List of Famous people who born in 1918

Edna May Healey, Baroness Healey was a British writer, lecturer and filmmaker.

Mieko Takamine was a Japanese singer and actress. In 1976, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 19th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in The Inugamis (1976).

Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS was a pioneering English aviator. In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitfires. In 1963, she became the first British woman to break the sound barrier, flying at Mach 1.6, which also represented a world air speed record for women.

Sir Michael Bowen Hanley KCB was Director General (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1972 to 1978.

Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. Known by the nickname "Kjakan" and as "Agent No. 24", he was the most highly decorated citizen in Norway, including being the only person to have been awarded the War Cross with three swords, Norway's highest military decoration.