24 notable people died on June 18, including Paul Karrer, Judith of Habsburg, François Pourfour du Petit.
21st Century
3 deaths
Vilma Espin Guillois
engineerpolitician
Cuban politician (1930-2007)
Rafael Mejia Romaní
musiciansongwriter
Colombian musician, songwriter
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Shona Dunlop MacTavish
choreographerdancer
Dancer from New Zealand
20th Century
14 deaths
Paul Karrer
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1937)
John Macoun
botanical collectorbotanist
Canadian botanist (1831-1920)
Per Teodor Cleve
biologistbotanical collector
Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905)
Carlos Baliño
poetpolitician
Cuban writer (1848-1926)
Roald Amundsen
aircraft pilotexplorer
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
Titu Maiorescu
diplomatlawyer
Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
anthropologistethnographer
Writer (1910–1968)
Zygmunt Modzelewski
diplomateconomist
Polish politician (1900-1954)
Giorgio Morandi
architectural draftspersonartist
Italian painter and printmaker (1890-1964)
Robert Bell
explorergeologist
Canadian geologist (1841–1917)
Constantin Daniel Stahi
painter
Romanian painter (1844-1920)
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Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan
novelistplaywright
Irish writer
AS
Archibald Sanderson
journalistpolitician
Australian politician (1870-1937)
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Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi
historianscholar
Indian-born Pakistani academic (1900–1984)
19th Century
5 deaths
John Allen Wakefield
historianpolitician
American historian and politician (1797-1873)
Manuel Lacunza
philosophertheologian
Chilean Jesuit theologian (1731–1801)
Lucy Audubon
biographerwriter
American biographer (1788-1874)
Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
daguerreotypistphotographer
French businessman and photographer (1798-1865)
Béla Bánhidy
journalistpolitician
Hungarian politician (1836-1890)
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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