List of Famous people who died in 2018

Elmar Pieroth was a German politician (CDU). The businessman was a member of the Bundestag from 1969 until 1981. He was the senator for economic affairs in Berlin from 1981 until 1989 and from 1996 until 1998, as well as the Senator of Finance from 1991 until 1996.

Kenneth Eliot Flach was a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso. Flach reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.

David Charles Henshaw Austin was a British rose breeder and writer who lived in Shropshire, England. His emphasis was on breeding roses with the character and fragrance of old garden roses but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas.

Ehsan Yarshater was an Iranian historian and linguist who specialized in Iranology. He was the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.

Dragutin Šurbek was a Croatian and Yugoslav table tennis player and coach.

Maurizio "Zanza" Zanfanti was an Italian playboy who operated in Rimini and claimed to have slept with 6,000 women and to have done more for the Italian Riviera than "100 tourist agencies". He died from a myocardial infarction.

Carlos "Batman" Buttice was a football Goalkeeper. Buttice played for most of his career in clubs of Argentina, Brazil and Chile.In Chile Buttice played for Unión Española. He was part of the 1977 Unión Española team that won the Primera División de Chile.

Hille Darjes was a German actress and radio play speaker.

Roland Vogt was a German politician. He was the first member of the German Green Party to be elected to the Bundestag from Rhineland-Palatinate.

Hacène Lalmas was an Algerian footballer. He played as a midfielder and was nicknamed El Kebch . He scored 131 goals in Algerian championship (record).