| 18961 | February 18 | Birth | 1901 – Reginald Sheffield, English-American actor (d. 1957) |
| 18962 | February 18 | Birth | 1902 – Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (d. 1975) |
| 18963 | February 18 | Birth | 1903 – Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (d. 1983) |
| 18964 | February 18 | Birth | 1905 – Queenie Leonard, English-American actress and singer (d. 2002) |
| 18965 | February 18 | Birth | 1906 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980) |
| 18966 | February 18 | Birth | 1907 – Oscar Brodney, American lawyer and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 18967 | February 18 | Birth | 1909 – Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1990) |
| 18968 | February 18 | Birth | 1909 – Wallace Stegner, American historian and author (d. 1993) |
| 18969 | February 18 | Birth | 1911 – Jānis Vītols, Latvian cyclist (d. 1993) |
| 18970 | February 18 | Birth | 1914 – Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2000) |
| 18971 | February 18 | Birth | 1915 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (d. 2002) |
| 18972 | February 18 | Birth | 1916 – Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1999) |
| 18973 | February 18 | Birth | 1917 – José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (d. 2012) |
| 18974 | February 18 | Birth | 1917 – Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (d. 2001) |
| 18975 | February 18 | Birth | 1919 – Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 18976 | February 18 | Birth | 1921 – Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 18977 | February 18 | Birth | 1922 – Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1997) |
| 18978 | February 18 | Birth | 1922 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (d. 2012) |
| 18979 | February 18 | Birth | 1922 – Allan Melvin, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 18980 | February 18 | Birth | 1922 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971) |
| 18981 | February 18 | Birth | 1924 – Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist and academic (d. 1999) |
| 18982 | February 18 | Birth | 1924 – Nicola Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mob boss (d. 2010) |
| 18983 | February 18 | Birth | 1924 – Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1993) |
| 18984 | February 18 | Birth | 1925 – George Kennedy, American actor |
| 18985 | February 18 | Birth | 1926 – Nalini Jaywant, Indian actress (d. 2010) |
| 18986 | February 18 | Birth | 1927 – Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player and scout |
| 18987 | February 18 | Birth | 1927 – John Warner, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Navy |
| 18988 | February 18 | Birth | 1928 – Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 18989 | February 18 | Birth | 1929 – Len Deighton, English historian and author |
| 18990 | February 18 | Birth | 1929 – André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1968) |