Died on
Who died on January 18
114 figures who shaped history died on January 18.
- 114deaths
- 53events
Best known
Best known
Leo I (emperor)
Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
Ruler of Egypt and Syria from 884 to 896
Tamar I
Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213
Henry I of Cyprus
King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253
Margaret of Hungary (saint)
Hungarian princess and saint
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
Queen of Castile and León from 1328 to 1350
Leo I (emperor) — Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474, who died on January 18 474.
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun — Ruler of Egypt and Syria from 884 to 896, who died on January 18 896.
Tamar I — Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, who died on January 18 1213.
Henry I of Cyprus — King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253, who died on January 18 1253.
Margaret of Hungary (saint) — Hungarian princess and saint, who died on January 18 1271.
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile — Queen of Castile and León from 1328 to 1350, who died on January 18 1357.
All entries
- 52 BCPPublius Clodius PulcherRoman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC)
- 748OOdilo, Duke of BavariaDuke of Bavaria
- 1326
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalterEnglish administrator, soldier and politician - 1367
Peter I of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1357 to 1367 - 1411
Jobst of Moravia15th-century King of Germany - 1425
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March15th-century English noble - 1451
Henry II of Nassau-SiegenGerman count - 1471
Emperor Go-HanazonoEmperor of Japan from 1428 to 1464 - 1479
Louis IX of BavariaDuke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450 to 1479 - 1547
Pietro BemboItalian scholar, poet, and cardinal - 1586
Margaret of ParmaGovernor of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1559–67 and 1578–82 - 1589
Magnus HeinasonFaroese naval hero, trader and privateer - 1677
Jan van RiebeeckDutch colonial administrator - 1756
Franz Georg von SchönbornGerman nobleman and archbishop - 1783
Jeanne QuinaultFrench actress, playwright and salon hostess - 1803
Ippolit BogdanovichRussian poet - 1849
Panoutsos NotarasLeading figure of the Greek War of Independence (1740/1752–1849) - 1862
John TylerPresident of the United States from 1841 to 1845 - 1873
Edward Bulwer-LyttonBritish statesman and writer - 1878
Antoine César BecquerelFrench scientist - 1886
Baldassare VerazziItalian painter - 1892
Anton AnderledySwiss Jesuit - 1896
Charles FloquetFrench lawyer and statesman - 1919
Prince John of the United KingdomBritish prince - 1923
Wallace ReidAmerican actor - 1929
Harry CoulbyAmerican businessman - 1934
Joseph DevlinIrish journalist and politician - 1936HHermanus BrockmannDutch rower
- 1936
Rudyard KiplingEnglish writer and poet - 1940
Kazimierz Przerwa-TetmajerPolish writer - 1951
Amy CarmichaelChristian missionary to India - 1952
Curly HowardAmerican comedian and actor - 1954
Sydney GreenstreetBritish and American actor - 1955
Saadat Hasan MantoPakistani writer - 1956
Makbule AtadanTurkish politician and writer, sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - 1956
Konstantin PätsEstonian statesman and president - 1963
Hugh GaitskellBritish politician
- 1966
Kathleen NorrisAmerican writer - 1967
Goose TatumAmerican basketball and baseball player - 1969
Hans FreyerGerman sociologist and philosopher - 1970
David O. McKayAmerican LDS Church leader
- 1971
Virgil FinlayAmerican pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator - 1973
Irina LevchenkoSoviet writer and military officer - 1975
Gertrude OlmsteadAmerican actress - 1978HHasan Askari (writer)Pakistani scholar and writer
- 1980
Cecil BeatonBritish photographer and designer - 1984
Panteleimon PonomarenkoSoviet partisan and politician - 1984
Vassilis TsitsanisGreek musical artist - 1989
Bruce ChatwinEnglish writer, novelist and journalist - 1990
Melanie ApplebyEnglish singer - 1990
Rusty HamerAmerican actor
- 1993DDionysios ZakythinosGreek academic, historian and politician
- 1995
Adolf ButenandtGerman biochemist - 1995
Ron LucianoAmerican baseball umpire - 1996
N. T. Rama RaoIndian actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - 1997
Paul TsongasAmerican politician - 1998DDan GeorgiadisGreek footballer and manager
- 2000
Margarete Schütte-LihotzkyAustrian architect - 2001
Laurent-Désiré KabilaPresident of the DRC from 1997 to 2001 - 2003
The Sheik (wrestler)American professional wrestler - 2003
Harivansh Rai BachchanHindi poet and writer - 2004
Galina KorchuganovaSoviet test pilot and aerobatics champion - 2005
Lamont BentleyAmerican actor - 2006
Jan TwardowskiPolish poet and Catholic priest - 2007BBrent LilesAmerican bassist
- 2008
Georgia FrontiereAmerican businesswoman - 2008FFrank LewinAmerican composer
- 2008
Lois NettletonAmerican actress - 2008JJohn StrogerAmerican politician
- 2009
Tony HartEnglish artist and TV presenter - 2009NNora KovachHungarian ballerina
- 2009
Danai StratigopoulouMusical artist - 2009
Grigore VieruMoldovan poet - 2010
Kate McGarrigleCanadian singer-songwriter - 2010
Robert B. ParkerAmerican crime writer - 2011
Sargent ShriverAmerican diplomat, politician and activist - 2012
Anthony GonsalvesIndian composer - 2012GGeorg LassenGerman U-boat commander
- 2012
Yuri RasovskyAmerican dramatist
- 2013
Sean Fallon (footballer)Irish footballer - 2013JJim HorningAmerican computer scientist
- 2013
Jon MannahAustralian rugby league footballer - 2013
Lewis MarnellProfessional skateboarder - 2013
Ron NachmanIsraeli politician
- 2014
Kathryn AbbeAmerican photographer - 2014
Michael BotmangNigerian politician - 2014DDennis FrederiksenAmerican rock singer
- 2014AAndy GraverEnglish footballer
- 2014
Sarah Marshall (British actress)British actress
- 2014
Eugenio Cruz VargasChilean poet and painter - 2015
Alberto NismanArgentine lawyer and prosecutor - 2015CChristine ValmyRomanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur
- 2015
Piet van der SandenDutch politician and journalist - 2015
Tony VernaAmerican television producer - 2016JJohnny BachAmerican basketball player and coach
- 2016
Glenn FreyAmerican rock musician and songwriter - 2016
T. S. SinnathuraySingaporean judge - 2016
Michel TournierFrench writer - 2017
Peter AbrahamsSouth African novelist, journalist and political commentator - 2017
Rachael Heyhoe FlintEnglish female cricketer, businesswoman and life peer - 2017
Roberta PetersAmerican opera singer
- 2019
John Coughlin (figure skater)American pair skater - 2019
Lamia Al-Gailani WerrIraqi archaeologist - 2022
Paco GentoSpanish footballer - 2022
Yvette MimieuxAmerican actress - 2022
André Leon TalleyAmerican fashion journalist - 2023
David CrosbyAmerican singer and guitarist - 2025
Claire van KampenEnglish director and composer
Frequently asked questions
Who died on January 18?
114 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 18, including Leo I (emperor), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tamar I. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on January 18?
53 documented historical events happened on January 18, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I. On the same day, in another year: Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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