List of Famous people born on May 18th

Shreevats Goswami is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born in Liluah in Howrah city, the twin city of Kolkata, West Bengal. His father’s name is Pratyush Goswami. He started playing cricket at the age of 11. He played domestic cricket for Under-19 Bengal. During the Under-19 Tri-nation series in South Africa in January 2008, he scored 97 against South Africa and 104 against Bangladesh. In the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia, he scored 58 runs in one of the league matches and 51 in the semi-final against New Zealand.

Reginald Martinez Jackson is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Bernard Lucas Feringa is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist, specializing in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis. He is the Jacobus van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and an Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines".

Donyell Lamar Marshall is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Central Connecticut men's basketball team. During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played with eight different teams.

Tetsuya Iida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Joshua Joevan Bellamy is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Butte Community College before transferring to Louisville, and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He has also played for Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, and New York Jets.

Nigel S. Wright is a Canadian businessman and lawyer. He served as the thirteenth Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, from September 2010 to May 2013 and is a Managing Director in the London office of Onex Corporation. Wright left the Prime Minister's Office after it was reported that he had lied about using his own money to cover Senator Mike Duffy repay the government for housing expenses that were, at the time, the subject of media and political controversy.

Osamu Higashio is a former Japanese baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1969–1988. He also was manager of the Seibu Lions from 1995–2001.

Georges Leekens is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Thomas Sykora is a former alpine skier from Austria.