Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2018

Irena Szewińska fue una atleta polaca especializada en pruebas de velocidad y salto de longitud. Participó en cinco Juegos Olímpicos: Tokio 1964, México 1968, Múnich 1972, Montreal 1976 y Moscú 1980 y ganó siete medallas en cinco pruebas diferentes. Además batió varias plusmarcas mundiales. Es la única, hombre o mujer, en cuyo palmarés está el ser plusmarquista mundial de 100 m, 200 m y 400 m. Fue la primera mujer en bajar de los 50s en la prueba de 400 m. Se la conoce como la "reina del sprint".

Horst Herold was a German police officer. He was the President of the Federal Criminal Police of Germany from 1971 to 1981. Under his leadership, the method for the systematic manhunt of Red Army Faction terrorists, called Rasterfahndung (dragnet), was introduced. He authored several essays on policing.

Roland Baar was a German rower who competed for his nation at several Olympic Games. After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the Thomas Keller Medal in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee between 1999 and 2004.

Berthold Leibinger was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung. He served on the advisory board of major companies and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Stuttgart.

Su Bai was a Chinese archaeologist and bibliographer who served as the first head of the Department of Archaeology of Peking University from 1983 to 1988. Known for his pioneering research in the archaeology of Buddhism, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chinese Archaeology Association in 2016.

Yvonne Lara da Costa, más conocida como Dona Ivone Lara, fue una cantante y compositora brasileña. En 1965 se transformó en la primera mujer en ser parte del ala de compositores de una escuela de samba en Brasil, por lo que «fue la primera mujer en enfrentar y vencer el precepto «machista» en estas instituciones.

Peter Thompson was an English footballer. Born in Carlisle, he made 560 appearances in the Football League playing for Preston North End, Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers. He played as an outside left for the Liverpool team which had major successes in the 1960s, and was capped 16 times for England. He was known for his speedy and electric style of play.

Randall Desmond Archibald, better known by stage name Randy Rampage, was a Canadian musician and founding member, bass player and vocalist of the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A., along with Joe Keithley and Chuck Biscuits. They are often referred to as the "founders" of hardcore punk along with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Angry Samoans, the Germs, Negative Trend, and Middle Class. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual reference to the second wave of the American punk sound as hardcore. Hardcore 81 included a fourth member of the lineup Dave Gregg.

José Luis Núñez Clemente —en catalán, Josep Lluís Núñez i Clemente— fue un empresario español, presidente del Fútbol Club Barcelona entre 1978 y 2000 y fundador, junto a su esposa, del Grupo Núñez y Navarro, empresa constructora, promotora e inmobiliaria de Barcelona que cuenta con divisiones de hoteles, aparcamientos, oficinas, naves y rehabilitación de edificios. Como presidente del Fútbol Club Barcelona fue la persona que más tiempo estuvo al frente del equipo catalán, 22 años, y también el que más títulos consiguió durante su mandato —140 en total—.

Chris Edwards was a British professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2012. He held the British super flyweight title in 2007, the British flyweight title twice between 2009 and 2012, and the Commonwealth flyweight title from 2009 to 2010.