Celebrities born on May 18

Art Landy (born Arthur Charles Landmesser, May 18, 1904 – May 21, 1977) was an American animator who specialized in animation set decoration, working on over 150 animated features. After beginning his career in Disney Studio in the second half of the 1940s, he joined the Walter Lantz Studio in 1953 and worked there until the end of 1966. At Disney, he mostly worked on the series of Pluto films, and on the 1953 animated feature film Peter Pan. At Lantz, he worked on numerous Woody Woodpecker shorts. [biography from Wikipedia]

Reinhold Heil is a German musician, producer, and film and television composer. He initially achieved success in Germany as a member of the post-punk and Neue Deutsche Welle groups Nina Hagen Band, Spliff and Nena, and later as a music producer. As a film composer, he is known for his collaborations with director Tom Tykwer, on films such as Run Lola Run (1998), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The International (2009), and Cloud Atlas (2012). His television credits include the series Deadwood (2004–06). He often works with Australian composer Johnny Klimek.

Kim Jae-joong is a South Korean producer.

Adamari López Torres is a Puerto Rican television and stage actress. She started her career as a child actress in Puerto Rican soap operas. Eventually, she transitioned into a successful adult career.

Ronny P. Tjandra is an Indonesian actor.

Liam O'Callaghan is a Dutch dancer and stunt performer with Irish and Spanish roots, who is affiliated with Actionpact.

Frédérique Dumas (born 18 May 1963) is a French film producer and politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. She is the CEO of Studio 37, the film production subsidiary of Orange. Dumas studied at the Institut Libre for International Relations Studies (Panthéon-Assas University), and holds a bachelor's degree in information/communication. From 1989 to 1993, Dumas was a film consultant for the French Ministry of Culture. At the same time, she was holding a director of development position at Polygram. In 1996, Dumas created NoéProductions, and IngaFilms in 2004, two independent film production companies based in Paris, France. In parallel, she was President of the Bureau de Liaison des Industries Cinématographiques, the office that syndicates most of the French film unions. In 2005, she was a member of the jury for the 20th movie festival in Paris. Today, she is the CEO of Studio 37, the film production subsidiary of Orange. From 1989 to 1997, Dumas was the Cultural Affairs delegate to the mayor of Antony, France. From 2001 to 2005, Dumas was the media and culture spokesperson for the French political party, the UDF. Since April 2004, she was also the regional counselor of the Ile-de-France county. Since July 2009, Dumas is the National Secretary in charge of new media for the French political party, the Nouveau Centre. In 2017, Dumas was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly as a member of La République En Marche!, having left the Union of Democrats and Independents earlier in the year. In parliament, she serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In late 2018, she joined an informal group on Grand Paris. In 2020, Satoury joined Sylvie Guillaume, Mounir Satouri and Hubert Julien-Laferrière in visiting several refugee camps in northern Syria that hold individuals displaced from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including al-Hawl and Roj. She stood down at the 2022 French legislative election. Source: Article "Frédérique Dumas" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

UK born Lynette Howell Taylor is the founder of 51 Entertainment, a platform agnostic filmmaker-driven production company. This year Lynette produced Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A STAR IS BORN in which he stars opposite Lady Gaga. The film has received numerous award nominations from the Golden Globes, AFI, Critic’s Choice, and The National Board of Review. Lynette is currently in post-production on WANDER DARKLY, written and directed by Tara Miele, and starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna. She is also in pre-production on Derek Cianfrance’s HBO limited series I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE starring Mark Ruffalo, which is based on the best-selling novel by Wally Lamb.

Fernando Mieles is an Ecuadorian director and screenwriter, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied at the International School of Cinema and Television of San Antonio De Los Baños-Cuba (EICTV). His is known for documentaries are Aqui soy José, Descartes and Prometeo Deportado, a film that received several international recognitions.

Gian Piero Galeazzi (18 May 1946 – 12 November 2021), frequently spelled Giampiero, was an Italian sport journalist, commentator, and television personality. Born in Rome, Galeazzi graduated in statistics, then he was a competition rower, becoming a junior world champion and participating in Mexico Olympics in 1968. In 1972 he was hired by RAI as a sport commentator. Galeazzi went on to work both on TV and radio, following rowing as well as tennis and soccer. In 1992 he was invited to host the RAI sport program with the highest rating at the time, 90º minuto. From 1994 his role was expanded to co-conductor and entertainer of the variety show Domenica In. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Piero Galeazzi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Teresa Giudice is an American television personality best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Besides appearing on the show, Giudice wrote multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5.