Famous Deaths on 18 Dec

Famous Deaths on 18 Dec

1133 - Hildebert, French writer
1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
1442 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (b. 1644)
1787 - Francis William Drake, British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1724)
1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
1799 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)
1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (b. 1744)
1829 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b. 1744)
1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)
1848 - Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)
1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (b. 1829)
1880 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (b. 1793)
1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)
1971 - Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
1971 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902)
1973 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (b. 1908)
1974 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900)
1980 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the USSR (b. 1904)
1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (b. 1916)
1985 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
1987 - Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
1990 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)
1990 - Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
1991 - George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
1992 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. 1915)
1993 - Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)
1993 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (b. 1919)
1994 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916)
1995 - Brian Brockless, English organist ([[b. 1926)
1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910)
1996 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
1998 - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
2000 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
2000 - Randolph Apperson Hearst, son of W. Randolph Hearst and father of Patty (b. 1915)
2000 - Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952)
2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. 1927)
2001 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (b. 1914)
2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934)
2002 - Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
2004 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
2005 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
2006 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
2006 - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905)
2006 - Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. 1943)
2006 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (b. 1923)
2007 - Jack Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter (b. 1937)
2007 - Gerald Le Dain, Canadian Supreme Court judge (b. 1924)
2007 - Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the Capitol Steps (b. 1947)
821 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans