Famous Deaths on August 26, Who Died on August 26
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1214 | Michael IV of Constantinople |
| 1278 | Ottokar II of Bohemia (b. 1233) |
| 1346 | Charles II, Count of Alençon (b. 1297) |
| 1349 | Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290) |
| 1399 | Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1333) |
| 1462 | Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea |
| 1486 | Ernest, Elector of Saxony (b. 1441) |
| 1500 | Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1449) |
| 1551 | Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) |
| 1572 | Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515) |
| 1595 | António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531) |
| 1666 | Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580) |
| 1714 | Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654) |
| 1723 | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632) |
| 1785 | George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716) |
| 1810 | Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753) |
| 1813 | Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791) |
| 1850 | Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773) |
| 1865 | Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791) |
| 1878 | Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846) |
| 1910 | William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842) |
| 1921 | Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875) |
| 1930 | Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) |
| 1943 | Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873) |
| 1944 | Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909) |
| 1945 | Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890) |
| 1946 | Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887) |
| 1956 | Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881) |
| 1958 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872) |
| 1966 | W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894) |
| 1968 | Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905) |
| 1972 | Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901) |
| 1974 | Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902) |
| 1975 | Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885) |
| 1976 | Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (b. 1888) |
| 1977 | H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (b. 1898) |
| 1978 | Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899) |
| 1979 | Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908) |
| 1980 | Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (b. 1874) |
| 1981 | Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884) |
| 1986 | Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923) |
| 1987 | John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919) |
| 1988 | Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957) |
| 1989 | Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903) |
| 1990 | Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934) |
| 1991 | Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905) |
| 1992 | Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925) |
| 1993 | Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923) |
| 1995 | John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1934) |
| 1998 | Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) |
| 2000 | Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939) |
| 2001 | Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904) |
| 2003 | Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937) |
| 2004 | Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1952) |
| 2005 | Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (b. 1927) |
| 2006 | Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1924) |
| 2007 | Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928) |
| 2009 | Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (b. 1925) |
| 2010 | Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918) |
| 2011 | George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (b. 1929) |
| 2012 | Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (b. 1922) |
| 2014 | Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954) |
| 2015 | Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911) |
| 2017 | Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943) |
| 2018 | Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927) |
| 2020 | Joe Ruby, American animator (b. 1933) |
| 787 | Arechis II, duke of Benevento |
| 887 | Kōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 830) |
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