List of Famous people who died in 2018

Maria Luisa Cuesta Vila was an Uruguayan human rights activist. She dedicated herself to the search for missing detainees during the Uruguayan military dictatorship. Her son Nebio Melo Cuesta disappeared during that period and is still missing today.

Tomás Rodríguez Bolaños was a Spanish industrial technician and politician.

Nat Indrapana was a Thai sports executive. He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1990 until his death.

Donald Panoz was an American entrepreneur who founded various pharmaceutical companies.

Raffaele Baldassarre was an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014 for the European People's Party. He was born in Lecce and died in a hospital there after a sudden illness had its onset at his home the night prior.

Masahiro Sayama was a Japanese pianist, active in jazz and video game soundtracks.

Marc Francina was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Haute-Savoie department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Prior to his political career Francina worked as a bank clerk for a regional bank.

Hamidou Dia was a Senegalese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher.

Martin Leon Bregman was an American film producer and personal manager. Bregman produced many films, including Scarface, Sea of Love, Venom, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Four Seasons, Betsy's Wedding, Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, The Bone Collector and The Adventures of Pluto Nash.

Rita Borsellino was an Italian Sicilian anti-Mafia activist, politician and, between 2009 and 2014, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Democratic Party.