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A native of Paris, he is most noted for his robust female nudes such as his heroic Standing Woman
Notable Deaths on October 18
126 people
31 – 2025
October 18 has seen 126 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 31 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1935 — Gaston Lachaise
French-American sculptor (born 1882)
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Gaston Lachaise was a French-born sculptor, active in America in the early 20th century
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There, he became profoundly impressed by the great vitality and promise of his adopted country
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Gaston Lachaise was taught the fundamentals of European sculpture while living in France
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While still a student, he met and fell in love with an older American woman, Isabel Dutaud Nagle, then followed her after she returned to America
Roman politician (born 20 BC)
AD 31 (XXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius and Sejanus. The denomination AD 31 for this year has been used since the…
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31
Emperor Ming of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋明帝; traditional Chinese: 晉明帝; pinyin: Jìn Míng Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Ming-ti; 299 – 18 October 325, personal name Sima Shao, courtesy name Daoji, was an emperor of the Eastern…
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325
Year 707 (DCCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 707 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent…
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707
Zaydi rebel leader
Abu'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-Shaybānī was leader of a Zaydi revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in Kufa and Iraq in 815. The revolt spread quickly across southern Iraq, and his agents even took over Mecca and…
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815
Sancho Garcés III, also known as Sancho the Great, was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage the counties of Castile, Álava and Monzón. He later added…
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1035
1081
1101
1141
bishop of Norwich
John de Gray or de Grey was an English prelate who served as Bishop of Norwich, and was elected but unconfirmed Archbishop of Canterbury. He was employed in the service of Prince John even before John became king, for…
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1214
Archbishop of Uppsala
Petrus Torkilsson was Bishop of Linköping, 1342–1351 and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1351–1366.
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1366
2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (born 1331)
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s.
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1382
Pope Gregory XII, born Angelo Corraro, Corario, or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedict XIII…
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1417
Infante John, Constable of Portugal was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, Constable of Portugal and master of the Portuguese Order of St. James (Santiago). In Portugal, he is commonly referred to as…
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1442
1480
Pope Pius III, born Francesco Todeschini, then Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 22 September 1503 to his death. At just twenty-six days, he had one of…
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1503
1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell was Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He rose to political prominence after supporting James IV against his father, and was proxy at the King's marriage.
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1508
French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (born 1447)
Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times". Neither…
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1511
Spanish explorer (born 1475)
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón was a Spanish magistrate and explorer who in 1526 established the short-lived San Miguel de Gualdape colony, one of the first European attempts at a settlement in what is now the United States.…
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1526
queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
Margaret Tudor was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 as the wife of James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to extend her regency. Margaret was the eldest daughter and…
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1541
English organist and composer (born 1490)
John Taverner was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas and The Western Wynde Mass, and Missa Corona Spinea…
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1545
Mary of Austria, also known as Mary of Hungary, was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.
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1558
Japanese samurai (born 1501)
Yamamoto Kansuke was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". Also known by his formal name, Haruyuki (晴幸). He was a brilliant strategist, and is…
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1561
Dutch physician and mathematician (born 1520)
Johannes Acronius Frisius was a Dutch medical doctor and mathematician of the 16th century.
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1564
Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (born 1517)
Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and the first provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early history of Brazil. He…
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1570
1604
French priest, missionary, and martyr (born 1607)
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint…
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1646
1667
Belgian painter illustrator (born 1593)
Jacques (Jacob) Jordaens was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes,…
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1678
Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (born 1705)
António José da Silva Coutinho was a Brazilian-Portuguese dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew". The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva Coutinho in Hebrew is אנטוניו…
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1739
Duchess of Marlborough (born 1660)
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was an English courtier who became one of the most influential women of her time through her close relationship with Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Churchill's influence on Anne…
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1744
Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1721)
Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby was a British Army officer and politician. The eldest son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, as he did not outlive his father and inherit the dukedom, Manners was…
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1770
German philosopher and theologian (born 1715)
Christian August Crusius was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian.
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1775
French pianist and composer (born 1763)
Étienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer of the late classical and early romantic periods. He was known as "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution". He was also the first composer to be…
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1817
3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1784)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, known as Lord Palmerston, was a British Anglo-Irish politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to his death in 1865. A…
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1865
English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (born 1791)
Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
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1871
American journalist (born 1791)
Francis Preston Blair Sr. was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising various U.S. presidents across party lines. He was an early member of the Democratic Party,…
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1876
German physician and botanist (born 1796)
Jhr. Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician, botanist and traveller. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna. He was the father of the first female Japanese doctor educated…
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1886
Italian-American engineer (born 1808)
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian inventor and an associate of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a major political figure in the history of Italy. Meucci is best known for developing a voice-communication apparatus that…
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1889
American lawyer and politician (born 1808)
William Williams Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin…
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1892
French composer and educator (born 1818)
Charles-François Gounod was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertoire. He composed a…
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1893
Japanese field marshal (born 1840)
Field Marshal Marquis Nozu Michitsura was a Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
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1908
French psychologist and author (born 1857)
Alfred Binet, born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test. In 1904, Binet took part in a commission set up by the…
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1911
Ludwig III was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918. Initially, he served in the Bavarian military as a lieutenant and went on to hold the rank of Oberleutnant during the Austro-Prussian War. He entered…
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1921
American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph,…
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1931
German painter (born 1861)
Leo Lesser Ury was a German impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
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1931
Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specialising in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in…
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1934
Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (born 1860)
Manuel Teixeira Gomes was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925.
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1941
Russian painter (born 1862)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.
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1942
Japanese admiral (born 1890)
Michiaki Kamada was a vice-admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
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1947
German field marshal (born 1881)
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch was a German Generalfeldmarschall and Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during the first two years of World War II. Born into an aristocratic…
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1948
Japanese painter and author (born 1869)
Yoshio Markino was a Japanese artist and author who from 1897 – 1942 was based in London. During the Edwardian years of 1903 – 1915 he was the most well known Japanese person living in London, and was widely praised…
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1956
Algerian-French runner (born 1903)
Ahmed Boughera El Ouafi was a French Algerian marathon runner who represented France at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, winning gold in the latter. He was largely unacknowledged in his lifetime, facing discrimination…
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1959
Japanese-American actress (born 1892)
Tsuru Aoki was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top…
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1961
Serbian-German actor and singer (born 1894)
Iván Petrovich was a Serbian film actor and singer.
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1962
Irish-American actor (born 1874)
Travers John Heagerty, known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. His best known role to…
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1965
Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (born 1878)
Elizabeth Arden, also known as Elizabeth N. Graham, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United States.
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1966
American businessman, founded Kmart (born 1867)
Sebastian Spering Kresge was an American merchant and businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores: the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the…
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1966
Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1899)
Gyula Mándi, also referred to as Mándi Gyula or Julius Mandel was a Hungarian Olympic national team and club footballer, who played as a defender and fullback/ He was also a manager of club and national teams. He was…
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1969
American publisher, founded The Little Review (born 1886)
Margaret Caroline Anderson was the American founder, editor and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review, which published a collection of modern American, English and Irish writers between 1914 and…
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1973
American illustrator and animator (born 1913)
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo.…
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1973
German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1899)
Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the study of classical political thought. He…
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1973
American rural blues singer (born 1913)
K. C. Douglas was an American rural blues singer and guitarist.
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1975
American actor (born 1928)
Alfredo Anthony Lettieri was an American actor and screenwriter. Active during the 1960s and 1970s, he commonly portrayed villainous characters. Lettieri achieved recognition for his performance as mobster Virgil…
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1975
English actor (born 1941)
Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters…
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1975
Indian poet and author (born 1895)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy,…
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1976
German militant (born 1943)
Berndt Andreas Baader was a West German communist and leader of the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.
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1977
German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (born 1940)
Gudrun Ensslin was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction.
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1977
Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (born 1914)
Jaume Ramón Mercader del Río was a Spanish communist and NKVD secret agent who assassinated the revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in August 1940 with an ice axe, for which Mercader was imprisoned for 19 years…
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1978
American photographer and author (born 1899)
Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer and writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930–1980. He is perhaps best known for…
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1980
American director and producer (born 1892)
Dwain Atkins Esper was an American director and producer of exploitation films.
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1982
French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a coalition of…
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1982
Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (born 1917)
John Parmenter Robarts was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
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1982
American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (born 1885)
Elizabeth Virginia Truman was First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman. She had previously served as Second Lady of the United States from January to April 1945. At 97…
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1982
Spanish economist and author (born 1897)
Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández, commonly known by his pseudonym Diego Abad de Santillán, was a Spanish Argentine anarcho-syndicalist economist. Born in León, his family moved to Argentina while he was young. He…
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1983
American baseball player (born 1925)
Willie Edward Jones, nicknamed "Puddin' Head", was an American professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1947–1959), Cleveland Indians (1959), and…
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1983
French painter and poet (born 1899)
Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the…
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1984
Dutch director and screenwriter (born 1940)
Adriaan Ditvoorst was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1984. His 1967 film Paranoia was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.
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1987
American singer and actress (born 1926)
Julie London was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969.…
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2000
American actress and dancer (born 1925)
Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for…
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2000
American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (born 1912)
Preston Earnest Smith was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 40th governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. A conservative member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 35th lieutenant…
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2003
Spanish journalist, author, and critic (born 1939)
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona…
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2003
English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)
John Norman Haynes was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three World Cup finals squads playing in the…
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2005
2005
Italian cardinal (born 1929)
Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia. He spent nearly fifty years in a variety of posts within the Catholic…
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2006
English-Canadian singer and actress (born 1911)
Anna Russell was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and recordings…
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2006
Guyanese-English hurdler (born 1934)
John Lawrence Taitt was a British sprint hurdler. He was born in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, British Guiana and competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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2006
English journalist and author (born 1938)
Alan Coren was an English writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. He was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was the editor of Punch…
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2007
American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1925)
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and as the ambassador to the…
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2007
American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (born 1915)
Vincent Michael "Vince" DeDomenico, Sr. was an American entrepreneur, one of the inventors of Rice-A-Roni, and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Train.
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2007
South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1964)
Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. His record sales across the world earned him the Best Selling African Musician prize at the 1996 World Music Awards. In his lyrics, Dube discussed…
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2007
American singer (born 1945)
Delia Juanita Warrick, known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a first cousin…
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2008
Dutch ethologist and biologist (born 1918)
Adriaan Kortlandt was a Dutch ethologist. He has been described together with Vernon Reynolds and Jane Goodall as "...one of a trio of pioneers ... who founded field studies of chimpanzees in the 1960s."
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2009
American painter and academic (born 1926)
Nancy Spero was an American visual artist known for her political and feminist paintings and hand pulled prints.
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2009
American saxophonist and musicologist (born 1931)
Marion Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongside musicians…
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2010
American baseball player (born 1912)
William Louis Raimondi was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Minor League Baseball for 22 years, including 21 years in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). He played for the Oakland Oaks from 1932 to…
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2010
American wrestler (born 1977)
Marvin Lambert was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Brain Damage.
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2012
Dutch model and actress (born 1952)
Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
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2012
American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A seven-time NBA All-Star, he won five…
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2012
American pole vaulter (born 1929)
George Mattos was an American pole vaulter. He competed for his native country in two Olympics, 1952 when he finished 9th and 1956 when he finished 4th, both times behind American teammate Bob Richards.
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2012
American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (born 1917)
Albert Lee Ueltschi is considered the father of modern flight training and was the founder of FlightSafety International. Ueltschi was once personal pilot to Juan Trippe and an associate to Charles Lindbergh. On July…
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2012
American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
David Spencer Ware was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
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2012
American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1929)
Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented…
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2013
American football player and coach (born 1923)
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980…
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2013
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
Allan Herbert Stanley was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League…
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2013
American sergeant and politician (born 1930)
Charles William Young was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida, Young served as chairman of the House Committee on…
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2013
Dominican author and academic (born 1922)
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón was a Dominican author of the 20th century. One of the founders of the second private university in the Dominican Republic, he named it the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, also writing…
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2014
American academic and politician (born 1930)
Edward Van Buren Regan was an American politician and public figure from New York State. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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2014
American-Chinese author and translator (born 1915)
Sidney Shapiro was an American-born Chinese actor, translator, and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He lived in Beijing for more than 50 years and became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese…
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2014
Australian painter (born 1924)
Robert Henry Dickerson was an Australian figurative painter and former member of the Antipodeans group of artists. Dickerson is one of Australia's most recognised figurative artists and one of a generation of…
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2015
Egyptian journalist and author (born 1945)
Gamal al-Ghitani was an Egyptian author of historical and political novels and cultural and political commentaries and was the editor-in-chief of the literary periodical Akhbar Al-Adab till 2011.
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2015
American engineer (born 1932)
Robert Willard Farquhar was an American mission design specialist who worked for NASA. He designed halo orbits and was involved in a number of spaceflight missions.
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2015
American bass player (born 1968)
Frank Watkins was an American heavy metal musician best known as a former, long-time bass player for the death metal band Obituary; he played with them from 1989 to 1997 and then from 2003 until 2010. He had been the…
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2015
2015
Italian football player and manager (born 1939)
Marino Perani was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward, usually as a winger.
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2017
Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (born 1931)
Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme was a Swedish children's psychologist, UNICEF chairwoman and the wife of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, until his assassination in 1986.
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2018
5th President of the Sudan (born 1934)
Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab was a Sudanese military officer who served as the Head of State of Sudan from 6 April 1985, to 6 May 1986.
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2018
Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)
Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão was a Portuguese footballer.
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2019
81st President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1933)
René Felber was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, he served as the president of Switzerland.
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2020
American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (born 1937)
Colin Luther Powell was an American Army general, diplomat, and statesman who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005, being the first Black American to hold the office, and was the…
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2021
American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (born 1935)
Harvey Lowell Wollman was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of South Dakota from 1978 to 1979. He was the first Lieutenant Governor in the history of South Dakota to succeed to the governorship. To…
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2022
Israeli historian of the Holocaust (born 1926)
Yehuda Bauer was a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. He was a professor of Holocaust studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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2024
Argentine politician and physician (born 1945)
Ginés González García was an Argentine politician and physician who served twice as the country's Minister of Health under the successive presidencies of Eduardo Duhalde and Néstor Kirchner, from 2002 to 2007, and under…
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2024
American bassist (born 1977)
Samuel Robert Rivers was an American musician. He was the bassist, backing vocalist and was one of the founding members of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit.
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2025
Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922)
Yang Chen-Ning also known as C.N. Yang and Franklin Yang, was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics and…
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2025
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Who died on October 18?
Gaston Lachaise — American sculptor (1882–1935)
FeaturedGaston Lachaise
Death year1935
Known forA native of Paris, he is most noted for his robust female nudes such as his heroic Standing Woman
Deaths on this date126 (31 – 2025)
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2019
NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller. Wikipedia →
2019
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Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured. Wikipedia →
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