Famous People Who Died on January 18
Discover the most famous people who died on January 18. The list includes people like Rudyard Kipling, John Tyler, Glenn Frey, Cecil Beaton, Jan van Riebeeck. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, poets and artists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Italy and many more countries.
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Birthdate: December 30, 1865
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: 1936
English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling is best remembered for his fiction work The Jungle Book. He was born in India and many of his works are inspired by his life in the country. He was one of the most popular English writers in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Birthdate: November 6, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 2016
American singer, songwriter and vocalist,Glen Frey was the co-founder of the extremely famous rock band of the 1970s—Eagles. The band delivered hit albums like Hotel California before disbanding after a decade. The six time Grammy award winner then enjoyed a successful solo career with hit songs like Smuggler’s Blues and The Heat Is On before re-joining his band.
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Curly Howard(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Trio ‘The Three Stooges’)
Birthdate: October 22, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York, United States
Died: 1952
Born Jerome Lester Horwitz and nick named Curly by his brothers, Curly Howard is an American vaudevillian actor who was known for his comic skills, childlike mannerism and exaggerated walk. His performance as a member of The Three Stooges was particularly popular among children in 1930s and early 1940s. He was forced to retire early from his career because of stroke.
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John Tyler(10th President of the United States (1841-1845))
Birthdate: March 29, 1790
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charles City, Virginia, United States
Died: 1862
The tenth president of the United States, John Tyler was dubbed His Accidency as he became the president after the sudden death of President William Henry Harrison when the former was serving as the vice president. Tyler's acceptance of full presidential powers set a prominent precedent and served as a model for succession to the future presidents.
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David Crosby(American singer)
Birthdate: August 14, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2023
Birthdate: August 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Sydney Greenstreet(Actor)
Birthdate: December 27, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sandwich, Kent, England
Died: 1954
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Sargent Shriver(American Politician and United States Ambassador to France (1968–1970))
Birthdate: November 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Westminster, Maryland, United States
Died: 2011
Sargent Shriver was part of the Kennedy family, as the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy. He was part of the U.S. Navy and also worked as an assistant editor at Newsweek. He developed many anti-poverty programs and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1972.
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Don Sutton(Baseball player)
Birthdate: April 2, 1945
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Clio, Alabama, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: January 14, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: 1980
Cecil Beaton was a British war, portrait, and fashion photographer. A multi-talented personality, Beaton is also known for his work as a painter, diarist, interior designer, and costume designer. Cecil Beaton worked with popular publications like Vogue before becoming a leading war photographer. His work as a costume designer for the theatre and films earned him Oscars and Tony Awards.
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Tamar of Georgia(Queen)
Birthdate: 1160 AD
Birthplace: Mtskheta, Georgia
Died: 1213
Birthdate: April 21, 1619
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Culemborg
Died: 1677
Jan van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and navigator. He is credited with founding the Dutch Cape Colony and Cape Town. Jan van Riebeeck is of historical and cultural importance to South Africa as many South Africans consider him the founding father of their country. Several South African villages and towns have streets named after Van Riebeeck.
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Robert B. Parker(Writer)
Birthdate: September 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: 2010
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Harivansh Rai Bachchan(Indian Poet and Writer of the 'Nayi Kavita Literary Movement' Best Known for His Early Work 'Madhushala')
Birthdate: November 27, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 2003
A pioneer of Hindi romantic poetry and the Chhayavaad movement, Harivanshrai Bachchan is best remembered for his book of 135 quatrains, Madhushala. He was the first Indian to earn a PhD in English literature from Cambridge University. He was also the father of legendary Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan.
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Bill Finger(Comic Book Writer & Co-creator of the DC Comic Superhero 'Batman')
Birthdate: February 8, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States
Died: 1974
Bill Finger was an American film, TV, comic book, and comic strip writer. Although he had co-created the popular superhero character Batman along with Bob Kane, Finger's work was uncredited until 2015. As a result, Finger died in poverty and obscurity. He was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
Birthdate: May 11, 1912
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Samrala
Died: 1955
Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani playwright, writer, and author. Best remembered for his 22 collections of short stories, Manto was renowned for writing about the bitter truths of society. Not surprisingly, he was tried for obscenity on six occasions but was never convicted. Considered one of the 20th century's finest Urdu-language writers, Manto is the subject of two movies.
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Carl Betz(Actor)
Birthdate: March 9, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Amadeo I of Spain(King)
Birthdate: May 30, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Turin, Turin, Italy
Died: 1890
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Goose Tatum(Baseball player)
Birthdate: May 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1967
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Amy Carmichael(Writer)
Birthdate: December 16, 1867
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Millisle, County Down, Ireland
Died: 1951
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Bruce Chatwin(Writer)
Birthdate: May 13, 1940
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1989
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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K. L. Saigal(First Superstar of Hindi Cinema Revered and Idolised for Both His Singing and Acting Styles)
Birthdate: April 11, 1904
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Jammu Kashmir, India
Died: 1947
K. L. Saigal, the first superstar of Hindi cinema, was revered and idolised for his singing and acting styles. He gained-attention starring and singing in the Hindi film Puran Bhagat. He then starred in several films, most notably in the Hindi film Devdas. He was the first non-Bengali who was given consent by Rabindranath Tagore to sing the latter’s songs.
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Leonor Fini(Painter)
Birthdate: August 30, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 1996
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Alfred Vail(American Telegraph Pioneer and an Associate and Financial Backer of Samuel F.B. Morse)
Birthdate: September 25, 1807
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1859
Alfred Vail, along with Samuel F.B. Morse, revolutionized the American telegraph system. Though initially interested in theology, he changed his career path after meeting Morse. Some scholars believe Vail and Morse had both contributed equally for the development of the Morse code but was not valued.
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Dennis Frederiksen(Singer, Songwriter)
Birthdate: May 15, 1951
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Died: 2014
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John Ridgely(Character Actor Who Made Over 100 Films at Warner Brothers During the 1930s and 1940s)
Birthdate: September 6, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1968
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria(Noblemen)
Birthdate: May 15, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died: 1919
Birthdate: 1972 AD
Birthplace: Accra
Died: 2014
Ghanaian journalist and BBC World News anchor Komla Dumor had soared to fame with his program Focus on Africa. Grandson of Philip Gbeho, who had composed the Ghanaian national anthem, Dumor boasted of a Harvard degree. New African magazine named him one of the 100 most influential Africans of 2013.
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Anton Rupert(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: October 4, 1916
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet
Died: 2006
While Anton Rupert had initially joined medical school, he later switched to chemistry, due to lack of funds. The founder of the tobacco conglomerate Rembrandt Group, he also had a pivotal role in the non-profit Small Business Development Corporation. A conservationist, too, he was a co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund.
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Maria Clementina Sobieska(Queen)
Birthdate: July 18, 1702
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Oława, Poland
Died: 1735
Birthdate: April 9, 1906
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1963
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Ngô Quyền(King)
Birthdate: March 12, 0897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Duong Lam, Vietnam
Died: 0944
Birthdate: September 30, 1883
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Basingstoke
Died: 1971
One of the first female engineers in the US, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney was also a leading suffragist and the granddaughter of women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was also the first woman to graduate in engineering from Cornell and sued the ASCE for denying her a full-membership.
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Leo I the Thracian(Emperor)
Birthdate: 0401 AD
Birthplace: Dacia
Died: 0474
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Konstantin Miladinov(Poet)
Birthdate: 1830 AD
Birthplace: Struga, North Macedonia
Died: 1862
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Manja Behrens(Actress)
Birthdate: April 12, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: 2003
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Joan Banks(Actress)
Birthdate: October 30, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Petersburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Mahmoud Mohammed Taha(Sudanese Political Leader and Religious Thinker)
Birthdate: 1909 AD
Birthplace: Rufaa, Sudan
Died: 1985
Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was a Sudanese political leader, religious thinker, and trained engineer. He is best remembered for developing the Second Message of Islam, for which he was arrested and executed by the Jaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry government; Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was found guilty for apostasy.
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Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky(Architect)
Birthdate: January 23, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 2000
Apart from being the first female architect from Austria, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky was also a staunch communist and played a significant role in the resistance to Nazism. Her best-known work was the model known as the Frankfurt Kitchen, which led to the regular kitchen model found in Western homes.
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Stanley Smith Stevens(American Psychologist)
Birthdate: November 4, 1906
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: 1973
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Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach(Princess)
Birthdate: February 3, 1808
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: 1877
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Emperor Go-Hanazono(Emperor , Sovereign)
Birthdate: July 10, 1419
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Japan
Died: 1471
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Bartley Gorman(British Bare-Knuckle Boxer)
Birthdate: March 1, 1944
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Died: 2002
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Thomas Anthony Dooley III(Physician)
Birthdate: January 17, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 1961
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Abram Hewitt(Lawyer)
Birthdate: July 31, 1822
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Haverstraw, New York, United States
Died: 1903
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Adolf Butenandt(German Biochemist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for His Work on Sex Hormones)
Birthdate: March 24, 1903
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bremerhaven
Died: 1995
Adolf Butenandt was a German biochemist best remembered for winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on sex hormones. Butenandt rejected the award in 1939, but accepted it later in 1949. Adolf Butenandt is also credited with discovering the structure of silkworms' sex pheromone, which he named bombykol.
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George Carteret(Politician)
Birthdate: 1610 AD
Birthplace: Jersey
Died: 1680
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Joseph Tichatschek(Opera singer)
Birthdate: July 11, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Teplice nad Metují, Czechia
Died: 1886
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Eleanor Hibbert(British author)
Birthdate: September 1, 1906
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1993
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Jean-Pierre Bacri(Actor)
Birthdate: May 24, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bou Ismaïl, French Algeria
Died: 2021
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
