March 26th
246 Notable deaths
Spyridon Louis
Greek athlete.
Born January 12th, 1873 in Marousi.
Died March 26th, 1940 at 67 years old in Marousi.
César Cui
Russian composer and army officer.
Born January 6th, 1835 in Vilnius.
Died March 26th, 1918 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke).
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
British soldier, politician, and administrator (1823-1889).
Born September 10th, 1823 in Westminster St James.
Died March 26th, 1889 at 65 years old in Chandos House (diabetes).
Alex Comfort
British academic and physician (1920–2000).
Born February 10th, 1920 in London.
Died March 26th, 2000 at 80 years old in Oxford.
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015).
Born April 15th, 1931 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 26th, 2015 at 83 years old in Stockholm (stroke). [ref]
Whina Cooper
Māori leader (1895–1994).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Hokianga Harbour. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1994 at 98 years old in Panguru (disease). [ref]
Haseena Moin
Screenwriter (1941–2021).
Born November 20th, 1941 in Kanpur.
Died March 26th, 2021 at 79 years old in Karachi. [ref]
Walter Abel
American actor (1898-1987).
Born June 6th, 1898 in Saint Paul.
Died March 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Essex (myocardial infarction).
John Mayhew
British musician (1947-2009).
Born March 27th, 1947 in Ipswich.
Died March 26th, 2009 at 61 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Edward Condon
American physicist (1902-1974).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Alamogordo.
Died March 26th, 1974 at 72 years old in Boulder.
Manuel Marulanda
Colombian guerrilla and leader of the marxist–leninist farc-ep (1930–2008).
Born May 13th, 1930 in Génova.
Died March 26th, 2008 at 77 years old in Bogotá (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Reuben Fine
American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993).
Born October 11th, 1914 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 1993 at 78 years old in New York City.
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist (1902–1933).
Born October 25th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died March 26th, 1933 at 30 years old in New York City.
Leonard Darwin
English politician and eugenicist (1850–1943).
Born January 15th, 1850 in Downe.
Died March 26th, 1943 at 93 years old in London.
Alice Herz
American-based german activist.
Born May 25th, 1882 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1965 at 82 years old in Detroit (self-immolation). [ref]
Ian Keith
Actor (1899-1960).
Born February 27th, 1899 in Boston.
Died March 26th, 1960 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Stef Wertheimer
Israeli politician and businessman.
Born July 16th, 1926 in Kippenheim. [ref]
Died March 26th, 2025 at 98 years old [ref]
Sultan al-Atrash
Prominent arab druze leader, syrian nationalist and commander general of the syrian revolution (1925–1927).
Born March 5th, 1891 in Al-Qurayya.
Died March 26th, 1982 at 91 years old in Al-Qurayya (myocardial infarction).
Óscar Ichazo
Bolivian writer (1931–2020).
Born July 24th, 1931 in Bolivia.
Died March 26th, 2020 at 88 years old in Kihei. [ref]
Édouard Herriot
French radical politician (1872–1957).
Born July 5th, 1872 in Troyes.
Died March 26th, 1957 at 84 years old in Saint-Genis-Laval.
Fabrizio Frizzi
Italian television presenter.
Born February 5th, 1958 in Rome.
Died March 26th, 2018 at 60 years old in Rome (cerebral hemorrhage).
Thomas Hill Green
British philosopher (1836-1882).
Born April 7th, 1836 in West Yorkshire.
Died March 26th, 1882 at 45 years old in Oxford (sepsis).
Tofiq Bahramov
Soviet football referee (1925-1993).
Born January 29th, 1925 in Shusha.
Died March 26th, 1993 at 68 years old in Baku.
Luís de Orléans e Bragança
Military descendant of the extinct brazilian imperial family (1878–1920).
Born January 26th, 1878 in Petrópolis.
Died March 26th, 1920 at 42 years old in Cannes (disease).
Jean Stafford
American author (1915–1979).
Born July 1st, 1915 in Covina.
Died March 26th, 1979 at 63 years old in White Plains.
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha