Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 18

Births

 * AD 53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
 * 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
 * 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
 * 1920 - Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
 * 1947 - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss
 * 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
 * 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
 * 1962 - John Fashanu, English footballer
 * 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer
 * 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
 * 1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer
 * 1975 - Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter
 * 1976 - Ronaldo - Brazilian footballer

Deaths

 * AD 96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (pictured) (b. AD 51)
 * 1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1905)
 * 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
 * 2004 - Russ Meyer, American film director (b. 1922)