Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 18 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 18
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 18
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0052 | Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (b. 93 BC) |
| 474 | Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b. 401) |
| 748 | Odilo, duke of Bavaria |
| 896 | Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (b. 864) |
| 1213 | Tamar of Georgia (b. 1160) |
| 1253 | King Henry I of Cyprus (b. 1217) |
| 1271 | Saint Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242) |
| 1326 | Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247) |
| 1357 | Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313) |
| 1367 | Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320) |
| 1411 | Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans |
| 1425 | Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) |
| 1471 | Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) |
| 1479 | Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417) |
| 1547 | Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470) |
| 1586 | Margaret of Parma (b. 1522) |
| 1589 | Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545) |
| 1677 | Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619) |
| 1756 | Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682) |
| 1783 | Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699) |
| 1803 | Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743) |
| 1849 | Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752) |
| 1862 | John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790) |
| 1873 | Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803) |
| 1878 | Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788) |
| 1886 | Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819) |
| 1892 | Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819) |
| 1896 | Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828) |
| 1923 | Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891) |
| 1936 | Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871) |
| 1940 | Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865) |
| 1951 | Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867) |
| 1952 | Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903) |
| 1954 | Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879) |
| 1955 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912) |
| 1956 | Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885) |
| 1963 | Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906) |
| 1966 | Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880) |
| 1967 | Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921) |
| 1969 | Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887) |
| 1970 | David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873) |
| 1971 | Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914) |
| 1973 | Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924) |
| 1975 | Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897) |
| 1978 | Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919) |
| 1980 | Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904) |
| 1984 | Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940) |
| 1990 | Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966) |
| 1993 | Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905) |
| 1995 | Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 1996 | N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923) |
| 1997 | Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941) |
| 1998 | Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 2000 | Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897) |
| 2001 | Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) |
| 2003 | Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924) |
| 2004 | Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (b. 1935) |
| 2005 | Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973) |
| 2006 | Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (b. 1915) |
| 2007 | Brent Liles, American bass player (b. 1963) |
| 2008 | Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927) |
| 2009 | Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925) |
| 2010 | Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 2011 | Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (b. 1915) |
| 2012 | Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 2014 | Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963) |
| 2016 | Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919) |
| 2019 | John Coughlin, American figure skater (b. 1985) |
| 2022 | Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (b. 1933) |
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