Famous people born on 18 February

• Toni MorrisonAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic · 1931–2019
  88 yrs
• Alessandro VoltaItalian chemist and physicist · 1745–1827
  82 yrs
• RamakrishnaIndian mystic and religious preacher · 1836–1886
  50 yrs
• Ernst MachAustrian physicist · 1838–1916
  78 yrs
• Miloš FormanCzech American director, screenwriter, and professor · 1932–2018
  86 yrs
• Enzo FerrariItalian racing driver and entrepreneur · 1898–1988
  90 yrs
• Ali-Shir Nava'iTurkic poet and politician · 1441–1501
  59 yrs
• Bobby Robson ↗English association football player and manager · 1933–2009
  76 yrs
• Audre Lorde ↗American writer and feminist activist · 1934–1992
  58 yrs
• Jack Palance ↗American actor · 1919–2006
  87 yrs
• Semyon Timoshenko ↗Soviet military commander · 1895–1970
  75 yrs
• George Kennedy ↗American actor · 1925–2016
  91 yrs
• Anders Zorn ↗Swedish painter and engraver · 1860–1920
  60 yrs
• Francesco Redi ↗Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet · 1626–1697
  71 yrs
• Mór Jókai ↗Hungarian writer · 1825–1904
  79 yrs
• Robert Burton ↗English scholar · 1577–1640
  62 yrs
• Alexander Kielland ↗Norwegian writer · 1849–1906
  57 yrs
• Hans Asperger ↗Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor · 1906–1980
  74 yrs
• Mykola Pidhornyi ↗Soviet politician · 1903–1983
  79 yrs
• Nur ad-Din ↗Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus · 1118–1174
  56 yrs
• Agrippa d'Aubigné ↗French military officer, historian, writer and poet · 1552–1630
  78 yrs
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani ↗Egyptian Islamic scholar · 1372–1449
  76 yrs
• Paco Rabanne ↗Spanish-French fashion designer · 1934–2023
  88 yrs
• Fabrizio De André ↗Italian singer-songwriter · 1940–1999
  58 yrs
• Jacques Cassini ↗French astronomer · 1677–1756
  79 yrs
• John Hughes ↗American filmmaker · 1950–2009
  59 yrs
• Otto V or III, Duke of Bavaria ↗Duke of Lower Bavaria and King of Hungary · 1261–1312
  51 yrs
• Louis Comfort Tiffany ↗American stained glass and jewelry designer · 1848–1933
  84 yrs
• Adolphe Menjou ↗American actor · 1890–1963
  73 yrs
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda ↗Iranian politician · 1919–1979
  60 yrs
• Artur Axmann ↗Nazi official, head of Hitler Youth · 1913–1996
  83 yrs

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