List of Famous people born on August 18th

Jeremy Charles Shockey is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the New York Giants 14th overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.

José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez is a Mexican singer and composer. He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. He competed in the national Méxican OTI Festival, the National final to select the Mexican entrant at the main OTI Festival in 1977. Although he ended in the last place with no points, his career went on successfully, turning into a star in Mexico.

Mercédesz Henger, birth name Mercédesz Jelinek Schicchi, is an Italian-Hungarian television personality; she is daughter of Éva Henger and Riccardo Schicchi and she is known with the surname of Éva Henger, her mother, as Mercédesz Henger since 2002, when she made her cinema debut in 2002 with a cameo role in the movie Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese; film where there is also the mother Éva Henger.

Jamel Irief, better known by his stage name Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though one of the lesser-known members of the group, he has been prolific on Clan group albums and solo projects since the mid-1990s. He released his debut album No Said Date in 2004 to positive reviews, and has since released three additional albums.

Graham Jonathan Zusi is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder or defender for Sporting Kansas City and the United States national team.

Ramy Abu Ayach is a Lebanese singer, composer, actor, and philanthropist. Commonly referred to as the "Pop Star" in the Arab world for his impact and contribution to the contemporary Arab music scene and Pop Culture, Ayach is a winner of the most prestigious Pan-Arab awards, and is behind some of the most recognizable Arab hits of the modern era such as "Mabrouk", "Albi Mal", "Khalini Ma3ak", "El Nas El Ray2a", and "Majnoun". Also an actor, his most recent role was in the hit drama series "Amir El Leil. In addition to being an accomplished artist, Ayach is also the founder of the biggest NGO led by an artist: the "Ayach Al Tofoula Foundation", which is solely dedicated to the education and empowerment of children.

Sarah Colby Spain is an American sports reporter. She works as an espnW.com columnist, ESPN Radio host, ESPN television personality and occasional SportsCenter reporter for ESPN.

Kotaro Nagasaki is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1991. He graduated from Cornell Law School in the United States while still in the ministry. In 2005 he left the ministry and was elected to the Diet for the first time. In 2019 he was elected governor of the Yamanashi Prefecture with 49.7% votes in a single round.

Laurence Jalbert is a pop and rock singer-songwriter from Quebec.

Leo Ku Kui Kei is a Hong Kong Cantopop and Mandopop singer, actor, TV host, model, cartoonist, MV director, and producer and designer. He employs falsetto as a singing technique and was named as one of the "Five Fresh Tigers of TVB".