11 notable people died on June 18, including Paul Karrer, Judith of Habsburg, François Pourfour du Petit.
21st Century
2 deaths
Vilma Espin Guillois
engineerpolitician
Cuban politician (1930-2007)
Rafael Mejia Romaní
musiciansongwriter
Colombian musician, songwriter
20th Century
6 deaths
Paul Karrer
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1937)
John Macoun
botanical collectorbotanist
Canadian botanist (1831-1920)
Titu Maiorescu
diplomatlawyer
Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)
Roald Amundsen
aircraft pilotexplorer
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
Carlos Baliño
poetpolitician
Cuban writer (1848-1926)
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
anthropologistethnographer
Writer (1910–1968)
19th Century
1 death
Manuel Lacunza
philosophertheologian
Chilean Jesuit theologian (1731–1801)
18th Century
1 death
François Pourfour du Petit
anatomistnaturalist
French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon
13th Century
1 death
Judith of Habsburg
queen regnant
Polish and Bohemian queen consort
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