The 199th day of the year, the 200th in a leap year
Born on 18 July
Every 18 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 18 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 July falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 18 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,893 babies were born on 18 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 21st 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Mandela | 1918–2013 | President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist |
| Hendrik Lorentz | 1853–1928 | Dutch physicist |
| Priyanka Chopra | 1982– | Indian actress |
| Vin Diesel | 1967– | American actor |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | 1811–1863 | British novelist |
| Kristen Bell | 1980– | American actress |
| John Glenn | 1921–2016 | American astronaut and politician |
| Richard Branson | 1950– | British business magnate |
| Thomas Kuhn | 1922–1996 | American historian, physicist and philosopher |
| Andrei Gromyko | 1909–1989 | Soviet diplomat |
| Yevgeny Yevtushenko | 1933–2017 | Soviet and Russian poet |
| Hunter S. Thompson | 1937–2005 | American journalist and author |
| Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1552–1612 | Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria |
| Vidkun Quisling | 1887–1945 | Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator |
| Elio Di Rupo | 1951– | Belgian politician |
| Paul Verhoeven | 1938– | Dutch film director |
| Roald Hoffmann | 1937– | Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright |
| M.I.A. | 1975– | British singer and rapper |
Died on 18 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Austen | 1775–1817 | English novelist |
| Caravaggio | 1571–1610 | Italian painter |
| Benito Juárez | 1806–1872 | President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872 |
| Godfrey of Bouillon | 1060–1100 | Medieval Frankish knight |
| Bartolomé de las Casas | 1484–1566 | Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer |
| Antoine Watteau | 1684–1721 | French painter |
| Yun Po-sun | 1897–1990 | 2nd President of South Korea |
| Roman Jakobson | 1896–1982 | Russian linguist |
| Bob Newhart | 1929–2024 | American stand-up comedian and actor |
| Corneille Heymans | 1892–1968 | Belgian physiologist |
| Nico | 1938–1988 | German singer and actress |
| Marie of Romania | 1875–1938 | Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927 |
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