Famous people born on 18 December

• Joseph StalinPolitician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953 · 1878–1953
  74 yrs
• Willy BrandtGerman politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate · 1913–1992
  78 yrs
• Joseph John ThomsonBritish physicist · 1856–1940
  83 yrs
• Mary, Queen of ScotsQueen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 · 1542–1587
  44 yrs
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaHeir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary · 1863–1914
  50 yrs
• Steve BikoSouth African anti-apartheid activist · 1946–1977
  30 yrs
• Carl Maria von WeberGerman Romantic composer · 1786–1826
  39 yrs
• Pierre NkurunzizaPresident of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 · 1964–2020
  55 yrs
• Yuri Nikulin ↗Soviet and Russian actor and clown · 1921–1997
  75 yrs
• Ray Liotta ↗American actor · 1954–2022
  67 yrs
• Laura Mancinelli ↗Italian germanist, medievalist, translator and writer · 1933–2016
  82 yrs
• Saki ↗British writer · 1870–1916
  45 yrs
• George Stevens ↗American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer · 1904–1975
  70 yrs
• Betty Grable ↗American actress and pin-up girl · 1916–1973
  56 yrs
• Nikola Pašić ↗Serbian politician · 1845–1926
  80 yrs
• Edwin Howard Armstrong ↗American electrical engineer and inventor · 1890–1954
  63 yrs
• Jules Dassin ↗American film director · 1911–2008
  96 yrs
• Anna Leopoldovna ↗Regent and Grand Duchess of Russia · 1718–1746
  27 yrs
• Alfred Bester ↗American author · 1913–1987
  73 yrs
• Celia Johnson ↗English actress · 1908–1982
  73 yrs
• Ty Cobb ↗American baseball player · 1886–1961
  74 yrs
• Gladys Cooper ↗British actress · 1888–1971
  82 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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