Famous People Who Died In 2018
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2018. This list includes people like XXXTentacion, Anthony Bourdain, Aretha Franklin, John McCain, Kate Spade and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include actresses, political leaders, rappers and biologists who died in 2018. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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XXXTentacion(Rapper Well Known for His Depressing, and at Times Devastating Music)
Birthdate: January 23, 1998
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Plantation, Florida, United States
Died: June 18
2
Stephen Hawking(Theoretical Physicist - First to Set Out a Theory of Cosmology)
Birthdate: January 8, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Died: March 14
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
3
Stan Lee(Primary Creative Leader of Marvel Comics and Characters such as 'Spider-Man', 'X-Men' and 'Iron Man')
Birthdate: December 28, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: November 12
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
4
Avicii(Swedish DJ & Remixer Known for His Single 'Levels')
Birthdate: September 8, 1989
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 20
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Mac Miller(Rapper Known for His Debut Studio Album 'Blue Slide Park')
Birthdate: January 19, 1992
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 7
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Aretha Franklin(One of the Best-Selling Music Artists in the World & 'Queen of Soul')
Birthdate: March 25, 1942
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: August 16
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Burt Reynolds(American Actor, Considered An Icon of American Popular Culture During the 1970s & 1980s)
Birthdate: February 11, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, United States
Died: September 6
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: June 25, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: June 8
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Stephen Hillenburg(American Creator of the Nickelodeon Animated TV Series ‘Spongebob Squarepants')
Birthdate: August 21, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States
Died: November 26
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Dolores O'Riordan
(Lead Vocalist and Lyricist for the Alternative Rock Band ‘The Cranberries')
Birthdate: September 6, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland
Died: January 15
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: March 24, 1944
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas, U.S.
Died: April 15
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Margot Kidder(Actress and Activist Known for Her Role as ‘Lois Lane’ in the ‘Superman Film Series’)
Birthdate: October 17, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yellowknife, Canada
Died: May 13
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Kate Spade(Fashion Designer, Founder and Co-Owner of the Designer Brand ‘Kate Spade New York’)
Birthdate: December 24, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: June 5
14
Paul Allen(Co-founder of Microsoft, Philanthropist)
Birthdate: January 21, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle
Died: October 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: October 15, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Died: December 17
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Barbara Bush(Former First Lady of the United States as the Wife of President George H. W. Bush)
Birthdate: June 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: April 17
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: 1969 AD
Birthplace: Sturgis, Michigan, U.S.
Died: April 21
18
John Mahoney
(Known for Playing 'Martin Crane' on the NBC Sitcom 'Frasier')
Birthdate: June 20, 1940
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Died: February 4
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: October 14, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died: April 16
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: May 30, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hartford, Illinois, USA
Died: May 21
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Birthdate: July 27, 1931
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Danville, Illinois, USA
Died: January 5
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: April 8, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kumasi, Ghana
Died: August 18
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson(Icelandic Actor and Singer Best Known for His Role as ‘Robbie Rotten’ in TV Series ‘LazyTown’)
Birthdate: July 10, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Died: August 21
24
David Ogden Stiers
(Actor)
Birthdate: October 31, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA
Died: March 3
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: March 4, 1941
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Danville, Virginia, United States
Died: June 25
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: September 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bizana, Eastern Cape
Died: April 2
Birthdate: August 18, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Died: February 9
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Charles Aznavour(One of the Greatest Songwriters in the History of Music and an Icon of 20th-Century Pop Culture.)
Birthdate: May 22, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 1
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Birthdate: April 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Meherrin, Virginia, United States
Died: November 15
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
30
Charles Krauthammer
(Political Columnist Who Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his columns in 'The Washington Post')
Birthdate: March 13, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: June 21
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: December 25, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gwalior
Died: August 16
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: July 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York
Died: August 26
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: October 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States
Died: January 22
Birthdate: February 3, 1943
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Fairfield, Alabama, United States
Died: February 1
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Steve Ditko
(American Comics Artist and Comic Writer Best Known for Being Co-creator of Marvel Superhero 'Spider-Man')
Birthdate: November 2, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 29
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Sridevi
(Indian Actress Cited as the 'First Female Superstar' of Indian Cinema)
Birthdate: August 13, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sivakasi, Madras State, India
Died: February 24
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: October 6, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pizzoferrato, Italy
Died: April 18
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Philip Roth(One of the Most Awarded American Writers of His Generation)
Birthdate: March 19, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: May 22
Birthdate: April 22, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died: August 5
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Birthdate: March 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pjätteryd, Sweden
Died: January 27
41
John McCain(Former United States Senator from Arizona (1987 - 2018))
Birthdate: August 29, 1936
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coco Solo, Panama
Died: August 25
42
V. S. Naipaul(Trinidadian-Born British Writer Who Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001)
Birthdate: August 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Trinidad and Tobago
Died: August 11
Birthdate: January 29, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Died: January 19
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: May 27, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: June 28
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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John Young
(American Astronaut and the Ninth Person to Walk on the Moon)
Birthdate: September 24, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: January 5
46
Big Van Vader(One of the Greatest Super-Heavyweight Professional Wrestlers of All Time)
Birthdate: May 14, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lynwood, California, United States
Died: June 18
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: March 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Harrow, England
Died: March 3
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Vinnie Paul
(Former Musician best known for being the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Pantera)
Birthdate: March 11, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas, United States
Died: June 22
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Miloš Forman
(Best Known for Directing the 1975 Psychological Comedy Drama Film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest')
Birthdate: February 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: April 13
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: June 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 11
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)