In the year 1926

300 Notable deaths

Frank Nelson Cole

American mathematician (1861–1926).

Born September 20th, 1861 in Ashland.

Died May 27th, 1926 at 64 years old in New York City.

Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave

President of haiti (1863-1926).

Born April 6th, 1863 in Anse-à-Veau.

Died July 26th, 1926 at 63 years old in Anse-à-Veau.

Piero Gobetti

Italian journalist, intellectual and radical liberal and anti-fascist (1901–1926).

Born June 19th, 1901 in Turin.

Died February 15th, 1926 at 24 years old in Paris.

Ernest Troubridge

Royal navy officer during the first world war (1862-1926).

Born July 15th, 1862 in Hampstead.

Died January 28th, 1926 at 63 years old in Biarritz.

Ivana Kobilca

Slovenian artist (1861–1926).

Born December 20th, 1861 in Ljubljana.

Died December 4th, 1926 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]

Ernest Belfort Bax

British barrister and journalist (1854–1926).

Born July 23rd, 1854 in Leamington Spa.

Died November 26th, 1926 at 72 years old in London.

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 (1895–1926).

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 13th, 1883 in Florence.

Died January 15th, 1926 at 42 years old in Florence.

Harriet Williams Russell Strong

American social activist, inventor, conservationist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement (1844–1926).

Born July 23rd, 1844 in Buffalo.

Died September 6th, 1926 at 82 years old in Los Angeles County (traffic collision).

Joseph Pennell

American artist and author (1857-1926).

Born July 4th, 1857 in Philadelphia.

Died April 23rd, 1926 at 68 years old in New York City.

Charles Montagu Doughty

British poet (1843-1926).

Born August 19th, 1843 in Saxmundham.

Died January 20th, 1926 at 82 years old in Sissinghurst.

Dorothy Tennant

British artist (1855-1926).

Born March 22nd, 1855 in London.

Died October 5th, 1926 at 71 years old in London.

Nikolai Tchaikovsky

Russian revolutionary (1850–1926).

Born December 26th, 1850 in Kirov.

Died April 30th, 1926 at 75 years old in Harrow.

Ōshima Yoshimasa

Japanese general (1850–1926).

Born September 20th, 1850 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Died April 10th, 1926 at 75 years old in Tokyo.

Srečko Kosovel

Slovene poet (1904–1926).

Born March 18th, 1904 in Sežana.

Died May 27th, 1926 at 22 years old in Tomaj (meningitis).

Franz S. Exner

Austrian physicist (1849–1926).

Born March 24th, 1849 in Vienna.

Died November 15th, 1926 at 77 years old in Vienna.

Ferdynand Radziwiłł

German politician (1834-1926).

Born October 19th, 1834 in Berlin.

Died February 28th, 1926 at 91 years old in Rome.

Olympia Brown

American suffragist and universalist minister (1835–1926).

Born January 5th, 1835 in Prairie Ronde Township. [ref]

Died October 23rd, 1926 at 91 years old in Baltimore.

Abdul Halim Sharar

Indian author, playwright, essayist and historian.

Born September 4th, 1860 in Lucknow.

Died December 1st, 1926 at 66 years old in Lucknow.

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.

Kaufmann Kohler

German-born american bible scholar, reform rabbi and theologian (1843-1926).

Born May 10th, 1843 in Fürth.

Died January 28th, 1926 at 82 years old in Cincinnati.

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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid