Roger Balian (91)
January 18th, 1933

French physicist – Roger Balian was born in 5th arrondissement of Lyon (Arrondissement of Lyon, France) on January 18th, 1933 and is 91 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 18

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

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

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

84

Dieter Krause

East German canoe racer (1936-2020)

*January 18th, 1936, Brandenburg an der Havel †August 10th, 2020, Bad Saarow

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

88

Raymond Briggs

English cartoonist, illustrator (1934-2022)

*January 18th, 1934, Wimbledon †August 9th, 2022, Brighton

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

74

Danny Kaye

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

*January 18th, 1913, Brooklyn †March 3rd, 1987, Los Angeles

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

64

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

74

Robert Anton Wilson

American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic

*January 18th, 1932, Flatbush †January 11th, 2007, Capitola

29

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

27

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

83

John Hume

Irish politician from Northern Ireland (1937–2020)

*January 18th, 1937, Derry †August 3rd, 2020, Derry

30

Shi Longfei

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1994, Shanghai

40

Jan Glinker

German association football player

*January 18th, 1984, East Berlin

38

Kristin Skaslien

Norwegian female curler

*January 18th, 1986, Oppdal

76

Michael Bliss

Canadian historian and author

*January 18th, 1941, Leamington †May 18th, 2017, Toronto

Also born in 1933

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

84

Richard Schickel

American film scholar

*February 10th, 1933, Milwaukee †February 18th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

82

Charlie Hodge

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 28th, 1933, Lachine †April 16th, 2016, Vancouver

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

83

Beppo Mauhart

Austrian manager (1933-2017)

*September 14th, 1933, Enns †May 7th, 2017, Vienna

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

90

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

73

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

86

Danny Aiello

American actor

*June 20th, 1933, Manhattan †December 12th, 2019, New Jersey

90

Michael Heltau

German actor and singer, living in Austria

*July 5th, 1933, Ingolstadt

73

Robert Goulet

Canadian-American singer and actor (1933–2007)

*November 26th, 1933, Lawrence †October 30th, 2007, Los Angeles

90

Caldwell Esselstyn

American physician, author and rower

*December 12th, 1933, New York City

90

Madhur Jaffrey

Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

*August 13th, 1933, Delhi

85

Karl Lagerfeld

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

*September 10th, 1933, Hamburg †February 19th, 2019, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Roger Balian