List of Famous people born on February 18th

Susan Farrell Egan is an American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer, known for her work on the Broadway stage. She is best known for originating the role of Belle in the Broadway musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (1994), as well as for providing the voices of Megara in Hercules (1997), Madame Gina in Porco Rosso (2005), Rose Quartz on Steven Universe, and Lin in Spirited Away.

Jean Desbouvrie was a French amateur bird trainer who believed that swallows could be put to use for military communications. During the late 19th century Desbouvrie persuaded the government of France to conduct a study on the feasibility of using swallows as messengers. His early demonstrations showed that swallows could exhibit homing behavior and that when they did so they flew much faster than homing pigeons. Desbouvrie also succeeded in curbing the birds' natural migratory behavior. After obtaining authorization from the government for follow-up testing, Desbouvrie delayed and did not follow through with rigorous experimentation.

Ricardo Menéndez Salmón is a Spanish novelist and writer. He was born in Gijón in Asturias province. He has written more than half a dozen novels.

Park Sung-hoon is a South Korean actor.

Roman Aleksandrovich Petushkov is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and Paralympian. He competes in classification category sitting events.

Genelle Williams is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles as Kim Carlisle in Radio Free Roscoe, as DJ in The Latest Buzz, and as the innkeeper Leena in Warehouse 13.

Ángelo Smit Preciado Quiñónez is an Ecuadorian processional footballer who plays as a right back for Belgian Pro League club Genk and the Ecuador national team.

Laura Chantal Dijkema is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She plays for Lokomotiv Kaliningrad.

Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor from 1792 to 1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the title of Emperor of Austria in response to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. Soon after Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine, Francis abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor. He was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He also served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815.

Takashi Ishizeki is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Isesaki, Gunma and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications from 1994 to 1998, during which time he studied at the University of London. He was elected to the city assembly of Isesaki in 1999, to the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 2003 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. Ishizeki is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.