January 18th, 1963

Born on January 18th, 1963

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 22,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 629 days, exactly on January 7th, 2026, people who were born on January 18th, 1963 will be 23,000 days old!

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What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 18th

Born on January 18th, 1963

61

Martin O'Malley

American politician

*January 18th, 1963, Washington, D.C.

61

Jojo Mayer

Swiss virtuoso drummer

*January 18th, 1963, Zürich

61

Maxime Bernier

Canadian lawyer and politician

*January 18th, 1963, Saint-Georges

61

Phillip Boa

German musician and songwriter

*January 18th, 1963, Dortmund

61

Carl McCoy

British singer

*January 18th, 1963, London Borough of Lambeth

61

Peter Stamm

Swiss writer

*January 18th, 1963, Münsterlingen

61

Janice McGeachin

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 2019 to 2023

*January 18th, 1963, Las Cruces

61

Wojciech Smarzowski

Polish screenwriter and film director

*January 18th, 1963, Korczyna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

61

Vera Pauw

Dutch association footballer and coach

*January 18th, 1963, Amsterdam

61

Dean Kennedy

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*January 18th, 1963, Redvers

61

Flavio Carera

Italian basketball player

*January 18th, 1963, Bergamo

61

Petra Einhoff

German actress and voice actress

*January 18th, 1963, Attendorn

61

Efraín Alegre

Paraguayan politician

*January 18th, 1963, San Juan Bautista

61

Ian Crook

English association football player

*January 18th, 1963, Romford

44

Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze

American philosopher

*January 18th, 1963, Northern Region †December 30th, 2007, Lewisburg

61

Hairi Katagiri

Japanese actress

*January 18th, 1963, Ota

61

Ted Waitt

American billionaire

*January 18th, 1963, Sioux City

61

Miralem Ibrahimović

Yugoslav footballer

*January 18th, 1963, Banovići

61

Ian Marlow

English rugby league footballer

*January 18th, 1963, Beverley

61

Bill Sampen

American baseball player

*January 18th, 1963, Lincoln

61

Patricia Schillinger

French politician

*January 18th, 1963, Strasbourg

61

Stephen Conroy

Australian politician (born 1963)

*January 18th, 1963, Ely

61

Sérgio Sano

Brazilian judoka

*January 18th, 1963, Tupi Paulista

61

Ed Brown

American racing driver

*January 18th, 1963, Denver

61

Orlando Fernandez

Puerto Rican boxer

*January 18th, 1963, Yabucoa

61

Jamie Sandy

Australian rugby league footballer

*January 18th, 1963, Australia

61

Elvin Santos

Honduran politician

*January 18th, 1963, Tegucigalpa

61

Yury Zakharevich

Russian weightlifter

*January 18th, 1963, Dimitrovgrad

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Who's birthday is on January 18th?

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

64

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

60

Jane Horrocks

British actress

*January 18th, 1964, Rawtenstall

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

63

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

*January 18th, 1961, Hexham

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

Same year
Born in 1963

61

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

60

Shane Reti

New Zealand politician and doctor

*June 5th, 1963, Hamilton

60

Alexandra Paul

American actress

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

60

Uwe Steimle

German actor

*June 20th, 1963, Dresden

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

60

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

61

Johann Wadephul

German politician

*February 10th, 1963, Husum

60

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

61

Roger Lewentz

German politician

*March 19th, 1963, Lahnstein

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

*August 9th, 1963, Newark †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

60

Si-An Deng

Badminton player

*June 25th, 1963, Shanghai

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

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No: With 365 days 1963 is a normal year and no leap year.

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