The 352nd day of the year, the 353rd in a leap year
Born on 18 December
Every 18 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 18 December in any year.
Which weekday 18 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 December falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 18 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,857 babies were born on 18 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 72nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 18 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Stalin | 1878–1953 | politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953 |
| Steven Spielberg | 1946– | American filmmaker |
| Brad Pitt | 1963– | American actor |
| Christina Aguilera | 1980– | American singer, songwriter and actress |
| Billie Eilish | 2001– | American singer-songwriter |
| Willy Brandt | 1913–1992 | German politician, Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 |
| J. J. Thomson | 1856–1940 | British physicist |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | 1863–1914 | heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary |
| Paul Klee | 1879–1940 | German-Swiss artist |
| Christina, Queen of Sweden | 1626–1689 | Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 |
| Keith Richards | 1943– | British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones |
| Steve Biko | 1946–1977 | South African anti-apartheid activist |
| Sia | 1975– | Australian singer and songwriter |
| Pierre Nkurunziza | 1964–2020 | President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 |
| Katie Holmes | 1978– | American actress |
| Ray Liotta | 1954–2022 | American actor |
| DMX | 1970–2021 | American rapper and actor |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1971– | Spanish tennis player |
Died on 18 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Václav Havel | 1936–2011 | President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | 1744–1829 | French naturalist |
| Johann Gottfried Herder | 1744–1803 | German philosopher, theologian, poet |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | 1917–2016 | Hungarian-American socialite and actress |
| Eduard Bernstein | 1850–1932 | German politician and theorist |
| Konrad Zuse | 1910–1995 | German computer scientist and engineer |
| Richard Owen | 1804–1892 | English biologist and paleontologist |
| Antonio Stradivari | 1644–1737 | Italian stringed instrument maker |
| Alexei Kosygin | 1904–1980 | Premier of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 |
| Bernard Bolzano | 1781–1848 | Bohemian mathematician and priest |
| Robert Bresson | 1901–1999 | French film director |
| Virna Lisi | 1936–2014 | Italian actress |
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