-hwan 1931South Korean politician who served as President of South Koreadied aged 90
17. Nacho 1990Spanish footballerliving, 36
18. Anthony Giddens 1938British sociologistliving, 88
19. John Hume 1937British politiciandied aged 83