| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams | Diplomat | 18-Aug-1807 | 21-Nov-1886 | US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 | 
| Brian Aldiss | Author | 18-Aug-1925 |  | Supertoys Last All Summer Long | 
| Pete Aldridge | Business | 18-Aug-1938 |  | Under Secretary of Defense, 2001-03 | 
| Brian Michael Bendis | Author | 18-Aug-1967 |  | Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil | 
| Craig Bierko | Actor | 18-Aug-1964 |  | Cinderella Man | 
| Charles A. Blixt | Attorney | 18-Aug-1951 |  | Former counsel, RJ Reynolds | 
| Mika Boorem | Actor | 18-Aug-1987 |  | The Education of Little Tree | 
| Elayne Boosler | Comic | 18-Aug-1952 |  | Has had 7 cable comedy specials | 
| Carole Bouquet | Actor | 18-Aug-1957 |  | For Your Eyes Only | 
| Vincent Bugliosi | Government | 18-Aug-1934 |  | Prosecuted Manson, wrote Helter Skelter | 
| Doro Bush | Relative | 18-Aug-1959 |  | George W. Bush's sister | 
| Felipe Calderón | Head of State | 18-Aug-1962 |  | President of Mexico | 
| Marcel Carné | Film Director | 18-Aug-1909 | 31-Oct-1996 | Les Enfants du Paradis | 
| Rosalynn Carter | First Lady | 18-Aug-1927 |  | Wife of US President Jimmy Carter | 
| Sarita Choudhury | Actor | 18-Aug-1966 |  | Mississippi Masala | 
| Roberto Clemente | Baseball | 18-Aug-1934 | 31-Dec-1972 | Puerto Rican baseball star | 
| Nathan Clifford | Politician | 18-Aug-1803 | 25-Jul-1881 | Congressman, Attorney General, Supreme Court | 
| Frances Bean Cobain | Relative | 18-Aug-1992 |  | Kurt and Courtney's child | 
| Virginia Dare | Oddity | 18-Aug-1587 | ? | Firstborn white child of the New World | 
| Jean Dasté | Actor | 18-Aug-1904 | 15-Oct-1994 | L'Atalante | 
| W. Eugene Davis | Judge | 18-Aug-1936 |  | 5th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| David Dewhurst | Politician | 18-Aug-1945 |  | Lt. Governor of Texas | 
| Tan Dun | Composer | 18-Aug-1957 |  | Heaven, Earth, Mankind | 
| Gus Edwards | Songwriter | 18-Aug-1879 | 7-Nov-1945 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | 
| Taher Elgamal | Computer Programmer | 18-Aug-1955 |  | Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm | 
| Heino Ferch | Actor | 18-Aug-1963 |  | The Tunnel | 
| Marshall Field | Business | 18-Aug-1834 | 16-Jan-1906 | Founder of Marshall Field's | 
| Gail Fisher | Actor | 18-Aug-1935 | 2-Dec-2000 | Peggy Fair on Mannix | 
| Walther Funk | Government | 18-Aug-1890 | 31-May-1960 | Reich economic minister | 
| Timothy F. Geithner | Government | 18-Aug-1961 |  | US Secretary of the Treasury | 
| Louie Gohmert | Politician | 18-Aug-1953 |  | Congressman, Texas 1st | 
| Susan Golding | Politician | 18-Aug-1945 |  | Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 | 
| Austan D. Goolsbee | Economist | 18-Aug-1969 |  | Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11 | 
| Otto Harbach | Songwriter | 18-Aug-1873 | 24-Jan-1963 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | 
| Marvin Harris | Anthropologist | 18-Aug-1927 | 25-Oct-2001 | Anthropological historian | 
| Walter J. Hickel | Politician | 18-Aug-1919 | 7-May-2010 | Twice Governor of Alaska | 
| Robert B. Horton | Business | 18-Aug-1939 |  | CEO of BP, 1989-92 | 
| Richard D. James | Electronic Musician | 18-Aug-1971 |  | Aphex Twin | 
| John Scarlett | Spy | 18-Aug-1948 |  | Head of MI6 | 
| Rafer Johnson | Track and Field | 18-Aug-1935 |  | Olympic track and field star | 
| Christopher Jones | Actor | 18-Aug-1941 |  | Wild in the Streets | 
| Donald Kennedy | Educator | 18-Aug-1931 |  | Editor-in-Chief of Science | 
| Masta Killa | Musician | 18-Aug-1969 |  | Wu-Tang Clan | 
| Joseph E. Kurtz | Religion | 18-Aug-1946 |  | Catholic Archbishop of Louisville | 
| Denis Leary | Comic | 18-Aug-1957 |  | Loud, smoking comic | 
| Meriwether Lewis | Explorer | 18-Aug-1774 | 11-Oct-1809 | Lewis and Clark expedition | 
| Kermit V. Lipez | Judge | 18-Aug-1941 |  | 1st Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Joseph Marcell | Actor | 18-Aug-1948 |  | Geoffrey on Fresh Prince | 
| William P. McCormick | Diplomat | 18-Aug-1939 |  | US Ambassador to New Zealand | 
| Mika | Singer | 18-Aug-1983 |  | Lebanese Britpop singer | 
| Luc Montagnier | Scientist | 18-Aug-1932 |  | Co-Discoverer of HIV | 
| Alan Mowbray | Actor | 18-Aug-1896 | 25-Mar-1969 | Founding member, Screen Actors Guild | 
| Martin Mull | Comic | 18-Aug-1943 |  | Fernwood Tonight | 
| Edward Norton | Actor | 18-Aug-1969 |  | Fight Club | 
| Bo Hi Pak | Business | 18-Aug-1930 |  | Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man | 
| Glenn Plummer | Actor | 18-Aug-1961 |  | South Central | 
| Roman Polanski | Film Director | 18-Aug-1933 |  | Chinatown | 
| John Price | Diplomat | 18-Aug-1933 |  | US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05 | 
| Robert Redford | Actor | 18-Aug-1936 |  | The Sundance Kid | 
| Alain Robbe-Grillet | Novelist | 18-Aug-1922 | 18-Feb-2008 | Proponent of the nouveau roman | 
| Antonio Salieri | Composer | 18-Aug-1750 | 7-May-1825 | Tarare | 
| Andy Samberg | Actor | 18-Aug-1978 |  | SNL, The Lonely Island | 
| Henry G. Sanders | Actor | 18-Aug-1942 |  | Robert E. on Dr. Quinn | 
| Robert Sayre | Diplomat | 18-Aug-1924 |  | US Ambassador to Brazil, 1978-81 | 
| Marge Schott | Baseball | 18-Aug-1928 | 2-Mar-2004 | Owner, Cincinnati Reds | 
| Jeremy Shockey | Football | 18-Aug-1980 |  | NY Giants Tight End | 
| Christian Slater | Actor | 18-Aug-1969 |  | Kuffs, True Romance | 
| Leo Slezak | Singer | 18-Aug-1873 | 1-Jun-1946 | Operatic tenor | 
| Adam Storke | Actor | 18-Aug-1962 |  | Mystic Pizza | 
| Madeleine Stowe | Actor | 18-Aug-1958 |  | The General's Daughter | 
| Nadine Strossen | Activist | 18-Aug-1950 |  | President of the ACLU | 
| Patrick Swayze | Actor | 18-Aug-1952 | 14-Sep-2009 | Dirty Dancing | 
| Brook Taylor | Mathematician | 18-Aug-1685 | 29-Dec-1731 | Calculus of Finite Differences | 
| Jacob Vargas | Actor | 18-Aug-1971 |  | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | 
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Actor | 18-Aug-1970 |  | Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show | 
| Silas Warner | Computer Programmer | 18-Aug-1949 | 26-Feb-2004 | Castle Wolfenstein | 
| Caspar Weinberger | Government | 18-Aug-1917 | 28-Mar-2006 | Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush | 
| Grant Williams | Actor | 18-Aug-1930 | 28-Jul-1985 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | 
| Robert H. Winters | Politician | 18-Aug-1910 | 10-Oct-1969 | Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68 | 
| Shelley Winters | Actor | 18-Aug-1920 | 14-Jan-2006 | Method actress and camp queen | 
| Bob Woodruff | Journalist | 18-Aug-1961 |  | Co-Anchor, World News Tonight |