History Deaths on October 18

Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)

#Charles_Babbage

Leopold, duke of Bavaria

#Leopold,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)

#Christian_August_Crusius

Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517)

#Manuel_da_Nóbrega

Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)

#Gaston_Lachaise

Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918)

#Adriaan_Kortlandt

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)

#Lucas_Vázquez_de_Ayllón

Philip Collier, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1873)

#Philip_Collier

Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957).

#Jon-Erik_Hexum

Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)

#Tom_Foley

Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)

#Sarah_Churchill,_Duchess_of_Marlborough

Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915)

#Vincent_DeDomenico

Philippe de Commines, Flemish diplomat and writer (b. 1447)

#Philippe_de_Commines

Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)

#Jacob_Jordaens

Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)

#Thomas_Edison

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)

#Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston

Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)

#Bum_Phillips

John, Portuguese prince (b. 1400)

#John,_Constable_of_Portugal

Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)

#Pierre_Mendès_France

Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)

#Viswanatha_Satyanarayana

Ludwig III, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)

#Ludwig_III_of_Bavaria

Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)

#Mikhail_Nesterov

Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1501)

#Yamamoto_Kansuke_(general)

William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1925)

#William_J._Crowe

Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)

#Willie_Jones_(baseball)

Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)

#Paul_West_(writer)

Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)

#Antonio_Meucci

Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)

#Julie_London

S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)

#S._S._Kresge

Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)

#Preston_Smith_(governor)

Pius III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1439)

#Pope_Pius_III

Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)

#Anna_Russell

Mary of Austria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1505)

#Mary_of_Hungary_(governor_of_the_Netherlands)

Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)

#Yoshio_Markino

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)

#Manuel_Teixeira_Gomes

John VII, pope of the Catholic Church

#Pope_John_VII

Lauri Törni, Finnish soldier, Veteran of the Winter War, the Continuation War, & the Vietnam War (b. 1919)

#Lauri_Törni

Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)

#Brain_Damage_(wrestler)

António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)

#António_José_da_Silva

Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603)

#Fasilides

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)

#Manuel_Vázquez_Montalbán

John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)

#John_Robarts

Sancho III Garcés III, king of Pamplona

#Sancho_III_of_Pamplona

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

#Santiago_Ramón_y_Cajal

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952)

#Sylvia_Kristel

Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)

#Gwen_Verdon

Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)

#Henry_Travers

Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)

#Nozu_Michitsura

Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)

#Johnny_Haynes

John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)

#John_Manners,_Marquess_of_Granby

Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)

#Charles_Gounod

Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)

#Frank_Watkins_(musician)

Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930)

#Bill_Young

Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)

#Margaret_Tudor

Gregory XII, pope of the Catholic Church

#Pope_Gregory_XII

Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)

#Philipp_Franz_von_Siebold

Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)

#Tsuru_Aoki

Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)

#Elizabeth_Arden

Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)

#Michiaki_Kamada

Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)

#Iván_Petrovich

Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)

#Mario_Francesco_Pompedda

Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)

#Allan_Stanley

Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)

#Alfred_Binet

John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)

#John_Taverner

Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)

#Gudrun_Ensslin

David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)

#David_S._Ware

Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)

#Walther_von_Brauchitsch

Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)

#Francis_Preston_Blair

Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)

#Étienne_Méhul

William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)

#William_W._Chapman

Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (b. 1874)

#Christine_Murrell

Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)

#Slater_Martin

Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)

#Robert_W._Farquhar

Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)

#Isaac_Jogues

Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)

#Bess_Truman

N. D. Tiwari, Indian politician (b. 1925)

Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)

Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)

Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)

Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)

Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)

Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)

George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)

Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)

Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (b. 1926)

Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945)

Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964)

Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)

Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)

Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)

Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)

Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)

Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)

Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)

Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)

Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)

Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)

Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)

Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)

Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)

K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)

Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)

Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)

Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)

Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)

Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528)

Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520)

Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland

Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440)

James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (b. 1331)

Petrus Torkilsson, archbishop of Uppsala

John de Gray, bishop of Norwich

Hugh I, count of Vermandois (b. 1057)

Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general

Jin Mingdi, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 299)

Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (b. 20 BC)