List of Famous people born on January 18th

Karin Kneissl is an Austrian diplomat, journalist and independent politician, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2019. She is an expert on the Middle East and was a lecturer before assuming the government position she was offered by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

Gary Dajaun Trent Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. As a high school senior, Trent was selected as a McDonald's All-American.

Fernando Rodríguez Trueba, known as Fernando Trueba, is a book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.

Tamara Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli is a Georgian singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia and Russia.

Richard Vaughn Spencer is an American politician and businessman who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy from August 3, 2017, to November 24, 2019. While serving as Secretary of the Navy, he also briefly served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense and Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Spencer served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1981 as a Marine Aviator and also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Intercontinental Exchange from November 2001 to January 2008. Spencer served as Secretary of the Navy from August 3, 2017, to November 24, 2019, when Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requested his resignation over his handling of the Eddie Gallagher case. Spencer was displeased that the White House interfered and pressured him to let Gallagher retire as a Navy SEAL.

José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias, known as Nacho, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Real Madrid and the Spain national team.

Kang Ji-young, also known as Jiyoung or JY, is a South Korean actress and singer based in Japan. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Kara.

Anjem Choudary is a British Islamist and a social and political activist convicted of inviting support for a proscribed organisation, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, under the Terrorism Act 2000. He was subsequently subject to sanctions by both the U.S. State Department and the U.N. Security Council freezing his assets.

Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for the Japan national team, for which he served as captain.

Virgil Eugene Hill is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the IBF and lineal light heavyweight titles from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2007. As an amateur, Hill won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.