List of Famous people born on August 18th
Georgina Bardach
Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race. She also won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo.
Juan Leyrado
Juan Leyrado is an Argentine actor. He took part in the incredibly successful 2012 Argentine telenovela Graduados.
Onni Valakari
Onni Valakari is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Finnish national team.
Luis Fajardo
Luis Alfonso "El Bendito" Fajardo Posada is a retired Colombian footballer. He was chosen to play for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy by his former Atlético Nacional manager Francisco Maturana. He's now a chairman of Deportivo Rionegro, a second division Colombian team.
Lars Rudolph
Lars Rudolph is a German actor and musician. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1984. He won the Max-Ophüls-Preis in 1997.
Hidayet Karaca
Hidayet Karaca was the general manager of the Samanyolu Media Group and chairman of the now-closed Samanyolu TV.
Chua Lam
Chua Lam is a Singaporean-born Hong Kong columnist, food critic, and occasional television host. He was also a movie producer for the Hong Kong movie studio Golden Harvest.
Michael Boxall
Michael Joseph Boxall is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Minnesota United in Major League Soccer, and the New Zealand national football team.
Xhevat Prekazi
Dževad Prekazi is a former Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds Turkish citizenship.
Abdellatif Maazouz
Abdellatif Maazouz is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal Party. Between 2007 and 2012 he was Minister of Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. On 3 January 2012, he was appointed Delegate-Minister for Moroccans Living Abroad in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane, he held this post until 9 July 2013, when his party members quit the government. On 22 September 2021, he was elected as the president of the Council of the Casablanca-Settat region.