In the year 1926
300 Notable deaths
Horatio Frederick Phillips
British aviation engineer (1845-1926).
Born February 2nd, 1845 in Vauxhall.
Died July 15th, 1926 at 81 years old in Milford on Sea.
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.
Died September 26th, 1926 at 54 years old in Antigua Guatemala (angina pectoris).
Richard F. Pettigrew
American politician (1848–1926).
Born July 23rd, 1848 in Ludlow.
Died October 5th, 1926 at 78 years old in Sioux Falls.
Rogier Verbeek
Dutch vulcanologist and paleontologist (1845-1926).
Born April 7th, 1845 in Doorn.
Died April 9th, 1926 at 81 years old in The Hague.
Richard Caton
British scientist (1842-1926).
Born July 26th, 1842 in Bradford.
Died January 2nd, 1926 at 83 years old in Haslemere.
Albert Corey
French long distance runner (1878-1926).
Born April 16th, 1878 in Meursault.
Died August 3rd, 1926 at 48 years old in Paris.
Jean Richepin
French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926).
Born February 4th, 1849 in Médéa.
Died December 12th, 1926 at 77 years old in rue de la Tour.
Bertha Wegmann
Danish painter (1847-1926).
Born December 16th, 1847 in Soglio.
Died February 22nd, 1926 at 78 years old in Copenhagen.
William B. McKinley
United states senator from illinois (1856–1926).
Born September 5th, 1856 in Petersburg.
Died December 7th, 1926 at 70 years old in Martinsville.
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.
Died October 25th, 1926 at 56 years old in Bilthoven.
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.
Ada Cambridge
English-born australian writer (1844-1926).
Born November 21st, 1844 in Norfolk.
Died July 19th, 1926 at 81 years old in Melbourne.
Bernard Pyne Grenfell
English egyptologist and papyrologist (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.
Franz von Soxhlet
German agricultural chemist (1848–1926).
Born January 12th, 1848 in Brno.
Died May 5th, 1926 at 78 years old in Munich.
Georgy Catoire
Russian composer (1861–1926).
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.
Jan Kasprowicz
Polish poet (1860–1926).
Born December 12th, 1860 in Szymborze. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1926 at 65 years old in Zakopane. [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 300
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld