Yasushin Tanaka (78)
August 18th, 1945

Japanese ice hockey player – Yasushin Tanaka was born in Hokkaido (Island of Japan) on August 18th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 18

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

76

Giulio Tremonti

Italian politician.

*August 18th, 1947, Sondrio

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

80

Gianni Rivera

Italian footballer

*August 18th, 1943, Alessandria

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

76

Eleonore Weisgerber

German actress and chansonnier

*August 18th, 1947, Wiesbaden

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

57

Patrick Swayze

American actor, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

*August 18th, 1952, Houston †September 14th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

68

Sean Scanlan

Scottish stage and television actor

*August 18th, 1948, Glasgow †April 17th, 2017

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

71

Markus Meckel

German theologian and politician

*August 18th, 1952, Müncheberg

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

78

Hans van Mierlo

Dutch politician (1931–2010)

*August 18th, 1931, Breda †March 11th, 2010, Amsterdam

79

Helena Rojo

Mexican actress and model (1944–2024)

*August 18th, 1944, Mexico City †February 3rd, 2024, Mexico City

61

Felipe Calderón

63th President of Mexico

*August 18th, 1962, Morelia

42

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

76

Liviu Librescu

Romanian-Israeli-American scientist and Holocaust survivor, killed in Virginia Tech massacre

*August 18th, 1930, Ploiești †April 16th, 2007, Virginia Tech

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Yasushin Tanaka