In the year 1926
300 Notable deaths
Barbara La Marr
American actress and screenwriter (1896-1926).
Born July 28th, 1896 in Yakima.
Died January 30th, 1926 at 29 years old in Altadena (tuberculosis, nephritis).
Aleksey Brusilov
Russian and soviet military commander.
Born August 3rd, 1853 in Tbilisi.
Died March 17th, 1926 at 72 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926).
Born February 26th, 1857 in Troyes.
Died July 2nd, 1926 at 69 years old in Nancy.
Thomas Burberry
British businessman (1835–1926).
Born August 27th, 1835 in Brockham.
Died April 7th, 1926 at 90 years old in Hook.
Kim Hyŏng-jik
Father of kim il-sung.
Born July 10th, 1894 in Mangyŏngdae.
Died June 5th, 1926 at 31 years old in Jilin (frostbite).
Viktor Vasnetsov
Russian artist (1848-1926).
Born May 15th, 1848 in Lopyal.
Died July 23rd, 1926 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist (1856–1926).
Born February 15th, 1856 in Neustrelitz.
Died October 7th, 1926 at 70 years old in Munich (pneumonia).
Camillo Golgi
Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and nobel laureate (1843-1926).
Born July 7th, 1843 in Corteno Golgi.
Died January 21st, 1926 at 82 years old in Pavia.
Washington Roebling
American civil engineer (1837–1926).
Born May 26th, 1837 in Saxonburg.
Died July 21st, 1926 at 89 years old in Trenton.
Joseph Gurney Cannon
American politician (1836–1926).
Born May 7th, 1836 in Guilford County.
Died November 12th, 1926 at 90 years old in Danville (disease).
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.
Thomas Moran
American artist (1837-1926).
Born February 12th, 1837 in Bolton.
Died August 25th, 1926 at 89 years old in Santa Barbara.
Emily Hobhouse
British welfare campaigner (1860–1926).
Born April 9th, 1860 in St Ive.
Died June 8th, 1926 at 66 years old in London.
Bartolo Longo
Beatified italian catholic (1841-1926).
Born February 10th, 1841 in Latiano.
Died October 5th, 1926 at 85 years old in Pompei.
Israel Zangwill
British zionist author (1864–1926).
Born February 14th, 1864 in London.
Died August 1st, 1926 at 62 years old in Midhurst.
Charles William Eliot
American president of harvard (1834–1926).
Born March 20th, 1834 in Boston. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1926 at 92 years old in Northeast Harbor.
Nikola Pašić
Serbian politician (1845-1926).
Born December 18th, 1846 in Veliki Izvor.
Died December 10th, 1926 at 79 years old in Belgrade.
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).
Edwin Abbott Abbott
British theologian and author (1838-1926).
Born December 20th, 1838 in Marylebone.
Died October 12th, 1926 at 87 years old in Hampstead.
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.
Died February 8th, 1926 at 64 years old in London Borough of Merton.
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).
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