On this day — 18 June

German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)

Italian-American actress (born 1952)

Scottish actor (born 1986)

French writer (1903–1923)

Italian singer, actress and television presenter (1943–2021)

American actress (born 1952)

American country music singer and television personality

Czech composer and violinist

American musician and drummer

American singer and actress (1903-1965)

Brazilian singer

Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)

British politician (1769–1822)

American rapper (1994–2022)

American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producer

American novelist (born 1957)

Italian architect and sculptor (1511-1592)

Romanian artistic gymnast

Belgian actress

French actress (born 1973)

South Korean businessman and record producer (born 1952)

American actress (1896–1986)

Austrian-born French composer and piano builder (1757–1831)

American musician

American rapper and singer (born 1999)

Estonian conductor (born 1972)

British singer

American actor (1914-1998)

American artist (1877-1960)

American film producer

American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913-1993)

American music journalist

French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer (1947–2010)

American actor (1917–1981)

Estonian composer and conductor (1905-1982)

French mathematician and philosopher (1870-1954)

English actor

French painter (1716-1808)

US children's writer and illustrator (born 1949)

Canadian actress

American actor (1904–1991)

British automobile designer

actor

Hungarian-British actress (1927–1998)

American actor (1910-1979)

Italian printer

American filmmaker

British actor (1927–1995)

Austrian composer (1850-1914)

Estonian actor and theatre director (1919-1995)

Argentine politician

South Korean pop singer, born 1999

American singer-songwriter

American film and television director and producer

opera singer

Japanese manga artist (1934-2004)

British actor (1920-2028)

American actress

Australian actor

English poet (1932–2016)

Italian cellist and composer

Japanese voice actor and singer

British actor (1943-1997)

Dutch conductor (1942-2004)

Puerto Rican actress

American bassist (1942–1980)

American businessman and author

American actor (1908–1969)

American actress (1908–2003)

American bandleader, actor (1905-1985)

French composer and conductor (1904-2003)

Hong Kong singer and actress

American voice actress

American pop singer (1944–2024)

Israeli singer-songwriter

American record producer (1942–2024)

American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader (1910-1995)

Spanish composer (1673-1747)

American recording artist; actress and singer

singer

American musician

English pianist

French musician (1922–2004)

Belgian writer (1920–2020)

American comic books editor (1915-2002)

playwright working in Quebec

American actor (1910-1984)

American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories (1862–1942)

Australian film actor, musician, guitarist

English children's writer and illustrator (1942–2017)

Danish artist (1917-2008)

American newspaper publisher (1854-1926)

Welsh musician (1950–2014)

American singer (1933–2025)

Mexican poet (1914–1982)

Scottish musician, poet (1950-2011)

Australian actor (1928–2023)

American pianist, songwriter and composer (1902-1980)

Czech American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (1900-1989)

French priest (1834-1895)

South African actor, comedian, composer, and director

British academic

Australian composer

American poet, children's writer

British actor

English organist and choirmaster (1956–2015)

English writer and film director

American journalist (1926-2011)

American economist and journalist

Australian poet

American animation screenwriter

Kuwaiti journalist and politician

Scottish painter (1942-2013)

playwright working in Quebec

British actor (1901–1994)

Author, Filmmaker (1969-2012)

American sprinter (born 1967)

American musician

British author, publisher and list maker (1946-2010)

American composer (1925–1994)

Canadian journalist

American political analyst and broadcaster

Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)

English novelist and critic (1835–1902)

American rapper (1998–2018)

French actress (1932–2024)

early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399–1464)

American actress (1879–1959)

British singer (1917–2020)

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

human rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov

American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)

German actor (1915–1982)

Mexican actor (1912-1963)

Italian painter and printmaker (1890–1964)

Italian brigand (1830–1905)

American saxophonist (1942–2011)

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

American actress (1928–2000)

English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835)

French film director, screenwriter, film editor and actor (1908–2008)

Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)

American geologist (1862–1945)

French composer

American film director (1906–2006)

Soviet writer (1912–1997)

British film director (1904–1980)

American actor (1905-1971)

American journalist (1980–2013)

Israeli philosopher born in Austria-Hungary (1883-1975)

painter and stained glass artist (1896-1992)

submersible pilot; former head of France's Deep Submersible Program

American saxophonist, composer, singer and pianist (1953–2024)

American investigative journalist, writer, and author

Australian singer and songwriter (1944–1992)

Argentine photographer (1906–2012)

French painter, graphic artist and scenographer, 1892-1985 (1892–1985)

American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band (1870–1942)

Argentine mathematician (1914–2005)

Anglo-Irish poet and politician

American historian

pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil (1914-2014)

American illustrator and writer (1915-2008)

American gay-rights activist (1940-1993)

American record producer (1996–2026)

Malaysian female singer, actress and host (1970-2022)

American rapper (1997-2018)

American comedian and writer (1941-2015)

English comedian (1930–2007)

German military personnel

American actor (1908–1998)

writer, political activist, philanthropist

American musician (1938–2007)

German philosopher

American conductor

British ballet dancer (1946-2013)

German sculptor (1928-2008)

Martiniquais writer (1915-2006)

Indian Islamic scholar

English translator and writer of satire

Turkish composer (1942–2010)

Canadian singer

stationer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman