List of Famous people who born in 1918

Arie Frederik Lasut is regarded as a national hero in Indonesia, because of his involvement in the struggle for independence and his efforts to advance Indonesia’s mining and geological infrastructure during the nation’s beginnings. Arie Lasut was born in Kapataran, a village in the regency of Minahasa in the province of North Sulawesi. He was the eldest son of eight children born to Darius Lasut and Ingkan Supit. His brother, Willy Lasut, went on to become governor of North Sulawesi.

Yehia Emam, was an Egyptian former footballer who played as a Goalkeeper for Zamalek. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and represented his country in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1951 Mediterranean Games and 1953 Pan Arab Games.

Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an Iraqi politician and academician, who served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1967, headed the Iraqi Bar Association in 2003, and was the Minister of Justice in the Iraqi Interim Government in 2004.

Xie Jianshun was a Taiwanese intersex man who gained considerable fame in 1953 when his condition was discovered by doctors of the Republic of China Armed Forces. He was considered by many to be the first Chinese "transsexual" when he underwent sex reassignment surgery and was frequently dubbed as the "Chinese Christine" due to both of them having been soldiers. This caused major cultural impact on the Taiwanese people as many felt it put the nation on the same level of development as the United States. Despite this, Xie did not want to transition to a woman but was encouraged to do so by medical professionals.

Orhan Alp was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician and former government minister.

Abd El-Karim Sakr was an Egyptian football forward who played for Egypt & Farouk.

George Wang was a Taiwanese actor and producer who appeared in a multitude of Italian films.