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January 18th
196 Notable deaths
Ugo Pirro
Italian screenwriter.
Born April 20th, 1920 in Salerno, Battipaglia. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2008 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
André Sainte-Laguë
French mathematician.
Born April 20th, 1882 in Saint-Martin-Curton.
Died January 18th, 1950 at 67 years old
Ivan Babushkin
Russian revolutionary (1873-1906).
Born January 15th, 1873 in Ledengskoye.
Died January 18th, 1906 at 33 years old in Mysovsk (gunshot wound).
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Punjabi poet and politician (1899-1976).
Born January 15th, 1899.
Died January 18th, 1976 at 77 years old in Delhi.
Johannes Fried
German historian.
Born May 23rd, 1942 in Hamburg.
Died January 18th, 2026 at 83 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Zohurul Hoque
Translator of the quran (1926-2017).
Born October 11th, 1926 in Sylhet Division, British Raj, Sribhumi district, Assam Province.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 90 years old in Muscat, Oman.
Mike MacDowel
English racing driver.
Born September 13th, 1932 in Great Yarmouth.
Died January 18th, 2016 at 83 years old in Surrey (cancer).
Ute Bock
Austrian educator and humanitarian.
Died January 18th, 2018 at 75 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Berthold Hatschek
Austrian zoologist (1854–1941).
Born April 3rd, 1854 in Skrbeň.
Died January 18th, 1941 at 86 years old in Vienna.
Julie Winnefred Bertrand
Canadian supercentenarian (1891–2007).
Born September 16th, 1891 in Coaticook.
Died January 18th, 2007 at 115 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 196
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