Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 18 September today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for September 18
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on September 18
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0096 | Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51) |
| 411 | Constantine III, Roman usurper |
| 869 | Wenilo, Frankish archbishop |
| 887 | Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (b. 842) |
| 893 | Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord |
| 958 | Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (b. 920) |
| 1137 | Eric II, king of Denmark |
| 1180 | Louis VII, king of France (b. 1120) |
| 1261 | Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne |
| 1302 | Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265) |
| 1345 | Andrew, Duke of Calabria (b. 1327) |
| 1361 | Louis V, duke of Bavaria (b. 1315) |
| 1385 | Balša II, ruler of Zeta |
| 1443 | Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen |
| 1598 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1536) |
| 1630 | Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552) |
| 1675 | Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604) |
| 1721 | Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664) |
| 1722 | André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651) |
| 1783 | Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707) |
| 1792 | August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704) |
| 1812 | Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743) |
| 1830 | William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778) |
| 1857 | Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785) |
| 1860 | Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805) |
| 1862 | Joseph K. Mansfield, American general (b. 1803) |
| 1872 | Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826) |
| 1890 | Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820) |
| 1896 | Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819) |
| 1905 | George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824) |
| 1909 | Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850) |
| 1911 | Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862) |
| 1915 | Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree |
| 1924 | F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846) |
| 1939 | Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) |
| 1941 | Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866) |
| 1944 | Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915) |
| 1949 | Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890) |
| 1951 | Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866) |
| 1952 | Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879) |
| 1953 | Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927) |
| 1956 | Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892) |
| 1958 | Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873) |
| 1959 | Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899) |
| 1961 | Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) |
| 1962 | Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898) |
| 1967 | John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) |
| 1968 | Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905) |
| 1970 | Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942) |
| 1974 | Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922) |
| 1975 | Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907) |
| 1977 | Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888) |
| 1980 | Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890) |
| 1987 | Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894) |
| 1988 | Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901) |
| 1992 | Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905) |
| 1997 | Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920) |
| 1998 | Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939) |
| 2001 | Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927) |
| 2002 | Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942) |
| 2003 | Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916) |
| 2004 | Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929) |
| 2005 | Michael Park, English racing driver (b. 1966) |
| 2006 | Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925) |
| 2007 | Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965) |
| 2008 | Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940) |
| 2011 | Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (b. 1997) |
| 2012 | Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915) |
| 2013 | Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936) |
| 2015 | Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955) |
| 2017 | Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937) |
| 2020 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (b. 1933) |
| 2021 | Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (b. 1975) |
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