List of Famous people born on August 18th

Riki Harakawa is a Japanese football midfielder who plays for Cerezo Osaka in the J1 League.

Rustem Zakievich Khamitov is a Russian politician and engineer who served as the 2nd Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan from 19 July 2010 to 11 October 2018. Khamitov is a member of the United Russia party, and belongs to the party's Supreme Council.

Eddie Santiago is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.

Bambang Widjojanto is an Indonesian human rights activist. He is the co-founder of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation and a "leading advocate for the rights of the indigenous peoples of West Papua". According to The New York Times, his work for indigenous peoples made him "the target of repeated threats and detentions by the Indonesian government".

Emir Spahić is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Noam Kaniel also known as Noam, is an Israeli singer, musician, and composer, who has sold over 8 million records, and is known for composing or performing the theme songs of many animated series including X-Men, Goldorak, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, Code Lyoko, Miraculous Ladybug, Digimon Fusion, Glitter Force, and Power Rangers (2011–present).

César Fabián Delgado Godoy is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a winger. He also played as a central midfielder, making piercing forward runs through the center of the opposition's defence. His nickname "Chelito" is derived from that of Marcelo Delgado because of their same last name. Since 2013, he also holds Mexican citizenship.

Hayrünnisa Gül was the 11th First Lady of Turkey, as the wife of Abdullah Gül.

Rudy Hartono Kurniawan is a former Indonesian badminton player who won the men's singles title at the prestigious All-England Championship eight times, seven times consecutively (1968–1974) and at World Championship in 1980 on his only attempt at this title. He is one of the most famous players in the history of the sport and is considered to be one of the greatest badminton players of all time.

Markus Knüfken is a German actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1978.