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In the year 2026
564 Notable deaths
Vladimir Cvetković
Serbian basketball player.
Born May 24th, 1941 in Loznica.
Died May 6th, 2026 at 84 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Vicente Lucas
Portuguese footballer.
Born September 24th, 1935 in Maputo.
Died April 14th, 2026 at 90 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Rino Marchesi
Italian footballer and manager (1937-2026).
Born June 11th, 1937 in San Giuliano Milanese.
Died March 1st, 2026 at 88 years old
Probal Dasgupta
Former president of the universala esperanto-asocio.
Born September 19th, 1953 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2026 at 72 years old in Kolkata (stroke). [ref]
Colette Flesch
Luxembourgish politician (1937-2026).
Born April 16th, 1937 in Dudelange.
Died January 21st, 2026 at 88 years old in Luxembourg. [ref]
Anthony James Leggett
British physicist (1938–2026).
Born March 26th, 1938 in Camberwell.
Died March 8th, 2026 at 87 years old in Urbana. [ref]
Robert Goebbels
Luxembourgian politician.
Born April 3rd, 1944 in Luxembourg.
Died January 6th, 2026 at 81 years old in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. [ref]
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Lithuanian composer and diplomat (1937—2026).
Born December 19th, 1937 in Miliūnai.
Died April 15th, 2026 at 88 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Astrid Roemer
Surinamese author.
Born April 27th, 1947 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2026 at 78 years old in Paramaribo. [ref]
Geovani Silva
Brazilian footballer (1964–2026).
Born April 6th, 1964 in Vitória.
Died May 18th, 2026 at 62 years old (organ dysfunction). [ref]
Emil Paul Tscherrig
Swiss roman catholic archbishop and vatican diplomat (1947-2026).
Born February 3rd, 1947 in Unterems.
Died May 12th, 2026 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Mladen Bartolović
Bosnian footballer.
Born April 10th, 1977 in Zavidovići.
Died January 19th, 2026 at 48 years old [ref]
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Football manager and former player.
Born October 21st, 1966 in Dushanbe.
Died January 1st, 2026 at 59 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Wiesław Myśliwski
Polish writer.
Born March 25th, 1932 in Dwikozy.
Died March 29th, 2026 at 94 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Juris Upatnieks
Latvian-american physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram.
Died May 17th, 2026 at 90 years old [ref]
Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza
Spanish basque politician (1938–2026).
Born June 2nd, 1938 in Pamplona.
Died May 4th, 2026 at 87 years old in Pamplona (infarction). [ref]
Miklós Dudás
Hungarian canoeist.
Born April 14th, 1991 in Budapest.
Died January 5th, 2026 at 34 years old in Budapest District XVIII. [ref]
Craig Venter
American biotechnologist and businessman (1946–2026).
Born October 14th, 1946 in Salt Lake City.
Died April 29th, 2026 at 79 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Lebanese writer and poet (1937–2026).
Born December 23rd, 1937 in Bikfaya.
Died January 28th, 2026 at 88 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Fernando Mamede
Portuguese long-distance runner (1951–2026).
Born November 1st, 1951 in Beja. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2026 at 74 years old [ref]
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Italian film director.
Born August 7th, 1942 in Rome.
Died April 3rd, 2026 at 83 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russian literary critic.
Born April 16th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died May 14th, 2026 at 102 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Adam Sandurski
Polish wrestler.
Born February 8th, 1953 in Zarzecze.
Died February 21st, 2026 at 73 years old in Witten. [ref]
Borislav Paravac
Bosnian serb politician.
Born February 18th, 1943 in Kostajnica.
Died February 18th, 2026 at 83 years old in Doboj. [ref]
Ahmad Obeidat
Jordanian politician.
Born November 18th, 1938 in Abila.
Died February 2nd, 2026 at 87 years old in Amman. [ref]
Deaths 401 to 425 of 564
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