Died On May 18th

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Discover the most famous people who died on May 18. The list includes people like Elizabeth Montgomery, Gustav Mahler, Ernie Davis, Jeannette Rankin, Isaac Albeniz. Famous personalities featured on this list, include composers, actors, journalists and secret agents and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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 1 
Elizabeth Montgomery
(Best Known for Her Role as the ‘Samantha Stephens’ on the TV Series ‘Bewitched’)
Elizabeth Montgomery
13
Birthdate: April 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1995
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 2 
Chris Cornell
(Lead vocalist of the Rock Bands 'Soundgarden' & 'Audioslave')
Chris Cornell
38
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 20, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: 2017
 3 
Ernie Davis
(American Football Player Who Was the First African American to Win the Heisman Trophy)
Ernie Davis
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 14, 1939
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Salem-Buffington, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1963
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 4 
Jill Ireland
(Actress and Singer Who Has Appeared in Several Films Director by Her Husband Charles Bronson)
Jill Ireland
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Birthdate: April 24, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1990
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 5 
Ian Curtis
(Singer-songwriter)
Ian Curtis
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 15, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stretford
Died: 1980
 6 
Gustav Mahler
(One of the Most Frequently Performed and Recorded of All Composers)
Gustav Mahler
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 7, 1860
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Czeh Republic
Died: 1911
 7 
Charles Grodin
(Actor, Comedian and Author Known for His Films: ‘Midnight Run’, ‘Dave’ and ‘Heart and Souls’)
Charles Grodin
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Birthdate: April 21, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2021
 8 
Alexander Godunov
(American Ballet Dancer, Actor and Member of the ‘Bolshoi Ballet’)
Alexander Godunov
5
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: November 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sakhalin, Russia
Died: 1995
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 9 
Mary McLeod Bethune
(American Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the 'National Council of Negro Women')
Mary McLeod Bethune
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 10, 1875
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayesville, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1955
 10 
Jeannette Rankin
(Feminist Politician & the First Woman to be Part of the US Congress and Only from Montana)
Jeannette Rankin
4
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 11, 1880
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Missoula
Died: 1973
 11 
Eli Cohen
(Egyptian-born Israeli Spy)
Eli Cohen
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 26, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 1965
 12 
Túpac Amaru II
(Revolutionary)
Túpac Amaru II
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 19, 1738
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Surimana-Canas, Cuzco, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died: 1781
 13 
Elisha Cook Jr.
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Birthdate: December 26, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1995
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 14 
David A. Johnston
(American Volcanologist Who was Caught in the Midst of the Eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980)
David A. Johnston
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 18, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1980
 15 
Stephanie Adams
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: July 24, 1970
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2018
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 16 
Daws Butler
(Actor, Dub actor)
Daws Butler
1
Birthdate: November 16, 1916
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toledo
Died: 1988
 17 
William Saroyan
(American-Armenian novelist)
William Saroyan
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 31, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fresno
Died: 1981
 18 
Jerry Vale
(Singer)
Jerry Vale
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 2014
 19 
Harry R. Truman
(Businessman)
Harry R. Truman
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 30, 1896
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ivydale, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1980
 20 
Robert Rogers
(soldier, privateer)
Robert Rogers
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 7, 1731
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Methuen
Died: 1795
 21 
Isaac Albeniz
(Spanish Catalan Virtuoso Pianist & One of the Foremost Composers of the Post-Romantic Era)
Isaac Albeniz
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 29, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Camprodon, Spain
Died: 1909
 22 
Alexander Suvorov
(Russian Military Commander Known for His Achievements in the Russo-Turkish War)
Alexander Suvorov
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 24, 1729
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1800
 23 
Jacque Fresco
(Futurist and Self-Described Social Engineer)
Jacque Fresco
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: March 13, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2017
 24 
Andy Clyde
(Stage actor, Film actor)
Andy Clyde
0
Birthdate: March 25, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blairgowrie and Rattray
Died: 1967
 25 
Davey Boy Smith
(British Professional Wrestler Best Known for His Appearances in World Wrestling Federation)
Davey Boy Smith
12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 27, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Golborne, Lancashire, England
Died: 2002
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 26 
Arthur O'Connell
0
Birthdate: March 29, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1981
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 27 
Arthur Malet
1
Birthdate: September 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lee-on-Solent, England
Died: 2013
 28 
Franco Battiato
(Singer-songwriter)
Franco Battiato
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 23, 1945
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Giarre-Riposto
Died: 2021
 29 
George Meredith
(Novelist)
George Meredith
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 12, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Died: 1909
 30 
Betty Robinson
(American Athlete and Winner of the First Olympic 100 Metres for Women)
Betty Robinson
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1911
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Riverdale, Illinois, United States
Died: 1999
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 31 
Augustus Pablo
(Musician, Pianist, Record producer, Composer)
Augustus Pablo
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 21, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Andrew
Died: 1999
 32 
Jacques Marquette
(French Jesuit Missionary Who Founded Michigan’s First European Settlement)
Jacques Marquette
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 1, 1637
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Laon, France
Died: 1675
 33 
Leroy Anderson
(Classical composer, Conductor, Composer)
Leroy Anderson
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 29, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambridge
Died: 1975
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 18, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1922
 35 
James Truslow Adams
(Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer)
James Truslow Adams
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Birthdate: October 18, 1878
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1949
 36 
Werner Sombart
(German Economist and Sociologist Known for Coining the Term ‘Late Capitalism')
Werner Sombart
0
Birthdate: January 19, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ermsleben, Falkenstein, Germany
Died: 1941
 37 
Selwyn Lloyd
(Politician)
Selwyn Lloyd
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 28, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Died: 1978
 38 
Arnold Orville Beckman
(American Chemist and Inventor Who Invented the pH Meter)
Arnold Orville Beckman
0
Birthdate: April 10, 1900
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cullom
Died: 2004
 39 
Peter Jones
(Drummer)
Peter Jones
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 21, 1963
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 2012
 40 
Maurice Noble
(Animator)
Maurice Noble
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 1, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Spooner Township, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2001
 41 
Dobrica Ćosić
(Yugoslav and Serbian Political Theorist, Writer, and Politician)
Dobrica Ćosić
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 29, 1921
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Velika Drenova, Serbia
Died: 2014
 42 
Bill Haywood
(Activist)
Bill Haywood
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 4, 1869
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Died: 1928
 43 
Gordon Hugh Willis
(Cinematographer)
Gordon Hugh Willis
0
Birthdate: May 28, 1931
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2014
 44 
Aleksei Balabanov
0
Birthdate: February 25, 1959
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Died: 2013
 45 
Sean MacStiofain
(Military Leader)
Sean MacStiofain
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 17, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2001
 46 
Wubbo Ockels
(Physicist)
Wubbo Ockels
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 28, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Almelo, Netherlands
Died: 2014
 47 
Anthony Forwood
1
Birthdate: October 3, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died: 1988
 48 
Reema Lagoo
(Actress)
Reema Lagoo
2
Birthdate: June 21, 1958
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bombay, State of Bombay, India
Died: 2017
 49 
Lionel Kieseritzky
(Chess player, Writer)
Lionel Kieseritzky
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1806
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tartu, Estonia
Died: 1853
 50 
Henri Laborit
(French Surgeon and Neurobiologist Best Remembered for His Role in the Development of Chlorpromazine)
Henri Laborit
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 21, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanoi, Vietnam
Died: 1995