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2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
2018 has been designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.[1]
Events
January
- January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[2][3]
- January 20–22 – The United States government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.[4]
- January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.[5][6][7][8]
- January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place. The Moon appears as supermoon, with perigee being on January 30. It is also the first blue moon eclipse since 1983. It was also referred to as the super blue blood moon.
February
- February 6 – SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.[9]
- February 9–25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They are followed by the Paralympics from March 9–18.[10]
- February 10 – Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia.[11]
- February 11 – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes shortly after take-off from Moscow, killing 71 people on board.[12]
- February 14
- Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa, after nine years in power.[13]
- A school shooting occurs at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17.[14]
- February 18 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish.[15]
March
- March 4 – Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia are poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England.[16] UK counter-terrorism police investigate amid speculation the Kremlin was behind the incident.[17]
- March 9–18 – The 2018 Winter Paralympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
- March 9 – President of the United States Donald Trump accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.[18]
- March 11 – China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader).[19]
- March 12 – Flight BS211 crashes in Nepal, killing 51 on board.[20]
- March 14 – The National School Walkout Day led for the Gun Control by the High School Shooting in Parkland, Florida.[importance?][clarification needed]
- March 18 – In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.[21]
- March 19 – The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct.[22][23]
- March 23 – An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, kills five people, including the perpetrator.[24]
- March 24 – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the "March for Our Lives".
- March 25
- Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.[25]
- At least 64 people die in a fire at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Russian city of Kemerovo.[26]
- March 26 – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.[27]
- March 28
- North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.[28]
- At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.[29]
April
- April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
- April 5 – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is given an arrest warrant after a vote by the Supreme Court voted 6–5 in favor of denying his habeas corpus, due to corruption and other scandals.
- April 6 – A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey junior team in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.
- April 8 – At least 70 people are reported to have died, with hundreds suffering injuries, after a sarin chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.[30]
- April 11 – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers.[31]
- April 14 – The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases, in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.[32]
- April 18
- In Nicaragua, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police.[33]
- Cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983, premiering with the film Black Panther.[34]
- NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is launched.[35][36]
- April 19 – Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as President of Cuba, marking the first time since 1959 that neither Castro brother is leading Cuba.[clarification needed]
- April 23 – A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.[37]
- April 27 – Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in, becoming the first North Korean leader to cross the Demilitarized Zone since its creation in 1953.[38]
- April 30 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of not holding up its end of the Iran nuclear deal after presenting a cache of over 100,000 documents detailing the extent of Iran's nuclear program. Iran denounces Netanyahu's presentation as "propaganda".[39]
May
- May 3
- May 5 – NASA's unmanned spaceprobe InSight is launched. It is expected to land on Mars in November and use a drill to conduct geological science.[42]
- May 8 – U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement.[43] In a statement, former U.S. President Barack Obama calls the move "a serious mistake".[44]
- May 8–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is held in Lisbon, Portugal.
- May 9 – The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.[45]
- May 16 – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, pardons Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and is immediately released.[46]
- May 18 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, killing 112 and leaving only one survivor.[47]
- May 19 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, England, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.[48][49]
- May 24 – Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions.[50]
- May 25
- The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.[51]
- A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place,[52] with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.[53]
- May 31 – The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and Canada, starting at midnight.[54]
June
- June 3 – At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcano for over a century.[55]
- June 8–9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.[56]
- June 12
- The 2018 North Korea–United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a United States President and the North Korean leader.[57]
- Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.[58]
- June 13 – FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from Canada, Mexico and the United States.[59]
- June 14 – July 15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is held in Russia.[60]
- June 16 – Seventeen people die in Caracas, Venezuela following the El Paraíso stampede after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club.[61]
- June 19 – United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.[62][63]
Predicted and scheduled events
- June 22 – Beginning of the 2018 Mediterranean Games, held in Tarragona, Spain.
- June 24 – Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive.
- July 27 – Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003.[64]
- August 18 – Beginning of the 2018 Asian Games, held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
- September 9 – Swedish general election, 2018.
- October – Unmanned European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft is scheduled to be launched to Mercury.[65]
- November 4 – New Caledonia shall hold their independence referendum.
- The U.S. missile defense complex in Poland is expected to be operational.[66]
- Launch of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which is expected to orbit the Sun.[67]
Births
Deaths
January
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- January 1 – Manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer, economist, and diplomat (b. 1929)
- January 2 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927)
- January 3 – Colin Brumby, Australian composer (b. 1933)
- January 4
- Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer (b. 1932)
- Ray Thomas, English musician (b. 1941)
- January 5
- Antonio Angelillo, Italian-Argentine footballer (b. 1937)
- Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (b. 1931)
- John Young, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- January 6
- Horace Ashenfelter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1923)
- Thomas Bopp, American astronomer (b. 1949)
- January 7
- France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)
- Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- January 8
- Juan Carlos García, Honduran footballer (b. 1988)
- George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1931)
- January 9
- Odvar Nordli, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927)
- Mario Perniola, Italian philosopher (b. 1941)
- January 10 – Eddie Clarke, British musician (b. 1950)
- January 11 – Edgar Ray Killen, American criminal (b. 1925)
- January 14
- Dan Gurney, American racing driver (b. 1931)
- Cyrille Regis, English footballer (b. 1958)
- Hugh Wilson, American film director and television producer (b. 1943)
- January 15
- Edwin Hawkins, American musician (b. 1943)
- Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (b. 1971)
- Peter Wyngarde, British actor (b. 1928)
- January 16
- Bradford Dillman, American actor (b. 1930)
- Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician (b. 1953)
- Jo Jo White, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- January 18
- Lucas Mangope, South African politician (b. 1923)
- Peter Mayle, English author (b. 1939)
- Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic (b. 1923)
- January 19 – Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924)
- January 20
- Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926)
- Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby player (b. 1941)
- Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner (b. 1921)[68]
- Jim Rodford, English bass guitarist (b. 1941)
- January 21
- Yves Afonso, French actor (b. 1944)
- Philippe Gondet, French footballer (b. 1942)
- Tsukasa Hosaka, Japanese footballer (b. 1937)
- Jens Okking, Danish actor and politician (b. 1939)
- Connie Sawyer, American actress (b. 1912)
- January 22
- Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- January 23
- Hugh Masekela, South African jazz musician (b. 1939)
- Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (b. 1914)
- January 24
- Jack Ketchum, American author (b. 1946)
- Mark E. Smith, English singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
- January 25
- Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1924)
- Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1916)
- January 26
- Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist (b. 1923)
- Hiromu Nonaka, Japanese politician (b. 1925)
- January 27
- Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (b. 1926)
- Mort Walker, American comic artist (b. 1923)
- January 28 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist (b. 1928)
- January 29 – Ion Ciubuc, 7th Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
- January 30
- Mark Salling, American actor (b. 1982)
- Clyde Scott, American football player (b. 1924)
- Azeglio Vicini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
- Louis Zorich, American actor (b. 1924)
- January 31
- Rasual Butler, American basketball player (b. 1979)
- Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1951)
February
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- February 1
- Cliff Bourland, American athlete (b. 1921)
- Dennis Edwards, American singer (b. 1943)
- Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (b. 1910)
- February 2
- Jon Huntsman Sr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
- Joseph Polchinski, American theoretical physicist (b. 1954)
- Ole Thestrup, Danish actor (b. 1948)
- February 3
- Michael Harner, American anthropologist and author (b. 1929)
- Károly Palotai, Hungarian footballer and referee (b. 1935)
- February 4
- Alan Baker, English mathematician (b. 1939)
- John Mahoney, British-American actor (b. 1940)
- February 5 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935)
- February 6 – John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer and lyricist (b. 1947)
- February 7 – Pat Torpey, American drummer (b. 1953)
- February 8 – Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete (b. 1984)
- February 9
- Reg E. Cathey, American actor (b. 1958)
- John Gavin, American actor and diplomat (b. 1931)
- István Hevesi, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1931)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic film composer (b. 1969)
- Liam Miller, Irish footballer (b. 1981)
- February 10 – Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925)
- February 11
- Vic Damone, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
- Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1952)
- February 12 – Leo Falcam, 5th President of the Federated States of Micronesia (b. 1935)
- February 13
- Joseph Bonnel, French footballer (b. 1939)
- Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- Prince Henrik, consort of Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1934)
- February 14
- Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1939)
- Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
- February 15 – Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (b. 1920)
- February 18
- Günter Blobel, Silesian-American Nobel biologist (b. 1936)
- Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (b. 1956)
- Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkinabé film director (b. 1954)
- February 19
- Sergey Litvinov, Russian Olympic hammer thrower (b. 1958)
- Yury Tyukalov, Russian Olympic rower (b. 1930)
- February 21
- Emma Chambers, English actress (b. 1964)
- Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918)
- Ren Osugi, Japanese actor (b. 1951)
- February 22
- Nanette Fabray, American actress (b. 1920)
- Richard E. Taylor, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1929)
- February 23
- Lewis Gilbert, British film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Durward Knowles, Bahamian Olympic sailor (b. 1917)
- Jesus Varela, Filipino prelate (b. 1927)
- February 24
- Bud Luckey, American actor and animator (b. 1934)
- Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
- February 27 – Quini, Spanish football player (b. 1949)
March
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- March 1
- María Rubio, Mexican actress (b. 1934)
- Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer (b. 1929)
- March 2
- Jesús López Cobos, Spanish conductor (b. 1940)
- Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher (b. 1910)
- Billy Herrington, American gay pornographic actor (b. 1969)
- Carlo Ripa di Meana, Italian politician (b. 1929)
- March 3
- Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete (b. 1929)
- David Ogden Stiers, American actor (b. 1942)
- March 4 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (b. 1987)
- March 5
- Trevor Baylis, English inventor (b. 1937)
- Hayden White, American historian (b. 1928)
- March 6 – John Sulston, British Nobel biologist and academic (b. 1942)
- March 7 – Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (b. 1928)
- March 8
- Milko Kelemen, Croatian composer (b. 1924)
- Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928)
- March 9
- Oskar Gröning, German war criminal (b. 1921)
- Jung Jae-sung, South Korean badminton player (b. 1982)
- March 10
- Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (b. 1927)
- Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle racer (b. 1966)
- March 11
- Ken Dodd, English comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor (b. 1927)
- Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936)
- March 12
- Ken Flach, American tennis player (b. 1963)
- Oleg Tabakov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1935)
- Craig Mack, American rapper (b. 1970)
- March 14
- Alfred W. Crosby, American ecological historian (b. 1931)
- Rubén Galván, Argentine footballer (b. 1952)
- Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (b. 1942)
- Liam O'Flynn, Irish uilleann piper (b. 1945)
- Adrian Lamo, Colombian-American computer hacker (b. 1981)
- Marielle Franco, Brazilian activist and politician (b. 1979)
- March 17 – Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)
- March 18
- Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 4th Prime Minister of Djibouti (b. 1930)
- Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, English politician (b. 1932)
- March 19
- Irina Beglyakova, Russian athlete (b. 1933)
- Keith O'Brien, Scottish cardinal (b. 1938)
- Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet (b. 1934)
- March 20
- Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress (b. 1926)
- Peter George Peterson, American banker (b. 1926)
- William Smith, American Olympic wrestler (b. 1928)
- March 22
- René Houseman, Argentine footballer (b. 1953)
- Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, author and academic (b. 1911)
- March 23
- Philip Kerr, English author (b. 1956)
- Zell Miller, American politician (b. 1932)
- March 24
- March 26 – Sergei Mavrodi, Russian criminal and politician (b. 1955)
- March 27 – Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
- March 30
- Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian Olympic boxer (b. 1930)
- Sabahudin Kurt, Bosnian singer (b. 1935)
- André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 9th Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1934)
- Bill Maynard, English comedian and actor (b. 1928)
April
- April 1
- Steven Bochco, American television producer (b. 1943)
- Efraín Ríos Montt, 26th President of Guatemala (b. 1926)
- April 2
- Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (b. 1923)
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist and politician (b. 1936)
- April 3 – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1938)
- April 4
- Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian hierarch (b. 1930)
- Soon-Tek Oh, Korean-American actor (b. 1932)
- Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- April 5
- Eric Bristow, English darts player (b. 1957)
- Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic hand ball player (b. 1947)
- Isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
- Cecil Taylor, American pianist and poet (b. 1929)
- April 6
- Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
- Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1961)
- April 7 – Peter Grünberg, German Nobel physicist (b. 1939)
- April 8
- Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress, director, and writer (b. 1929)
- André Lerond, French footballer (b. 1930)
- Chuck McCann, American actor (b. 1934)
- John Miles, English racing driver (b. 1943)
- April 12 – Sergio Pitol, Mexican novelist and translator (b. 1933)
- April 13 – Miloš Forman, Czech and American film director (b. 1932)
- April 14
- Hal Greer, American basketball player (b. 1936)
- Jean-Claude Malgoire, French conductor (b. 1940)
- April 15
- R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944)
- Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (b. 1925)
- April 16
- Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (b. 1952)
- Choi Eun-hee, South Korean actress (b. 1926)
- Dona Ivone Lara, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1921)
- April 17 – Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)
- April 18 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1935)
- April 19 – Vladimir Lyakhov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
- April 20
- Avicii, Swedish DJ (b. 1989)
- Roy Bentley, English footballer (b. 1924)
- April 21
- Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900)
- Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)
- April 24 – Henri Michel, French footballer and coach (b. 1947)
- April 25
- Abbas, Iranian photographer (b. 1944)
- Shuhrat Abbosov, Uzbek actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Michael Anderson, English film director (b. 1920)
- April 26
- Yoshinobu Ishii, Japanese footballer (b. 1939)
- Gianfranco Parolini, Italian film director (b. 1925)
- April 27 – Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (b. 1946)
- April 29
- Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
- Luis García Meza, 68th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan film director (b. 1919)
May
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- May 1 – Wanda Wiłkomirska, Polish violinist and teacher (b. 1929)
- May 3 – Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician (b. 1953)
- May 4 – Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer and journalist (b. 1954)
- May 5 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- May 7 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (b. 1960)
- May 8
- George Deukmejian, American politician (b. 1928)
- Anne V. Coates, British film editor (b. 1925)
- May 9 – Per Kirkeby, Danish artist (b. 1938)
- May 10
- Scott Hutchison, Scottish musician (b. 1981)
- David Goodall, English-Australian scientist (b. 1914)
- May 11 – Gérard Genette, French literary theorist (b. 1930)
- May 12
- Tessa Jowell, British politician (b. 1947)
- Antonio Mercero, Spanish film and television director (b. 1936)
- Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)
- May 13
- Glenn Branca, American composer and musician (b. 1948)
- Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress and activist (b. 1948)
- May 14
- Elaine Edwards, American politician (b. 1929)
- E. C. George Sudarshan, Indian theoretical physicist (b. 1931)
- Tom Wolfe, American author and journalist (b. 1930)
- May 15
- Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1981)
- Ray Wilson, English footballer (b. 1934)
- May 16
- Joseph Campanella, American actor (b. 1924)
- Lucian Pintilie, Romanian film director (b. 1933)
- May 17
- Nicole Fontaine, French politician (b. 1942)
- Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian (b. 1923)
- May 18 – Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Colombian cardinal (b. 1929)
- May 19
- Robert Indiana, American artist (b. 1928)
- Bernard Lewis, British-American historian (b. 1916)
- May 20 – Patricia Morison, American actress (b. 1915)
- May 21
- Anna Maria Ferrero, Italian actress (b. 1934)
- Clint Walker, American actor (b. 1927)
- May 22 – Philip Roth, American writer (b. 1933)
- May 23 – Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban terrorist (b. 1928)
- May 24
- Jerry Maren, American actor (b. 1920)
- TotalBiscuit, British gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)
- May 25 – Naser Malek Motiei, Iranian actor (b. 1930)
- May 26
- Alan Bean, American astronaut (b. 1932)
- Ted Dabney, American engineer (b. 1937)
- Roger Piantoni, French footballer (b. 1931)
- May 27
- Gardner Dozois, American science fiction writer (b. 1947)
- Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, 44th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1935)
- Donald H. Peterson, American astronaut (b. 1933)
- May 28
- Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (b. 1925)
- María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1924)
- Dick Quax, Dutch-New Zealand Olympic athlete (b. 1948)
- Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- Ola Ullsten, 28th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1931)
June
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- June 1
- John Julius Norwich, English historian and writer (b. 1929)
- Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (b. 1956)
- June 2
- Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
- Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Austrian ethologist (b. 1928)
- Emil Wolf, Czech-American physicist (b. 1922)
- June 3
- Miguel Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan cardinal (b. 1926)
- Frank Carlucci, American politician (b. 1930)
- June 5 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)
- June 6
- Kira Muratova, Ukrainian director, screenwriter and actress (b. 1934)
- Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet and writer (b. 1929)
- June 7 – Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1941)
- June 8
- Per Ahlmark, Swedish politician and writer (b. 1939)
- Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (b. 1939)
- Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer and television personality (b. 1956)
- Eunice Gayson, English actress (b. 1928)
- Danny Kirwan, British musician (b. 1950)
- June 9
- Reinhard Hardegen, German U-boat commander (b. 1913)
- Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian footballer (b. 1960)
- June 10 – Stan Anderson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- June 11
- Roman Kłosowski, Polish actor (b. 1929)
- Oscar Furlong, Argentine basketball player (b. 1927)
- June 12 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer (b. 1944)
- June 13
- Anne Donovan, American basketball player (b. 1961)
- D. J. Fontana, American musician (b. 1931)
- Charles Vinci, American Olympic weightlifter (b. 1933)
- June 14
- Stanislav Govorukhin, Russian film director, screenwriter and politician (b. 1936)
- Fazlullah, Pakistani terrorist, leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (b. 1974)
- June 15 – Leslie Grantham, British actor (b. 1947)
- June 16 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor (b. 1931)
- June 18
- Walter Bahr, American soccer player (b. 1927)
- XXXTentacion, American rapper (b. 1998)
- June 19
- Sergio Gonella, Italian businessman and football referee (b. 1933)
- Ivan Drach, Ukrainian poet and political activist (b. 1936)
- June 20 – Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (b. 1929)
References
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