October 18th
171 Notable deaths
Anders Lange
Norwegian politician (1904-1974).
Born September 5th, 1904 in Aker.
Died October 18th, 1974 at 70 years old in Bærum.
Boughera El Ouafi
French algerian marathon runner.
Born October 18th, 1898 in Ouled Djellal. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1959 at 61 years old in Saint-Denis.
Ramiro Castillo
Bolivian footballer (1966-1997).
Born March 27th, 1966 in Coripata Municipality.
Died October 18th, 1997 at 31 years old in La Paz (hanging).
Hans Ehard
German politician (1887–1980).
Born November 10th, 1887 in Bamberg.
Died October 18th, 1980 at 92 years old in Munich.
Martin Gusinde
German-austrian priest and ethnologist (1886-1969).
Born October 29th, 1886 in Wrocław.
Died October 18th, 1969 at 82 years old in Mödling.
Vladimir Voronin
Soviet naval explorer (1890–1952).
Born October 17th, 1890 in Sumsky Posad.
Died October 18th, 1952 at 62 years old in Dikson (stroke).
Marc Hodler
Swiss ioc member (1918–2006).
Born October 26th, 1918 in Bern. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2006 at 87 years old in Bern (stroke).
Sergey Kara-Murza
Soviet and russian chemist.
Born January 23rd, 1939 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2025 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Saint-Pol-Roux
French poet.
Born January 15th, 1861 in Marseille. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Brest. [ref]
Efua Dorkenoo
Ghanaian activist (1949-2014).
Born September 6th, 1949 in Cape Coast.
Died October 18th, 2014 at 65 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 171
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami