Famous Deaths for Year 1926

Months in Year 1926: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Deaths 1 - 99 of 99

Jan 8th - Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
Jan 12th - Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
Jan 15th - Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42
Jan 21st - Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
Jan 23rd - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
Jan 23rd - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
Jan 26th - John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
Jan 30th - Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
Feb 2nd - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
Feb 5th - Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
Feb 21st - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72
Feb 24th - Eddie Plank, pitcher (won 327 games in 17 years), dies at 51
Feb 26th - Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
Feb 26th - Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
Mar 1st - Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58
Mar 3rd - Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer, dies at 58
Mar 5th - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
Mar 7th - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
Mar 11th - John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies
Nobel Laureat Physician Camillo Golgi (Jan 21st) Mar 16th - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
Mar 26th - Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies
Mar 26th - Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74
Apr 6th - Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
Apr 11th - Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
Apr 15th - Frank Iredale, cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies
Apr 19th - Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
Apr 19th - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. 1874)
Apr 23rd - Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
Apr 25th - Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76
Apr 28th - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
May 1st - Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60
May 3rd - Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
May 9th - Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
May 13th - Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857)
Horticulturist Luther Burbank (Apr 11th) May 15th - Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
May 16th - Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies
May 17th - Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
May 20th - Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies
May 21st - Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
May 21st - Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
May 23rd - Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73
May 25th - Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47
May 26th - S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
May 27th - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
May 30th - Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864)
Jun 1st - Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64
Jun 4th - Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies
Jun 4th - Fred Spofforth, cricketer (18 tests 94 wkts 41 Best match 14-90), dies
Jun 4th - Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
Jun 6th - Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52
Jun 7th - Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63
Jun 10th - Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies
Jun 14th - Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist artist (b. 1844)
Jun 22nd - Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
Jun 23rd - Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
Jun 25th - Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
Jun 26th - Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
Jul 2nd - Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies
Jul 4th - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
Archaelogist Gertrude Bell (Jul 11th) Jul 11th - Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist, dies at 57
Jul 12th - Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40
Jul 20th - Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Soviet statesman, established and developed Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB), dies at 48
Aug 1st - Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies
Aug 14th - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
Aug 22nd - Charles William Eliot, American University president (Harvard, 1869-1909), dies at 92
Aug 23rd - Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31
Sep 5th - Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician, founding member of the "DAP", which would become the Nazi Party (b. 1890)
Sep 9th - David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident
Sep 9th - Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, Dutch actress in railway accident
Sep 11th - Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
Sep 14th - Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
Sep 16th - Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80
Sep 17th - August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70
Sep 21st - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. 1857)
Sep 25th - Herbert Booth, son of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1862)
Oct 6th - Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies
Oct 7th - Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)
Oct 13th - Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
Oct 20th - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
Oct 22nd - Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies
Oct 25th - Frederick Jr Zech, composer, dies at 68
Magician & Escape Artist Harry Houdini (Oct 31st) Oct 31st - Harry Houdini, [Erich Weisz], magician, dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured
Nov 1st - Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor/director (Krates), dies at 72
Nov 1st - Wilfred Flowers, cricketer (England spinner in 8 Tests 1884-93), dies
Nov 3rd - Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66
Nov 22nd - Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
Nov 23rd - Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50
Nov 26th - John M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies
Dec 1st - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
Dec 4th - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
Dec 5th - Claude Monet, French impressionist, dies at 86
Dec 6th - Claude [Oscar] Monet, French painter (impressionist), dies at 86
Dec 8th - Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
Dec 10th - Nikola Pašić, Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes prime minister (b. 1845)
Dec 12th - Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77
Dec 14th - Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
Impressionist Claude Monet (Dec 5th) Dec 17th - Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70
Dec 25th - Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47
Dec 29th - Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51