Famous Deaths on 26 Feb

Famous Deaths on 26 Feb

1154 - King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
1200 - Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint
1266 - King Manfred of Sicily
1360 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)
1552 - Heinrich Faber, German composer
1561 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
1608 - John Still, English bishop
1630 - William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
1638 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1681)
1723 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
1726 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692)
1802 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
1813 - Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
1815 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
1821 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
1864 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)
1883 - Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
1889 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)
1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)
1913 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. 1835)
1921 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840)
1931 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1847)
1933 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)
1943 - Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (b. 1892)
1947 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868)
1950 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (b. 1870)
1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
1966 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883)
1969 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
1969 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
1971 - Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903)
1981 - Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
1981 - Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
1985 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1989 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911)
1990 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938)
1993 - Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923)
1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
1995 - Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)
1997 - David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
1998 - James Algar, American film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912)
1998 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
2000 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient.(b. 1913)
2001 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906)
2002 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
2003 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
2004 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
2004 - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
2005 - Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
2008 - Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies; b. 1947)
2008 - Dick Fletcher, Meteorologist (b.1942)
2008 - Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician