Famous Deaths on 26 Dec

Famous Deaths on 26 Dec

1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)
1530 - Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)
1574 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524)
1624 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
1784 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
1786 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
1869 - Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)
1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
1909 - Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
1923 - Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
1931 - Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
1933 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
1957 - Charles Pathé, French film and recording industries pioneer (b. 1863)
1960 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
1963 - George Wagner (Gorgeous George), American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)
1966 - Herbert Otto Gille, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1970 - Lillian Board, British athlete (b. 1948)
1972 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
1973 - Harold B. Lee, 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1974 - Farid al-Atrash, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
1974 - Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)
1977 - Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
1980 - Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
1981 - Amber Reeves, feminist writer (b. 1887)
1981 - Savithri, Indian actress (b. 1937)
1983 - Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
1985 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
1986 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
1988 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
1989 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
1992 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian pianist (b. 1912)
1996 - JonBenét Ramsey, noted murder victim (b. 1990)
1997 - Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922)
1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1980)
2004 - Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1974)
2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1962)
2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
2004 - Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
2004 - Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. 1959)
2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
2004 - Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent (b. 1928)
2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
2005 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
2005 - Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
2006 - Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
2006 - Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
2007 - Stu Nahan, American Sportscaster (b. 1926)
2007 - John A. Garraty, 87, American biographer (b. 1920)
2007 - Joe Dolan, 64, Irish singer and entertainer (b. 1943)
268 - Pope Dionysius
418 - Pope Zosimus