In the year 1926
300 Notable deaths
August Thyssen
German industrialist (1842-1926).
Born May 17th, 1842 in Eschweiler.
Died April 4th, 1926 at 83 years old in Landsberg Castle (pneumonia).
Dwijendranath Tagore
Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter (1840–1926).
Born March 11th, 1840 in Kolkata.
Died January 19th, 1926 at 85 years old in Santiniketan.
Louis Majorelle
French artist (1859–1926).
Born September 26th, 1859 in Toul.
Died January 15th, 1926 at 66 years old in Nancy.
Désiré Mercier
Roman-catholic cardinal.
Born November 21st, 1851 in Braine-l'Alleud.
Died January 23rd, 1926 at 74 years old in Brussels.
Edward Granville Browne
British iranologist (1862–1926).
Born February 7th, 1862 in Stouts Hill.
Died January 5th, 1926 at 63 years old in Cambridge.
Eino Leino
Finnish poet and journalist (1878–1926).
Born July 6th, 1878 in Paltamo, Hövelö.
Died January 10th, 1926 at 47 years old in Tuusula.
Georg Friedrich Knapp
German economist (1842-1926).
Born March 7th, 1842 in Giessen.
Died February 20th, 1926 at 83 years old in Darmstadt.
Albert Robida
French illustrator (1848–1926).
Born May 14th, 1848 in Compiègne.
Died October 11th, 1926 at 78 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Constantin Fehrenbach
German politician (1852-1926).
Born January 11th, 1852 in Wellendingen.
Died March 26th, 1926 at 74 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Katō Takaaki
Japanese politician (1860-1926).
Born January 25th, 1860 in Saya. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1926 at 66 years old in Kōjimachi-ku (pneumonia).
Alexander Carlisle
British naval architect (1854-1926).
Born July 8th, 1854 in Bibi Breijman.
Died March 5th, 1926 at 71 years old in London.
Lionel Royer
French painter (1852-1926).
Born December 25th, 1852 in Château-du-Loir.
Died June 30th, 1926 at 73 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Victor Babeș
Romanian physician (1854–1926).
Born July 28th, 1854 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1926 at 72 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Gustav Otto
German aerospace engineer (1883–1926).
Born January 12th, 1883 in Cologne.
Died February 28th, 1926 at 43 years old in Munich.
Helen Allingham
English watercolour painter and illustrator (1848-1926).
Born September 26th, 1848 in Derbyshire.
Died September 28th, 1926 at 78 years old in Haslemere.
Anteo Zamboni
Italian failed child assassin (1911–1926).
Born April 11th, 1911 in Bologna.
Died October 31st, 1926 at 15 years old in Bologna (lynching).
William Larned
American tennis player (1872–1926).
Born December 30th, 1872 in Summit. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1926 at 53 years old in New York City.
Geneviève Halévy
French salon holder.
Born February 26th, 1849 in Paris.
Died December 22nd, 1926 at 77 years old in Paris.
Charles Wood
Irish composer.
Born June 15th, 1866 in Armagh.
Died July 12th, 1926 at 60 years old in Cambridge.
Charles Angrand
French painter (1854-1926).
Born April 29th, 1854 in Criquetot-sur-Ouville.
Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Rouen.
Albert B. Cummins
American politician (1850–1926).
Born February 15th, 1850 in Greene County.
Died July 30th, 1926 at 76 years old in Des Moines.
Léon Charles Thévenin
French telegraph engineer (1857–1926).
Born March 30th, 1857 in Meaux.
Died September 21st, 1926 at 69 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Simon Bamberger
American politician (1846-1926).
Born February 27th, 1846 in Eberstadt.
Died October 6th, 1926 at 80 years old in Salt Lake City.
Princess Maria Letizia, Duchess of Aosta
Duchess of aosta (1866–1926).
Born December 20th, 1866 in Paris, 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 25th, 1926 at 59 years old in Moncalieri (disease).
Jan Szczepanik
Polish inventor (1872-1926).
Born June 13th, 1872 in Mostyska.
Died April 18th, 1926 at 53 years old in Tarnów (liver cancer).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 300
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving