Famous Deaths on February 26, Who Died on February 26
Here is a list who died on February 26. Famous deaths for the 26th of February. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on February 26. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1154 | Roger II of Sicily (b. 1095) |
| 1266 | Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232) |
| 1275 | Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240) |
| 1349 | Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (b. c.1260) |
| 1360 | Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (b. 1328) |
| 1462 | John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (b. 1408) |
| 1577 | Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533) |
| 1603 | Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528) |
| 1608 | John Still, English bishop (b. 1543) |
| 1611 | Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533) |
| 1625 | Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568) |
| 1630 | William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560) |
| 1638 | Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581) |
| 1726 | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662) |
| 1770 | Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692) |
| 1790 | Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730) |
| 1802 | Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718) |
| 1806 | Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762) |
| 1813 | Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746) |
| 1815 | Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737) |
| 1821 | Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753) |
| 1839 | Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (b. 1761) |
| 1864 | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807) |
| 1869 | Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State |
| 1883 | Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817) |
| 1887 | Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865) |
| 1889 | Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838) |
| 1903 | Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818) |
| 1906 | Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874) |
| 1913 | Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835) |
| 1921 | Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840) |
| 1930 | Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863) |
| 1931 | Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847) |
| 1936 | February 26 Incident: |
| 1943 | Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892) |
| 1945 | Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860) |
| 1947 | Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868) |
| 1950 | Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870) |
| 1951 | Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 20 others |
| 1952 | Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878) |
| 1961 | Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878) |
| 1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883) |
| 1969 | Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895) |
| 1981 | Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914) |
| 1985 | Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) |
| 1989 | Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911) |
| 1993 | Constance Ford, American model and actress (b. 1923) |
| 1994 | Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961) |
| 1995 | Jack Clayton, English director and producer (b. 1921) |
| 1997 | David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929) |
| 1998 | Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 2000 | George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913) |
| 2002 | Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919) |
| 2004 | Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905) |
| 2005 | Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943) |
| 2006 | Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (b. 1905) |
| 2008 | Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925) |
| 2009 | Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932) |
| 2010 | Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974) |
| 2011 | Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| 2012 | Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916) |
| 2016 | Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) |
| 2017 | Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (b. 1919) |
| 420 | Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (b. 347) |
| 943 | Muirchertach mac Néill, king of Ailech (Ireland) |
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