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In the year 1926
206 Notable deaths
Adolphe Willette
French artist (1857-1926).
Born July 30th, 1857 in Châlons-en-Champagne. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1926 at 68 years old in rue Lacroix. [ref]
Larisa Reisner
Russian writer, editor.
Born May 14th, 1895 in Lublin. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1926 at 30 years old in Moscow (typhoid fever). [ref]
Enrico Toselli
Italian pianist and composer (1883-1926).
Born March 15th, 1883 in Florence.
Died January 15th, 1926 at 42 years old in Florence.
Joseph Pennell
American artist and author (1857-1926).
Born July 4th, 1857 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1926 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Dorothy Tennant
British artist (1855-1926).
Born March 22nd, 1855 in London.
Died October 5th, 1926 at 71 years old in London.
Srečko Kosovel
Slovene poet (1904–1926).
Born March 18th, 1904 in Sežana.
Died May 27th, 1926 at 22 years old in Tomaj (meningitis).
Albion Woodbury Small
American sociologist (1854-1926).
Born May 11th, 1854 in Buckfield.
Died March 24th, 1926 at 71 years old in Chicago.
Anatole Le Braz
Breton writer and scholar (1859–1926).
Born April 2nd, 1859 in Duault.
Died March 20th, 1926 at 66 years old in Menton.
John Louis Emil Dreyer
Danish-irish astronomer.
Born February 13th, 1852 in Copenhagen.
Died September 14th, 1926 at 74 years old in Oxford.
Giovanni Amendola
Italian journalist and politician (1882-1926).
Born April 15th, 1882 in Naples.
Died April 7th, 1926 at 43 years old in Cannes.
Fyodor Schechtel
Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer (1859-1926).
Born August 7th, 1859 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 7th, 1926 at 66 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Heinrich Pesch
German economist (1854-1926).
Born September 17th, 1854 in Cologne.
Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Valkenburg aan de Geul.
José María Orellana
Guatemalan president (1872-1926).
Born July 11th, 1872 in El Jícaro, El Progreso.
Died September 26th, 1926 at 54 years old in Antigua Guatemala (angina pectoris).
Albert Corey
French long distance runner (1878-1926).
Born April 16th, 1878 in Meursault.
Died August 3rd, 1926 at 48 years old in Paris.
Charles-Amable Lenoir
French painter (1860-1926).
Born October 22nd, 1860 in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Died August 1st, 1926 at 65 years old in Paris.
Josias von Heeringen
German general (1850-1926).
Born March 9th, 1850 in Kassel.
Died October 9th, 1926 at 76 years old in Charlottenburg.
Antonius van den Broek
Dutch physicist and lawyer (1870-1926).
Born May 4th, 1870 in Zoetermeer. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1926 at 56 years old in Bilthoven. [ref]
Albin Egger-Lienz
Austrian painter (1868-1926).
Born January 29th, 1868 in Stribach.
Died November 4th, 1926 at 58 years old in Bolzano.
Paul Matschie
German zoologist (1861–1926).
Born August 11th, 1861 in Brandenburg an der Havel. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1926 at 64 years old in Berlin (rectum cancer). [ref]
Fumiko Kaneko
Japanese activist (1903-1926).
Born January 25th, 1903 in Yokohama.
Died July 23rd, 1926 at 23 years old in Utsunomiya (hanging to death).
Giuseppe Allamano
Italian roman catholic priest (1851-1926).
Born January 21st, 1851 in Castelnuovo Don Bosco.
Died February 16th, 1926 at 75 years old in Turin.
Bernard Pyne Grenfell
English scientist and egyptologist (1869–1926).
Born December 16th, 1869 in Birmingham.
Died May 18th, 1926 at 56 years old in Oxford.
Jean-Eugène Buland
French painter (1852-1926).
Born October 26th, 1852 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1926 at 73 years old in Charly-sur-Marne.
Georgy Catoire
Russian composer.
Born April 27th, 1861 in Moscow.
Died May 21st, 1926 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Paul Cassirer
German art dealer (1871–1926).
Born February 21st, 1871 in Görlitz.
Died January 7th, 1926 at 54 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 206
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