The 138th day of the year, the 139th in a leap year
Born on 18 May
Every 18 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 18 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 May falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 18 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,811 babies were born on 18 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 179th 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pope John Paul II | 1920–2005 | Pope from 1978 to 2005 |
| Bertrand Russell | 1872–1970 | British philosopher and logician |
| Omar Khayyam | 1048–1131 | Persian mathematician and poet |
| Nicholas II | 1868–1918 | 14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917) |
| Walter Gropius | 1883–1969 | German-American architect |
| Frank Capra | 1897–1991 | Italian-born American film director |
| Tina Fey | 1970– | American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright |
| Rudolf Carnap | 1891–1970 | German philosopher and logician |
| Oliver Heaviside | 1850–1925 | electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist |
| Margot Fonteyn | 1919–1991 | British ballerina |
| Ricardo Carvalho | 1978– | Portuguese footballer |
| Yuya Osako | 1990– | Japanese association football player |
| Chow Yun-fat | 1955– | Hong Kong actor |
| Augusto César Sandino | 1895–1934 | Nicaraguan revolutionary leader |
| Roger Joseph Boscovich | 1711–1787 | Ragusan physicist, astronomer, mathematician and Jesuit priest |
| Vincent du Vigneaud | 1901–1978 | American biochemist |
| Hermann Müller | 1876–1931 | German politician |
| Perry Como | 1912–2001 | American singer, actor, television personality |
Died on 18 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gustav Mahler | 1860–1911 | Austrian late-Romantic composer |
| Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais | 1732–1799 | French playwright, diplomat and polymath |
| Alexander Suvorov | 1730–1800 | Russian marshal |
| Pope John I | died 526 | pope |
| Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran | 1845–1922 | French physician |
| William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | 1932–2007 | French physicist |
| Chris Cornell | 1964–2017 | American musician |
| George Meredith | 1828–1909 | British novelist and poet |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860–1909 | Spanish composer |
| Werner Sombart | 1863–1941 | German economist, sociologist, historian |
| Ian Curtis | 1956–1980 | British musician |
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