Deaths on 18 January
2000s
Claire van Kampen
2025
English director and composer (1953–2025)
David Crosby
2023
American singer and guitarist (1941–2023)
Paco Gento
2022
Spanish footballer (1933–2022)
Yvette Mimieux
2022
American actress (1942–2022)
André Leon Talley
2022
American fashion journalist (1948–2022)
John Coughlin (figure skater)
2019
American pair skater (1985–2019)
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
2019
Iraqi archaeologist (1938–2019)
Peter Abrahams
2017
South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
2017
English female cricketer, businesswoman and life peer
Roberta Peters
2017
American opera singer
Johnny Bach
2016
American basketball player and coach (1924–2016)
Glenn Frey
2016
American rock musician (1948–2016)
T. S. Sinnathuray
2016
Singaporean judge (1930–2016)
Michel Tournier
2016
French writer (1924–2016)
Alberto Nisman
2015
Argentine lawyer and prosecutor (1963–2015)
Christine Valmy
2015
Romanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur
Piet van der Sanden
2015
Dutch politician and journalist (1924–2015)
Tony Verna
2015
American television producer
Kathryn Abbe
2014
American photographer
Michael Botmang
2014
Nigerian politician (1938–2014)
Dennis Frederiksen
2014
American rock singer (1951–2014)
Andy Graver
2014
English footballer (1927–2014)
Sarah Marshall (British actress)
2014
British actress (1933–2014)
Eugenio Cruz Vargas
2014
Chilean poet and painter
Sean Fallon (footballer)
2013
Irish footballer (1922–2013)
Jim Horning
2013
American computer scientist (1942–2013)
Jon Mannah
2013
Australian rugby league footballer
Lewis Marnell
2013
Professional skateboarder
Ron Nachman
2013
Anthony Gonsalves
2012
Indian composer (1927–2012)
Georg Lassen
2012
German U-boat commander
Yuri Rasovsky
2012
American dramatist
Sargent Shriver
2011
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
Kate McGarrigle
2010
Canadian singer-songwriter (1946–2010)
Robert B. Parker
2010
American crime writer (1932–2010)
Tony Hart
2009
English artist and TV presenter (1925–2009)
Nora Kovach
2009
Hungarian ballerina (1931–2009)
Danai Stratigopoulou
2009
Musical artist
Grigore Vieru
2009
Moldovan poet (1935–2009)
Georgia Frontiere
2008
American businesswoman (1927–2008)
Frank Lewin
2008
American composer
Lois Nettleton
2008
American actress (1927–2008)
John Stroger
2008
American politician
Brent Liles
2007
American bassist (1963–2007)
Jan Twardowski
2006
Polish poet and Catholic priest
Lamont Bentley
2005
American actor (1973–2005)
Galina Korchuganova
2004
Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion
The Sheik (wrestler)
2003
American professional wrestler (1926–2003)
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
2003
Hindi poet and writer (1907–2003)
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
2001
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997–2001
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
2000
Austrian architect
1900s
Dan Georgiadis
1998
Greek footballer and manager (1922-1998)
Paul Tsongas
1997
American politician (1941–1997)
N. T. Rama Rao
1996
Indian actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1923–1996)
Adolf Butenandt
1995
German biochemist (1903–1995)
Ron Luciano
1995
American baseball umpire (1937–1995)
Dionysios Zakythinos
1993
Melanie Appleby
1990
English singer (1966–1990)
Rusty Hamer
1990
American actor (1947–1990)
Bruce Chatwin
1989
English writer, novelist and journalist (1940–1989)
Panteleimon Ponomarenko
1984
Soviet partisan and politician (1902-1984)
Vassilis Tsitsanis
1984
Musical artist
Cecil Beaton
1980
British photographer and designer (1904–1980)
Hasan Askari (writer)
1978
Pakistani scholar and writer
Gertrude Olmstead
1975
American actress (1897–1975)
Irina Levchenko
1973
Soviet writer and military officer
Virgil Finlay
1971
American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator
David O. McKay
1970
American religious leader (1873–1970)
Hans Freyer
1969
German sociologist and philosopher (1887–1969)
Goose Tatum
1967
American basketball and baseball player (1921–1967)
Kathleen Norris
1966
American writer (1880–1966)
Hugh Gaitskell
1963
British politician (1906–1963)
Makbule Atadan
1956
Turkish politician and writer, sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Konstantin Päts
1956
Estonian statesman and president (1874–1956)
Saadat Hasan Manto
1955
Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912–1955)
Sydney Greenstreet
1954
British and American actor (1879–1954)
Curly Howard
1952
American comedian and actor (1903–1952)
Amy Carmichael
1951
Christian missionary to India (1867–1951)
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
1940
Polish writer (1865–1940)
Hermanus Brockmann
1936
Dutch rower (1871–1936)
Rudyard Kipling
1936
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
Joseph Devlin
1934
Irish journalist and politician (1871–1934)
Harry Coulby
1929
American businessman (1865-1929)
Wallace Reid
1923
American actor (1891–1923)
Prince John of the United Kingdom
1919
British prince (1905–1919)
1800s
Charles Floquet
1896
French lawyer and statesman (1828–1896)
Anton Anderledy
1892
Swiss Jesuit (1819–1892)
Baldassare Verazzi
1886
Italian painter
Antoine César Becquerel
1878
French scientist (1788–1878)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1873
British statesman and writer (1803–1873)
John Tyler
1862
President of the United States from 1841 to 1845
Panoutsos Notaras
1849
Leading figure of the Greek War of Independence (1740/1752–1849)
Ippolit Bogdanovich
1803
Russian poet (1743–1803)
Before 1800
Jeanne Quinault
1783
French actress, playwright and salon hostess (1699–1783)
Franz Georg von Schönborn
1756
German nobleman and archbishop
Jan van Riebeeck
1677
Dutch colonial administrator (1619–1677)
Magnus Heinason
1589
Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer
Margaret of Parma
1586
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1559–67 and 1578–82
Pietro Bembo
1547
Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1470–1547)
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
1479
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450 to 1479
Emperor Go-Hanazono
1471
Emperor of Japan from 1428 to 1464
Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1451
German count (1414–1451)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
1425
15th-century English noble
Jobst of Moravia
1411
15th-century King of Germany
Peter I of Portugal
1367
King of Portugal from 1357 to 1367
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
1357
Queen of Castile and León from 1328 to 1350
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
1326
English administrator, soldier and politician
Margaret of Hungary (saint)
1271
Hungarian princess and saint
Henry I of Cyprus
1253
King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253
Tamar I
1213
Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
896
Ruler of Egypt and Syria from 884 to 896
Odilo, Duke of Bavaria
748
Duke of Bavaria
Leo I (emperor)
474
Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474
Publius Clodius Pulcher
-52
Roman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC)