Famous Deaths on 18th August

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Deaths 1 - 100 of 100

353 - Decentius, Roman usurper
849 - Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian
1227 - Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 - Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1258 - Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 - Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1318 - Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)
1430 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)
1503 - Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1559 - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1563 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
1613 - Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1620 - Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563)
1634 - Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1642 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1645 - Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608)
1652 - Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1683 - Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
1707 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b. 1640)
1712 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
1765 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-65) dies at 56
1803 - James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
1809 - Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728)
1811 - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1815 - Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1840 - Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
1842 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (b. 1779)
1850 - H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
1853 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
1863 - Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39
1870 - Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
1894 - William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
1896 - Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
1901 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
1907 - John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82
1916 - Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
1919 - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
1934 - Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61
1940 - Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)
1942 - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1943 - Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
1943 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1944 - Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
1944 - Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1949 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1950 - Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
1952 - Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
1952 - Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit saint (b. 1901)
1957 - Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89
1961 - Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78
1962 - Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
1966 - Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80
1966 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle & Blessing), dies at 75
1968 - Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1969 - Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
1969 - Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
1969 - Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
1980 - Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1981 - Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
1982 - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (b. 1902)
1988 - Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
Choreographer Frederick Ashton (1988) 1988 - Frederick Ashton, British choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
1989 - Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
1989 - Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1990 - B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
1990 - Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
1990 - Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
1991 - Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 - Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1992 - John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
1992 - Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
1993 - Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 - Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1994 - John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84
1994 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56
1994 - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
1995 - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1995 - Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39
1996 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
1996 - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
1996 - Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St Paul's, dies at 68
1998 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (b. 1950)
2001 - David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931)
2002 - Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (b. 1918)
2003 - Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
2004 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)
2004 - Hiram Fong, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii (b. 1906)
2005 - Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982)
2005 - Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (b. 1959)
2006 - Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
2006 - Jamie Astaphan, Caribbean-born physician (b. 1946)
2007 - Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
2009 - Kim Dae-jung,15th President of South Korea (b. 1925)
2009 - Robert Novak, American journalist and commentator (b. 1931)
2010 - Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)
2010 - Scott Davis, American Announcer of Track and Field (b.1943)
2010 - Benjamin Kaplan, copyright scholar
2012 - Scott McKenzie, American singer, dies at 73