List of Famous people born on September 18th

Francisca Linconao Huircapán, also known as Machi Linconao, is a machi and human rights activist in Chile. She became the first Indigenous rights defender in Chile to successfully invoke the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention when she sued to stop a company from logging a forest adjacent to her community. In 2021, she was elected as a representative of the Mapuche people to the Chilean Constitutional Convention election.

Gabriel Appelt Pires, sometimes known as just Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Botafogo, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica, as a midfielder.

Carolin Tamara Hingst is a German pole vaulter.

Yūzō Kanemaru is a male Japanese sprinter. He set his 400 metres personal best at the 2009 Osaka Grand Prix, finishing in 45.16 seconds.

Luciana de Andrade, better known as Lu Andrade, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, presenter and actress. In 2002 she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge until 2004, recording two of the four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003). In 2004 she left the band claiming lack of identification with the musical style of the group that sold 6 million copies in all and became the most successful girl group of Brazil and one of the twenty that more sold in the world.

Akihiro Endo is a Japanese former footballer. His younger brother Yasuhito is also a footballer.

Cristina Ouviña Modrego is a Spanish basketball player. She plays for Valencia Basket and the Spain women's national basketball team. She is point guard and winner of the EuroBasket in France 2013. She is known for her speed, her desire to learn, and her work ethic.

Marco Jhonnier Pérez Murillo is a Colombian football striker who last played for Al-Raed.

Rafael Luis Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN. Rafael Araneda is married to the hostess Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry and they have three children, Martina, Florencia and Vicente.

Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan track and field hurdler who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. A two-time World champion, she won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 1999, she won the silver medal at the World Championships in an African record time of 52.90 seconds. In 2000, she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games.