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In the year 1926

190 Notable deaths

Louis Majorelle

French artist.

Born September 26th, 1859 in Toul. [ref]

Died January 15th, 1926 at 66 years old in Nancy. [ref]

Constantin Fehrenbach

German politician (1852-1926).

Born January 11th, 1852 in Bonndorf im Schwarzwald.

Died March 26th, 1926 at 74 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Charles Angrand

French painter (1854-1926).

Born April 19th, 1854 in Criquetot-sur-Ouville. [ref]

Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Rouen. [ref]

Katō Takaaki

Japanese politician (1860-1926).

Born January 25th, 1860 in Saya. [ref]

Died January 28th, 1926 at 66 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).

Charles Wood

Irish composer and teacher (1866-1926).

Born June 15th, 1866 in Armagh. [ref]

Died July 12th, 1926 at 60 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Alexander Carlisle

British naval architect (1854-1926).

Born July 8th, 1854 in Ballymena.

Died March 5th, 1926 at 71 years old in London.

William Larned

American tennis player.

Born December 30th, 1872 in Summit. [ref]

Died December 16th, 1926 at 53 years old in New York City.

Léon Charles Thévenin

French telegraph engineer.

Born March 30th, 1857 in Meaux.

Died September 21st, 1926 at 69 years old in Paris.

Frank Nelson Cole

American mathematician.

Born September 20th, 1861 in Ashland.

Died May 27th, 1926 at 64 years old in New York City.

Piero Gobetti

Italian journalist, intellectual and radical liberal and anti-fascist (1901–1926).

Born June 19th, 1901 in Turin.

Died February 15th, 1926 at 24 years old in Paris.

Deaths 61 to 70 of 190

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