Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/August 18
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- Barbara Harris, singer with The Toys, turns 79.
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- Vince Melouney, Australian guitarist for the Bee Gees, turns 79.
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- Nigel Griggs, English bassist for Split Enz, turns 75.
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- Dennis Elliot, American drummer for Foreigner, turns 74.
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- David Benoit (musician), American arranger, keyboardist, and pianist, turns 71.
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- Ron Strykert, Australian guitarist for Men at Work, turns 67.
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- Dan Peters, American drummer for Mudhoney, turns 57.
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- Tracy Tracy, Australian vocalist for The Primitives, turns 57.
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- Everlast, (nee Erik Schrody) of House of Pain fame, turns 55.
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- Richard D James (electronic musician), best known as Aphex Twin, turns 53.
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- Frances Bean Cobain, American singer and daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, turns 32.
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- Patrick Swayze (August 18, 1952–September 14, 2009), American actor and singer, would have turned 72 this year.
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- Carl Wayne (August 18, 1944 –August 31, 2004), singer for The Move, would have turned 80 this year.
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- Molly Bee (August 18, 1939–February 07, 2009), American country music vocalist, would have turned 85 this year.
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- Johnny Preston (August 18, 1930 –March 04, 2011), American pop singer ("Running Bear"), would have turned 94 this year.
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- Zinky Cohn (August 18, 1908 –April 26, 1952), American pianist, would have turned 116 this year.
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- Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906 –September 11, 1971), American blues pianist, would have turned 118 this year.
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- Enoch Light (August 18, 1905 –July 31, 1978), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and pianist, would have turned 119 this year.
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- Lucienne Boyer (August 18, 1901 –December 06, 1983), French vocalist, would have turned 123 this year.
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- Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 –November 07, 1945), German composer, songwriter, and Vaudevillian, would have turned 145 this year.