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• 1918–2004Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004May 6
• 1918–1992Sam WaltonAmerican business magnateMarch 29
• 1918–2011Betty FordFirst Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977April 8
• 1918–2015Helmut SchmidtChancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982December 23
• 1918–2003Art CarneyAmerican actor and comedianNovember 4
• 1918–1995Ida LupinoBritish actressFebruary 4
• 1918–2007Kurt WaldheimAustrian diplomat and politicianDecember 21
• 1918–1997Chaim HerzogPresident of Israel from 1983 to 1993September 17
• 1918–2005Teresa WrightAmerican actressOctober 27
• 1918–1996Ben JohnsonAmerican actor and stuntmanJune 13
• 1918–1990Louis AlthusserFrench Marxist philosopherOctober 16
• 1918–2010John ForsytheAmerican actorJanuary 29
• 1918–1967George Lincoln RockwellAmerican neo-Nazi activistMarch 9
• 1918–2011Richard WintersUnited States Army officer and veteranJanuary 21
• 1918–1955Alberto AscariItalian racing driverJuly 13
• 1918–2014Efrem Zimbalist Jr.American actorNovember 30
• 1918–2012Mike WallaceAmerican journalistMay 9
• 1918–1976João GoulartPresident of Brazil from 1961 to 1964March 1
• 1918–1966Ken MilesBritish racing driverNovember 1
• 1918–2006Muriel SparkScottish authorFebruary 1
• 1918–2002Ted WilliamsAmerican baseball playerAugust 30
• 1918–1998Jerome RobbinsAmerican choreographer and directorOctober 11
• 1918–1999Gertrude B. ElionAmerican biochemist and pharmacologistJanuary 23
• 1918–2013Frederick SangerBritish biochemistAugust 13
• 1918–2008Jørn UtzonDanish architectApril 9
• 1918–2002Spike MilliganIrish comedian and writerApril 16
• 1918–1994Julian SchwingerAmerican theoretical physicistFebruary 12
• 1918–1961Jeff ChandlerAmerican actorDecember 15
• 1918–1987Robert PrestonAmerican actor and singerJune 8
• 1918–1951Robert WalkerAmerican actorOctober 13
• 1918–1990Pearl BaileyAmerican actress and singerMarch 29
• 1918–1995Bobby RiggsAmerican tennis playerFebruary 25
• 1918–2007Madeleine L'EngleAmerican writerNovember 29
• 1918–2019Yasuhiro NakasonePrime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987May 27
• 1918–2016Patricio AylwinPresident of Chile from 1990 to 1994November 26
• 1918–1994Cameron MitchellAmerican actorNovember 4
• 1918–2014B. K. S. IyengarIndian yoga teacher and authorDecember 14
• 1918–1999João FigueiredoPresident of Brazil from 1979 to 1985January 15
• 1918–1993Kakuei TanakaPrime Minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974May 4
• 1918–2006Mickey SpillaneAmerican crime novelistMarch 9
• 1918–2005Ahmed DeedatSouth African–Indian Islamic orator and authorJuly 1
• 1918–2007Joey BishopAmerican entertainerFebruary 3
• 1918–2006Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IVKing of Tonga from 1965 to 2006July 4
• 1918–2004Fanny Blankers-KoenDutch athleteApril 26
• 1918–2005Birgit NilssonSwedish dramatic sopranoMay 17
• 1918–2012Oscar Luigi ScalfaroPresident of Italy from 1992 to 1999September 9
• 1918–2009Joseph WisemanAmerican actorMay 15
• 1918–1985Theodore SturgeonAmerican speculative fiction writerFebruary 26
• 1918–1977Sebastian CabotEnglish actorJuly 6
• 1918–2013Allan ArbusAmerican actor and photographerFebruary 15
• 1918–2017Konstantinos MitsotakisPrime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993October 18
• 1918–2003Franco ModiglianiItalian-American economist and Nobel LaureateJune 18
• 1918–1997Cheddi JaganPresident of Guyana from 1992 to 1997March 22
• 1918–1943Hans SchollFounder of the anti-Nazi White RoseSeptember 22
• 1918–2009Philip José FarmerAmerican science fiction and fantasy writerJanuary 26
• 1918–1974Jacqueline SusannAmerican novelist and actressAugust 20
• 1918–2002James TobinAmerican economist and Nobel LaureateMarch 5
• 1918–2009Maurice DruonFrench writer and scholarApril 23
• 1918–1963Elmore JamesAmerican blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleaderJanuary 27
• 1918–1975François TombalbayePresident of Chad from 1960 to 1975June 15