List of Famous people born on December 18th

Kornelis Antonie "Kees" Schouhamer Immink is a Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording, including popular digital media such as Compact Disc, DVD and Blu-ray Disc. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds more than 1100 U.S. and international patents. A large portion of the commonly used audio and video playback and recording devices use technologies based on his work. His contributions to coding systems assisted the digital video and audio revolution, by enabling reliable data storage at information densities previously unattainable.

Daniel Scott McGwire is a former American football quarterback who played professionally for the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).

Laura Inés Fernández is an Argentine dancer, choreographer, TV host, model and actress. She is known for her participation in Showmatch: Bailando por un sueño, for hosting the youth program Combate, and being the best host alongside Ángel de Brito in the reality show program Cantando 2020.

Arina Andreyevna Ushakova is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor. With Sergei Karev, she is the 2005 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist and 2007 Winter Universiade bronze medalist. They placed 5th at the 2008 European Championships.

Bent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.

Schelte John "Bobby" Bus is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii and Deputy Director of NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, United States.