December 26th
178 Notable deaths
Karl Kleist
German psychiatrist (1879-1960).
Born January 31st, 1879 in Mulhouse.
Died December 26th, 1960 at 81 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Urban Gad
Danish filmmaker (1879-1947).
Born February 12th, 1879 in Skælskør. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1947 at 68 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Carl Legien
German politician and trade unionist (1861-1920).
Born December 1st, 1861 in Malbork. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1920 at 59 years old in Berlin.
Giuseppe Gamba
Catholic cardinal (1857-1929).
Born April 25th, 1857 in San Damiano d'Asti. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1929 at 72 years old in Turin. [ref]
Ivar Formo
Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer.
Died December 26th, 2006 at 55 years old in Oslo (drowning). [ref]
Egidio Vagnozzi
Catholic cardinal (1906-1980).
Born February 2nd, 1906 in Rome. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1980 at 74 years old in Rome.
Lev Shcherba
Russian and soviet linguist (1880-1944).
Born March 3rd, 1880 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 26th, 1944 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Elias Katz
Athletics competitor.
Born June 22nd, 1901 in Turku.
Died December 26th, 1947 at 46 years old in Gaza City.
Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev
Russian musician.
Born January 15th, 1861 in Bezhetsk.
Died December 26th, 1918 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Henry Watson Fowler
British lexicographer and linguist (1858–1933).
Born March 10th, 1858 in Tonbridge.
Died December 26th, 1933 at 75 years old in Hinton St George (tuberculosis).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 178
The fear of death is the beginning of slavery. Robert Anton Wilson