In the year 1926
300 Notable deaths
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Irish economist (1845–1926).
Born February 8th, 1845 in Edgeworthstown.
Died February 13th, 1926 at 81 years old in Oxford.
Carl Akeley
American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, nature photographer (1864–1926).
Born May 19th, 1864 in Clarendon.
Died November 18th, 1926 at 62 years old in Mount Mikeno.
Mariam Thresia Chiramel
Indian saint (1876–1926).
Born April 26th, 1876 in Puthenchira.
Died June 8th, 1926 at 50 years old in Kuzhikattussery.
Karl Harrer
German journalist and politician (1890-1926).
Born October 8th, 1890.
Died September 5th, 1926 at 35 years old in Munich.
Charles Vance Millar
Canadian lawyer and financier.
Born June 28th, 1854 in Aylmer. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1926 at 72 years old in Toronto (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish inventor and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer ericsson (1846–1926).
Born May 5th, 1846 in Värmskog. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1926 at 80 years old in Botkyrka parish. [ref]
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]
Ellen Key
Swedish writer (1849-1926).
Born December 11th, 1849 in Gladhammar church parish. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1926 at 76 years old in Västra Tollstad church parish (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Joseph McKenna
Us supreme court justice from 1898 to 1925.
Born August 10th, 1843 in Philadelphia.
Died November 21st, 1926 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Sidney Lee
English biographer and critic (1859–1926).
Born December 5th, 1859 in Bloomsbury.
Died March 3rd, 1926 at 66 years old in London.
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]
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
(1846-1926) german philosopher.
Born January 5th, 1846 in Aurich. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1926 at 80 years old in Jena. [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.
Died January 22nd, 1926 at 59 years old in Avon.
Leonid Krasin
Russian revolutionary (1870-1926).
Born July 27th, 1870 in Kurgan.
Died November 24th, 1926 at 56 years old in London (cardiovascular disease).
Oscar Solomon Straus
American politician and diplomat (1850-1926).
Born December 23rd, 1850 in Otterberg.
Died May 3rd, 1926 at 75 years old in New York City.
Miura Gorō
Japanese politician (1847–1926).
Born January 1st, 1847 in Hagi.
Died January 28th, 1926 at 79 years old in Koishikawa.
Philip Burne-Jones
English artist (1861–1926).
Born October 1st, 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.
Eva Gore-Booth
Irish writer and activist.
Born May 22nd, 1870 in County Sligo. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1926 at 56 years old in London. [ref]
John W. Weeks
American politician (1860-1926).
Born April 11th, 1860 in Lancaster.
Died July 12th, 1926 at 66 years old in Lancaster.
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Russian general (1848-1926).
Born August 16th, 1848 in Telšiai.
Died February 2nd, 1926 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Paul Kammerer
Austrian scientist (1880-1926).
Born August 17th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 23rd, 1926 at 46 years old in Puchberg am Schneeberg (gunshot wound).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 300
Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce