In the year 1926
206 Notable deaths
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Prince of france (1869-1926).
Born August 24th, 1869 in Twickenham.
Died March 28th, 1926 at 56 years old in Palermo.
Ugyen Wangchuck
King of bhutan (1862-1926).
Born June 11th, 1862 in Bumthang District.
Died August 21st, 1926 at 64 years old in Bumthang District.
Martin van Maële
French illustrator (1863–1926).
Born October 12th, 1863 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died September 5th, 1926 at 62 years old in Varennes-Jarcy.
Mikao Usui
Founder of reiki (1865-1926).
Born August 15th, 1865 in Gifu Prefecture.
Died March 9th, 1926 at 60 years old in Fukuyama (stroke).
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dutch physicist, nobel prize winner (1853-1926).
Born September 21st, 1853 in Groningen.
Died February 21st, 1926 at 72 years old in Leiden.
Emily Hobhouse
British welfare campaigner (1860–1926).
Born April 9th, 1860 in St Ive.
Died June 8th, 1926 at 66 years old in London.
Israel Zangwill
British zionist author (1864–1926).
Born February 14th, 1864 in London.
Died August 1st, 1926 at 62 years old in Midhurst.
Alton B. Parker
American judge (1852–1926).
Born May 14th, 1852 in Cortland.
Died May 10th, 1926 at 73 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Georges Vézina
Ice hockey goaltender (1887–1926).
Born January 21st, 1887 in Chicoutimi.
Died March 27th, 1926 at 39 years old in Chicoutimi (tuberculosis).
William Bateson
British geneticist and biologist (1861-1926).
Born August 8th, 1861 in Whitby. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1926 at 64 years old in London Borough of Merton. [ref]
Lyubov Dostoevskaya
Russian writer and memoirist (1869–1926).
Born September 26th, 1869 in Dresden.
Died November 10th, 1926 at 57 years old in Bolzano (leukemia).
Carl Akeley
Taxidermist,sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, nature photographer (1864-1926).
Born May 19th, 1864 in Clarendon. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1926 at 62 years old in Mount Mikeno.
Mariam Thresia Chiramel
Indian saint.
Born April 26th, 1876 in Thrissur district.
Died June 8th, 1926 at 50 years old in Kerala.
Karl Harrer
German journalist and politician (1890-1926).
Born October 8th, 1890.
Died September 5th, 1926 at 35 years old in Munich.
Knut Wicksell
Swedish economist (1851–1926).
Born December 20th, 1851 in Maria Magdalena parish.
Died May 3rd, 1926 at 74 years old in Danderyd.
Friedrich von Wieser
Austrian economist (1851-1926).
Born July 10th, 1851 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1926 at 75 years old in Brunnwinkl. [ref]
Sidney Lee
English biographer and critic (1859–1926).
Born December 5th, 1859 in Bloomsbury.
Died March 3rd, 1926 at 66 years old in London.
Lee Wan-Yong
Minister of korea, who signed the japan-korea annexation treaty (1858-1926).
Born July 17th, 1858 in Seongnam.
Died February 12th, 1926 at 67 years old in Seoul (pneumonia).
Ronald Firbank
English novelist (1886-1926).
Born January 17th, 1886 in Italy, London. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1926 at 40 years old in Rome. [ref]
Théo van Rysselberghe
Belgian painter (1862-1926).
Born November 23rd, 1862 in Ghent. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1926 at 64 years old in Le Lavandou. [ref]
Carlos Schwabe
German artist (1866-1926).
Born July 21st, 1866 in Altona. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1926 at 59 years old in Avon. [ref]
Leonid Krasin
Soviet diplomat (1870-1926).
Born July 27th, 1870 in Kurgan. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1926 at 56 years old in London (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Philip Burne-Jones
English artist (1861–1926).
Born October 2nd, 1861 in London.
Died June 21st, 1926 at 64 years old in London.
Krste Misirkov
Philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer.
Born November 18th, 1874 in Pella.
Died July 26th, 1926 at 51 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Nikolay Chkheidze
Georgian politician (1864-1926).
Died June 13th, 1926 at 62 years old in Levill Manor.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore