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December 18 in recent years

December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1904George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975)
  • 1907 – Bill Holland, American race car driver (d. 1984)
  • 1907 – Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator (d. 2009)
  • 1908 – Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982)
  • 1908 – Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969)
  • 1910Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director (d. 1985)
  • 1910 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (d. 2010)
  • 1911Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1912Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002)
  • 1913 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (d. 1987)
  • 1913 – Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
  • 1913 – Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
  • 1916Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic (d. 2008)
  • 1916 – Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)
  • 1917Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005)
  • 1920 – Robert Leckie, American soldier and author (d. 2001)
  • 1922Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1922 – Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist (d. 2006)
  • 1923Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London (d. 2019)
  • 1927Ramsey Clark, American lawyer and politician, 66th United States Attorney General (d. 2021)
  • 1927 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (d. 2009)
  • 1928 – Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Harold Land, American tenor saxophonist (d. 2001)
  • 1929 – Gino Cimoli, American baseball player (d. 2011)
  • 1929 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (d. 2013)
  • 1930Moose Skowron, American baseball player (d. 2012)
  • 1931Allen Klein, American businessman and music publisher (d. 2009)
  • 1931 – Alison Plowden, English historian and author (d. 2007)
  • 1931 – Gene Shue, American basketball player, coach, and executive (d. 2022)
  • 1931 – Bill Thompson, American television host (d. 2014)
  • 1932 – Norm Provan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman (d. 2021)
  • 1932 – Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
  • 1933Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 2017)
  • 1934 – Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore (d. 2013)
  • 1934 – Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and cosmonaut
  • 1935Rosemary Leach, English actress (d. 2017)
  • 1935 – Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author
  • 1936Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (d. 1987)
  • 1937 – Nancy Ryles, American politician (d. 1990)
  • 1938Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (d. 1996)
  • 1938 – Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (d. 2005)
  • 1939Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer
  • 1939 – Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter
  • 1939 – Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940 – Ilario Castagner, Italian football manager
  • 1940 – John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler (d. 1974)
  • 1941 – Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
  • 1941 – Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer
  • 1941 – Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic
  • 1942Lenore Blum, American mathematician and academic
  • 1942 – Bobby Keyes, Australian rugby league player (d. 2022)
  • 1943Bobby Keys, American saxophone player (d. 2014)
  • 1943 – Keith Richards, English musician
  • 1943 – Alan Rudolph, American director and screenwriter
  • 1944 – Crispian Steele-Perkins, English trumpet player and educator
  • 1945 – Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1946Steve Biko, South African activist, founded the Black Consciousness Movement (d. 1977)
  • 1946 – Steven Spielberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks
  • 1947 – Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian author and screenwriter
  • 1948George T. Johnson, American basketball player
  • 1948 – Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1948 – Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter
  • 1948 – Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1949David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980)
  • 1950Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1950 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1950 – Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan general and politician
  • 1950 – Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (d. 2015)
  • 1950 – Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic
  • 1951 – Bobby Jones, American basketball player
  • 1952 – John Leventhal, American songwriter and producer
  • 1953Kevin Beattie, English footballer (d. 2018)
  • 1953 – Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer
  • 1954 – John Booth, English race car driver
  • 1954 – Ray Liotta, American actor (d. 2022)
  • 1954 – Willi Wülbeck, German runner
  • 1955 – Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician
  • 1955 – Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner
  • 1956 – Ron White, American comedian
  • 1957Jonathan Cainer, English astrologer and author (d. 2016)
  • 1958 – Geordie Walker, English guitarist (d. 2023)
  • 1958 – Julia Wolfe, American composer and educator
  • 1960 – Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and academic
  • 1960 – Naoko Yamano, Japanese singer, guitarist and composer
  • 1961Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater and coach
  • 1961 – Lalchand Rajput, Indian cricketer
  • 1961 – Leila Steinberg, American singer, producer, author, and poet
  • 1961 – Angie Stone, American singer, songwriter, and actress
  • 1963 – Greg D'Angelo, American drummer
  • 1963 – Karl Dorrell, American football player and coach
  • 1963 – Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian soldier and politician, 9th President of Burundi (d. 2020)
  • 1963 – Charles Oakley, American basketball player and coach
  • 1963 – Brad Pitt, American actor and producer
  • 1964 – Stone Cold Steve Austin, American wrestler and producer
  • 1964 – Don Beebe, American football player and coach
  • 1965 – Shawn Christian, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1965 – Manolo Peña, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1966Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Mille Petrozza, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch journalist
  • 1968Mario Basler, German footballer and manager
  • 1968 – Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress
  • 1968 – Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1968 – Casper Van Dien, American actor and producer
  • 1969Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
  • 1969 – Justin Edinburgh, English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
  • 1969 – Akira Iida, Japanese race car driver
  • 1970Norman Brown, American singer and guitarist
  • 1970 – DMX, American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
  • 1970 – Lucious Harris, American basketball player
  • 1970 – Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer-songwriter
  • 1970 – Rob Van Dam, American wrestler
  • 1970 – Jonathan Yeo, English painter
  • 1971Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
  • 1971 – Noriko Matsueda, Japanese pianist and composer
  • 1971 – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukrainian pole vaulter
  • 1972 – Raymond Herrera, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1972 – DJ Lethal, Latvian-American musician
  • 1973Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian runner
  • 1974Peter Boulware, American football player and politician
  • 1974 – Knut Schreiner, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer
  • 1975 – Randy Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1975 – Sia, Australian singer-songwriter
  • 1975 – Trish Stratus, Canadian wrestler and actress
  • 1977Axwell, Swedish DJ, record producer, member of Swedish House Mafia
  • 1977 – Claudia Gesell, German runner
  • 1978Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1978 – Ali Curtis, American soccer player
  • 1978 – Josh Dallas, American actor
  • 1978 – Katie Holmes, American actress
  • 1980Christina Aguilera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1980 – Neil Fingleton, English actor and basketball player, one of the tallest 25 men in the world (d. 2017)
  • 1980 – Benjamin Watson, American football player
  • 1983 – Andy Fantuz, Canadian football player
  • 1984 – Brian Boyle, American ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Paul Harrison, English footballer
  • 1984 – Giuliano Razzoli, Italian skier
  • 1984 – Derrick Tribbett, American bass player and singer
  • 1986Chris Carter, American baseball player
  • 1986 – François Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
  • 1986 – Usman Khawaja, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
  • 1987Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
  • 1988Lizzie Deignan, English cyclist
  • 1988 – Seth Doege, American football player
  • 1988 – Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canadian heptathlete
  • 1988 – Imad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1989Ashley Benson, American actress and singer
  • 1990Victor Hedman, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1990 – Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter
  • 1991 – Marcus Butler, English model and YouTuber
  • 1992Ryan Crouser, American shot putter
  • 1992 – Bridgit Mendler, American singer, songwriter and actress
  • 1993Byron Buxton, American baseball player
  • 1993 – Thomas Lam, Finnish footballer
  • 1994 – Gerard Gumbau, Spanish footballer
  • 1994 – Natália Kelly, American-Austrian singer
  • 1995Barbora Krejčíková, Czech tennis player
  • 1997Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1997 – Alex DeBrincat, American ice hockey player
  • 2000 – Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor and singer
  • 2000 – Travon Walker, American football player
  • 2001Billie Eilish, American singer
  • 2001 – Jalen Johnson, American basketball player

Deaths

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1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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