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Famous Deaths on June 18

31 notable people died on June 18, including Paul Karrer, Judith of Habsburg, François Pourfour du Petit.

Total Deaths
31
Avg Age at Death
74
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

6 deaths
Vilma Espin Guillois
Vilma Espin Guillois
engineerpolitician
Cuban politician (1930-2007)
Rafael Mejia Romaní
Rafael Mejia Romaní
musiciansongwriter
Colombian musician, songwriter
SM
Shona Dunlop MacTavish
choreographerdancer
Dancer from New Zealand
Hugh Burry
Hugh Burry
cricketerphysician
New Zealand rugby union player (1930-2013)
YP
Yih-Hsing Pao
mechanical engineer
Mechanical engineer
Braulio Musso
Braulio Musso
association football coachassociation football player
Chilean footballer (1930–2025)

20th Century

16 deaths
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1937)
John Macoun
John Macoun
botanical collectorbotanist
Canadian botanist (1831-1920)
Per Teodor Cleve
Per Teodor Cleve
biologistbotanical collector
Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905)
Carlos Baliño
Carlos Baliño
poetpolitician
Cuban writer (1848-1926)
Titu Maiorescu
Titu Maiorescu
diplomatlawyer
Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
aircraft pilotexplorer
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
anthropologistethnographer
Writer (1910–1968)
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Zygmunt Modzelewski
diplomateconomist
Polish politician (1900-1954)
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi
architectural draftspersonartist
Italian painter and printmaker (1890-1964)
Robert Bell
Robert Bell
explorergeologist
Canadian geologist (1841–1917)
Romanian painter (1844-1920)
Irish writer
AS
Archibald Sanderson
journalistpolitician
Australian politician (1870-1937)
SN
Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi
historianscholar
Indian-born Pakistani academic (1900–1984)
BD
Bernhard Dawson
astronomer
Argentine astronomer (1890-1960)
Romanian bobsledder

19th Century

5 deaths
Lucy Audubon
Lucy Audubon
biographerwriter
American biographer (1788-1874)
Manuel Lacunza
Manuel Lacunza
philosophertheologian
Chilean Jesuit theologian (1731–1801)
John Allen Wakefield
John Allen Wakefield
historianpolitician
American historian and politician (1797-1873)
French businessman and photographer (1798-1865)
Béla Bánhidy
Béla Bánhidy
journalistpolitician
Hungarian politician (1836-1890)

18th Century

1 death
François Pourfour du Petit
François Pourfour du Petit
anatomistnaturalist
French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon

17th Century

1 death
Spanish artist (1568-1649)

14th Century

1 death
SS
Saionji Shōshi
poetwriter
Empress consort of Japanese emperor Fushimi. also famous as poet

13th Century

1 death
Judith of Habsburg
Judith of Habsburg
queen regnant
Polish and Bohemian queen consort

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