On This Day — December 18
3907 noted people were born and 2091 died on December 18 in our archive, including Charles Galton Darwin, Edwin Howard Armstrong and Hermann Roesler.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 18
Charles Galton Darwin
1887 – 1962
Edwin Howard Armstrong
1890 – 1954
Hermann Roesler
1834 – 1894
Lenore Blum
b. 1942
Alexei Venediktov
b. 1955
Alexia Laroche-Joubert
b. 1969
Alfred Albert Martineau
1859 – 1945
Althea Warren
1866 – 1958
Alvin Eliot Roth
b. 1951
Alvin Saunders Johnson
1874 – 1971
Aminaga Sadigov
b. 1962
Cecilia Rouse
b. 1963
Charles Lee Isbell, Jr.
b. 1968
Chung Ui-hwa
b. 1948
Cédric O
b. 1982
Esther Lederberg
1922 – 2006
Harold E. Varmus
b. 1939
James John Hornby
1826 – 1909
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
b. 1937
Joseph John Thomson
1856 – 1940
Joseph Stalin
1878 – 1953
José Ibáñez Martín
1896 – 1969
Karen Wynn
b. 1962
Kawamura Sumiyoshi
1836 – 1904
Kees Schouhamer Immink
b. 1946
Magda Ericson
b. 1929
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
b. 1959
Pekka Puska
b. 1945
Peter Sarnak
b. 1953
Theodor von Sickel
1826 – 1908
Thomas Sterling
b. 1949
William E. Rees
b. 1943
Willy Brandt
1913 – 1992
Zainab Hawa Bangura
b. 1959
Adrian David Cheok
b. 1971
Ady Barkan
1983 – 2023
Adélard Turgeon
1863 – 1930
Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky
1824 – 1896
Alex K. Shalek
b. 1981
Alex Penelas
b. 1961
Ambarish Ghosh
b. 1973
Andy Thomas
b. 1951
Anne-Marie Dias Borges
b. 1976
August Friedrich Wilhelm Forchhammer
1797 – 1870
Austin Abbott
1831 – 1896
Barry Cleavin
1939 – 2026
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
1912 – 2002
Bernd Fischer
1936 – 2020
Bert Schwarz
1917 – 1999
Budi Karya Sumadi
b. 1956
Byrom Bramwell
1847 – 1931
Carlotta Walls LaNier
b. 1942
Cathy Sandeen
b. 1955
Charles Chanoine
1835 – 1915
Christian Renoux
b. 1960
Christopher Polhem
1661 – 1751
Claire Mouradian
b. 1951
Claude Askolovitch
b. 1962
Daniel Richter
b. 1962
David Chipperfield
b. 1953
Edouard Izac
1891 – 1990
Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall
1923 – 2019
Eku Edewor
b. 1986
Elena Panfilova
b. 1967
Eugene Bolkhovitinov
1767 – 1837
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci
b. 1946
Francesco Grazioli
1869 – 1951
François-Henri de Virieu
1931 – 1997
Félix Taberna
b. 1961
Gaston Wiet
1887 – 1971
George Stephen
1812 – 1894
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
1751 – 1837
Geulah Cohen
1925 – 2019
Giovanni Bazoli
b. 1932
Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
1587 – 1663
Givi Javakhishvili
1912 – 1985
Gladys Dick
1881 – 1963
Graciano Atienza Fernández
1884 – 1935
Gustavo Tarre Briceño
b. 1946
Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham
1862 – 1933
Henk Barendregt
b. 1947
Henry Manning
1877 – 1963
Henry Wade
1876 – 1955
Hideo Ōno
b. 1954
Hilma Borelius
1869 – 1932
Horace Romano Harré
1927 – 2019
Ilya Darevsky
1924 – 2009
Inês Etienne Romeu
1942 – 2015
Irja Askola
b. 1952
Isaac Arthur Abt
1867 – 1955
J. Ward Moody
b. 1954
Jacques Pépin
b. 1935
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
1662 – 1711
Jan N. Bremmer
b. 1944
Jaroslav Zvěřina
1942 – 2026
Jean Tupinier
1779 – 1850
Jerzy Majewski
1925 – 2019
Joachim Kaiser
1928 – 2017
Joan Wallach Scott
b. 1941
Joanna Agacka-Indecka
1964 – 2010
Jonna Mazet
b. 1967
Jorge Pinto Rodríguez
b. 1944
José Manuel Pureza
b. 1958
Joy A. Alemazung
b. 1974
Joyce Reynolds
1918 – 2022
Julia Wolfe
b. 1958
Józef Glemp
1929 – 2013
Kaido Kama
b. 1957
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
b. 1951
Koyuki
b. 1976
Lawrence Wong
b. 1972
Leo Bauer
1912 – 1972
Leon Petrosjan
b. 1940
Leonard Maltin
b. 1950
Liisa Hyssälä
b. 1948
Linda Williams
1946 – 2025
Lucy Worsley
b. 1973
Luis Negreiros
b. 1940
Luis Solana
b. 1935
Lujo Brentano
1844 – 1931
Lyman Abbott
1835 – 1922
Marek Eben
b. 1957
Margaret Shields
1941 – 2013
Marian Hobbs
b. 1947
Mary Letitia Caldwell
1890 – 1972
María Alejandra Muñoz
b. 1978
María Elena Caso
1915 – 1991
Max Blumenthal
b. 1977
Merlyn Rees
1920 – 2006
Moriz Rosenthal
1862 – 1946
Moshe Sharon
b. 1937
Nasser Khalili
b. 1945
Paddy Blanchfield
1911 – 1980
Pascal Wintzer
b. 1959
Pavel Belov
b. 1977
Per K. Sørensen
b. 1950
Radia Perlman
b. 1951
Rae Weston
1941 – 2014
Rafael Pascual
b. 1951
Raimu
1883 – 1946
Ramsey Clark
1927 – 2021
Randi Weingarten
b. 1957
Reimer Böge
b. 1951
Robert Hess
1932 – 1994
Robert Moses
1888 – 1981
Robert Plemmons
1938 – 2026
Roméo LeBlanc
1927 – 2009
Ruth Milkman
b. 1954
Saurabh Dube
b. 1960
Sokrates Starynkiewicz
1820 – 1902
Stanisław Komorowski
1953 – 2010
Stanisław Mackiewicz
1896 – 1966
Stefan Seidler
b. 1979
Steven Spielberg
b. 1946
Stone Cold Steve Austin
b. 1964
Supachai Tangwongsan
b. 1947
Takashima Tomonosuke
1844 – 1916
Teimumu Kepa
b. 1945
Théodule-Armand Ribot
1839 – 1916
Una Ryan
b. 1941
Valentin Asmus
1894 – 1975
Vijay Mallya
b. 1955
Viktor Rydberg
1828 – 1895
Vincent Glinsky
1895 – 1975
Vladimir Krinskiy
1890 – 1971
Volker Bouffier
b. 1951
Wadada Leo Smith
b. 1941
Willem Frederik Rochussen
1832 – 1912
Yoon Suk Yeol
b. 1960
Älihan Smaiylov
b. 1972
A. M. Homes
b. 1961
Abdullah Abdurahman
1872 – 1940
Abhimanyu Sindhu
b. 1967
Abul Momen
b. 1948
Adelino Maltez
b. 1951
Adolf Daens
1839 – 1907
Akira Fuse
b. 1947
Albert Decrais
1838 – 1915
Alberto Ablondi
1924 – 2010
Aleksander Jełowicki
1804 – 1877
Alexander Arabadjiev
b. 1949
Alexander James Gibson
1876 – 1960
Alexander Khodakovsky
b. 1972
Alexandra Anstrell
b. 1974
Alexey Sheynin
b. 1947
Alfred Lucking
1856 – 1929
Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham
1910 – 1999
Andreas Salcher
b. 1960
Andrey Filatov
b. 1971
André Geerts
1955 – 2010
Anett Bősz
b. 1986
Ann Hopkins
1943 – 2018
Anna Leopoldovna
1718 – 1746
Anthony Bowens
b. 1990
Antonino D'Antona
1842 – 1913
Antonio Lamela
1926 – 2017
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
1863 – 1914
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
1888 – 1951
Arnulfo E. Acedera
1941 – 2020
Arthur Vivian Watkins
1886 – 1973
… and 3,707 more
Died on December 18
Michel Chasles
1793 – 1880
Richard Owen
1804 – 1892
Yulii Khariton
1904 – 1996
Charles Sturm
1803 – 1855
Dennis W. Sciama
1926 – 1999
Dorothy Garrod
1892 – 1968
Edwin E. Moise
1918 – 1998
F. Bradford Morse
1921 – 1994
Hans Mark
1929 – 2021
Henry Enfield Roscoe
1833 – 1915
Ingram Bywater
1840 – 1914
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila
1963 – 2023
Jacqueline de Romilly
1913 – 2010
Janet Benshoof
1947 – 2017
John Godfrey
1942 – 2023
Jorge Sahade
1915 – 2012
Leonardo Torres Quevedo
1852 – 1936
Marc Boegner
1881 – 1970
Nakamura Junkuro
1853 – 1947
Piatro Hliebka
1905 – 1969
Richard Bruck
1914 – 1991
Theodosius Dobzhansky
1900 – 1975
Toranosuke Katayama
1935 – 2025
Václav Havel
1936 – 2011
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
1910 – 1971
Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin
1904 – 1980
Alexander Coutanche, Baron Coutanche
1892 – 1973
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 – 1936
Armin Hofmann
1920 – 2020
Arseny Roginsky
1946 – 2017
Arve Lønnum
1911 – 1988
Barry Cohen
1935 – 2017
Bernard Bolzano
1781 – 1848
Charles Frederick
1709 – 1785
Charles-Arthur Gonse
1838 – 1917
Dmitry Okhotsimsky
1921 – 2005
Earle Wheeler
1908 – 1975
Ernst Stromer
1870 – 1952
Frank Lockwood
1846 – 1897
Fred Bachrach
1914 – 2009
Gabrielle Robinne
1886 – 1980
Galust Sahakyan
1949 – 2022
George Edmund Street
1824 – 1881
George Lee
1700 – 1758
Geulah Cohen
1925 – 2019
Gideon Ben-Yisrael
1923 – 2014
Greta Stevenson
1911 – 1990
Gustav Simon
1900 – 1945
Gustave Waffelaert
1847 – 1931
Hans Grosheide
1930 – 2022
Harold Lasswell
1902 – 1978
Harry DeWolf
1903 – 2000
Hastings Lees-Smith
1878 – 1941
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
1621 – 1682
Henry Mitchell Jones
1831 – 1916
Jacques Bravo
1943 – 2019
Jim Hunt
1937 – 2025
John D. Price
1892 – 1957
John Glaister
1856 – 1932
John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury
1793 – 1858
Joseph Barbera
1911 – 2006
Józef Brudziński
1874 – 1917
Józef Hozer
1948 – 2023
Kazimierz Kutz
1929 – 2018
Kim Jong-hyun
1990 – 2017
Klaus Waris
1914 – 1994
Kodendera Subayya Thimayya
1906 – 1965
Konrad Zuse
1910 – 1995
Lev Dyomin
1926 – 1998
Lucien Capet
1873 – 1928
Léon Duguit
1859 – 1928
Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli
1917 – 1981
Martin Lodge
1954 – 2024
Masao Itō
1928 – 2018
Max Jammer
1915 – 2010
Michael Jeffery
1937 – 2020
Mikhail Moiseev
1939 – 2022
Mollie Orshansky
1915 – 2006
Naotake Satō
1882 – 1971
Natalya Sats
1903 – 1993
Nicolae Drăganu
1884 – 1939
Nicolas Untersteller
1900 – 1967
Pao-Lu Hsu
1910 – 1970
Peter M. Neumann
1940 – 2020
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
1891 – 1983
Quirico Filopanti
1812 – 1894
Ray Hnatyshyn
1934 – 2002
Richard Rogers
1933 – 2021
Robert Etheridge
1819 – 1903
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
1935 – 2025
Roy Schneider
1939 – 2022
Rudolf Ahlswede
1938 – 2010
Samuel Karlin
1924 – 2007
Soesilo Soedarman
1928 – 1997
Stanisław Pigoń
1885 – 1968
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
1748 – 1843
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
1940 – 2010
Vaso Radić
1923 – 2011
Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov
1911 – 1992
Wager Swayne
1834 – 1902
Warren Hellman
1934 – 2011
Wilhelm Munthe
1883 – 1965
William Winter
1923 – 2020
Wim Henderickx
1962 – 2022
Yakov Flier
1912 – 1977
Åke Hellman
1915 – 2017
Òscar Ribas Reig
1936 – 2020
Abraham Lewinsky
1866 – 1941
Adolphe Belot
1829 – 1890
Alain Barrière
1935 – 2019
Albert F. Judd
1874 – 1939
Albert Nordengen
1923 – 2004
Albert Peyronnet
1862 – 1958
Aleksandar Mišić
1891 – 1941
Alex Sabundu Badeh
1957 – 2018
Alexander Adam
1741 – 1809
Alexander Murray
1810 – 1884
Alexander Vidal
1819 – 1906
Alfred Scott-Gatty
1847 – 1918
Amal Kumar Sarkar
1901 – 2001
Anatoliy Zayayev
1931 – 2012
Andreja Preger
1912 – 2015
Anna Murray Vail
1863 – 1955
Anne Revere
1903 – 1990
Antoni Peretiatkowicz
1884 – 1956
Aristóteles Sandoval
1974 – 2020
Armand Frappier
1904 – 1991
Arnulf Rainer
1929 – 2025
Arthur Roy Clapham
1904 – 1990
Arvydas Šliogeris
1944 – 2019
Axel Rappe
1838 – 1918
Bernard Śliwiński
1883 – 1941
Bernhard Sälzer
1940 – 1993
Bertha Swirles
1903 – 1999
Bikash Bhattacharjee
1940 – 2006
Blaine Stubblefield
1896 – 1960
Bob Willoughby
1927 – 2009
Bobby Jones
1902 – 1971
Bonifaciu Florescu
1848 – 1899
Bruce Russell
1903 – 1963
Brunon Synak
1943 – 2013
Cemal Akçin
1889 – 1940
Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville
1810 – 1899
Charles Breckenridge Faris
1864 – 1938
Charles Clark
1811 – 1877
Charles Hedges
1901 – 1978
Charles-Henri Plantade
1764 – 1839
Ching-Yuen Hsiao
1900 – 1984
Christian Richardt
1831 – 1892
Christopher Curwen
1929 – 2013
Clark Williams
1870 – 1946
Claudine Auger
1941 – 2019
Cyril Ritchard
1897 – 1977
César d'Estrées
1628 – 1714
Damian Scarf
1983 – 2024
Dmitry Lavrinenko
1914 – 1941
Donald J. Albosta
1925 – 2014
Donn Lewin
1926 – 2010
Doris Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal
1919 – 2005
Earl D. Eisenhower
1898 – 1968
Eddie Oram
1914 – 2004
Eduard Bernstein
1850 – 1932
Edward Harley
1624 – 1700
Edward Harold Browne
1811 – 1891
Edward Howard House
1836 – 1901
Edward Wemple
1843 – 1920
Emmett Tompkins
1853 – 1917
Ephraim Laurence Palmer
1888 – 1970
Erik Testrup
1878 – 1972
Erik Vangberg
1874 – 1956
Ernest Lawson
1873 – 1939
Ernst Engelberg
1909 – 2010
Ethel Caution-Davis
1880 – 1981
Evan Lindquist
1936 – 2023
Fay Brink Prickett
1893 – 1982
Felice Blangini
1781 – 1841
Feodor Dietz
1813 – 1870
Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller
1842 – 1929
Firmin V. Desloge
1843 – 1929
Francesc Xavier Butinyà i Hospital
1834 – 1899
Francisco Javier Girón
1803 – 1869
Francisco Rolão Preto
1893 – 1977
Frank Kendrick
1950 – 2024
Fred Lorenzen
1934 – 2024
Frederick Head
1874 – 1941
Frederick Walker Pitkin
1837 – 1886
Fredrik Lilljekvist
1863 – 1932
Gale Bruno van Albada
1912 – 1972
Geoffrey Giles
1923 – 1990
Georg Grimm
1846 – 1887
George Abecassis
1913 – 1991
George C. Ludlow
1830 – 1900
George Mallaby
1902 – 1978
George Tsutakawa
1910 – 1997
George Viau
1855 – 1939
George W. Baxter
1855 – 1929
Georges Bégué
1911 – 1993
Georgi Kaloyanchev
1925 – 2012
Georgy Vereysky
1886 – 1962
Gerald Le Dain
1924 – 2007
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