Famous Deaths on July 18

Jane Austen

1817 Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice), dies at 41

1831 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, dies at 72
1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1863 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate Major General, dies of injuries at 29
1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1884 Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
1892 Thomas Cook, British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83
1894 Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75
1898 Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
1899 Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), dies at 67
1901 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
1902 John White, American composer, dies at 47
1908 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), dies at 83
1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, English composer, dies at 53
1916 Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author
1918 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (b. 1864)
1925 Louis Nazaire Bégin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1840)
1931 Oskar Minkowski, German Biologist (pancreas and diabetes), dies at 73
1937 Julian Bell, British poet (b. 1908)
1938 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
1939 Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer, dies at 65
1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80

1944 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
1948 Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877)
1949 Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer, dies at 78
1950 Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64
1952 Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
1952 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man," dies at 46
1953 Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)

George "Machine Gun" Kelly

1954 George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster, dies at 59

Gangster George — Gangster
George "Machine Gun" Kelly

1956 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
1958 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), dies at 67
1961 Kit Guard, Danish actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), dies of cancer at 67
1963 A H C Cooper, South African cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, dies at 64
1966 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead at 23
1966 German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and 26th President of Brazil (1964-67), dies at 66
1968 Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), dies at 76
1969 Barbara Pepper [Marion], American actress (Foreign Correspondent, Green Acres, Rogue Tavern), dies of coronary thrombosis at 54
1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
1973 Jack Hawkins, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story), dies of post-operative complications at 62
1975 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
1976 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), dies at 70
1980 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies at 76
1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
1982 Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer, dies at 80
1982 Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), dies at 85
1985 Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, 6th President of FIFA (1961-74) dies at 91
1987 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87

1988 Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
1989 Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
1990 Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
1990 Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1990 Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
1991 André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
1991 Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies
1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
1992 Mollie Parnis, American fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies in her 90s (she had long refused to disclose her exact age)
1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
1993 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
1993 John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
1993 Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76
1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
1993 Davis Roberts, American actor (Westworld, Star Trek, The Killers), dies of emphysema at 76
1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
1995 Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1992), dies at 24
1996 Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
1997 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
2000 José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza), dies at 71
2001 Mimi Fariña, American rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), dies at 56
2001 James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
2001 Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920)
2001 Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s), dies at 67
2002 Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (b. 1933)
2004 Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)
2004 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist, dies at 92

William Westmoreland

2005 William Westmoreland, US general during the Vietnam War, dies at 91

2005 Bill Hicke, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time NHL All Star), dies of cancer at 67
2007 Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, Scottish judge and advocate, dies after a stroke at 82
2007 George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler
2007 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)
2007 Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
2008 Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (Hamoun), dies at 64
2008 Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer, dies at 95
2009 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, dies at 113
2012 Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled "The First Superstar of Indian cinema," dies from kidney problems at 69
2015 Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z), dies at 79
2016 Billy Name [William Linich Jr], photographer (Andy Warhol's factory), dies at 76