List of Famous people who died in 2018
Henry Jean-Baptiste
Henry-Jean Baptiste was a French politician from Martinique who was elected and represented Mayotte in the French National Assembly from 1986 to 2002.
Victor Franco
Victor Franco was a French journalist who was awarded the 1963 Albert Londres Prize for La Révolution sensuelle. He died in Montélimar on 18 February 2018 at the age of 87.
Viktor Matviyenko
Viktor Antonovych Matviyenko was a Ukrainian footballer and coach.
Jacques Amyot
Jacques Amyot was a Canadian swimmer from Quebec.
Juraj Halenár
Juraj Halenár was a Slovak football forward who was most famous for playing for Slovan Bratislava.
Claude Seignolle
Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.
Andrei Suslin
Andrei Suslin was a Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic K-theory and its connections with algebraic geometry. He was a Trustee Chair and Professor of mathematics at Northwestern University.
Karla Kienzl
Karla Kienzl was an Austrian luger who competed during the 1950s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1955 FIL World Luge Championships in Oslo, Norway. Kienzl was the first World champion in luge in this event.
Jill Ker Conway
Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975-1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project. She was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.
Ayad Futtayih al-Rawi
Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi was an Iraqi general of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and later served as the head of the Jerusalem Army. He started his service in the Army as an officer in an armoured unit, later fighting in the Iran–Iraq War, receiving numerous medals and suffering a severe head wound whilst leading an Iraqi counterattack against an Iranian offensive. In total Rawi was awarded 27 medals during the Iran–Iraq War. He was perceived to be a staunch Saddam loyalist.