Deaths on 26 July
2000s
Tom Lehrer
2025
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)
Sinéad O'Connor
2023
Irish singer (1966–2023)
Joey Jordison
2021
American musician (1975–2021)
Olivia de Havilland
2020
British actress (1916–2020)
Russi Taylor
2019
American voice actress (1944–2019)
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
2019
Cuban prelate (1936–2019)
Adem Demaçi
2018
Kosovar politician and human rights defender (1936–2018)
John Kline (basketball)
2018
American basketball player (1931–2018)
June Foray
2017
American voice actress (1917–2017)
Patti Deutsch
2017
American actress (1943–2017)
Ronald Phillips (murderer)
2017
American executed criminal (1973–2017)
Solomon Feferman
2016
American philosopher and mathematician
Bijoy Krishna Handique
2015
Indian politician (1934–2015)
Flora MacDonald (politician)
2015
Canadian politician (1926–2015)
Leo Reise Jr.
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Ann Rule
2015
American true crime author (1931–2015)
Oleh Babaiev
2014
Ukrainian politician and businessman (1965–2014)
Charles R. Larson
2014
American United States Navy admiral
Richard MacCormac
2014
Modernist architect
Sergei O. Prokofieff
2014
Russian anthroposophist
Roland Verhavert
2014
Belgian film director (1927–2014)
Luther F. Cole
2013
American judge (1925–2013)
Harley Flanders
2013
American mathematician (1925–2013)
Sung Jae-gi
2013
South Korean activist (1967–2013)
George P. Mitchell
2013
American billionaire businessman and shale gas pioneer
Don Bagley
2012
American jazz bassist (1927–2012)
Karl Benjamin
2012
American painter (1925 - 2012)
Miriam Ben-Porat
2012
Supreme Court of Israel judge and State Comptroller of Israel (1918–2012)
Lupe Ontiveros
2012
American actress (1942–2012)
James D. Watkins
2012
American politician and admiral (1927-2012)
Joe Arroyo
2011
Colombian salsa singer (1955–2011)
Tom Borton
2011
American saxophonist (1956–2011)
Richard Harris (American football)
2011
American gridiron football player (1948–2011)
Sakyo Komatsu
2011
Japanese writer (1931–2011)
Margaret Olley
2011
Australian artist (1923–2011)
Sivakant Tiwari
2010
Singaporean legal officer
Merce Cunningham
2009
American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)
Lars Forssell
2007
Swedish writer (1928–2007)
Skip Prosser
2007
American basketball player and coach (1950–2007)
Alexander Golitzen
2005
American production designer (1908–2005)
Jack Hirshleifer
2005
American economist (1925–2005)
Gilles Marotte
2005
Canadian ice hockey player
William A. Mitchell
2004
American food chemist
Rex T. Barber
2001
USAAF and USAF officer (1917–2001)
Peter von Zahn
2001
John Tukey
2000
American mathematician (1915–2000)
1900s
Walter Jackson Bate
1999
American literary critic and biographer (1918–1999)
Phaedon Gizikis
1999
Greek military officer (1917–1999)
Max Winter
1996
American sports executive
Laurindo Almeida
1995
Brazilian guitarist and composer (1917–1995)
Raymond Mailloux
1995
Canadian politician (1918–1995)
George W. Romney
1995
American businessman and politician (1907–1995)
James Luther Adams
1994
American theologian and minister
Matthew Ridgway
1993
United States Army general (1895–1993)
Mary Wells
1992
American singer (1943–1992)
Fazlur Rahman Malik
1988
Pakistani modernist Islamic scholar and reformer
W. Averell Harriman
1986
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986)
George Gallup
1984
American statistician (1901–1984)
Ed Gein
1984
American murderer and body snatcher (1906–1984)
Diane Arbus
1971
American photographer (1923–1971)
Robert Taschereau
1970
Chief Justice of Canada from 1963 to 1967
Cemal Tollu
1968
Turkish painter (1899–1968)
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
1964
British politician (1884–1964)
Cedric Gibbons
1960
American art director (1890–1960)
Carlos Castillo Armas
1957
President of Guatemala from 1954 to 1957
Nikolaos Plastiras
1953
Soldier and Prime Minister of Greece (1883–1953)
Eva Perón
1952
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
James Mitchell (Australian politician)
1951
Western Australian politician and Governor
Roberto Arlt
1942
Argentine writer (1900–1942)
Henri Lebesgue
1941
French mathematician (1875–1941)
Winsor McCay
1934
American cartoonist and animator (c.1866–1934)
Fred Duesenberg
1932
American automobile designer (1876–1932)
Pavlos Karolidis
1930
Greek historian
Robert Todd Lincoln
1926
American lawyer and politician (1843–1926)
Antonio Ascari
1925
Italian racing driver (1888–1925)
Gottlob Frege
1925
German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)
William Jennings Bryan
1925
American politician (1860–1925)
Howard Vernon (Australian actor)
1921
Australian actor
Edward Poynter
1919
British artist (1836–1919)
James Murray (lexicographer)
1915
Primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1837–1915)
1800s
Ulises Heureaux
1899
President of the Dominican Republic (1845–1899)
Otto of Greece
1867
King of Greece from 1832 to 1862
Sam Houston
1863
American general and statesman (1793–1863)
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria
1801
Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1756–1801)
Before 1800
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
1723
British statesman and nobleman
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
1712
English statesman
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
1693
Queen of Sweden from 1680 to 1693
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
1684
Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
1680
English poet and courtier (1647–1680)
Mary Frith
1659
English pickpocket and fence (c. 1584 – 1659)
Charles Emmanuel I
1630
Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630
Horio Yoshiharu
1611
Japanese daimyō
Miguel de Benavides
1605
Spanish clergyman and sinologist (d. 1605)
Armand de Gontaut, Baron of Biron
1592
French marshal and diplomat (1524–1592)
Atahualpa
1533
Last Inca Emperor (ruled 1532–1533)
Pope Paul II
1471
Head of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
Cecily Neville, Duchess of Warwick
1450
English duchess
Emperor Kōmyō
1380
Japanese Northern Emperor from 1336 to 1348
Fujiwara no Kaneie
990
Japanese statesman, courtier and politician
Prince Motoyoshi
943
Li Hanzhi
899
Chinese Buddhist monk, military general, politician and warlord
Nikephoros I
811
Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811
Emperor Cheng of Jin
342
Emperor of Eastern Jin from 325 to 342