Deaths on 18 October
2000s
Sam Rivers (bassist)
2025
American bassist (1977–2025)
Yang Chen-Ning
2025
Chinese-American physicist (1922–2025)
Suicide of Lia Smith
2025
2025 suicide of transgender college student
Yehuda Bauer
2024
Israeli Holocaust historian (1926–2024)
Ginés González García
2024
Argentine politician and physician (1945–2024)
Harvey Wollman
2022
American politician (1935–2022)
Colin Powell
2021
American general, diplomat and statesman (1937–2021)
René Felber
2020
Swiss politician (1933–2020)
Rui Jordão
2019
Portuguese footballer (1952–2019)
Lisbeth Palme
2018
Swedish psychologist and wife of Olof Palme
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
2018
President of Sudan from 1985 to 1986
Marino Perani
2017
Italian footballer and manager
Robert Dickerson
2015
Australian artist (1924–2015)
Gamal al-Ghitani
2015
Egyptian author, literary editor and commentator
Robert W. Farquhar
2015
Frank Watkins (musician)
2015
Musical artist (1968–2015)
Paul West (writer, born 1930)
2015
British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist (1930–2015)
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
2014
Dominican author (1922–2014)
Edward Regan
2014
American politician
Sidney Shapiro
2014
American-born Chinese translator (1915–2014)
Tom Foley
2013
American politician (1929–2013)
Bum Phillips
2013
American football coach (1923–2013)
Allan Stanley
2013
Canadian ice hockey player (1926–2013)
Bill Young (Florida politician)
2013
American politician (1930–2013)
Brain Damage (wrestler)
2012
American professional wrestler (1977–2012)
Sylvia Kristel
2012
Dutch actress and model (1952–2012)
Slater Martin
2012
American basketball player and coach
George Mattos
2012
American pole vaulter (1929–2012)
Albert Lee Ueltschi
2012
David S. Ware
2012
American jazz saxophonist
Marion Brown
2010
American saxophonist (1931–2010)
Billy Raimondi
2010
American baseball player
Adriaan Kortlandt
2009
Dutch ethologist (1918–2009)
Nancy Spero
2009
American artist (1926–2009)
Dee Dee Warwick
2008
American soul singer (1942–2008)
Alan Coren
2007
English humourist and writer (1938–2007)
William J. Crowe
2007
American admiral and diplomat (1925–2007)
Vincent DeDomenico
2007
American entrepreneur
Lucky Dube
2007
South African reggae musician (1964–2007)
Mario Francesco Pompedda
2006
Italian cardinal
Anna Russell
2006
English Canadian singer and comedian (1911–2006)
Laurie Taitt
2006
British sprint hurdler (1934–2006)
Johnny Haynes
2005
English footballer
Bill King
2005
American sports announcer (1927–2005)
Preston Smith (governor)
2003
Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
2003
Spanish novelist (1939–2003)
Julie London
2000
American actress and singer (1926–2000)
Gwen Verdon
2000
American actress and dancer (1925–2000)
1900s
Adriaan Ditvoorst
1987
Dutch film director
Henri Michaux
1984
Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter
Diego Abad de Santillán
1983
Spanish anarchist, author, economist (1897–1983)
Willie Jones (third baseman)
1983
American baseball player (1925–1983)
Dwain Esper
1982
American film director
Pierre Mendès France
1982
French politician (1907–1982)
John Robarts
1982
Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (1917��1982)
Bess Truman
1982
First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
Edwin Way Teale
1980
American naturalist, photographer & writer (1899-1980)
Ramón Mercader
1978
Assassin of Leon Trotsky (1913–1978)
Andreas Baader
1977
German far-left militant leader (1943–1977)
Gudrun Ensslin
1977
German far-left militant (1940–1977)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana
1976
Indian Telugu-language writer
K. C. Douglas
1975
Musical artist
Al Lettieri
1975
American actor (1928–1975)
List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 1962
1975
Margaret C. Anderson
1973
American magazine editor (1886–1973)
Walt Kelly
1973
American animator and cartoonist (1913–1973)
Leo Strauss
1973
American political philosopher (1899–1973)
Gyula Mándi
1969
Hungarian footballer (1899–1969)
Elizabeth Arden
1966
Canadian-American businesswoman
S. S. Kresge
1966
American businessman (1867–1966), founder of Kmart
Henry Travers
1965
British-American actor (1874–1965)
Iván Petrovich
1962
Serbian actor (1894–1962)
Tsuru Aoki
1961
Japanese actress (1892–1961)
Boughera El Ouafi
1959
French Algerian marathon runner (1903–1959)
Yoshio Markino
1956
Japanese-British artist (1869–1956)
Walther von Brauchitsch
1948
German Commander-in-Chief during World War II (1881–1948)
Michiaki Kamada
1947
Japanese officer, war criminal 1890-1947
Mikhail Nesterov
1942
Russian-Soviet painter (1862–1942)
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
1941
Portuguese president and politician
Gaston Lachaise
1935
American sculptor (1882–1935)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1934
Spanish neuroscientist (1852–1934)
Thomas Edison
1931
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Lesser Ury
1931
German painter (1861–1931)
Ludwig III of Bavaria
1921
King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918
Alfred Binet
1911
French psychologist, IQ test developer (1857–1911)
Nozu Michitsura
1908
Japanese field marshal (1840–1908)
1800s
Charles Gounod
1893
French composer (1818–1893)
William W. Chapman
1892
American politician
Antonio Meucci
1889
Italian inventor (1808–1889)
Philipp Franz von Siebold
1886
German biologist and traveler
Francis Preston Blair
1876
American journalist (1791–1876)
Charles Babbage
1871
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
1865
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865)
Étienne Méhul
1817
French composer
Before 1800
Christian August Crusius
1775
German philosopher and Protestant theologian (1716–1775)
John Manners, Marquess of Granby
1770
British Army officer and politician (1721–1770)
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
1744
English noblewoman, courtier and politician (1660–1744)
António José da Silva
1739
Brazilian-Portuguese dramatist (1705–1739)
Jacob Jordaens
1678
Flemish painter (1593–1678)
Fasilides
1667
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667
Isaac Jogues
1646
French missionary and martyr (1607–1646)
Igram van Achelen
1604
Dutch politician
Manuel da Nóbrega
1570
Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary
Johannes Acronius Frisius
1564
Dutch doctor and mathematician (1520–1564)
Yamamoto Kansuke (general)
1561
Samurai of the Sengoku period (1501–1561)
Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)
1558
Queen of Hungary and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526
John Taverner
1545
English composer and organist
Margaret Tudor
1541
Queen of Scotland from 1503 to 1513
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
1526
Spanish magistrate and explorer
Philippe de Commines
1511
Belgian writer, historian and diplomat
Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell
1508
Lord High Admiral of Scotland (died 1508)
Pope Pius III
1503
Head of the Catholic Church in 1503
Ŏudong
1480
Korean noblewoman (1442–1480)
John, Constable of Portugal
1442
Portuguese prince and Constable of Portugal (1400–1442)
Pope Gregory XII
1417
Head of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond
1382
Irish peer and Lord Justice of Ireland
Petrus Torkilsson
1366
Archbishop of Uppsala from 1351 to 1366
John de Gray
1214
English royal official and bishop (died 1214)
Leopold, Duke of Bavaria
1141
12th-century Bavarian nobleman
Hugh, Count of Vermandois
1101
French noble (1057–1101)
Nikephoros Palaiologos
1081
Byzantine general
Sancho III of Pamplona
1035
King of Pamplona from 1004 to 1035
Abu'l-Saraya
815
9th-century rebel of Abbasid government
AD 707
707
Calendar year
Emperor Ming of Jin
325
Emperor of the Jin dynasty from 323 to 325
AD 31
31
Calendar year