April 18 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 18, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#178 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 18 birthdays
Clarence Darrow · American lawyer and politician1857
Leopold Stokowski · British-born American conductor1882
George H. Hitchings · Nobel Prize-winning American physician1905
Miklós Rózsa · Hungarian-American composer1907
Samuel P. Huntington · American political scientist1927
Joseph L. Goldstein · American biochemist1940
Michael D. Higgins · President of Ireland1941
James Woods · American actor1947
Eric Roberts · American actor1956
Élisabeth Borne · Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 20241961
Jeff Dunham · American ventriloquist and comedian1962
Conan O'Brien · American television show host and comedian1963
Maria Bello · American actress1967
Eli Roth · American filmmaker and actor1972
Melissa Joan Hart · American actress1976
Kourtney Kardashian · American media personality, model and businesswoman1979
America Ferrera · American actress and producer1984
Wojciech Szczęsny · Polish association football player1990
Britt Robertson · American actress1990
Chloe Bennet · American actress and singer1992
On this day in history
1958Controversial American poet Ezra Pound was released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C., in which he had been incarcerated for twelve years.
1988The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
2019A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
2023Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems a $787 million settlement over defamation claims related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
1938Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true superhero comic book.
1946The final session of the League of Nations concluded in Geneva, with delegates agreeing to transfer much of its assets to the United Nations.
1949The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, describing Ireland as a republic and ending its membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.
1980Robert Mugabe became the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, beginning a 37-year period in power.
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