Died On October 18th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 18. The list includes people like Thomas Edison, Charles Babbage, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Antonio Meucci, Charles Gounod. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, mathematicians, philosophers and inventors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Spain & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Thomas Edison(Inventor of Phonograph, Motion Picture Camera and Early Version of the Electric Light Bulb)
Birthdate: February 11, 1847
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milan, Ohio, United States
Died: 1931
Birthdate: April 5, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: 2021
Birthdate: December 26, 1791
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1871
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Gwen Verdon(Actress and Dancer Known for Her Work in the Musicals: ‘Damn Yankees’, ‘Sweet Charity’, and ‘Chicago’)
Birthdate: January 13, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Culver City, California, United States
Died: 2000
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Julie London
(Singer, Actress)
Birthdate: September 26, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Died: 2000
Birthdate: November 5, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1984
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Lauri Törni(Finnish Army Officer Who Fought Under Three Flags in the Winter War and the Continuation War)
Birthdate: May 28, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Viipuri, Finland
Died: 1965
Birthdate: September 25, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2008
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Henry Travers(Best Known for His Role as ‘Clarence Odbody’ in the Film ‘It's a Wonderful Life’)
Birthdate: March 5, 1874
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
Died: 1965
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: February 18, 1862
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1939
Birthdate: April 13, 1808
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: 1889
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Elizabeth Arden
(Canadian-American Businesswoman)
Birthdate: December 31, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1966
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Claudine Auger
(Actress best known for her role as a Bond girl, Dominique)
Birthdate: April 26, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2019
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 20, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: 1865
Birthdate: May 1, 1852
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Petilla de Aragón, Navarre, Spain
Died: 1934
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Charles Gounod(French Composer Best Known for His Operas: ‘Faust’ and ‘Roméo et Juliette’)
Birthdate: June 17, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1893
Birthdate: June 27, 1938
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paddington
Died: 2007
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Bess Truman
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Birthdate: February 13, 1885
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Independence, Missouri, United States
Died: 1982
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Alfred Binet
(Psychologist, Educationist)
Birthdate: July 8, 1857
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nice
Died: 1911
Birthdate: November 28, 1489
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, Kingdom of England
Died: 1541
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Timothy Conigrave
(actor,writer)
Birthdate: November 19, 1959
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: 1994
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Kam Fong Chun
(Actor, Police officer)
Birthdate: May 27, 1918
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kalihi - Palama, Hawaii, United States
Died: 2002
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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José Ortega y Gasset
(Spanish Philosopher and Essayist)
Birthdate: May 9, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: 1955
Birthdate: February 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 1975
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Leo Strauss(German-American Political Philosopher Known for His Work: ‘Persecution and the Art of Writing’ and ‘Thoughts on Machiavelli’)
Birthdate: September 20, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kirchhain, Germany
Died: 1973
Birthdate: July 31, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: 1966
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Nancy Dickerson
(American journalist)
Birthdate: January 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1997
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Mark V. Hurd
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: January 1, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died: 2019
Birthdate: August 16, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chattogram, Bangladesh
Died: 2018
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Bill King
(Sports Announcer)
Birthdate: October 6, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Died: 2005
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Phil Chess
(Record producer)
Birthdate: March 27, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Motol, Belarus
Died: 2016
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Thomas S. Foley(49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1989-95))
Birthdate: March 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, United States
Died: 2013
Birthdate: May 1, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Offenburg
Died: 1977
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Eamonn Campbell
(Musician)
Birthdate: November 29, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Died: 2017
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Lois Kibbee
(Actress, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: July 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1993
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: January 22, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kozarska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 2007
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Francis P. Blair
(Journalist)
Birthdate: April 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Abingdon, Virginia, United States
Died: 1876
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Walt Kelly
(Comics artist, Character animator, Reporter, Poet, Journalist)
Birthdate: August 25, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: 1973
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Nancy Spero
(Visual Artist)
Birthdate: August 24, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 2009
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Jacob Jordaens
(Former Flemish painter known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits)
Birthdate: May 19, 1593
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: 1678
Birthdate: May 3, 1910
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2011
Birthdate: December 27, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2006
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Roberto Goizueta
(Businessman)
Birthdate: November 18, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Died: 1997
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Philipp Franz von Siebold
(German Physician and Botanist Known for Pioneering Western Medicine in Japan)
Birthdate: February 17, 1796
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: 1866
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Al-Suyūṭī
(Egyptian Sunni Ascetic Polymath)
Birthdate: October 3, 1445
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: 1505
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Agrippina the Elder
(Noblewomen)
Birthdate: 0014 AD
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Died: 0033
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Allan Stanley
(Ice hockey player)
Birthdate: March 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2013
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Xie Jin
(Chinese Film Director)
Birthdate: November 21, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shangyu District, Shaoxing, China
Died: 2008
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Lottie Mwale
(Zambian Light Heavyweight-Class Boxer)
Birthdate: April 14, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kitwe, Zambia
Died: 2005
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Frank Woolley
(English Professional Cricketer)
Birthdate: May 27, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tonbridge, Kent, England
Died: 1978