In the year 2026
566 Notable deaths
Rosa Salikhova
Soviet volleyball player.
Born September 24th, 1944 in Nizhny Tagil. [ref]
Died March 26th, 2026 at 81 years old in Zelenograd. [ref]
Ján Plachetka
Slovak chess player.
Born February 18th, 1945 in Trenčín.
Died May 24th, 2026 at 81 years old [ref]
Pekka Vennamo
Finnish politician.
Born November 7th, 1944 in Helsinki.
Died February 9th, 2026 at 81 years old in Meilahti hospital area (disease). [ref]
Marin Andrei
Romanian footballer.
Born October 22nd, 1940 in Târgoviște.
Died May 14th, 2026 at 85 years old [ref]
Marie Rouanet
Occitan singer and writer.
Born May 26th, 1936 in Béziers.
Died January 25th, 2026 at 89 years old in Saint-Affrique. [ref]
Sergei Nekrasov
Russian footballer.
Born January 29th, 1973 in Moscow.
Died March 9th, 2026 at 53 years old [ref]
Constantino Conti
Italian cyclist.
Born November 26th, 1945 in Nibionno. [ref]
Died June 10th, 2026 at 80 years old [ref]
Wolfgang Steinmayr
Austrian cyclist.
Born September 6th, 1944 in Innsbruck.
Died May 19th, 2026 at 81 years old [ref]
Jürgen Plagemann
West german rower.
Born December 28th, 1936 in Lauenburg/Elbe.
Died January 8th, 2026 at 89 years old [ref]
Lucien Weiler
Luxembourgish politician (1951-2026).
Born August 3rd, 1951 in Ettelbruck. [ref]
Died February 1st, 2026 at 74 years old in Diekirch. [ref]
Antonio Arcari
Apostolic nuncio.
Born May 8th, 1953 in Pralboino.
Died May 1st, 2026 at 72 years old in Gavardo.
Raymond Riotte
Road bicycle racer.
Born February 18th, 1940 in Sarry.
Died April 14th, 2026 at 86 years old in Avallon.
Kazimierz Wielikosielec
Roman catholic bishop.
Born May 5th, 1945 in Staravolia.
Died February 8th, 2026 at 80 years old in Gomel. [ref]
Andrei Socaci
Romanian weightlifter.
Born June 19th, 1966 in Sântimbru. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2026 at 59 years old [ref]
Emanuel Raasch
German racing cyclist.
Born November 16th, 1955 in Burg. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2026 at 70 years old [ref]
József Marosi
Hungarian fencer.
Born October 16th, 1934 in Budapest.
Died April 18th, 2026 at 91 years old [ref]
Viktor Kravchenko
Soviet triple jumper.
Born May 25th, 1941 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died April 7th, 2026 at 84 years old [ref]
Alfio Rapisarda
Italian nuncio (1933–2026).
Born September 3rd, 1933 in Zafferana Etnea.
Died February 11th, 2026 at 92 years old in Aci Sant'Antonio. [ref]
Tim Gerresheim
German fencer.
Born February 24th, 1939 in Berlin.
Died March 3rd, 2026 at 87 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Marcel Loncle
French footballer.
Born January 5th, 1936 in Saint-Malo.
Died January 22nd, 2026 at 90 years old in Saint-Malo. [ref]
Manuel Bueno Cabral
Spanish footballer.
Born February 5th, 1940 in Seville.
Died February 7th, 2026 at 86 years old [ref]
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Cameroonian film director and writer.
Born January 1st, 1957 in Nindjé.
Died May 12th, 2026 at 69 years old in Yaoundé. [ref]
András Katona
Hungarian water polo player.
Born February 20th, 1938 in Budapest.
Died March 5th, 2026 at 88 years old [ref]
Cristian Camilo Muñoz
Colombian cyclist.
Born March 20th, 1996 in Ventaquemada.
Died April 24th, 2026 at 30 years old in Oviedo (sports accident). [ref]
Deaths 526 to 550 of 566
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain