Deaths on 18 March
2000s
Kanzi
2025
Bonobo research subject (1980–2025)
Jessie Hoffman Jr.
2025
American convicted rapist-killer executed in Louisiana (1978–2025)
Thomas P. Stafford
2024
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2024)
Alfred Worden
2020
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1932–2020)
Chuck Berry
2017
American musician (1926–2017)
Barry Hines
2016
British writer (1939–2016)
Jan Němec
2016
Czech filmmaker (1936–2016)
Tray Walker
2016
American football player (1992–2016)
Guido Westerwelle
2016
German politician (1961–2016)
Zhao Dayu
2015
Footballer (1961–2015)
Thomas Hopko
2015
American Eastern Orthodox theologian and priest (1939–2015)
Grace Ogot
2015
Kenyan author (1930–2015)
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
2014
Nigerian writer (1951–2014)
Kaiser Kalambo
2014
Zambian footballer and coach (1953-2014)
Lucius Shepard
2014
American novelist (1943–2014)
MM Alam
2013
Pakistani fighter pilot (1935–2013)
Henry Bromell
2013
American novelist
Clay Ford
2013
American politician (1938–2013)
Furman Bisher
2012
American sportswriter (1918–2012)
William R. Charette
2012
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1932–2012)
William G. Moore Jr.
2012
United States Air Force general
George Tupou V
2012
King of Tonga from 2006 to 2012
Warren Christopher
2011
American statesman and attorney (1925–2011)
Fess Parker
2010
American actor (1924–2010)
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi
2009
Iranian blogger and journalist
Natasha Richardson
2009
British actress (1963–2009)
Anthony Minghella
2008
British playwright and filmmaker (1954–2008)
Bob Woolmer
2007
English cricketer (1948–2007)
Dan Gibson
2006
Canadian photographer, cinematographer and sound recordist
Harrison McCain
2004
Canadian businessman
Karl Kling
2003
German racing driver (1910–2003)
Adam Osborne
2003
British computer designer (1939–2003)
R. A. Lafferty
2002
American writer (1914–2002)
John Phillips (musician)
2001
American musician (1935–2001)
Eberhard Bethge
2000
German theologian and pastor (1909-2000)
1900s
Odysseas Elytis
1996
Greek poet and art critic
Kenneth E. Boulding
1993
British-American economist (1910–1993)
Robin Harris (comedian)
1990
American comedian and actor (1953–1990)
Billy Butterfield
1988
American bandleader and trumpeter (1917–1988)
Kari Diesen
1987
Norwegian singer and revue actress
Bernard Malamud
1986
American writer (1914–1986)
Charley Lau
1984
American baseball player (1933–1984)
Umberto II of Italy
1983
King of Italy in 1946
Patrick Smith (politician)
1982
Irish politician (1901–1982)
Erich Fromm
1980
German-American psychologist (1900–1980)
Tamara de Lempicka
1980
Polish painter (1894–1980)
Leigh Brackett
1978
American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)
Peggy Wood
1978
American actress (1892–1978)
Marien Ngouabi
1977
President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1969 to 1977
Carlos Pace
1977
Brazilian racing driver (1944–1977)
Johannes Aavik
1973
Estonian linguist (1880–1973)
Farouk of Egypt
1965
King of Egypt from 1936 to 1952
J. Sigfrid Edström
1964
President of the IOC from 1942 to 1952
C. C. Martindale
1963
English Jesuit priest and author (1879-1963)
Walter W. Bacon
1962
American politician (1880–1962)
Louis Bromfield
1956
American author and conservationist (1896–1956)
Walter Mead (cricketer)
1954
English cricketer
William C. Durant
1947
American automotive businessman (1861–1947)
Henri Cornet
1941
French cyclist
Henry Lunn
1939
English humanitarian and religious figure (1859 – 1939)
Eleftherios Venizelos
1936
Prime Minister of Greece (1910–20; 1928–33)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
1930
American painter (1863–1930)
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
1918
American architect (1847–1918)
George I of Greece
1913
King of Greece from 1863 to 1913
Marcellin Berthelot
1907
French chemist and politician (1827–1907)
Hjalmar Kiærskou
1900
Danish botanist (1835–1900)
1800s
Matilda Joslyn Gage
1898
American abolitionist, author (1826–1898)
Augustus De Morgan
1871
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
Johnny Appleseed
1845
American pioneer nurseryman (1774–1845)
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
1835
Danish and Prussian statesman
Jean-Baptiste Bréval
1823
French cellist and composer
Before 1800
Karl Abraham Zedlitz
1793
Prussian minister (1731–1793)
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1781
French economist and statesman (1727–1781)
Laurence Sterne
1768
Anglo-Irish writer and cleric (1713–1768)
Robert Walpole
1745
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742
Maria de Dominici
1703
Maltese artist and sculptor (1645–1703)
John Dixwell
1689
English regicide
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall
1675
Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and peer
Juan de Jáuregui (assassin)
1582
Attempted assassin of William of Orange (1562–1582)
Matthew III Csák
1321
Hungarian nobleman (c. 1260–1321)
Jacques de Molay
1314
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Geoffroi de Charney
1314
French Knight Templar (d. 1314)
Yuri I of Galicia
1308
King of Ruthenia (1301–1308)
Pope Honorius III
1227
Head of the Catholic Church from 1216 to 1227
Anselm of Lucca
1086
Medieval bishop of Lucca, Italy
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy
1076
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Edward the Martyr
978
King of the English from 975 to 978