23 notable people died on April 18, including Childebert III, Anders Retzius, Léon Dufour.
21st Century
5 deathsKenneth Le Couteur
cryptanalystmathematician
British-Australian physicist
Jacqueline Veuve
documentary filmmakerethnologist
Swiss documentary filmmaker, ethnologist and film director (1930–2013)
Boris Fausto
historianlawyer
Brazilian academic (1930–2023)
Leonid Vladimirski
illustratorvisual artist
Russian illustrator (1920-2015)
ET
Erich Tomek
film producerscreenwriter
Austrian screenwriter, film producer and production manager
20th Century
8 deathsZsolt Beöthy
aestheticianliterary historian
Literary historian (1848–1922)
Margarita Díez-Colunje y Pombo
genealogisthistorian
Colombian historian, genealogist and translator (1838-1919)
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
composerpoet
South African composer (1873-1905)
Juan Félix Sánchez
architectpainter
Venezuelan sculptor (1900-1997)
Edith Bernal Blake
botanical collectorbotanical illustrator
Irish painter, botanical collector and amateur lepidopterist (1846–1926)
Aloys Wach
graphic artistpainter
Austrian painter (1892-1940)
André Hallet
painter
Belgian post-impressionist painter (1890–1959)
Bertel Strömmer
architect
Finnish architect
19th Century
5 deathsAnders Retzius
anatomistanthropologist
Swedish scientist (1796-1860)
Léon Dufour
arachnologistbotanist
French entomologist, botanist and arachnologist (1780–1865)
Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg
historianlibrarian
Belgian historian, writer and librarian (1795–1850)
María Bibiana Benítez
poetwriter
Puerto Rican writer
Julia Nyberg
authorpoet
Swedish poet (1785-1854)
18th Century
3 deathsJohan Wilcke
physicistuniversity teacher
Swedish physicist (1732-1796)
Louis Feuillée
astronomerbotanist
French scientist (1660-1732)
Bengt Richter
engravermedalist
Swedish medallist
8th Century
1 deathChildebert III
monarch
King of the Franks
2nd Century
1 deathCalocerus
Catholic priestsoldier
Christian martyr
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