1918 births

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989

Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)

American actress (1918–1987)

Austrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007)

British biochemist (1918–2013)

American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999)

American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

English radio astronomer (1918–1984)

African-American mathematician

French Marxist philosopher (1918–1990)

vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

American actor (1918–1981)

Japanese politician (1918–2019)

American physicist (1918–1998)

9th President of Italy (1918–2012)

Swedish physicist (1918–2007)

Japanese chemist (1918–1998)

Canadian physicist

American biochemist

German chemist (1918–2007)

Italian racing driver (1918–1955)

English organic chemist (1918–1998)

Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2003

American economist (1918–2002)

Danish chemist (1918-2018)

Italian-American economist (1918–2003)

President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964

American businessman (1918–1992)

American who was the tallest recorded person in history

American actress (1918–2005)

French novelist

6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997)

President of India from 1992 to 1997

British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)

American biochemist (1918–2018)

Swedish opera singer (1918–2005)

Japanese politician (1918–1993)

American actor and comedian (1918–2003)

Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)

Danish architect (1918–2008)

American biologist (1918–2004)

Japanese association football player (born 1918)

Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993

Chilean politician and former president (1918–2016)

American choreographer and director (1918–1998)

Dutch track and field athlete (1918–2004)

American film actor (1918–1996)

Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)

President of Chad (1918–1975)

American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985)

American writer (1918–2007)