In the year 2026
376 Notable deaths
João Canijo
Portuguese film director and screenwriter (1957–2026).
Born December 10th, 1957 in Porto. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2026 at 68 years old in Vila Viçosa. [ref]
Ueli Kestenholz
Swiss snowboarder and extreme athlete (1975–2026).
Died January 11th, 2026 at 50 years old in Sion. [ref]
Eli Alaluf
Israeli politician.
Born February 17th, 1945 in Fez. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2026 at 80 years old in Ashdod. [ref]
Jan Mårtenson
Swedish writerand diplomat.
Born February 14th, 1933 in Uppsala.
Died January 12th, 2026 at 92 years old [ref]
Marcos Leite
Brazilian basketball player.
Born March 23rd, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 22nd, 2026 at 73 years old [ref]
Philaret
The patriarch of kyiv and all rus’-ukraine, the head of the ukrainian orthodox church — kyiv patriarchate (1929-2026).
Born January 23rd, 1929 in Blahodatne.
Died March 20th, 2026 at 97 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Fernando Esteso
Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter (1945-2026).
Born February 16th, 1945 in Zaragoza.
Died February 1st, 2026 at 80 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Aleksandr Dulichenko
Estonian-russian linguist (1941-2026).
Born October 30th, 1941 in Vysokij.
Died March 6th, 2026 at 84 years old
Forest Able
American basketball player.
Born July 27th, 1932 in Louisville.
Died January 4th, 2026 at 93 years old in Fairdale. [ref]
Francesco Calogero
Italian physicist and peace activist (1935-2026).
Born February 6th, 1935 in Fiesole.
Died January 31st, 2026 at 90 years old in Rome. [ref]
Franco Menichelli
Italian gymnast.
Born August 3rd, 1941 in Rome.
Died January 28th, 2026 at 84 years old [ref]
Valeria Fedeli
Italian politician (1949-2026).
Born July 29th, 1949 in Treviglio. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2026 at 76 years old in Rome. [ref]
Marian Kasprzyk
Polish boxer.
Born September 22nd, 1939 in Kielce.
Died February 2nd, 2026 at 86 years old in Bielsko-Biała. [ref]
Moustafa Reyadh
Egyptian association football player.
Born April 5th, 1941 in Bulaq.
Died February 24th, 2026 at 84 years old [ref]
Ali Salim al-Beidh
Yemeni politician, last president of the people's democratic republic of yemen, first vice president of the republic of yemen.
Born February 10th, 1939 in Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar District.
Died January 17th, 2026 at 86 years old in Abu Dhabi. [ref]
Lyudmila Shevtsova
Athletics competitor.
Born November 26th, 1934 in Taman.
Died April 13th, 2026 at 91 years old [ref]
Ömer Kaner
Turkish association football player and manager (1951-2026).
Born May 21st, 1951 in Istanbul.
Died February 12th, 2026 at 74 years old [ref]
Benjaminas Zelkevičius
Lithuanian footballer and manager ( 1944-2026).
Born February 6th, 1944 in Kaunas.
Died January 12th, 2026 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Mukharby Kirzhinov
Soviet weightlifter.
Born January 1st, 1949 in Koshekhabl.
Died January 11th, 2026 at 77 years old [ref]
Davinder Singh
Indian field hockey player.
Born December 7th, 1952 in Punjab. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2026 at 73 years old [ref]
Abdulwahab Darawshe
Israeli politician.
Born October 12th, 1943 in Iksal. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2026 at 82 years old in Iksal. [ref]
Anna Psarouda - Benaki
Greek lawyer and politician.
Born December 12th, 1934 in Athens.
Died February 15th, 2026 at 91 years old in Athens. [ref]
Ota Zaremba
Czech weightlifter (1957–2026).
Born April 22nd, 1957 in Havířov.
Died January 23rd, 2026 at 68 years old [ref]
Hans-Georg Reimann
East german race walker.
Born August 24th, 1941 in Stariškė. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2026 at 84 years old in Döbeln. [ref]
Beatriz González
Colombian artist (1932-2026).
Born November 16th, 1932 in Bucaramanga. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2026 at 93 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Deaths 301 to 325 of 376
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker