Deaths on 26 February
2000s
Michelle Trachtenberg
2025
American actress (1985–2025)
Joseph Wapner
2017
American reality court show judge (1919–2017)
Andy Bathgate
2016
Canadian ice hockey player (1932–2016)
Don Getty
2016
Premier of Alberta from 1985 to 1992
Sheppard Frere
2015
British historian and archaeologist
Theodore Hesburgh
2015
American Catholic priest and 15th president of Notre Dame
Earl Lloyd
2015
American basketball player and coach (1928–2015)
Tom Schweich
2015
American politician, diplomat and attorney
Sorel Etrog
2014
Romanian born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer and sculptor (1933–2014)
Phyllis Krasilovsky
2014
American writer (1926–2014)
Marie-Claire Alain
2013
French organist (1926–2013)
Stéphane Hessel
2013
Writer, Holocaust survivor and French Resistance member
Simon Li
2013
Richard Carpenter (screenwriter)
2012
English screenwriter, author and actor (1929–2012)
Arnošt Lustig
2011
Czech Jewish writer (1926–2011)
Nujabes
2010
Japanese hip-hop producer (1974–2010)
Johnny Kerr
2009
American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1932–2009)
Wendy Richard
2009
British actress (1943–2009)
Norm Van Lier
2009
American basketball player (1947–2009)
Bodil Udsen
2008
Danish actress (1925–2008)
Georgina Battiscombe
2006
British biographer (1905–2006)
Jef Raskin
2005
American computer scientist (1943–2005)
Adolf Ehrnrooth
2004
Finnish general
Boris Trajkovski
2004
President of Macedonia from 1999 to 2004
Lawrence Tierney
2002
American actor (1919–2002)
George L. Street III
2000
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1913–2000)
Raosaheb Gogte
2000
Indian industrialist (1916–2000)
1900s
Theodore Schultz
1998
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1902–1998)
David Doyle
1997
American actor (1929–1997)
Jack Clayton
1995
British film director and producer (1921–1995)
Bill Hicks
1994
American comedian (1961–1994)
Constance Ford
1993
American actress and model (1923–1993)
Roy Eldridge
1989
American jazz trumpeter (1911–1989)
Tjalling Koopmans
1985
American mathematician (1910–1985)
Robert Aickman
1981
British writer and conservationist (1914–1981)
Howard Hanson
1981
American composer and music theorist (1896–1981)
Levi Eshkol
1969
Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969
Karl Jaspers
1969
German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
1966
Indian politician and ideologue (1883–1966)
Karl Albiker
1961
German sculptor
Mohammed V of Morocco
1961
Ruler of Morocco (1927–1953; 1955–1961)
Theodoros Pangalos
1952
Leader of Greece from 1925 to 1926
Sabiha Kasimati
1951
Albanian ichthyologist
Harry Lauder
1950
Scottish entertainer (1870–1950)
Heinrich Häberlin
1947
Swiss politician and judge (1868–1947)
Sándor Szurmay
1945
Hungarian military officer and politician
Potato Creek Johnny
1943
American frontiersman
Theodor Eicke
1943
German SS officer (1892–1943)
Takahashi Korekiyo
1936
Prime Minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922
Saitō Makoto
1936
Prime Minister of Japan from 1932 to 1934
Jōtarō Watanabe
1936
Japanese general (1874–1936)
Otto Wallach
1931
German chemist (1847–1931)
Mary Whiton Calkins
1930
American philosopher and psychologist
Carl Menger
1921
Founder of the Austrian School of economics (1840–1921)
Felix Draeseke
1913
German composer (1835–1913)
Jean Lanfray
1906
French murderer (d. 1906)
Richard Jordan Gatling
1903
American inventor (1818–1903)
1800s
Kathinka Kraft
1895
Norwegian memoirist (1826–1895)
Karl Davydov
1889
Musical artist
Anandi Gopal Joshi
1887
One of the first female Indian doctors, alongside Kadambini Ganguly
Alexandros Koumoundouros
1883
Greek politician (1815–1883)
Afzal-ud-Daulah
1869
Nizam of Hyderabad from 1857 to 1869
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
1864
Canadian politician
Sybil Ludington
1839
American woman (1761–1839)
Joseph de Maistre
1821
Savoyard political philosopher (1753–1821)
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1815
18th-century Austrian nobleman and military commander
Robert R. Livingston
1813
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1746–1813)
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
1806
French Army officer (1762–1806)
Esek Hopkins
1802
Continental Navy officer and privateer (1718-1802)
Before 1800
Joshua Rowley
1790
British admiral
Giuseppe Tartini
1770
Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)
Maximilian II Emanuel
1726
Elector of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726
Thomas d'Urfey
1723
English writer and playwright
Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac
1638
French mathematician (1581–1638)
William Brade
1630
English composer (1560–1630)
Anna Vasa of Sweden
1625
Swedish princess
Antonio Possevino
1611
Jesuit controversialist, encyclopedist and bibliographer
John Still
1608
Church of England bishop
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress
1603
Holy Roman Empress from 1564 to 1576
Erik XIV
1577
King of Sweden from 1560 to 1569
Lorenzino de' Medici
1548
Italian politician and writer
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
1462
15th century English noble
Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
1360
English nobleman and soldier (1328–1360)
Fatima bint al-Ahmar
1349
Nasrid princess
Margaret of England
1275
Queen of Scotland from 1251 to 1275
Manfred, King of Sicily
1266
King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266
Roger II of Sicily
1154
King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
Muirchertach mac Néill
943
AD 420
420
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