| 8101 | January 18 | Death | 1955 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912) |
| 8102 | January 18 | Death | 1956 – Makbule Atadan, Turkish politician (b. 1885) |
| 8103 | January 18 | Death | 1956 – Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874) |
| 8104 | January 18 | Death | 1963 – Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906) |
| 8105 | January 18 | Death | 1966 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880) |
| 8106 | January 18 | Death | 1967 – Goose Tatum, American basketball player (b. 1921) |
| 8107 | January 18 | Death | 1969 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887) |
| 8108 | January 18 | Death | 1969 – Dada Lekhraj, Indian guru (b. 1884) |
| 8109 | January 18 | Death | 1970 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873) |
| 8110 | January 18 | Death | 1971 – Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914) |
| 8111 | January 18 | Death | 1975 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897) |
| 8112 | January 18 | Death | 1978 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919) |
| 8113 | January 18 | Death | 1978 – Carl Betz, American actor (b. 1921) |
| 8114 | January 18 | Death | 1978 – Walter H. Thompson, English police officer and bodyguard (b. 1890) |
| 8115 | January 18 | Death | 1980 – Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904) |
| 8116 | January 18 | Death | 1984 – Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902) |
| 8117 | January 18 | Death | 1984 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915) |
| 8118 | January 18 | Death | 1985 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish-English actor (b. 1912) |
| 8119 | January 18 | Death | 1989 – Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940) |
| 8120 | January 18 | Death | 1990 – Rusty Hamer, American actor and singer (b. 1947) |
| 8121 | January 18 | Death | 1993 – Eleanor Hibbert, English author (b. 1906) |
| 8122 | January 18 | Death | 1993 – Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905) |
| 8123 | January 18 | Death | 1995 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 8124 | January 18 | Death | 1995 – Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937) |
| 8125 | January 18 | Death | 1996 – N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923) |
| 8126 | January 18 | Death | 1997 – Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941) |
| 8127 | January 18 | Death | 1997 – Adriana Caselotti, American voice actress and singer (b. 1916) |
| 8128 | January 18 | Death | 1998 – Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 8129 | January 18 | Death | 2000 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897) |
| 8130 | January 18 | Death | 2001 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor and director (b. 1935) |