Famous people born on 18 May

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

1. Pope John Paul II 1920Polish Latin Catholic priest and author who served as Popedied aged 84
2. Bertrand Russell 1872British philosopher and logiciandied aged 97
3. Nicholas II 1868Emperor of all the Russiasdied aged 50
4. Walter Gropius 1883German architectdied aged 86
5. Frank Capra 1897Italian-born film directordied aged 94
6. Peter Grünberg 1939German physicistdied aged 78
7. Tina Fey 1970American actor and comedianliving, 56
8. CVConstantine VII AD 905Byzantine emperordied aged 54
9. Rudolf Carnap 1891German philosopher and logiciandied aged 79
10. Margot Fonteyn 1919Served as Chancellor of Durham Universitydied aged 71
11. Charles IV of France 1294King of Francedied aged 33
12. Oliver Heaviside 1850British engineer and mathematiciandied aged 74
13. Ricardo Carvalho 1978Portuguese footballerliving, 48
14. Yuya Osako 1990Japanese footballerliving, 36
15. Ai Weiwei 1957Chinese artistliving, 69
16. Chow Yun-fat 1955Chinese actorliving, 71
17. Delcy Rodríguez 1969Venezuelan politician who served as President of Venezuelaliving, 57