Deaths on 18 July
2000s
Edwin Feulner
2025
American political scientist (1941–2025)
Lou Dobbs
2024
American television host (1945–2024)
Abner Haynes
2024
American football player (1937–2024)
Bob Newhart
2024
American comedian and actor (1929–2024)
Oommen Chandy
2023
10th Chief Minister of Kerala (1943–2023)
Tom O'Connor (comedian)
2021
British entertainer (1939–2021)
Jonathan Gold
2018
American food critic (1960–2018)
Adrian Cronauer
2018
American radio personality and lawyer (1938–2018)
Alex Rocco
2015
American actor (1936–2015)
Buddy Buie
2015
American songwriter, producer, and publisher
Andreas Biermann
2014
German footballer
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
2014
Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor (1941–2014
Dietmar Schönherr
2014
Austrian actor (1926–2014)
Vaali (poet)
2013
Indian artist, poet, lyricist, writer, actor (1931–2013)
Olivier Ameisen
2013
French-American cardiologist
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
2012
Israeli Haredi rabbi
Jean François-Poncet
2012
French politician and diplomat
Dawoud Rajiha
2012
Minister of Defense (1947–2012)
Assef Shawkat
2012
Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1950–2012)
Hasan Turkmani
2012
Syrian politician (1935–2012)
Rajesh Khanna
2012
Indian actor, film producer and politician (1942–2012)
Henry Allingham
2009
English supercentenarian (1896–2009)
Jill Balcon
2009
British actress (1925–2009)
Jerry Hadley
2007
American operatic tenor (1952–2007)
Kenji Miyamoto (politician)
2007
Japanese communist politician (1908–2007)
Henry Hewes (critic)
2006
American drama critic (1917–2006)
Amy Gillett
2005
Australian rower and cyclist (1976–2005)
William Westmoreland
2005
United States Army general (1914–2005)
André Castelot
2004
French writer and scriptwriter
Émile Peynaud
2004
French oenologist and researcher
Metin Toker
2002
Turkish journalist and writer (1924-2002)
Mimi Fariña
2001
American musician
1900s
Karl Menninger
1990
American psychiatrist
Yun Po-sun
1990
President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962
Donnie Moore
1989
American baseball player (1954–1989)
Rebecca Schaeffer
1989
American model and actress (1967–1989)
Nico
1988
German singer and actress (1938–1988)
Joly Braga Santos
1988
Portuguese composer and conductor
Gilberto Freyre
1987
Brazilian scholar, writer, and politician
Lally Bowers
1984
English actress (1914–1984)
Grigori Kromanov
1984
Estonian film director
Roman Jakobson
1982
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl
1981
Swedish lawyer and politician
Vaughn Bodē
1975
American underground cartoonist and illustrator (1941–1975)
Jack Hawkins
1973
British actor (1910–1973)
Mary Jo Kopechne
1969
American teacher, secretary, and campaign specialist (1940–1969)
Corneille Heymans
1968
Belgian physiologist and Nobel laureate (1892–1968)
Bobby Fuller
1966
American rock musician (1942–1966)
Machine Gun Kelly (gangster)
1954
American gangster (1895–1954)
Paul Saintenoy
1952
Belgian architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer
Carl Van Doren
1950
American critic and biographer (1885–1950)
Vítězslav Novák
1949
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870–1949)
Francisco Javier Arana
1949
Guatemalan military leader (1905–1949)
Herman Gummerus
1948
Finnish classical scholar and diplomat
Evald Tipner
1947
Estonian footballer
Thomas Sturge Moore
1944
British poet, author and artist
Marie of Romania
1938
Queen of Romania from 1914 to 1927
Julian Bell
1937
British poet (1908-1937)
Jean Jules Jusserand
1932
French author and diplomat (1855–1932)
Louis-Nazaire Bégin
1925
Catholic cardinal from Canada
Benjamin C. Truman
1916
American journalist and author (1835–1916)
1800s
Horatio Alger
1899
American novelist (1832–1899)
Thomas Cook
1892
English businessman (1808–1892)
Lydia Becker
1890
British amateur scientist and suffragist (1827–1890)
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
1884
German-Austrian geologist (1829-1884)
Benito Juárez
1872
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
Robert Gould Shaw
1863
Union Army officer (1837–1863)
Vincenzo Borg
1837
Jane Austen
1817
English novelist (1775–1817)
Before 1800
John Paul Jones
1792
Scottish-born naval officer (1747–1792)
Pieter Langendijk
1756
François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy
1730
French Royal Army officer and nobleman
Antoine Watteau
1721
French painter (1684–1721)
Johann Heinrich Heidegger
1698
Swiss theologian (1633–1698)
Johannes Camphuys
1695
Dutch colonial governor (1634–1695)
Robert Levinz
1650
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar
1639
German general of 30 year's war, serving Sweden and France
Caravaggio
1610
Italian painter (1571–1610)
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
1608
Elector of Brandenburg from 1598 to 1608
Jacobus Gallus
1591
Slovene Renaissance composer
Bartolomé de las Casas
1566
Spanish clergyman and writer (1484–1566)
Alvise Cadamosto
1488
Venetian explorer and slave trader
Francis I, Duke of Brittany
1450
Duke of Brittany from 1442 to 1450
Gerard Segarelli
1300
Founder of the Apostolic Brethren
Boniface of Savoy (bishop)
1270
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1241 to 1270
John de Braose
1232
Guy of Lusignan
1194
King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192
Stefan (archbishop of Uppsala)
1185
Archbishop of Uppsala from 1164 to 1185
Godfrey of Bouillon
1100
Ruler of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100
Dietrich I of Metz
984
Stephen II of Constantinople
928
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 925 to 928
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat
924
Abbasid vizier and official (855–924)
Zhu Wen
912
Chinese warlord and Later Liang emperor from 907 to 912
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
715
Umayyad general and governor of Sindh (695–715)
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