20 notable people died on May 18, including Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Kitabatake Chikafusa, Palla Strozzi.
21st Century
2 deaths
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)
Edoardo Sanguineti
criticliterary critic
Italian writer (1930-2010)
20th Century
8 deaths
Francisco Zulueta
judgeminister
Filipino politician and judge
James Thomson Bottomley
chemistphysicist
Irish physicist (1845–1926)
Şeref Aykut
journalistpolitician
Turkish statesperson (1874–1939)
H. A. Forsyth
film producerscreenwriter
Australian film producer
Flóra Majthényi
poetwriter
Poet (1837-1915)
AW
Alfred von Wurzbach
art historianbiographer
Austrian art critic (1846-1915)
Trude Waehner
painter
Austrian painter (1900-1979)
GB
Gaspar Agüero Barreras
composermusic educator
Cuban composer, pianist and music educator (1873-1951)
19th Century
3 deaths
Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm
diplomatmilitary personnel
Swedish count, lieutenant-general, diplomat, county governor and artist (1790-1858)
Samuel Amsler
artistcopper engraver
Swiss engraver (1791-1849)
José María Carreño
military officerpolitician
President of Venezuela (1792–1849)
18th Century
3 deaths
Joseph Dombey
botanical collectorbotanist
French botanist (1742-1794)
Christlieb Ehregott Gellert
metallurgistphysicist
German metallurgist
Friedrich Spanheim the Younger
church historianlibrarian
Calvinist theologian (1632-1701)
17th Century
1 death
Valerius Herberger
historianLutheran pastor
German theologian (1562-1627)
15th Century
1 death
Palla Strozzi
bankerlinguist
Italian banker and politician (1372–1462)
14th Century
1 death
Kitabatake Chikafusa
historianmilitary personnel
Historian (1293-1354)
9th Century
1 death
Ono no Minemori
poet
Japanese poet
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