April 18
April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 1143 - Gertrud of Süpplingenburg, Saxon noblewoman (b. 1115)
- 1161 – Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1556 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495)
- 1567 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)
- 1674 – John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)
- 1794 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
- 1796 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)
- 1802 – Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
- 1832 - Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
- 1859 - Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
- 1864 - Juris Alunans, Latvian philologist (b. 1832)
- 1873 – Justus von Liebig, German scientist (b. 1803)
- 1898 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)
1901 – 2000
- 1905 - Juan Valera, Spanish writer, diplomat and politician (b. 1824)
- 1906 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
- 1936 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1879)
- 1941 - Alexandros Koryzis, Prime minister of Greece (b. 1885)
- 1942 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector (b. 1875)
- 1943 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
- 1945 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (b. 1849)
- 1945 – Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)
- 1945 – William, Prince of Albania (b. 1876)
- 1947 – Jozef Tiso, Slovakian politician (b. 1887)
- 1949 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
- 1951 – Antonio Oscar Carmona, Portuguese politician (b. 1869)
- 1955 – Albert Einstein, German physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
- 1957 - Ben W. Hooper, 33rd Governor of Tennessee (b. 1870)
- 1958 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (b. 1872)
- 1964 - Ben Hecht, American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, Mexican inventor and engineer (b. 1917)
- 1974 – Marcel Pagnol, French writer and movie maker (b. 1895)
- 1976 - Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (b. 1911)
- 1988 - Pierre Desproges, French journalist, comedian and actor (b. 1939)
- 1991 - Gabriel Celaya, Spanish poet (b. 1911)
- 1992 - Frankie Howerd, English comedian and actor (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Piet Hein, Danish scientist, mathematician and inventor (b. 1905)
- 1998 - Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1917)
From 2001
- 2002 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer, ethnographer, zoologist and writer (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Iccho Itoh, Japanese politician, Mayor of Nagasaki (b. 1945)
- 2008 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist (b. 1907)
- 2011 – Pietro Ferrero Jr., Italian businessman (b. 1963)
- 2011 – William Donald Schaefer, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Dick Clark, American radio and television host, and producer (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer (b. 1944)
- 2014 - Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer (b. 1994)
- 2014 - Brian Priestman, British maestro and conductor (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Derek Cooper, British broadcaster and food naturalist (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Andrew Sessler, American physicist (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Mario Pirani, Italian journalist (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Erwin Waldner, German footballer (b. 1933)
- 2016 - Yuri Bychkov, Russian art historian (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Cox Habbema, Dutch actress (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Eva Henning, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
- 2016 - Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, Irish aristocrat and media personality (b. 1916)
- 2016 - Johan van Minnen, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Yvonne Monlaur, French actress (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Jaak Panksepp, Estonian-American neuroscientist (b. 1943)
- 2018 - Luisa Pastor Lillo, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
- 2018 - Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American professional wrestler (b. 1935)
- 2018 - Henk Schouten, Dutch footballer (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Jeanne Wilson, American swimmer (b. 1926)
- 2018 - Dale Winton, English television presenter (b. 1955)
- 2019 - Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist, writer and academic (b. 1929)
- 2019 - Con de Lange, South African-Scottish cricketer (b. 1981)
- 2019 - Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (b. 1990)
- 2019 - Lorraine Warren, American paranormal investigator (b. 1927)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)
- 1901 – Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)
- 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
- 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist (d. 1998)
- 1907 – Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian composer (d. 1995)
- 1911 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (d. 2011)
- 1914 - Claire Martin, Canadian writer (d. 2014)
- 1917 – Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981)
- 1918 – Gabriel Axel, Danish movie director, screenwriter and actor (d. 2014)
- 1918 - Harry Firth, Australian racing driver (d. 2014)
- 1918 - Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1918 - André Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958)
- 1919 - Vondell Darr, American actress (d. 2012)
- 1921 - Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017)
- 1924 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American blues guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Roy Mason, British politician (d. 2015)
- 1925 - Bob Hastings, American actor (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Harry Volkman, American meteorologist (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish writer, journalist and politician (d. 2013)
- 1927 - Charles Pasqua, French politician (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008)
- 1928 - Otto Piene, German artist (d. 2014)
- 1928 - Karl Josef Becker, German theologian and cardinal (d. 2015)
- 1929 - Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Jean Guillou, French composer and organist
- 1931 - Klas Lestander, Swedish biathlete
- 1933 - Enrico Crispolti, Italian art critic, curator and art historian (d. 2018)
- 1934 – James Drury, American actor
- 1934 - Pedro Tenorio, Governor of the Northern Marianas (d. 2018)
- 1936 - Tarcisio Gitti, Italian politician (d. 2018)
- 1937 – Jan Kaplicky, Czech-British architect (d. 2009)
- 1937 - Teddy Taylor, British politician (d. 2017)
- 1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist
- 1940 – Mike Vickers, British musician and composer
- 1940 - Ira von Fürstenberg, Italian socialite, actress and jewellery designer
- 1941 – Michael D. Higgins, 9th President of Ireland
- 1942 – Jochen Rindt, Austrian racecar driver (d. 1970)
- 1943 - Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (d. 2015)
- 1944 - Albin Planinc, Yugoslavian chess player (d. 2008)
- 1944 – Robert Hanssen, American double agent
- 1944 - Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician
- 1945 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Hayley Mills, British actress
- 1946 - Irene Fernandez, Malaysian activist (d. 2014)
- 1946 - Janet Kagan, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1947 – Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor and director
- 1947 – Moses Blah, Liberian politician (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Cindy Pickett, American actress
- 1947 – James Woods, American actor
- 1947 - Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
- 1950 - Kenny Ortega, American director, producer and choreographer
1951 – 1975
- 1953 - Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, singer and screenwriter
- 1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor
- 1956 - Melody Thomas Scott, American actress
- 1956 - Roberto Calderoli, Italian politician
- 1958 - Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer
- 1959 - Frank Mulholland, Scottish lawyer
- 1960 - Neo Rauch, German artist
- 1960 - J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat (d. 2012)
- 1961 - Jane Leeves, British actress
- 1961 – Steve Lombardi, American professional wrestler
- 1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian actor
- 1963 – Conan O'Brien, American comedian
- 1963 - Universo 2000, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2018)
- 1964 – Niall Ferguson, British historian
- 1964 - Rithy Panh, Cambodian documentary moviemaker
- 1966 - Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
- 1966 - Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
- 1966 - Camille Coduri, English actress
- 1967 – Maria Bello, American actress
- 1968 – David Hewlett, English-Canadian actor
- 1969 - Princess Sayako of Japan
- 1970 - Esther Schweins, German actress
- 1970 – Saad Hariri, Lebanese Prime Minister
- 1971 – Samantha Cameron, wife of David Cameron
- 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
- 1971 – Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
- 1972 - Eli Roth, American director
- 1972 - Lars Christiansen, Danish handball player
- 1973 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
- 1973 - Arnaud Beltrame, French gendarme (d. 2018)
- 1974 - Mark Tremonti, American musician
- 1974 - Edgar Wright, English director and writer
From 1976
- 1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
- 1976 – Rodrigo de la Serna, Argentine actor
- 1976 – Sean Maguire, English actor
- 1977 – Hassan El Fakri, Norwegian footballer
- 1977 – Jonathan Rowson, Scottish chess player
- 1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer
- 1979 – Kourtney Kardashian, American reality TV personality
- 1979 – Anthony Davidson, British racing driver
- 1980 – Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer
- 1980 – Carolina Crescentini, Italian actress
- 1980 – Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Milan Jovanovic, Serbian footballer
- 1982 – Simone Farina, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 – Hernán Rengifo, Peruvian footballer
- 1984 – America Ferrera, American actress
- 1985 – Lukasz Fabianski, Polish footballer
- 1985 – Rachel Smith, American model
- 1986 – Maurice Edu, American soccer player
- 1986 – Mateusz Rutkowski, Polish ski jupmer
- 1987 – Danny Guthrie, English footballer
- 1987 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model and actress
- 1987 – Samantha Jade, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Cara Maria Wayans, American actress
- 1988 – Anagabriela Espinoza, Mexican model
- 1989 – Hannah Wang, Australian actress
- 1989 – Jessica, Korean-American actress, model and singer (Girls' Generation)
- 1990 – Wojciech Szczesny, Polish footballer
- 1990 – Britt Robertson, American actress
- 1992 – Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Nathan Sykes, British singer (The Wanted)
- 1995 – Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
- 1996 – Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper and songwriter
- 2007 – Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan