People born on February 18

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

Ramakrishna

Indian mystic and religious preacher (1836–1886)

Niccolò Paganini

Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

André Breton

French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

Leon Battista Alberti

Italian architect (1404-1472)

Miloš Forman

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

Enzo Ferrari

Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, founder of the Ferrari (1898–1988)

Ali-Shir Nava'i

Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501)

Gary Neville

English association football player and manager (born 1975)