History Deaths on June 18

John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1912)

#John_Cheever

James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (b. 1721)

#James_Murray_(British_Army_officer,_born_1721)

Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (b. 1909)

#Endel_Puusepp

José Saramago, Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)

#José_Saramago

David Wall, English ballet dancer (b. 1946)

#David_Wall_(dancer)

Claire Martin, Canadian author (b. 1914)

#Claire_Martin_(writer)

Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine visionary (b. c. 1129)

#Elisabeth_of_Schönau

Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)

#Gaston_Doumergue

Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

#Jean_Delannoy

Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1892)

#Djuna_Barnes

Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)

#Max_Immelmann

Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

#Jacobus_Kapteyn

Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (b. 1577)

#Piet_Pieterszoon_Hein

Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606)

#Jeanne_Mance

Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)

#Rogier_van_der_Weyden

Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)

#Alfonso_III_of_Aragon

Big Van Vader (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (b. 1955)

#Big_Van_Vader

Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934)

#Alketas_Panagoulias

Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758)

#Thomas_Picton

Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (b. 1957)

#Vladimir_Popovkin

Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928)

#Johnny_Mann

Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)

#Júlio_César_de_Mello_e_Souza

Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (b. 1700)

#Gerard_van_Swieten

Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)

#Florence_Bascom

Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (b. 1896)

#Mordecai_Ardon

Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

#Phil_Austin

Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (b. 1884)

#Walter_C._Alvarez

Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906)

#Horacio_Coppola

Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (b. 1923)

#Yelena_Bonner

Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)

#Arthur_Pryor

François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (b. 1760)

#François_Buzot

André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)

#André_Leducq

Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (b. 1706)

#Johann_Ulrich_von_Cramer

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)

#Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.

Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)

#Horace_Silver

Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (b. 1908)

#Felix_Knight

Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)

#Shigematsu_Sakaibara

Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989)

#Tom_Maynard

Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)

#Nancy_Marchand

Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)

#Edward_Brooker

Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (b. 685)

#Leo_III_the_Isaurian

XXXTentacion, American rapper (b. 1998)

#XXXTentacion

Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)

#Peter_Allen_(musician)

Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)

#Curd_Jürgens

Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)

#Thomas_Gomez

Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914)

#Manuel_Sadosky

Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)

#Hugo_Bergmann

Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (b. 1674)

#Ambrose_Philips

Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)

#Clarence_Clemons

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)

#Prince_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1864-1866)

I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

#I._F._Stone

Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)

#Vincent_Sherman

Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)

#Larry_Doby

Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Bismarck

Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)

#Geki_(racing_driver)

William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)

#William_Cobbett

Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)

#Carmine_Crocco

Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)

#Stephanie_Kwolek

Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)

#Adam_Gib

Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (b. 1912)

#Lev_Kopelev

Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)

#Giorgio_Morandi

Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)

#Titu_Maiorescu

Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (b. 1980)

#Michael_Hastings_(journalist)

Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician (b. 1932)

#Brent_F._Anderson

Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)

#Georgy_Zhukov

Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (b. 1937)

#Allen_Weinstein

John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670)

#John_Aislabie

Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

#Paul_Karrer

Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)

#Maxim_Gorky

Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)

#Ethel_Barrymore

Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)

#Samuel_Butler_(novelist)

Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)

#Roald_Amundsen

Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León

#Theresa_of_Portugal,_Queen_of_León

Bernard Manning, English comedian and actor (b. 1930)

#Bernard_Manning

Trent Acid, American wrestler (b. 1980)

#Trent_Acid

Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)

#Pedro_Armendáriz

Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)

#Michel_Richard_Delalande

Jimmy Wopo, American rapper (b. 1997)

Jeppiaar, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University (b. 1931)

Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (b. 1937)

Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (b. 1920)

Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b. 1924)

Alastair Donaldson, Scottish bass player (b. 1955)

William Van Regenmorter, American businessman and politician (b. 1939)

Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919)

Lina Haag, German author and activist (b. 1907)

Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (b. 1943)

Okan Demiri?, Turkish composer (b. 1942)

Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (b. 1928)

Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)

Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

Hank Medress, American singer and producer (b. 1938)

Joseph Zobel, Martinique-French author (b. 1915)

Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)

Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (b. 1940)

Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria (b. 1910)

Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist (b. 1921)

Paul Colin, French illustrator (b. 1892)

Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934)

Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)

Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)

Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)

Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)

Tom Brown, English author and translator (b. 1662)

Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575)

Robert Crowley, English minister and poet (b. 1517)

Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1312)

Emperor Ch?ky? of Japan (b. 1218)

Sophia of Hungary (b. c. 1050)

Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu