March 18: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 18th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 18th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 18th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Artists

American Expressionist artist William Henry Johnson (Denmark, Going to Church, Minnie, Mom and Dad and Sun Setting) was born on March 18, 1901.

John Kander, American composer (Cabaret, Chicago, Funny Lady and Kramer vs. Kramer), was born on March 18, 1927. John Kander worked closely with lyricist Fred Ebb (Kander and Ebb), with whom he wrote the classic showtune, "New York, New York."

Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimski-Lorsakov (The Flight of the Bumblebee, Scheherazade and Song of India) was born on March 18, 1844.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Bonnie Blair, American speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1988. 1992 and 1994), was born on March 18, 1964.

American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner (1972) Mark Donohue was born on March 18, 1937.

Andy Granatelli, American race car driver and automotive supply executive (STP), was born on March 18, 1923. Andy Granatelli's brothers are race car drivers Joe Granatelli and Vince Granatelli.

American professional football player Brian Griese was born on March 18, 1975. Brian Griese played for the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pat Jarvis, American professional baseball player (Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos), was born on March 18, 1941.

Canadian professional hockey player Guy LaPointe (Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues) was born on March 18, 1948.

Glenn McDonald, American professional basketball player (Boston Celtics), was born on March 18, 1952.

Jeff Mullins, American professional basketball player (Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors) and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on March 18, 1942.

Tony Nash, British bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on March 18, 1936.

Laila Schou Nilsen, Norwegian skier and Olympic gold medalist (1936), was born on March 18, 1919.

Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on March 18, 1956.

Sheila Taormina, American swimmer, triathlete and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on March 18, 1969.

American professional football player Mike Webster (Pittsburgh Steelers) was born on March 18, 1952. Mike Webster has been nicknamed Iron Mike.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

German Enlightenment author Friedrich Nicolai (Anekdoten von Friedrich II) was born on March 18, 1733.

George Plimpton, American editor (Harvard Lampoon and The Paris Review), author (Paper Lion and Shadow Box) and actor (Good Will Hunting, Just Cause, L.A. Story, Little Man Tate Reds and Rio Lobo), was born on March 18, 1927.

John Updike, prolific American author (The Afterlife and Other Stories, Bech at Bay, Bech Is Back, Bech: A Book, Buchanan Dying, The Carpentered Hen, The Centaur, The Coup, Couples, Due Considerations, Facing Nature, Hugging the Shore, In the Beauty of the Lilies, Just Looking, Licks of Love, More Matter, Museums and Women and Other Stories, Odd Jobs, Pigeon Feathers, The Poorhouse Fair, Rabbit at Rest, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Remembered, Rabbit Run, Seek My Face, Self-Consciousness, Still Looking, Terrorist and The Witches of Eastwick) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1981 and 1990), was born on March 18, 1932.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Randal Cremer, British pacifist, trade union organizer and Nobel Prize winner (1903), was born on March 18, 1838.

French-German engineer Rudolf Diesel was born on March 18, 1858. Rudolf Diesel has been credited with the invention of the internal combustion engine.

Nathanael Herreshoff, American naval architect and yacht builder, was born on March 18, 1848.

Italian glassworker Antonio Salviati was born on March 18, 1816.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Peter Graves Aurness, American actor (Airplane, Airplane 2, Biography, Mission Impossible, The Night of the Hunter, The President's Plane Is Missing, Stalag 17 and The Winds of War), was born on March 18, 1926. Peter Graves' brother is actor James Arness.

British rock singer Miki Berenyi (Lush) was born on March 18, 1967.

Margie Bowes, American country music singer (Grand Ole Opry), was born on March 18, 1941. Margie Bowes married country music singer Doyle Wilburn.

American actor Lester Alvin (Smiley) Burnette (Dick Tracy: The Original Serial, King of the Cowboys, Petticoat Junction, Silver Spurs and Springtime in the Rockies) was born on March 18, 1911.

Jerry Cantrell, American rock guitarist (Alice in Chains), was born on March 18,1966.

American singer ("The Dream" and "Fame") and actress (Ain't Misbehavin', Caged in Paradiso, Certain Fury, City Heat, D.C. Cab, Fame, For Us the Living and Killing 'Em Softly) Irene Cara was born on March 18, 1959.

Dane Cook, American comedian (Vicious Circle) and actor (Dan in Real Life, Employee of the Month, Good Luck Chuck, Mr. Brooks, My Best Friend's Girl, Mystery Men and Waiting...), was born on March 18, 1972.

American actor Kevin Dobson (Code of Honor, Dirty Work, Knots Landing, Kojak, Midway and Shannon) was born on March 18, 1943.

Brad Dourif, American actor (Blue Velvet, Body Parts, Color of Night, Deadwood, Dune, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty, Final Judgment, Jungle Fever, Mississippi Burning, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Phoenix, Ragtime, Studs Lonigan and Wild Palms), was born on March 18, 1950.

Jeff Easter, American contemporary Christian singer (The Easter Brothers), was born on March 18, 19--.

American jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell was born on March 18, 1951.

Melvin Gentry, American R&B guitarist and singer (Midnight Star), was born on March 18, 1957.

American actor Thomas Ian Griffith (Another World, Hollow Point, The Karate Kid Part III, Rock Hudson, Secret of Giving and Vampires) was born on March 18, 1962.

John Hartman, American rock drummer (The Doobie Brothers), was born on March 18, 1950.

American actor Edward Everett Horton (Arsenic and Old Lace, It's a Mad - Mad - Mad - Mad World, Lost Horizon and Sex and the Single Girl) was born on March 18, 1886. Edward Everett Horton served as narrator for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

Indian actor Shashi Kapoor (Gulliver's Travels, Heat and Dust, The Householder and Shalimar) was born on March 18, 1938.

Adam Levine, American pop guitarist, singer and songwriter (Maroon 5), was born on March 18, 1979.

American rap and pop singer Harold Devin Lima (LFO) was born on March 18, 1977.

Dana Elaine (Queen Latifah) Owens, American rapper, hip hop artist, singer, television personality (The Queen Latifah Show) and actress Beauty Shop, Bringing Down the House, Chicago, Hairspray, Juice, Jungle Fever, The Last Holiday, Life Support, Living Out Loud, Living Single, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, My Life, The Secret Life of Bees and Set It Off (), was born on March 18, 1970. Queen Latifah's best known songs include "Champion," "Fly Girl," "I Put a Spell on You," "Ladies First," "Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here," "Poetry Man," "Simply Beautiful" and "U.N.I.T.Y."

American R&B singer Wilson Pickett was born on March 18, 1941. Wilson Pickett's most popular songs include "Don't Knock My Love," "Funky Broadway," "Funky Broadway," "In the Midnight Hour," "It's Too Late," :"Land of 1000 Dances," "Mustang Sally."

Charley Pride, American country singer, was born on March 18, 1938. Charley Pride's best known songs include "Burgers and Fries," "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore," "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone," "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'," "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town," "Never Been So Loved in All My Life," "Roll On Mississippi," "Someone Loves You Honey," "Sweet Country," "When I Stop Leaving I'll Be Gone" and "Why Baby Why."

American country music keyboardist Scott Saunders (Sons of the Desert) was born on March 18, 1965.

Vanessa Williams, American model, singer, and actress (Eraser and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man), was born on March 18, 1963. In 1983, at age 20, Vanessa Williams became the first African-American to be crowned Miss America.

British rock drummer Barrie James (B. J.) Wilson (Procol Harum) was born on March 18, 1947.

Stuart Zender, British funk rock bassist (Jamiroquai), was born on March 18, 1974.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Philip de Lahire, French geometrician, was born on March 18, 1640.

March 18th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

John Calhoun, 7^th Vice President of the United States (serving with 6^th U.S. President John Quincy Adams and 7^th U.S. President Andrew Jackson), was born on March 18, 1825.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British statesman and Prime Minister, was born on March 18, 1869.

Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese President, was born on March 18, 1910. Chiang Ching-kuo's father was Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek.

Grover Cleveland, 22^nd and 24^th U.S. President, was born on March 18, 1837.

South African President and Nobel Prize winner (1993) Frederik Willem deKlerk was born on March 18, 1936.

Frederick III, King Denmark and Norway, was born on March 18, 1609.

Filipino President Fidel Ramos was born on March 18, 1928.

Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, Premier of Belgium, was born on March 18, 1843.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 18th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 18th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 18th.

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