List of Famous people who died in 2018

Chow Yei-ching, was a Hong Kong businessman who was the chairman and managing director of Chevalier International Holdings, an international conglomerate, comprising property and hotel management, engineering, construction, insurance, investments, information technology, food/beverage, and car dealership businesses. The Group holds two publicly listed companies in Hong Kong – Chevalier International Holdings, Ltd. and Chevalier Pacific Holdings, Ltd. and one publicly listed company in Singapore – Chevalier Singapore Holdings, Ltd.

Richard Le Hir was a French-born Canadian politician, lawyer and management consultant living in Quebec. He represented Iberville in the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois and served in the Quebec cabinet.

Noemi Lapzeson was an Argentine dancer, choreographer and educator. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for the field of choreography in 1999.

Macià Alavedra i Moner was a Spanish politician from Convergence and Union. He served as a member of the constituent, first and third legislatures of the Congress of Deputies, representing Barcelona Province.

Scott Matzka was an American professional ice hockey player.

Michael James Harner was an anthropologist, educator and author. He founded the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and the New Age practice of "Core Shamanism." His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, has been foundational in the development and popularization of "core shamanism" as a path of personal development for new age adherents of neoshamanism.

Linda Carol Brown was a campaigner for equality in education. As a schoolgirl in 1954, Brown became the center of the landmark 1951 United States civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education. Brown was in third grade at the time, and sought to enroll at Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas. Her admission was denied based on her race. Her lawsuit against segregation in elementary schools was ultimately successful and the resulting Supreme Court precedent overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine which had been previously established in Plessy v. Ferguson. Brown became an educator and civil rights advocate.

Elias Yanes Álvarez was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.

Özden Örnek was a Turkish admiral. He was the Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 2003 to 2005. In 2012 Örnek was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his alleged role in the 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plan.

Juan Morano Masa was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 2004 to 2015.. He also served as the Mayor of León from 1979 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1995.