Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 18 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 18
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 18
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 919 | Lady Wu, wife of Qian Liu (b. 858) |
| 933 | Yaonian Yanmujin, Chinese empress dowager |
| 1075 | Edith of Wessex (b. 1025) |
| 1133 | Hildebert, French poet and scholar (b. 1055) |
| 1290 | Magnus III, king of Sweden (b. 1240) |
| 1442 | Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) |
| 1495 | Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448) |
| 1577 | Anna of Saxony, Princess consort of Orange (b. 1544) |
| 1645 | Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577) |
| 1651 | William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580) |
| 1692 | Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626) |
| 1737 | Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644) |
| 1787 | Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704) |
| 1799 | Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725) |
| 1803 | Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744) |
| 1829 | Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744) |
| 1843 | Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748) |
| 1848 | Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781) |
| 1864 | José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794) |
| 1869 | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829) |
| 1880 | Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793) |
| 1892 | Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804) |
| 1919 | John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892) |
| 1922 | Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851) |
| 1925 | Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850) |
| 1932 | Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850) |
| 1936 | Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857) |
| 1939 | Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873) |
| 1961 | Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897) |
| 1969 | Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878) |
| 1971 | Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902) |
| 1973 | Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908) |
| 1974 | Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887) |
| 1975 | Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900) |
| 1977 | Michio Nishizawa, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1921) |
| 1980 | Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1902) |
| 1982 | Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916) |
| 1985 | Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916) |
| 1987 | Conny Plank, German keyboard player and producer (b. 1940) |
| 1988 | Niyazi Berkes, Turkish Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (b. 1908) |
| 1990 | Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903) |
| 1991 | George Abecassis, English race car driver (b. 1913) |
| 1992 | Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (b. 1915) |
| 1993 | Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (b. 1909) |
| 1994 | Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916) |
| 1995 | Brian Brockless, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1926) |
| 1996 | Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904) |
| 1997 | Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (b. 1964) |
| 1998 | Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1926) |
| 1999 | Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901) |
| 2000 | Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952) |
| 2001 | Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1927) |
| 2002 | Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1954) |
| 2004 | Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926) |
| 2005 | Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922) |
| 2006 | Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911) |
| 2007 | Hans Billian, Polish-German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918) |
| 2008 | Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932) |
| 2010 | Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916) |
| 2011 | Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (b. 1936) |
| 2012 | Frank Macchiarola, American lawyer and academic (b. 1941) |
| 2013 | Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952) |
| 2014 | Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (b. 1925) |
| 2015 | Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1959) |
| 2016 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917) |
| 2017 | Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (b. 1990)[36] |
| 2020 | Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (b. 1944) |
| 2021 | Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1986) |
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