Historical Deaths Today: 26 September

Deaths

• 1417 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)


• 1468 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)


• 1501 - Džore Držić, Croatian writer (b. 1461)


• 1620 - Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)


• 1626 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)


• 1716 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)


• 1763 - John Byron, English poet (b. 1692)


• 1764 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)


• 1800 - William Billings, American choral composer (b. 1746)


• 1802 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)


• 1820 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)


• 1868 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)


• 1877 - Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)


• 1902 - Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)


• 1904 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)


• 1904 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek writer (b. 1850)


• 1937 - Bessie Smith, American singer (b. 1894)


• 1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)


• 1947 - Hugh Lofting, English writer (b. 1886)


• 1951 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)


• 1952 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)


• 1953 - Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)


• 1954 - Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)


• 1965 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)


• 1968 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)


• 1972 - Charles Correll, American radio actor (b. 1890)


• 1973 - Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)


• 1973 - Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)


• 1976 - Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)


• 1978 - Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)


• 1979 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)


• 1982 - Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)


• 1983 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)


• 1984 - John Facenda, American sports announcer (b. 1913)


• 1984 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)


• 1986 - Hugh Franklin, American soap opera actor (b. 1916)


• 1990 - Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)


• 1991 - Billy Vaughn, American bandleader (b. 1919)


• 1998 - Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)


• 1999 - Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)


• 2000 - Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)


• 2000 - Baden Powell, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)


• 2003 - Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949)


• 2003 - Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)


• 2004 - Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)


• 2005 - Helen Cresswell, British author


• 2006 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)


• 2006 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)


• 2007 - Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (b. 1913)


• 2007 - Bill Wirtz, American sports team owner (b. 1929)