On This Day — February 18
4341 noted people were born and 2110 died on February 18 in our archive, including Ana María Cetto, Christian Koeberl and Ernst Mach.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 18
Ana María Cetto
b. 1946
Christian Koeberl
b. 1959
Ernst Mach
1838 – 1916
Kazys Škirpa
1895 – 1979
Abdelsalam al-Majali
1925 – 2023
Alessandro Volta
1745 – 1827
Anisuzzaman
1937 – 2020
Armin Laschet
b. 1961
Arseny Zverev
1900 – 1969
Arve Johnsen
1934 – 2023
Boris Spiegel
b. 1953
Drozdovskyi Dmytro
b. 1987
Ernest Fenollosa
1853 – 1908
Fernando Magalhães
1878 – 1944
Georges Montefiore-Levi
1832 – 1906
Gustav Ränk
1902 – 1998
Hans Asperger
1906 – 1980
Henk Broer
b. 1950
Humberto Fernández Morán
1924 – 1999
Jacques Cassini
1677 – 1756
Johan Hjort
1869 – 1948
John Warner
1927 – 2021
José Ignacio Wert
b. 1950
Louis Comfort Tiffany
1848 – 1933
Louis Laloy
1874 – 1944
Max Klinger
1857 – 1920
Mikhail Fedoruk
b. 1956
Miloš Forman
1932 – 2018
Sophia Fedyna
b. 1984
Sten Nordin
b. 1956
Toni Morrison
1931 – 2019
Valery Zorkin
b. 1943
Aage Thor Falkanger
b. 1965
Alberto Barrera Tyszka
b. 1960
Alberto Blanco
b. 1951
Aldo Ceccato
b. 1934
Alexander Duncker
1813 – 1897
Alexander Nikolsky
1858 – 1942
Alexander Soper
1904 – 1993
Aloisius Joseph Muench
1889 – 1962
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
1919 – 1979
Andreas Arntzen
1777 – 1837
Angelika Niebler
b. 1963
Anne Igartiburu
b. 1969
Annie Heloise Abel
1873 – 1947
Antin Lukashevych
1873 – 1936
Antonio Marzano
b. 1935
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr.
1918 – 1990
Arthur E. Dewey
b. 1933
Artur Artuzov
1891 – 1937
Audre Lorde
1934 – 1992
Bidzina Ivanishvili
b. 1956
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn
b. 1968
Božidar Petranović
1809 – 1874
Bruce Rauner
b. 1957
C. H. Herford
1853 – 1931
Chung Woo-taik
b. 1953
Clifford Truesdell
1919 – 2000
Colin Crooks
b. 1969
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield
1800 – 1875
Dej Snidvongs
1898 – 1975
Eduard Heis
1806 – 1877
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1609 – 1674
Eeva Kilpi
1928 – 2026
Enzo Ferrari
1898 – 1988
Ephraim Emerton
1851 – 1935
Ernest Hondros
1930 – 2016
Eugene Tan
b. 1970
Eva Zažímalová
b. 1955
Everett Ferguson
b. 1933
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
1916 – 2013
Fiona Phillips
b. 1970
Francesco Redi
1626 – 1697
Francisco Javier Mier Campillo
1748 – 1818
Francisque Xavier Michel
1809 – 1887
Georg Brunnhuber
b. 1948
George Henschel
1850 – 1934
George Udny Yule
1871 – 1951
Gholam Reza Azhari
1912 – 2001
Grzegorz Schetyna
b. 1963
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
1906 – 1977
Hans Larsson
1862 – 1944
Harold Finger
b. 1924
Harry Govier Seeley
1839 – 1909
Heinrich Karl Brugsch
1827 – 1894
Heinz Kühn
1912 – 1992
Henry Vane the Elder
1589 – 1655
Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
1854 – 1930
Hermann Baagøe Storck
1839 – 1922
Hsia Chih-tsing
1921 – 2013
Hugh Kāwharu
1927 – 2006
Hugo Haas
1901 – 1968
Ian Hacking
1936 – 2023
Igor Dodon
b. 1975
Ivan Odilo Štampach
1946 – 2026
J-Hope
b. 1994
J. William Kime
1934 – 2006
Jacob Lüroth
1844 – 1910
James Mace
1952 – 2004
Jan Haaland
b. 1956
Jan Jakob Maria de Groot
1854 – 1921
Janko Vukotić
1866 – 1927
Jared Huffman
b. 1964
Jean Drapeau
1916 – 1999
Jean Jules Jusserand
1855 – 1932
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière
1734 – 1793
Jeremy Hanson
b. 1967
Jo Boaler
b. 1964
Joan Elies Adell i Pitarch
b. 1968
Joan Peiró
1887 – 1942
Johann Schneider-Ammann
b. 1952
Johannes Bergh
1837 – 1906
John Davis Pierce
1797 – 1882
John Henderson
1870 – 1923
John M. O'Sullivan
1881 – 1948
John Maxwell Cowley
1923 – 2004
John Rankine
1846 – 1922
Josef Fleckenstein
1919 – 2004
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez
1919 – 2019
Julia Butterfly Hill
b. 1974
K. G. Hammar
b. 1943
Kakooza James
b. 1962
Kazimierz Wiatr
b. 1955
Li Linsi
1896 – 1970
Luis María Bandrés Unanue
1944 – 2009
Luis Muñoz Marín
1898 – 1980
Maqbool Bhat
1938 – 1984
Margaret H. Wright
b. 1944
Mark D. Sickles
b. 1957
Martin J. Taylor
b. 1952
Maurice Lévy
b. 1942
Maxwell R. Thurman
1931 – 1995
Mererid Hopwood
b. 1964
Michael Buerk
b. 1946
Michel Aglietta
1938 – 2025
Michelle Giuda
b. 1985
Michio Suzuki
1887 – 1982
Myriam El Khomri
b. 1978
Māra Zālīte
b. 1952
Nariman Hasanzada
1931 – 2026
Neculai Costăchescu
1876 – 1939
Nicolae Drăganu
1884 – 1939
Nicolás Castellanos
1935 – 2025
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky
1892 – 1937
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 – 1957
Nils Johan Berlin
1812 – 1891
Núria Cadenes i Alabèrnia
b. 1970
Osvaldo Bayer
1927 – 2018
Otto Faller
1889 – 1971
Paresh Narayan
b. 1977
Paulo Rangel
b. 1968
Pavel Alexeyevich Belov
1897 – 1962
Pedro Benoit
1836 – 1897
Peter Luff
b. 1955
Pierre Dangeard
1895 – 1970
Ra'ad bin Zeid
b. 1936
Rafael Sánchez Mazas
1894 – 1966
Richard S. Edwards
1885 – 1956
Robert Henry
1718 – 1790
Rolande Falcinelli
1920 – 2006
Roy E. Lindquist
1907 – 1986
Sandra Sully
b. 1965
Silas B. Hays
1909 – 1964
Sir John Lister-Kaye, 3rd Baronet
1853 – 1924
Sir Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet
1816 – 1904
Sir Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet
1810 – 1869
Stephen Duckett
b. 1950
Steve Womack
b. 1957
Suzanne Jovet-Ast
1914 – 2006
Sven Hörstadius
1898 – 1996
Swraj Paul, Baron Paul
1931 – 2025
Sōichirō Imaeda
b. 1984
Takashi Ishizeki
b. 1972
Takeyoshi Tanuma
1929 – 2022
Terens Kouik
b. 1947
Thóra Arnórsdóttir
b. 1975
Tony Anselmo
b. 1960
Toshio Kayama
b. 1945
Tytti Tuppurainen
b. 1976
Vassilios Papadopoulos
b. 1961
Vel Phillips
1924 – 2018
Vladimir Shalaev
b. 1957
Walter Andrae
1875 – 1956
Warren Elliot Henry
1909 – 2001
Warren Stephens
b. 1957
Wendell H. Furry
1907 – 1984
William Edward Collins
1867 – 1911
William Grylls Adams
1836 – 1915
Yaakov Moshe Charlap
1882 – 1951
Yoshimichi Hara
1867 – 1944
Yu-chien Kuan
1931 – 2018
Zeev Suraski
b. 1976
Abdul Qadir Bajamal
1946 – 2020
Adolphe Jauréguy
1898 – 1977
Adolphe Menjou
1890 – 1963
Alex Yee
b. 1998
Alexander Forbes Irvine
1818 – 1892
Alexander Kielland
1849 – 1906
Alexander MacDonald
1858 – 1941
Alexandre Vinogradov
1938 – 2019
… and 4,141 more
Died on February 18
Eugenio Beltrami
1835 – 1900
Henry Norris Russell
1877 – 1957
Johann Hedwig
1730 – 1799
Adolphe Perraud
1828 – 1906
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
1801 – 1876
Alain Robbe-Grillet
1922 – 2008
Bill Graham
1919 – 1995
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1804 – 1851
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
1876 – 1939
Claus Roxin
1931 – 2025
Dmitry Karbyshev
1880 – 1945
Dmitry Mushketov
1882 – 1938
Duncan Archibald Graham
1882 – 1974
Fernando González Delgado
1947 – 2024
Godfrey Hewitt
1940 – 2013
Günter Blobel
1936 – 2018
Jerry Buss
1933 – 2013
Johan Daniel Herholdt
1764 – 1836
John Kaye
1783 – 1853
Mikhail Alekseyenko
1847 – 1917
Norman Francis
1931 – 2026
Rudolf Schmitt
1830 – 1898
Samuel Williston
1861 – 1963
Sophus Lie
1842 – 1899
Szczepan Szczeniowski
1898 – 1979
Wallace Broecker
1931 – 2019
Adolf Köster
1883 – 1930
Alessandro Mendini
1931 – 2019
Andrey Myagkov
1938 – 2021
Anil Kumar Das
1902 – 1961
Anthony Theodore Lobo
1937 – 2013
Antonis Manitakis
1944 – 2026
Aristide Marre
1823 – 1918
Barbara Johnson
1925 – 2005
Boris Nevzorov
1950 – 2022
Bozorg Alavi
1904 – 1997
Carolus-Duran
1837 – 1917
Charles Benedict Davenport
1866 – 1944
Cornelio Sommaruga
1932 – 2024
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
1712 – 1772
Craig McKinley
1964 – 2013
D. Ramanaidu
1936 – 2015
David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield
1777 – 1840
Dick de Zeeuw
1924 – 2009
Edward E. Johnston
1918 – 2011
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
1908 – 1997
Feisal Tanjung
1939 – 2013
Ferdinand Wolf
1796 – 1866
Fernando Tambroni
1901 – 1963
Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas
1903 – 1991
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
1800 – 1857
Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola
1917 – 1978
Francisco Giner de los Ríos
1839 – 1915
François Gros
1925 – 2022
Fredrik Ljungström
1875 – 1964
Friedrich August III of Saxony
1865 – 1932
Félix Lévitan
1911 – 2007
Gabriel Bach
1927 – 2022
George Brizan
1942 – 2012
George Campbell
1824 – 1892
George Cawkwell
1919 – 2019
George John Robert Murray
1863 – 1942
George Washington Custis Lee
1832 – 1913
Georges Valois
1878 – 1945
Gilberte Brossolette
1905 – 2004
Hanford MacNider
1889 – 1968
Hans Kühne
1880 – 1969
Harry Ward Leonard
1861 – 1915
Iemasa Tokugawa
1884 – 1963
Jean Rouch
1917 – 2004
Jim Broyhill
1927 – 2023
Johannes Matthiae Gothus
1592 – 1670
John C. Robinson
1817 – 1897
John Percy Farrar
1857 – 1929
John Symonds
1730 – 1807
Joseph Cowles Mehaffey
1889 – 1963
Joseph Gilbert Hamilton
1907 – 1957
José Ortega Spottorno
1916 – 2002
Július Ďuriš
1904 – 1986
Kristofer Schipper
1934 – 2021
Lennart Levi
1930 – 2024
Lupe Cotrim
1933 – 1970
M. R. D. Foot
1919 – 2012
Manuel Odría
1897 – 1974
Marian Turski
1926 – 2025
Marshall Carter
1909 – 1993
Martin Luther
1483 – 1546
Michael Grunstein
1946 – 2024
Monte Blue
1887 – 1963
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
1877 – 1949
Nijō Masamaro
1872 – 1929
Nikolay Ivanovich Kareyev
1850 – 1931
Per Hallström
1866 – 1960
Peter Montgomery
1947 – 2020
Pierre Bretonneau
1778 – 1862
Raymond Moley
1886 – 1975
Reginald Pinney
1863 – 1943
Richard Crawford White
1923 – 1998
Robert Atkyns
1621 – 1710
Robert Leiber
1887 – 1967
Rosario Ferré
1938 – 2016
Sergo Karapetyan
1948 – 2021
Sir John Mennes
1599 – 1671
Stanisław Mackiewicz
1896 – 1966
Tapas Paul
1958 – 2020
Ted Cullen
1895 – 1963
Turhan Përmeti
1846 – 1927
Vittore Bocchetta
1918 – 2021
Vladimir Gurko
1862 – 1927
Václav Smetáček
1906 – 1986
Walter McAfee
1914 – 1995
Willem Buys
1661 – 1749
William Bradford Reed
1806 – 1876
William Coldstream
1908 – 1987
William G. Schneider
1915 – 2013
Yakov Rostovtsev
1804 – 1860
Yamashita Gentarō
1863 – 1931
Yoshihisa Okumura
1926 – 2023
Zair Azgur
1908 – 1995
Zdzisław Podkański
1949 – 2022
Adam Frederick of Seinsheim
1708 – 1779
Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski
1666 – 1726
Adelaide Alsop Robineau
1865 – 1929
Adrien Dauzats
1804 – 1868
Adrien Tixier
1893 – 1946
Alejo Santos
1911 – 1984
Alessandro Farnese
1635 – 1689
Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton
1660 – 1729
Allan Maclean of Torloisk
1725 – 1798
Alois Rašín
1867 – 1923
Ambrosio Montt Luco
1830 – 1899
Amos Binney
1803 – 1847
Andy Devine
1905 – 1977
Angela Raiola
1960 – 2016
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
1667 – 1743
Anne Dudley Blitz
1881 – 1951
Antonin Carlès
1851 – 1919
Antonio Fernández Bordas
1870 – 1950
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
1817 – 1895
Arnault Tzanck
1886 – 1954
Asuman Baytop
1920 – 2015
Axel Olrik
1864 – 1917
Barbara Gittings
1932 – 2007
Bentley Hite
1900 – 1992
Beppe Fenoglio
1922 – 1963
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat
1773 – 1838
Bert Sutherland
1936 – 2020
Boris Frlec
1936 – 2026
Borislav Paravac
1943 – 2026
Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
1891 – 1948
Buck Rinehart
1946 – 2015
Carl Grewesmühl
1877 – 1950
Carmen Delgado Votaw
1935 – 2017
Cass Ballenger
1926 – 2015
Cassius McDonald Barnes
1845 – 1925
Charles Conybeare
1853 – 1919
Charles Leonard
1913 – 2006
Charles Miles
1884 – 1958
Charles Stewart Mott
1875 – 1973
Charles U. Aitchison
1832 – 1896
Chivu Stoica
1908 – 1975
Christopher A. Bergen
1841 – 1905
Christopher Foster
1930 – 2022
Chu Hsing-yu
1956 – 2013
Cipriano Facchinetti
1889 – 1952
Clarence Bamberger
1886 – 1984
Clarence MacGregor
1872 – 1952
David Dundas
1735 – 1820
Decima Moore
1871 – 1964
Desha Breckinridge
1867 – 1935
Didier Lockwood
1956 – 2018
Dinara Zhorobekova
1992 – 2019
Diyab Obeid
1911 – 1984
Domingo Batet
1872 – 1937
E. Ray Reed
1891 – 1970
Edgardo Rebagliati
1895 – 1958
Edmund T. Allen
1896 – 1943
Edward Christopher Carroll
1893 – 1969
Edward Devlin Sirois
1898 – 1968
Edward G. Holley
1927 – 2010
Egerton Swartwout
1870 – 1943
Egide Walschaerts
1820 – 1901
Eido Tai Shimano
1932 – 2018
Elisabeth of Wied
1843 – 1916
Elsie Wilkins Sexton
1868 – 1959
Emília Coranty Llurià
1862 – 1944
Endre Kőrös
1927 – 2002
Enrique Jardiel Poncela
1901 – 1952
Enrique Olaya Herrera
1880 – 1937
Erich Schaeder
1861 – 1936
Ernst Ferdinand Nolte
1791 – 1875
Eugeniusz Kabatc
1930 – 2020
Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
1864 – 1917
Farouk Muhammad
1949 – 2021
Ferdinand Petersen
1887 – 1979
Ferdinando Acton
1832 – 1891
Francisco Javier Venegas
1754 – 1838
Frank Emerson
1882 – 1931
Frank Gotch
1926 – 2017
Frank Lukis
1896 – 1966
… and 1,910 more