Famous People Who Died on March 18
Discover the most famous people who died on March 18. The list includes people like Chuck Berry, Robert Walpole, Bernard Malamud, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Erich Fromm. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, computer scientists, philosophers and guitarists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Greece and many more countries.
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Chuck Berry(One of the Most Influential “Rock 'n' Roll” Performers in Music History)
Birthdate: October 18, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 2017
Chuck Berry was an American singer-songwriter. Referred to as the Father of Rock and Roll, Berry is credited with pioneering rock and roll music. He is also credited with influencing the attitude with which the rock music lifestyle is usually associated. Also revered for his guitaring skills, Berry is often included in lists like the Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Natasha Richardson(British Actress Known for Her Films: 'Gothic', 'Patty Hearst' and 'The Parent Trap')
Birthdate: May 11, 1963
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England
Died: 2009
Natasha Richardson, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave, came to prominence after her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. Some of the films that she acted in are Asylum, The Handmaid's Tale, The Parent Trap, Maid in Manhattan and The White Countess. She also worked in many television projects. She died after a skiing accident in Quebec.
Birthdate: December 24, 1845
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1913
George I of Greece reigned as the king of Greece from 1863 until his murder in 1913. During his reign of nearly 50 years, which is the longest in the history of modern Greece, George helped expand Greece's territory significantly. During his reign, Greece also became increasingly prosperous and attained a popular place on the European stage.
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Fess Parker(Actor)
Birthdate: August 16, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died: 2010
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: April 24, 1851
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pella, Iowa, United States
Died: 1882
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Anthony Minghella(Screenwriter, Playwright, Film director, Film producer, Writer)
Birthdate: January 6, 1954
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ryde
Died: 2008
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Robin Harris(Comedian)
Birthdate: August 30, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1990
Birthdate: 0962 AD
Birthplace: Wessex
Died: 0978
Edward the Martyr reigned as the King of the English from 975 to 978. The oldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful, Edward was selected as king after his father's death. However, he was killed in 978 at Corfe Castle and was succeeded by his half-brother Æthelred the Unready. Edward is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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Erich Fromm(German Social Psychologist and Psychoanalyst & One of the Founders of The 'William Alanson White Institute')
Birthdate: March 23, 1900
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: 1980
Erich Fromm was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, and socialist. A German Jew, he fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States. He was a co-founder of The William Alanson White Institute and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He is best remembered for authoring the book Escape from Freedom.
Birthdate: August 26, 1676
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Houghton, Norfolk, England
Died: 1745
Birthdate: November 26, 1894
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Columbia, Missouri, United States
Died: 1964
Birthdate: December 8, 1861
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1947
Birthdate: September 15, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castle of Racconigi, Racconigi, Italy
Died: 1983
Umberto II, the only son of King Victor Emmanuel III, was the last king of Italy and ruled for just 34 days, from May 9 to June 12, 1946, and then went into exile. Also known as Re di Maggio, he was the de facto head of state since 1944.
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Alfred Worden(US Fighter Pilot and NASA Astronaut Who Piloted the Apollo 15 Mission's Endeavour CM)
Birthdate: February 7, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jackson, Michigan, United States
Died: 2020
US fighter pilot, engineer, and NASA astronaut Alfred Worden served as the pilot of the command module Endeavour for the 1971 Apollo 15 mission. His spacewalk was at a record distance from Earth. Post-retirement, he worked for private enterprises and wrote several books, including a memoir, a poetry collection, and a children’s book.
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Tamara de Lempicka(Painter)
Birthdate: May 16, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1980
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Warren Christopher(Lawyer)
Birthdate: October 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Scranton, North Dakota, United States
Died: 2011
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Johnny Appleseed(American Nurseryman Who is Known for Supplying Apple-Tree Nursery Stock Throughout the Midwest)
Birthdate: September 26, 1774
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Leominster, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1845
Nurseryman John Chapman, better known to people as Johnny Appleseed, is remembered for introducing apple trees in areas across the American states of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, and West Virginia. His aim as a missionary of The New Church was to help local settlers make cider.
Birthdate: April 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 1986
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Laurence Sterne(Novelist)
Birthdate: November 24, 1713
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Clonmel, Ireland
Died: 1768
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Jet Harris(Guitarist)
Birthdate: July 6, 1939
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingsbury
Died: 2011
Birthdate: March 24, 1826
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cicero
Died: 1898
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Vilma Bánky(Hungarian-American Silent Film Actress)
Birthdate: January 9, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nagydorog, Hungary
Died: 1991
Known as The Hungarian Rhapsody in the US, actor Vilma Bánky was a star of silent films such as The Son of The Sheik. She was also an avid golfer who had won club championships and dealt in real estate, too. She also funded a children’s foundation with her husband.
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Peggy Wood(Actress)
Birthdate: February 9, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1978
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Eleuthérios Venizélos(Former Prime Minister of Greece Who Served Eight-Terms Between 1910 to 1933)
Birthdate: August 23, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mournies, Greece
Died: 1936
Eleuthérios Venizélos was a Greek statesman who played a prominent role in the Greek national liberation movement. He served as the Prime Minister of Greece on eight occasions between 1910 and 1933. As a politician, he contributed immensely to the expansion of Greece. Eleuthérios Venizelos is often called the Maker of Modern Greece due to his influence on the country.
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Cyril of Jerusalem(Saint and Bishop of Jerusalem)
Birthdate: 0313 AD
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
Died: 0386
Cyril of Jerusalem was a theologian of the early Church who succeeded Maximus as Bishop of Jerusalem towards the end of 350 AD. He is credited with documenting the instruction of catechumens and the order of the Liturgy in his day. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1883.
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Bob Woolmer(English Cricket Coach, Cricketer, and Commentator)
Birthdate: May 14, 1948
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kanpur, United Provinces, India
Died: 2007
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Geraldyn M Cobb(American Aviation Pioneer Who Was the First Woman to Pass Astronaut Testing)
Birthdate: March 5, 1931
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Norman, USA
Died: 2019
American aviation pioneer Geraldyn M. Cobb was part of the pathbreaking Mercury 13 program and scripted history as the first female candidate to pass astronaut testing. She had a pilot’s license by 18 and later found new air routes to the Andes and the Amazon rain forests and immersed herself in humanitarian work.
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Adam Osborne(He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer)
Birthdate: March 6, 1939
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: 2003
Birthdate: 1243 AD
Birthplace: Molay, Haute-Saône, France
Died: 1314
It is believed Jacques de Molay, the Knights Templar’s last grand master, had cursed King Philip IV of France while being burned to death at his orders. The curse is said to have affected Philip and his descendants, the "Accursed Kings," leading to their downfall and the Hundred Years’ War.
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot(Former Chief minister of France and Economist)
Birthdate: May 10, 1727
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1781
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was a chief economist of 18th-century France. One of the pioneers of economic liberalism, he was previously clubbed with the economists of the Physiocratic school. Many of Adam Smith’s ideas in the pathbreaking book Wealth of Nations were hugely inspired by Turgot’s.
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Lauritz Melchior(Opera singer)
Birthdate: March 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1973
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Joe Lala(Actor, Musician)
Birthdate: November 3, 1947
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, United States
Died: 2014
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R.A. Lafferty(Science-Fiction Writer)
Birthdate: November 7, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Neola, Iowa, United States
Died: 2002
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Auntie Fee(Former Chef Known For Her Comedic-cussing Style)
Birthdate: May 7, 1957
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2017
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Augustus De Morgan(British mathematician)
Birthdate: June 27, 1806
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Madras Presidency
Died: 1871
Augustus De Morgan was a British logician and mathematician. He is best remembered for formulating De Morgan's laws which are widely applied in solving mathematical equations. He also came up with the term mathematical induction, a mathematical proof technique.
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Marcellin Berthelot(French Chemist and Politician Known for the 'Thomsen–Berthelot Principle of Thermochemistry')
Birthdate: October 25, 1827
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1907
Born to a doctor in Paris, Marcellin Berthelot was an intelligent student in his younger days and excelled in history and philosophy before gaining an interest in chemistry. Best known for proposing the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry, he was one of the “Forty Immortals” of the French Academy.
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Leigh Brackett(Screenwriter, Novelist)
Birthdate: December 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1978
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Regine Olsen(Writer)
Birthdate: January 23, 1822
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1904
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Harold Jeffreys(Mathematical statistician)
Birthdate: April 22, 1891
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fatfield, Washington, England
Died: 1989
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Ludwig Guttmann(German-British Neurologist)
Birthdate: July 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Toszek, Poland
Died: 1980
Born in Germany, neurosurgeon Ludwig Guttmann fled the country during the Nazi regime and later settled in the UK. What started as his effort to rehabilitate injured soldiers, materialized into the launch of the Paralympic Games to encourage sports among the disabled. He also worked extensively on paraplegia.
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Trisha Brown(Choreographer)
Birthdate: November 25, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Washington, United States
Died: 2017
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Grace Ogot(One of the First Members of Parliament from Kenya)
Birthdate: May 15, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Asembo, Kenya
Died: 2015
Grace Ogot was a Kenyan nurse, politician, journalist, diplomat, and author. One of the first members of parliament from Kenya, Ogot served as an assistant minister during her political career. A prolific writer, Grace Ogot was one of the first Anglophone female Kenyan authors to have her works published.
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John Phillips(Musician)
Birthdate: August 30, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: nowrap Parris Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Died: 2001
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Bil Baird(American Puppeteer)
Birthdate: August 15, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Died: 1987
Bil Baird was an American puppeteer who performed for millions of children and adults during an illustrious career that spanned more than six decades. Bil Baird received several honors and awards, such as the Medal of Achievement from the Lotos Club of New York.
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Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy(Duchess)
Birthdate: 1018 AD
Birthplace: Angers, France
Died: 1076
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Hideo Shima(Engineer)
Birthdate: May 20, 1901
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: 1998
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Khan Shushinski(Singer)
Birthdate: August 20, 1901
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shusha
Died: 1979
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Edward Belcher(British Naval Officer, Hydrographer, and Explorer)
Birthdate: February 27, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1877
Edward Belcher was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the great-grandson of slave trader Jonathan Belcher. As a young man, he accompanied Frederick William Beechey's expedition to the Pacific and Bering Strait. He later led an Admiralty expedition to try to find and rescue Sir John Franklin, whose ship became icebound off King William Island in 1847.
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Harrison McCain(Businessman)
Birthdate: November 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florenceville-Bristol, Canada
Died: 2004
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Elsa Peretti(Jewelry designer, Fashion model)
Birthdate: May 1, 1940
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: 2021
