Famous Deaths on October 26, Who Died on October 26
Here is a list who died on October 26. Famous deaths for the 26th of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 26. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1111 | Gómez González, Castilian nobleman and military leader |
| 1440 | Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404) |
| 1555 | Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526) |
| 1580 | Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1549) |
| 1609 | Matsudaira Tadayori, Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582) |
| 1631 | Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550) |
| 1633 | Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1596) |
| 1671 | Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) |
| 1675 | William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) |
| 1686 | John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623) |
| 1717 | Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657) |
| 1751 | Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702) |
| 1764 | William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697) |
| 1773 | Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682) |
| 1803 | Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721) |
| 1806 | John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752) |
| 1817 | Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727) |
| 1864 | William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838) |
| 1866 | John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803) |
| 1871 | Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805) |
| 1890 | Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826) |
| 1896 | Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827) |
| 1902 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815) |
| 1909 | Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841) |
| 1919 | Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864) |
| 1927 | Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898) |
| 1930 | Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860) |
| 1931 | Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859) |
| 1932 | Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867) |
| 1937 | Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867) |
| 1941 | Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904) |
| 1943 | Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862) |
| 1944 | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857) |
| 1945 | Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863) |
| 1946 | Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878) |
| 1947 | Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862) |
| 1949 | Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872) |
| 1952 | Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895) |
| 1956 | Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895) |
| 1957 | Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) |
| 1960 | Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881) |
| 1961 | Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886) |
| 1962 | Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902) |
| 1963 | Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879) |
| 1965 | Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (b. 1949) |
| 1966 | Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) |
| 1972 | Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889) |
| 1973 | Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883) |
| 1974 | Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914) |
| 1976 | Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (b. 1919) |
| 1978 | Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904) |
| 1979 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917) |
| 1984 | Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) |
| 1986 | Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897) |
| 1989 | Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| 1991 | Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (b. 1964) |
| 1993 | Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971) |
| 1994 | Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929) |
| 1995 | Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909) |
| 1998 | Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917) |
| 1999 | Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) |
| 2001 | Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911) |
| 2002 | Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908) |
| 2004 | Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2005 | Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958) |
| 2006 | Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920) |
| 2007 | Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
| 2008 | Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925) |
| 2009 | Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947) |
| 2010 | Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925) |
| 2011 | Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929) |
| 2012 | Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
| 2014 | Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (b. 1926) |
| 2017 | Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941) |
| 2021 | Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932) |
| 664 | Cedd, English monk and bishop (b. 620) |
| 760 | Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury |
| 899 | Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849) |
| 930 | Li Qi, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871) |
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