List of Famous people who died in 2018
Javier Usabiaga Arroyo
Javier Bernardo Usabiaga Arroyo was a Mexican businessman and politician from the National Action Party who served as Secretary of Agriculture during part of Vicente Fox's government. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guanajuato.
María Elena Meneses Rocha
María Elena Meneses Rocha was a Mexican journalist, professor of journalism and researcher into media, communications and the Internet with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City. On the campus she taught and was the coordinator of the Cátedra Sociedad de la Información, which does research and consulting in mass media and information technology. She also worked with mass media, as a writer and as a commentator for print, broadcast and Internet media, mostly commenting on information technologies.
James Mirrlees
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.
Rein Põder
Rein Põder was an Estonian writer.
Lara Saint Paul
Silvana Savorelli, professionally known as Lara Saint Paul, was an Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer, impresario and record producer.
Neagu Djuvara
Neagu Bunea Djuvara was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.
Michel Tromont
Michel Jules Arthur Tromont was a Belgian politician. A member of the Liberal Reformist Party, he was a deputy in the Chamber of Representatives from 1978 to 1983, serving as Minister of National Education from 1981 to 1983 and mayor of Quiévrain from 1977 to 1983. He was also Governor of the Hainaut province from 1983 to 2004.
Vicente Martínez Alama
Vicenç Martínez Alama was a Spanish footballer who played as a left back.
André Lerond
André Lerond was a French footballer who played as a defender. He played mainly as a centre back or at left back, and occasionally as a Left Half. He was part of the French national teams of the 1950s. According to France Football in 2007, Lerond was "of average size, but extremely quick, a great technician, calm and always at the right place. He was a very gifted footballer." He captained the France national team 14 times. He died on 8 April 2018 at the age of 87.
Boris Kokorev
Boris Borisovich Kokorev was a Russian competitive pistol shooter who won a gold medal in the Men's 50 Metre event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.