List of Famous people who died in 2018

Hugo Santiago Muchnick was an Argentine film director.

Imrat Khan was an Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer. He was the younger brother of sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan.

Getulio Alviani was an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be an important International Optical - kinetic artist.

Daniela Payssé was a Uruguayan senator for the Broad Front party.

Ramón Luís Chao Rego was a Spanish journalist and writer. He won the Premio de Virtuosismo for Piano in 1955. The same year he moved to Paris, France to study music with Nadia Boulanger and Lazare Lévy. In 1960 he began his collaboration with the RTF's Iberian languages Service. He was head of this service ten years later. At the same time he was collaborating with the Spanish weekly Triunfo, the monthly Le Monde Diplomatique, and the daily newspapers Le Monde and La Voz de Galicia.

Søren Hyldgaard was a Danish film composer, also known for several New Age albums and for his concerts.

Hugh John Whitemore was an English playwright and screenwriter.

Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.

Paul Danblon was a Belgian composer, opera director and administrator, and journalist. He was one of the pioneers of scientific journalism on RTBF. In 1954, after graduating in chemistry from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Danblon joined the RTBF current events programme, Carnets de l'Actualité. He went on to specialize in producing and presenting popular science programmes such as La Bouteille à encre, Connaître, and Le point de la médecine. He is the author of two books in the area:

• 150 ans de sciences (1830–1980)
• L'espace

Nicolas Ghosn was a Lebanese politician and lawyer.