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In the year 1926
203 Notable deaths
Srečko Kosovel
Slovene poet (1904–1926).
Born March 18th, 1904 in Sežana.
Died May 27th, 1926 at 22 years old in Tomaj (meningitis).
Albion Woodbury Small
American sociologist (1854-1926).
Born May 11th, 1854 in Buckfield.
Died March 24th, 1926 at 71 years old in Chicago.
Anatole Le Braz
Breton writer and scholar.
Born April 2nd, 1859 in Duault. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1926 at 66 years old in Menton. [ref]
John Louis Emil Dreyer
Danish-irish astronomer.
Born February 13th, 1852 in Copenhagen.
Died September 14th, 1926 at 74 years old in Oxford.
Giovanni Amendola
Italian journalist and politician (1882-1926).
Born April 15th, 1882 in Naples. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1926 at 43 years old in Cannes.
Fyodor Schechtel
Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer (1859-1926).
Born August 7th, 1859 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 7th, 1926 at 66 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Heinrich Pesch
German economist (1854-1926).
Born September 17th, 1854 in Cologne.
Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Valkenburg aan de Geul.
José María Orellana
Guatemalan president (1872-1926).
Born July 11th, 1872 in El Jícaro, El Progreso.
Died September 26th, 1926 at 54 years old in Antigua Guatemala (angina pectoris).
Albert Corey
French long distance runner (1878-1926).
Born April 16th, 1878 in Meursault.
Died August 3rd, 1926 at 48 years old in Paris.
Charles-Amable Lenoir
French painter (1860-1926).
Born October 22nd, 1860 in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Died August 1st, 1926 at 65 years old in Paris.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 203
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