May 18th Birthdays

George Strait, American country singer, was born on this day in 1952 in Poteet, Texas.

Also born on May 18th:

• 1924
  Priscilla Pointer, American actress
• 1931
  Robert Morse, American actor
• 1937
  Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
• 1941
  Miriam Margolyes, British actress
• 1943
  Albert Hammond, Gibraltarian musician, composer
  Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Fijian wrestler, actor
• 1946
  Bruce Gilbert, English guitarist
  Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
• 1949
  Rick Wakeman, English composer, musician
  Bill Wallace, Canadian bassist
• 1950
  Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, singer
• 1951
  Jim Sundberg, American baseball player
• 1957
  Michael Cretu, Romanian-born German musician
• 1958
  Toyah Willcox, English actor, singer
• 1963
  Sam Vincent, American basketball player
• 1966
  Michael Tait, American musician
• 1967
  Rob Base, American rapper
• 1969
  Martika, Cuban-American singer
• 1970
  Tina Fey, American writer/actress
  Billy Howerdel, American guitarist
• 1973
  Brian Heffron, American wrestler (“The Blue Meanie”)
  Donyell Marshall, American basketball player
• 1974
  Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player
• 1975
  Jack Johnson, American musician
• 1976
  Ron Mercer, American basketball player
• 1978
  Marcus Giles, American baseball player
• 1979
  David Nail, American country singer
• 1980
  Jeff Roehl, American football player
  Matt Long, American actor
  Reggie Evans, American basketball player
  Felicia Pearson, American actress
• 1983
  Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
  Vince Young, American football player
• 1985
  Francesca Battistelli, American singer
• 1988
  Ryan Cooley, Canadian actor
• 1992
  Spencer Breslin, American actor

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 18th:

• 1981
  Arthur O’Connell, American actor (age 73)
  William Saroyan, American author, playwright (age 72)
• 1990
  Jill Ireland, English actress (age 54)
• 1995
  Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (age 91)
  Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer, actor (age 45)
  Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (age 62)
• 2004
  Elvin Jones, American drummer, bandleader (age 76)
• 2008
  Joseph Pevney, American actor, director (age 96)
• 2013
  Steve Forrest, American actor (age 87)
• 2017
  Chris Cornell, American singer (age 52)
• 2020
  Ken Osmond, American actor (age 76)
• 2021
  Charles Grodin, American actor (age 86)
• 2023
  Jim Brown, American football player (age 87)