26 August Deaths

August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

526 – Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (b. 454)
787 – Arechis II, duke of Benevento
887 – Kōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 830)
1214 – Michael IV of Constantinople
1278 – Ottokar II of Bohemia (b. 1233)
1346 – Charles II, Count of Alençon (b. 1297)
1346 – Louis I, Count of Flanders (b. 1304)
1346 – Louis II, Count of Blois
1346 – Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
1346 – John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290)
1399 – Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1333)
1462 – Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
1486 – Ernest, Elector of Saxony (b. 1441)
1500 – Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1449)
1551 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1572 – Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
1595 – António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
1666 – Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1714 – Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
1785 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
1810 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
1813 – Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
1850 – Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
1865 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
1878 – Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
1910 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1921 – Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
1921 – Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
1930 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1943 – Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
1944 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
1945 – Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
1946 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1956 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
1966 – W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
1968 – Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
1972 – Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)
1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
1975 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1976 – Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (b. 1888)
1977 – H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (b. 1898)
1978 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
1978 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
1979 – Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908)
1980 – Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (b. 1874)
1980 – Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)
1981 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1981 – Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
1986 – Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
1987 – John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919)
1987 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1988 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
1989 – Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
1990 – Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934)
1991 – Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)[3]
1992 – Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
1993 – Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923)
1995 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1934)
1998 – Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2000 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939)
2000 – Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)[2]
2001 – Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
2001 – Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1940)
2003 – Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2004 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1952)
2005 – Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1960)
2005 – Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (b. 1927)
2005 – Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
2006 – Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1924)
2006 – Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1926)
2007 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928)
2009 – Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (b. 1925)
2010 – Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918)
2011 – George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (b. 1929)
2011 – Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2011 – John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (b. 1949)
2012 – Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (b. 1929)
2012 – Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1936)
2012 – Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (b. 1943)
2012 – Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1940)
2013 – Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (b. 1922)
2013 – John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (b. 1921)
2013 – Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (b. 1954)
2013 – Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950)
2013 – Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
2014 – Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950)
2014 – Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960)
2014 – Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2015 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911)
2015 – Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
2015 – P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931)
2015 – Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952)
2015 – Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935)
2017 – Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943)
2018 – Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927)

Source: wikipedia