Famous Deaths on May 26, Who Died on May 26
Here is a list who died on May 26. Famous deaths for the 26th of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 26. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1035 | Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (b. 1005) |
| 1055 | Adalbert, margrave of Austria |
| 1250 | Peter I, duke of Brittany |
| 1339 | Aldona Ona, queen of Poland |
| 1362 | Louis I, king of Naples (b. 1320) |
| 1421 | Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1389) |
| 1512 | Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1447) |
| 1536 | Francesco Berni, Italian poet (b. 1498) |
| 1552 | Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488) |
| 1648 | Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (b. 1597) |
| 1653 | Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588) |
| 1679 | Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) |
| 1685 | Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651) |
| 1702 | Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (d. 1638) |
| 1703 | Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633) |
| 1742 | Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672) |
| 1746 | Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660) |
| 1762 | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714) |
| 1799 | James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714) |
| 1818 | Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761) |
| 1824 | Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751) |
| 1840 | Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764) |
| 1881 | Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824) |
| 1883 | Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808) |
| 1902 | Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839) |
| 1908 | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835) |
| 1914 | Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849) |
| 1924 | Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859) |
| 1926 | Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904) |
| 1933 | Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1939 | Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865) |
| 1943 | Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893) |
| 1944 | Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885) |
| 1948 | Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896) |
| 1951 | Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880) |
| 1954 | Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900) |
| 1955 | Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver (b. 1918) |
| 1956 | Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902) |
| 1959 | Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876) |
| 1964 | Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (b. 1906) |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894) |
| 1969 | Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937) |
| 1974 | Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941) |
| 1976 | Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889) |
| 1978 | Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887) |
| 1979 | George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1904) |
| 1984 | Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936) |
| 1989 | Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927) |
| 1994 | Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (b. 1940) |
| 1995 | Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906) |
| 1997 | Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1896) |
| 1999 | Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906) |
| 2001 | Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937) |
| 2002 | Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932) |
| 2003 | Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919) |
| 2004 | Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931) |
| 2005 | Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906) |
| 2006 | Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963) |
| 2007 | Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942) |
| 2008 | Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
| 2009 | Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941) |
| 2010 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912) |
| 2011 | Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936) |
| 2013 | Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| 2016 | Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (b. 1928) |
| 2019 | Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Prime Minister of Thailand |
| 2022 | Andy Fletcher, English musician (b. 1961) |
| 604 | Augustine of Canterbury, Benedictine monk and archbishop |
| 735 | Bede, English monk, historian, and theologian |
| 818 | Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams |
| 926 | Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor |
| 946 | Edmund I, king of England (b. 921) |
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