On This Day — September 18
4126 noted people were born and 1855 died on September 18 in our archive, including Adrien-Marie Legendre, Eliezer Rafaeli and John Graham Kerr.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on September 18
Adrien-Marie Legendre
1752 – 1833
Eliezer Rafaeli
1926 – 2018
John Graham Kerr
1869 – 1957
Léo Apotheker
b. 1953
Otto Schmidt
1891 – 1956
Philip May
b. 1957
Amos Wilder
1895 – 1993
Anton Christian Bang
1840 – 1913
Augusts Kirhenšteins
1872 – 1963
Ben Carson
b. 1951
Chris Chan
b. 1950
Drew Gilpin Faust
b. 1947
Edwin McMillan
1907 – 1991
Eugeni d'Ors
1881 – 1954
Fadey Sargsyan
1923 – 2010
Franz Xaver Kraus
1840 – 1901
Gilbert Burnet
1643 – 1715
Grey Owl
1888 – 1938
Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian
1895 – 1971
Hertha Firnberg
1909 – 1994
Hisashi Owada
b. 1932
Jean Nicolas Sébastien Allamand
1713 – 1787
John Adams
1772 – 1863
Jorge Sampaio
1939 – 2021
Joseph Story
1779 – 1845
Julius Hirschberg
1843 – 1925
József Pálinkás
b. 1952
Lev Gumilev
1912 – 1992
Léon Foucault
1819 – 1868
Mammad Alakbarov
1899 – 1959
Marģers Vestermanis
1925 – 2026
Michel Poivert
b. 1965
Mo Mowlam
1949 – 2005
Patrick Shaw
1913 – 1975
Paul F. van der Heijden
b. 1949
Richard Danzig
b. 1944
Ronald Ekers
b. 1941
Sabine Hossenfelder
b. 1976
Simon Manley
b. 1967
Yuri Gulyayev
b. 1935
Abbas El Fassi
b. 1940
Abram Penn Staples
1885 – 1951
Alberto Ríos
b. 1952
Alejandro Agag
b. 1970
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
1895 – 1977
Alla Pokrovskaya
1937 – 2019
Andie Brown
b. 1955
Andrei Oișteanu
b. 1948
André Morize
1883 – 1957
Anna Deavere Smith
b. 1950
Anna Netrebko
b. 1971
Anthony Poshepny
1924 – 2003
Arthur Benjamin
1893 – 1960
Ashley Parker
b. 1982
Bernard Lesterlin
b. 1949
Bob Bennett
1933 – 2016
Catherine Waldby
b. 1957
Cecilia Elspeth Giles
1922 – 2020
Charles H. Hayes
1906 – 1995
Charles L. Veach
1944 – 1995
Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot
1804 – 1883
Chen Yuh-chang
b. 1955
Chris Hedges
b. 1956
Clinton Rossiter
1917 – 1970
Corey Lewandowski
b. 1973
Curtis W. Tarr
1924 – 2013
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles
1904 – 1999
David Scheffer
b. 1953
Djoehana Wiradikarta
1896 – 1986
Don Hany
b. 1975
Donald Carrick
1906 – 1997
Dušan Čaplovič
1946 – 2025
Eduard Hendrik von Baumhauer
1820 – 1885
Edvard Bergenheim
1798 – 1884
Einar Már Guðmundsson
b. 1954
Emily Penrose
1858 – 1942
Ernesto Damiani
b. 1960
Ernst Estlander
1870 – 1949
Eugène Goüin
1818 – 1909
Fausto Zonaro
1854 – 1929
Francesco Filippini
1853 – 1895
Franco Bernabè
b. 1948
George H. Trilling
1930 – 2020
George Mantanis
b. 1966
George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan
1857 – 1921
Gerald Curtis
b. 1940
Govindray H. Nayak
1933 – 2023
Guido Gonella
1905 – 1982
Gustav Schwantes
1881 – 1960
Harold Courlander
1908 – 1996
Heinrich Laube
1806 – 1884
Hugh H. Young
1870 – 1945
István Ács
1928 – 2018
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov
1896 – 1958
Iñigo Urkullu Renteria
b. 1961
Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche
1749 – 1800
James D. Burke
1925 – 2023
Jason Sudeikis
b. 1975
Jean Lindenmann
1924 – 2015
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
1739 – 1821
Jean-Marie Bonnassieux
1810 – 1892
Jim McCrery
b. 1949
John Baptist Miège
1815 – 1884
John Diefenbaker
1895 – 1979
John Iliffe
1931 – 2020
John McAfee
1945 – 2021
Jorge Carrera Andrade
1903 – 1978
Joshua Angrist
b. 1960
Julia Banks
b. 1962
János Berecz
1930 – 2022
Kareen Rispal
b. 1960
Karim Rashid
b. 1960
Lance L. Smith
b. 1946
Lucia Annibali
b. 1977
Ludolph Christian Treviranus
1779 – 1864
Ludomir Różycki
1883 – 1953
Mac Akasaka
b. 1948
Marc Giró
b. 1974
Margus Laidre
b. 1959
Mark Shuttleworth
b. 1973
María Elena Salinas
b. 1954
Maurice Cossmann
1850 – 1924
Michael Kozak
b. 1946
Mikhail Fedotov
b. 1949
Miren Gorrotxategi
b. 1967
Miroslav Lazanski
1950 – 2021
Moira Gemmill
1959 – 2015
Munib Younan
b. 1950
Murat Bektanov
b. 1965
Nancy H. Rogers
b. 1948
Nannerl O. Keohane
b. 1940
Nikolay Emanuel
1915 – 1984
Nikolay Rukavishnikov
1932 – 2002
Olaf Sporns
b. 1963
Olivier de Germay
b. 1960
Oskari Mantere
1874 – 1942
Park Seh-jik
1933 – 2009
Paul Vialar
1898 – 1996
Per Flatberg
1937 – 2022
Peter M. Rhee
b. 1961
Puk Damsgård
b. 1978
Queen Anne of Romania
1923 – 2016
Ray Didinger
b. 1946
Renata Janik
b. 1965
Richard Glazebrook
1854 – 1935
Robert Brooke-Popham
1878 – 1953
Samuel Paty
1973 – 2020
Sergey Tsenin
1884 – 1964
Shabana Azmi
b. 1950
Sophie Bissonnette
b. 1956
Steven Pinker
b. 1954
Takao Doi
b. 1954
Tao Zhiyue
1892 – 1988
Tedo Japaridze
b. 1946
Teresa Rodríguez
b. 1981
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
1841 – 1915
Ticha Penicheiro
b. 1974
Tommy Tuberville
b. 1954
Vera Lebedeva
1881 – 1968
Victor Klee
1925 – 2007
Victor von Strauß und Torney
1809 – 1899
Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
1854 – 1941
Vito Bardi
b. 1951
Vittorio Foa
1910 – 2008
Vladimir Sukhomlin
b. 1945
Vlado Gotovac
1930 – 2000
Vojtěch Suk
1879 – 1967
Vyacheslav Kochemasov
1918 – 1998
Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
1834 – 1889
William Metzler
1863 – 1943
William Morton Fullerton
1865 – 1952
Wolfgang Schäuble
1942 – 2023
Yaşar Güler
b. 1954
Łukasz Sułkowski
b. 1972
Agnes de Mille
1905 – 1993
Agostina Mileo
b. 1987
Aisha Tyler
b. 1970
Akimasa Ishikawa
b. 1972
Al Quie
1923 – 2023
Alan Webber
b. 1948
Albert Clements Killam
1849 – 1908
Alberto Franchetti
1860 – 1942
Alessandro Tomasi
b. 1979
Alexander Houston
1865 – 1933
Alexander Thomas Glenny
1882 – 1965
Alexander Zamolodchikov
b. 1952
Aleš Berger
b. 1946
Alfred L. Wilson
1919 – 1944
Allan Fraser
1902 – 1977
Allein Maliksi
b. 1987
Aloysius Schwartz
1930 – 1992
Amna Nawaz
b. 1979
Amnon Freidberg
1945 – 2020
Anders Fjellner
1795 – 1876
Andrew Percy
b. 1977
Andrew S. Effron
b. 1948
Anila Denaj
b. 1973
Anneli Aejmelaeus
1948 – 2025
Anthony Gonzalez
b. 1984
Antje von Dewitz
b. 1972
… and 3,926 more
Died on September 18
Kurt Hager
1912 – 1998
Alexander Bain
1818 – 1903
Andrews Norton
1786 – 1853
Armin Stromberg
1910 – 2004
Arnold Christopher Ræstad
1878 – 1945
Azyumardi Azra
1955 – 2022
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank
1938 – 2025
Clarence Long
1908 – 1994
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905 – 1961
George F. Smoot
1945 – 2025
Hippolyte Fizeau
1819 – 1896
Jerzy Wuttke
1945 – 2024
John Cockcroft
1897 – 1967
Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn
1880 – 1964
Paul E. Gray
1932 – 2017
Pei Wenzhong
1904 – 1982
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1933 – 2020
Adil Isgandarov
1910 – 1978
Albert Leopold Mills
1854 – 1916
Aleksandra Śląska
1925 – 1989
Amélie Rorty
1932 – 2020
Américo Tomás
1894 – 1987
András Prékopa
1929 – 2016
Augusto Mancini
1875 – 1957
Barbara Skarga
1919 – 2009
Boris Snetkov
1925 – 2006
Brereton C. Jones
1939 – 2023
Carl XV of Sweden
1826 – 1872
Charles B. Elliott
1861 – 1935
Charles Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth
1796 – 1885
Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing
1848 – 1922
David Bodian
1910 – 1992
David Dodd
1895 – 1988
Edmund Lacey
1370 – 1455
Emil Fackenheim
1916 – 2003
Erik Boheman
1895 – 1979
F. H. Bradley
1846 – 1924
Fakhraddin Mousavi
1930 – 2021
Friedrich Heer
1916 – 1983
Ganesh Man Singh
1915 – 1997
Gaston Romazzotti
1855 – 1915
Georges de Pimodan
1822 – 1860
Giuseppe Sirtori
1813 – 1874
Golbery do Couto e Silva
1911 – 1987
Hassan Suhrawardy
1884 – 1946
Heinrich Trettner
1907 – 2006
Hendrikus Colijn
1869 – 1944
Henry Augustus Smyth
1825 – 1906
Henry Young
1803 – 1870
Henry Z. Steinway
1915 – 2008
Hideo Saito
1902 – 1974
Hirofumi Uzawa
1928 – 2014
Hugh Segar
1868 – 1954
Ibrahim El-Orabi
1931 – 2019
Ilarion Svi︠e︡nt︠s︡it︠s︡ʹkyĭ
1876 – 1956
Irving Kristol
1920 – 2009
J. Frank Dobie
1888 – 1964
James Ashmore Creelman
1894 – 1941
James Finlay Weir Johnston
1796 – 1855
James Wreford Watson
1915 – 1990
Jean Gol
1942 – 1995
Jean Piat
1924 – 2018
Jean-Charles-Alexandre Sallandrouze de Lamornaix
1840 – 1899
Jeanne Samary
1857 – 1890
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder
1724 – 1774
Johannes Jacobus Rau
1668 – 1719
John J. Craighead
1916 – 2016
John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon
1901 – 1977
Joseph Raymond Nonnatus Maxwell
1899 – 1971
José Augusto França
1922 – 2021
José da Costa Carvalho
1796 – 1860
Jules Sottas
1866 – 1945
Kim Yong-woo
1912 – 1985
Kurt Mendelssohn
1906 – 1980
Lars Israel Wahlman
1870 – 1952
Leo Bauer
1912 – 1972
Leonhard Euler
1707 – 1783
Lidia Axionov
1923 – 2019
Manson Benedict
1907 – 2006
Matthew Prior
1664 – 1721
Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
1680 – 1744
Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky
1753 – 1802
Mohammad Hidayatullah
1905 – 1992
Natalia Shvedova
1916 – 2009
Olaf Gulbransson
1873 – 1958
Oleg Ivanovsky
1922 – 2014
Paul Bernays
1888 – 1977
Richard Arenstorf
1929 – 2014
Richard Pollack
1935 – 2018
Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington
1752 – 1838
Robert Venturi
1925 – 2018
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny
1903 – 1969
Rupert Riedl
1925 – 2005
Samuel Roberts
1827 – 1913
Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
1766 – 1829
T Peter Brody
1920 – 2011
Théo Lefèvre
1914 – 1973
True Davidson
1901 – 1978
Vamireh Chacon
1934 – 2023
Vasyl Sviato
1948 – 2025
Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti
1664 – 1742
Vojislav Marinković
1876 – 1935
Werner E. Reichardt
1924 – 1992
Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston
1870 – 1960
William Mather
1838 – 1920
William S. Harley
1880 – 1943
Zurab Sotkilava
1937 – 2017
Émile Goudeau
1849 – 1906
Ćiro Truhelka
1865 – 1942
Adolf Ziegler
1892 – 1959
Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein
1425 – 1493
Adélard Godbout
1892 – 1956
Agnes Gund
1938 – 2025
Alan Stewart Watt
1901 – 1988
Albert Kappis
1836 – 1914
Aleksander Kosiba
1901 – 1981
Alexandru Darie
1959 – 2019
Alice Dunbar Nelson
1875 – 1935
Allyn Capron
1846 – 1898
Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira
1946 – 2020
Andreas Burnier
1931 – 2002
André Dacier
1651 – 1722
Aquilino Duque
1931 – 2021
Arren Bar Even
1980 – 2020
Auguste Choisy
1841 – 1909
Auguste Villemot
1811 – 1870
Augusto Genina
1892 – 1957
Augusto Rademaker
1905 – 1985
Augustus Seymour Porter
1798 – 1872
Augustus Volney Waller
1816 – 1870
Austin Tappan Wright
1883 – 1931
B. B. Kahane
1891 – 1960
Basil Kiiza Bataringaya
1927 – 1972
Benjamin Howard
1760 – 1814
Benjamin Kennicott
1718 – 1783
Bert E. Haney
1879 – 1943
Betty Kaunda
1928 – 2012
Bevis Bawa
1909 – 1992
Bhagwan Das
1869 – 1958
Bob Hayes
1942 – 2002
Bohuslav Fuchs
1895 – 1972
Brent Spence
1874 – 1967
Carlo Dell'Aringa
1940 – 2018
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta
1890 – 1982
Carmen Miró
1919 – 2022
Cecil Fergerson
1931 – 2013
Chandran Nair
1945 – 2023
Charles H. Peaslee
1804 – 1866
Charles O. Andrews
1877 – 1946
Charles Peter Allen
1861 – 1930
Charles R. Miller
1857 – 1927
Christian Jensen
1883 – 1940
Christopher Hughes
1786 – 1849
Claiborne H. Kinnard Jr.
1912 – 1966
Clyde Carr
1886 – 1962
Dair Asanov
1922 – 2009
Daniel H. Coakley
1865 – 1952
Darío Cabanelas
1916 – 1992
David W. Ballard
1824 – 1883
Derek Boitel-Gill
1911 – 1941
Dewey Johnson
1899 – 1941
Dimitrios Soutsos
1845 – 1904
Don Otten
1921 – 1985
Earl J. Atkisson
1886 – 1941
Ed Don George
1905 – 1985
Eddie Adams
1933 – 2004
Edna Beard
1877 – 1928
Eduard von Steinle
1810 – 1886
Edward J. King
1925 – 2006
Edward Ryan
1883 – 1923
Edwin B. Brooks
1868 – 1933
Egon Klepsch
1930 – 2010
Elyakim Haetzni
1926 – 2022
Ernest Farrar
1885 – 1918
Evgeny Bazhanov
1946 – 2023
Fausto Amodei
1934 – 2025
Fitzroy Kelly
1796 – 1880
Franchot Tone
1905 – 1968
Francisco Copons y Navia
1764 – 1842
Franciszek Smuglewicz
1745 – 1807
Frank Morgan
1890 – 1949
Frederick Augustus Conkling
1816 – 1891
Frederick Z. Rooker
1861 – 1907
Fumio Ueda
1948 – 2025
George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings
1857 – 1904
George S. Howard
1902 – 1995
Georges de Soultrait
1822 – 1888
Gerald L. Miller
1942 – 2024
Gerti Bogdani
1980 – 2024
Gouverneur Kemble
1786 – 1875
Grigore Tocilescu
1850 – 1909
Gustav Lombard
1895 – 1992
Haim Hefer
1925 – 2012
Hale K. Darling
1869 – 1940
Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald
1792 – 1848
Harold A. Baker
1929 – 2023
Harold Baily Dixon
1852 – 1930
Harold F. Kress
1913 – 1999
Harri Jõgisalu
1922 – 2014
Harry Sandbach
1903 – 1991
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