List of Famous people who died in 1918
Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, was born in Saint-Martin.
Emil Sjögren
Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren was a Swedish composer.
Bertram Luard-Selby
Bertram Luard-Selby was an English composer and cathedral organist. As an organist, he served in Salisbury Cathedral and Rochester Cathedral. As a composer, he wrote prolifically for the church, the concert-hall and the theatre.
Edward Kidder Graham
Edward Kidder Graham was an American educational administrator, the tenth president of the University of North Carolina (UNC).
Charles Lecocq
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870s and early 1880s, before the changing musical fashions of the late 19th century made his style of composition less popular. His few serious works include the opera Plutus (1886), which was not a success, and the ballet Le cygne (1899). His only piece to survive in the regular modern operatic repertory is his 1872 opéra comique La fille de Madame Angot. Others of his more than forty stage works receive occasional revivals.
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia was the sixth child of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg.
Eduard I, Duke of Anhalt
Eduard Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Anhalt was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the penultimate ruler of the Duchy of Anhalt from April to September 1918.
John Murphy Farley
John Murphy Farley was an Irish-American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1902 until his death in 1918, and was created a cardinal in 1911.
Gordon Strachey Shephard
Brigadier General Gordon Strachey Shephard, was a Royal Flying Corps commander. He was the highest-ranking officer of the flying services to be killed in service during the First World War.
Hans am Ende
Hans am Ende was a German Impressionist painter.