History Deaths on December 18

Kirsty MacColl, British singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

#Kirsty_MacColl

Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934)

#Ray_Hnatyshyn

Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)

#Michel_Chasles

Edith of Wessex (b. 1025)

#Edith_of_Wessex

Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)

#Eduard_Bernstein

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Economy and Finances (b. 1940)

#Tommaso_Padoa-Schioppa

Helge Solum Larsen, Norwegian businessman and politician (b. 1969)

#Helge_Solum_Larsen

Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (b. 1896)

#Lilia_Skala

Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (b. 1912)

#Robert_Simpson_(meteorologist)

John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)

#John_Alcock_(RAF_officer)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)

#Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck

Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932)

#Majel_Barrett

Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)

#Soame_Jenyns

Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911)

#Joseph_Barbera

Mark Felt, American FBI agent and informant (b. 1913)

#Mark_Felt

Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (b. 1944)

#Mandy_Rice-Davies

Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936)

#Virna_Lisi

Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)

#Ernest_Lawson

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)

#Veit_Ludwig_von_Seckendorff

Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)

#Bobby_Jones_(golfer)

Graham Mackay, South African-English businessman (b. 1949)

#Graham_Mackay_(businessman)

Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)

#Bernard_Bolzano

Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448)

#Alfonso_II_of_Naples

Irving Caesar, American composer (b. 1895)

#Irving_Caesar

Michio Nishizawa, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1921)

#Michio_Nishizawa

Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (b. 1936)

#Václav_Havel

Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)

#Paul_Tortelier

Wayne Owens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)

#Wayne_Owens

Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

#Anatoliy_Zayaev

Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)

#Jean-Étienne_Montucla

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)

#Louis_Moreau_Gottschalk

Konrad Zuse, German engineer, designed the Z3 computer (b. 1910)

#Konrad_Zuse

José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)

#José_Justo_Corro

Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)

#Thomas_Graham,_1st_Baron_Lynedoch

Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)

#Richard_Owen

Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)

#Anne_Revere

Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)

#Pierre_Cauchon

Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)

#Nur_Jahan

Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)

#Sir_Carl_Meyer,_1st_Baronet

Magnus III, king of Sweden (b. 1240)

#Magnus_III_of_Sweden

Al-Ghazali, Persian jurist, philosopher, theologian, and mystic (b. 1058)

#Al-Ghazali

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)

#Hans-Ulrich_Rudel

Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)

#Hamo_Thornycroft

Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)

#Donald_J._Albosta

Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1927)

#Gilbert_Bécaud

Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)

#Harry_Hooper

Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (b. 1990)

#Kim_Jong-hyun_(singer)

Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)

#Antonio_Stradivari

Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)

#Alexei_Kosygin

Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)

#Johann_Gottfried_Herder

Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)

#Phil_Cavarretta

Louis Untermeyer American poet, anthologist, critic (b. 1885)

#Louis_Untermeyer

Andrija Mohorovi?i?, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)

#Andrija_Mohorovi?i?

Sam Wanamaker, American-English actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)

#Sam_Wanamaker

Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)

#Charles_Dvorak

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)

#Zsa_Zsa_Gabor

Anna of Saxony, Princess consort of Orange (b. 1544)

#Anna_of_Saxony

Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952)

#Ken_Hutcherson

Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli soldier and politician (b. 1923)

#Gideon_Ben-Yisrael

Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)

#Diana_Lynn

Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1959)

Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

Jim Whalen, American football player (b. 1943)

Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritanian colonel and politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1936)

Frank Macchiarola, American lawyer and academic (b. 1941)

James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925)

Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913)

Alan Wagner, American businessman and critic (b. 1931)

William Strauss, American author and playwright (b. 1947)

Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1924)

Hans Billian, Polish-German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)

Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author and activist (b. 1923)

Ruth Bernhard, German-American photographer (b. 1905)

Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)

Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926)

Lucy Grealy, Irish-American author (b. 1963)

Necip Hablemito?lu, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1954)

Marcel Mule, French saxophonist and educator (b. 1901)

Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1914)

Randolph Apperson Hearst, American businessman (b. 1915)

Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952)

Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)

Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1926)

Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (b. 1964)

Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)

Ross Thomas, American author (b. 1926)

Brian Brockless, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1926)

Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916)

Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (b. 1909)

Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (b. 1915)

George Abecassis, English race car driver (b. 1913)

Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1900)

Niyazi Berkes, Turkish Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (b. 1908)

Conny Plank, German keyboard player and producer (b. 1940)

Xuân Di?u, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916)

Dobriša Cesari?, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1902)

Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)

Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)

Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)

William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580)

Hildebert, French poet and scholar (b. 1055)

Yaonian Yanmujin, Chinese empress dowager

Lady Wu, wife of Qian Liu (b. 858)