List of Famous people born on August 18th
Silvia Gold
Silvia Gold is an Argentine business executive.
Jun Kung
Jun Kung is a drummer, singer songwriter and producer, Multi-Instrumentalist.
Kōbō Kenichi
Kōbō Kenichi is a former sumo wrestler from Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9.
Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialised in butterfly and freestyle events. She won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside teammates Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Dekker became Olympic champion in the 4×100-metre freestyle together with Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis, setting a then Olympic record. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Dutch 4 x 100 metre freestyle team that won the silver medal, with Veldhuis, Heemskerk and Kromowidjojo, behind the Australian team who set a new Olympic record.
Andrey Kizhevatov
Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov was a Soviet border guard commander, one of the leaders of the Defense of Brest Fortress during Operation Barbarossa, head of the 9th frontier post of the 17th Brest border detachment of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD).
Anna Plisetskaya
Anna Alexandrovna Plisetskaya is a Russian ballerina, actress and producer.
Ricardo Villa
Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder. He was famous for his time playing soccer from 1970 to 1989.
Magomed Ibragimov
Magomed Ibragimov is a Russian-Dagestani Uzbek wrestler who competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He was born in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
Amira Yoma
Amalia Beatriz "Amira" Yoma is an Argentine political advisor and restaurateur. She is best known for being the Director of Hearings in the presidential administration of her then brother-in-law Carlos Menem, and for being charged in the drug money laundering scandal which came to be called Yomagate.
Kwon Soo-hyun
Kwon Soo-hyun is a South Korean actor. Three years into his acting career, Kwon finally got cast in the television series Run, Jang-mi (2014), playing a vital part in the drama. He also starred in High Society (2015). He looks up to Park Hae-il as his role model as he likes the latter acting.