Famous Deaths on 26 Sep

Famous Deaths on 26 Sep

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)