16 notable people died on April 18, including Childebert III, Léon Dufour, Anders Retzius.
21st Century
2 deathsBoris Fausto
historianlawyer
Brazilian academic (1930–2023)
Leonid Vladimirski
illustratorvisual artist
Russian illustrator (1920-2015)
20th Century
6 deathsEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
composerpoet
South African composer (1873-1905)
Margarita Díez-Colunje y Pombo
genealogisthistorian
Colombian historian, genealogist and translator (1838-1919)
Zsolt Beöthy
aestheticianliterary historian
Literary historian (1848–1922)
Juan Félix Sánchez
architectpainter
Venezuelan sculptor (1900-1997)
Aloys Wach
graphic artistpainter
Austrian painter (1892-1940)
Edith Bernal Blake
botanical collectorbotanical illustrator
Irish painter, botanical collector and amateur lepidopterist (1846–1926)
19th Century
4 deathsLéon Dufour
arachnologistbotanist
French entomologist, botanist and arachnologist (1780–1865)
Anders Retzius
anatomistanthropologist
Swedish scientist (1796-1860)
Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg
historianlibrarian
Belgian historian, writer and librarian (1795–1850)
Julia Nyberg
authorpoet
Swedish poet (1785-1854)
18th Century
3 deathsLouis Feuillée
astronomerbotanist
French scientist (1660-1732)
Johan Wilcke
physicistuniversity teacher
Swedish physicist (1732-1796)
Bengt Richter
engravermedalist
Swedish medallist
8th Century
1 deathChildebert III
monarch
King of the Franks
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