List of Famous people who died in 2018

Benjamin Melniker was an American film producer. He was an executive producer with Michael E. Uslan on the Batman film series and other DC Comics films. Melniker was also at one time a studio executive at MGM.

Muhammad Ould Fahfu al-Massumi, known as al-Murabit al-Hajj or al-Hajj Ould Fahfu, was a Mauritanian Islamic scholar who devoted his life to worship, learning and teaching Islamic sciences. Teachers and students from around the world would often travelled to study under his guidance. Based in a remote village in Mauritania, he trained hundreds if not thousands of scholars, including Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

Mohamed Ahmed Adel Hekal was an Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahly. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and was part of the team that won the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, and represented his country in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig was an Austrian-Brazilian immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines. In a career spanning over 60 years, she was primarily affiliated with New York University (NYU), as C.V. Starr Professor of Medical and Molecular Parasitology at Langone Medical Center, Research Professor at the NYU Department of Pathology, and finally Professor Emerita of Microbiology and Pathology at the NYU Department of Microbiology.

Epitácio Cafeteira Afonso Pereira was a Brazilian politician. He was federal deputy (1975–1987), governor of Maranhão (1987–1990) and senator.

Pierre Jacob was a Canadian politician, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2011 and served until 2015. He represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi as a member of the New Democratic Party.