In the year 1926

206 Notable deaths

Eddie Lyons

American actor, film director (1886–1926).

Born November 25th, 1886 in Beardstown.

Died August 30th, 1926 at 39 years old in Pasadena.

Emmet D. Boyle

American politician (1879-1926).

Born July 26th, 1879 in Virginia City.

Died January 3rd, 1926 at 46 years old in Reno.

Hans E. Kinck

Norwegian writer (1865–1926).

Born October 11th, 1865 in Øksfjord.

Died October 13th, 1926 at 61 years old in Oslo.

Louis Fleury

French musician.

Born May 24th, 1878 in Lyon. [ref]

Died June 10th, 1926 at 48 years old in Paris. [ref]

Mari Jászai

Hungarian actress.

Born February 24th, 1850 in Ászár.

Died October 5th, 1926 at 76 years old in Budapest.

Annie Speirs

British swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.

Born July 14th, 1889 in Liverpool.

Died October 26th, 1926 at 37 years old in Liverpool.

Maurice Hennequin

French playwright and writer.

Born December 10th, 1863 in Liège.

Died September 3rd, 1926 at 62 years old in Montreux.

Wesley Coe

American shot putter.

Born May 8th, 1879 in Boston.

Died December 24th, 1926 at 47 years old in Bozeman.

Siegfried Jacobsohn

German writer (1881–1926).

Born January 28th, 1881 in Berlin.

Died December 3rd, 1926 at 45 years old in Berlin.

Charles Piper

American botanist (1867-1926).

Born June 16th, 1867 in Victoria.

Died February 11th, 1926 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C..

Wilhelm Braune

German philologist.

Born February 20th, 1850 in Großthiemig. [ref]

Died November 10th, 1926 at 76 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]

Warren Wood

Amateur golfer.

Born April 27th, 1887 in Chicago.

Died October 27th, 1926 at 39 years old in Pelham.

Emanuel Felke

German naturopath (1856–1926).

Born February 7th, 1856 in Kläden.

Died August 16th, 1926 at 70 years old in Munich.

Zhang Jian

Chinese politician (1853-1926).

Born July 1st, 1853 in Changle Town.

Died August 24th, 1926 at 73 years old in Haimen District.

Joan Alcover Maspons

Spanish author.

Born May 3rd, 1854 in Palma. [ref]

Died February 26th, 1926 at 71 years old in Palma. [ref]

Jules Gilliéron

Linguist and dialectologist (1854-1926).

Born December 21st, 1854 in La Neuveville.

Died April 26th, 1926 at 71 years old in Ligerz.

Pierre Decourcelle

French writer and playwright (1856–1926).

Born January 25th, 1856 in boulevard Saint-Martin.

Died October 10th, 1926 at 70 years old in rue du Cirque.

Eduard Hackel

Austrian botanist (1850-1926).

Born March 17th, 1850 in Nový Bor.

Died February 2nd, 1926 at 75 years old in Attersee am Attersee.

Gustav Borgen

Norwegian photographer.

Born June 10th, 1865 in Christiania.

Died August 16th, 1926 at 61 years old in Christiania.

Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov

Russian statistician (1874-1926).

Born February 18th, 1874 in Mosalsk.

Died April 19th, 1926 at 52 years old in Geneva.

Volodymyr Hnatiuk

Ukrainian etnographer and writer.

Born May 9th, 1871 in Velesniv.

Died October 6th, 1926 at 55 years old in Lviv.

Friedrich Karl Ginzel

Austrian astronomer.

Born February 23rd, 1850 in Liberec.

Died June 29th, 1926 at 76 years old in Berlin.

Ernst Lecher

Austrian physicist (1856-1926).

Born June 1st, 1856 in Vienna.

Died July 19th, 1926 at 70 years old in Vienna.

Rudolph Tesing

Olympic wrestler (1881–1926).

Born February 4th, 1881 in New York City.

Died April 29th, 1926 at 45 years old in Staten Island.

Carlos Luigi Spegazzini

Argentine mycologist (1858-1926).

Born April 20th, 1858 in Bairo.

Died July 1st, 1926 at 68 years old in La Plata.

Deaths 151 to 175 of 206

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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot