Yi Mun-yol (75)
May 18th, 1948

South Korean writer – Yi Mun-yol was born in Seoul (Capital and largest city of South Korea) on May 18th, 1948 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 18

84

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)

*May 18th, 1918, Mogliano †January 5th, 2003, Rome

72

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

56

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

German racing driver

*May 18th, 1967, Mönchengladbach

84

John Paul II

264th pope of the Catholic Church

*May 18th, 1920, Wadowice †April 2nd, 2005, Apostolic Palace

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

35

Megumi Taruno

Badminton player

*May 18th, 1988, Fukuoka Prefecture

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

31

Luke Black

Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1992)

*May 18th, 1992, Čačak

68

Chow Yun-fat

Hong Kong actor

*May 18th, 1955, Hong Kong

61

Nathaniel Parker

British actor

*May 18th, 1962, London

90

Robert Morse

American actor

*May 18th, 1931, Newton †April 20th, 2022, Los Angeles

74

Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848–1922)

*May 18th, 1848, Biebrich †June 4th, 1922, Dahlem

97

Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

*May 18th, 1872, Trellech †February 2nd, 1970, Plas Penrhyn

74

Terry Zwigoff

American filmmaker

*May 18th, 1949, Appleton

74

Uschi Eid

German politician

*May 18th, 1949, Landau in der Pfalz

59

Andreas Katsulas

American actor (1946–2006)

*May 18th, 1946, St. Louis †February 13th, 2006, Los Angeles

82

Miriam Margolyes

British-Australian actress

*May 18th, 1941, Oxford

63

Tyka Nelson

American singer

*May 18th, 1960, Minneapolis

74

Zé Maria

Brazilian footballer

*May 18th, 1949, Botucatu

69

Eric Gerets

Belgian association football player and manager

*May 18th, 1954, Lanaken

73

Thomas Gottschalk

German television host and entertainer

*May 18th, 1950, Bamberg

80

Willy Wimmer

German politician

*May 18th, 1943, Mönchengladbach

72

Mila Moreira

Brazilian journalist, model and actress

*May 18th, 1949, São Paulo †December 6th, 2021, Rio de Janeiro

71

George Strait

American country music singer (born 1952)

*May 18th, 1952, Poteet

73

Mark Mothersbaugh

American musician

*May 18th, 1950, Akron

71

Diane Duane

American author

*May 18th, 1952, New York City

76

John Bruton

Irish politician and prime minister (1947–2024)

*May 18th, 1947, Dunboyne †February 6th, 2024, Dublin

66

Gerd Langguth

Political scientist and member of parliament (1946-2013)

*May 18th, 1946, Wertheim †May 12th, 2013, Merheim

67

Ekkehardt Belle

German actor (1954–2022)

*May 18th, 1954, Grevenbroich †January 31st, 2022, Munich

18

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

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