Famous Deaths on April 26, Who Died on April 26
Here is a list who died on April 26. Famous deaths for the 26th of April. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on April 26. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1192 | Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) |
| 1366 | Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1392 | Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338) |
| 1444 | Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378) |
| 1489 | Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shōgun (b. 1465) |
| 1558 | Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497) |
| 1686 | Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622) |
| 1716 | John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651) |
| 1784 | Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718) |
| 1789 | Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721) |
| 1809 | Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748) |
| 1865 | John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838) |
| 1881 | Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815) |
| 1895 | Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860) |
| 1910 | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832) |
| 1915 | John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863) |
| 1920 | Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887) |
| 1932 | William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868) |
| 1934 | Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876) |
| 1940 | Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) |
| 1944 | Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893) |
| 1945 | Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909) |
| 1946 | James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882) |
| 1950 | George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881) |
| 1951 | Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868) |
| 1956 | Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890) |
| 1957 | Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868) |
| 1964 | E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882) |
| 1968 | John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891) |
| 1969 | Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883) |
| 1970 | Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886) |
| 1973 | Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902) |
| 1976 | Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903) |
| 1980 | Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893) |
| 1981 | Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909) |
| 1984 | Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904) |
| 1986 | Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911) |
| 1987 | Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922) |
| 1989 | Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911) |
| 1991 | Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904) |
| 1994 | Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1923) |
| 1996 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918) |
| 1999 | Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957) |
| 2003 | Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2004 | Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
| 2005 | Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919) |
| 2007 | Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921) |
| 2008 | Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)[48] |
| 2009 | Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920) |
| 2010 | Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930) |
| 2011 | Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) |
| 2012 | Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938) |
| 2013 | Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930) |
| 2014 | Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936) |
| 2015 | Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919) |
| 2016 | Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937) |
| 2017 | Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944) |
| 2022 | Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947) |
| 499 | Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (b. 467) |
| 645 | Richarius, Frankish monk and saint (b. 560) |
| 680 | Muawiyah I, Umayyad caliph (b. 602) |
| 757 | Pope Stephen II (b. 715) |
| 893 | Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty |
| 962 | Adalbero I, bishop of Metz |
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