16 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
5 deaths
Francisco Zulueta
judgeminister
Filipino politician and judge
James Thomson Bottomley
chemistphysicist
Irish physicist (1845–1926)
Flóra Majthényi
poetwriter
Poet (1837-1915)
H. A. Forsyth
film producerscreenwriter
Australian film producer
Şeref Aykut
journalistpolitician
Turkish statesperson (1874–1939)
19th Century
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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)
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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