List of Famous people born on August 18th
Chris van Tulleken
Alexander 'Dr. Xand' van Tulleken and Christoffer 'Dr. Chris' van Tulleken are British doctors, TV presenters and identical twin brothers. They are best known for presenting the series Operation Ouch! Chris has become well known for his two-part television special for BBC One entitled The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs. Xand has also presented shows without his brother.
Hunter Tootoo
Hunter A. Tootoo is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 2015 to 2019. Elected as a Liberal to the House of Commons, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard by Justin Trudeau on November 4, 2015. Tootoo resigned from that position on May 31, 2016, to take a leave from Parliament to seek treatment for alcohol addiction. He returned to Parliament by the end of July 2016 after the completion of his treatment program, but sat as an independent member for the remainder of the 42nd Parliament and did not run for re-election.
Seiichi Ishii
Seiichi Ishii is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games.
Cédric Vasseur
Cédric Vasseur is a French former professional road racing cyclist, and current general manager of UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. As a rider, Vasseur competed between 1993 and 2007 for the Novemail–Histor, Crédit Agricole, U.S. Postal Service, Cofidis and Quick-Step–Innergetic squads. Vasseur was considered an all-rounder who could do well in a variety of races. He raced in all of the spring classics such as Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix, and won a stage of the Dauphiné Libéré stage race as well as two at the Tour de France.
Jason Steele
Jason Sean Steele is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Nikita Kanani
Nikita Kanani MBE is a general practitioner and the former chief clinical officer of the Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group. In 2018 she became the first woman to be appointed medical director of primary care at NHS England.
Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He previously played for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Shunta Tanaka
Shunta Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).
Bart Scott
Bartholomew Edward Scott is a former American football player and current radio personality. Scott was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. After playing college football for Southern Illinois University, he was signed by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2002. Scott was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2006. After playing his first seven years with Ravens, Scott signed with the New York Jets in 2009. He would play his final four seasons for the Jets.
Kevin Long
Kevin Finbarr Long, is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Burnley and the Republic of Ireland national team. He plays mainly as a centre-back but can also fill in at full-back.