Deaths on 26 June
2000s
Carolyn McCarthy
2025
American politician (1944–2025)
Bill Moyers
2025
American journalist (1934–2025)
Lalo Schifrin
2025
Argentine-American composer (1932–2025)
Takutai Tarsh Kemp
2025
New Zealand politician (1975–2025)
Taiki Matsuno
2024
Japanese actor and voice actor (1967–2024)
Margaret Keane
2022
American artist (1927–2022)
Mike Gravel
2021
American politician (1930–2021)
Milton Glaser
2020
American graphic designer (1929–2020)
Beth Chapman
2019
American reality television star (1967–2019)
Yevgeny Primakov
2015
Russian politician and diplomat (1929–2015)
Chris Thompson (TV producer)
2015
American television writer (1952–2015)
Howard Baker
2014
American politician and diplomat (1925–2014)
Bill Frank
2014
American gridiron football player (1938–2014)
Rollin King
2014
American businessman (1931–2014)
Bob Mischak
2014
American football player (1932–2014)
Julius Rudel
2014
American opera and orchestra conductor
Mary Rodgers
2014
American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014)
Henrik Otto Donner
2013
Musical artist
Edward Huggins Johnstone
2013
American judge
Byron Looper
2013
American convicted murderer and political assassin
Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977)
2013
American baseball player (1977–2013)
Marc Rich
2013
American commodities trader (1934–2013)
Sverker Åström
2012
Swedish diplomat
Pat Cummings
2012
American basketball player (1956–2012)
Nora Ephron
2012
American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012)
Mario O'Hara
2012
Filipino television and film director; screenwriter
Doris Singleton
2012
American actress (1919–2012)
Edith Fellows
2011
American actress (1923–2011)
Jan van Beveren
2011
Dutch football player and coach
Algirdas Brazauskas
2010
Lithuanian politician (1932–2010)
Harald Keres
2010
Estonian physicist (1912–2010)
Liz Claiborne
2007
American fashion designer (1929–2007)
Joey Sadler
2007
Rugby player
Tommy Wonder (magician)
2006
Dutch magician
Tõnno Lepmets
2005
Estonian basketball player
Richard Whiteley
2005
British television personality and journalist (1943–2005)
Ott Arder
2004
Estonian writer
Yash Johar
2004
Indian film producer (1929–2004)
Naomi Shemer
2004
Israeli musician (1930–2004)
Marc-Vivien Foé
2003
Cameroonian footballer (1975–2003)
Denis Thatcher
2003
English businessman (1915–2003)
Strom Thurmond
2003
American politician (1902–2003)
Jay Berwanger
2002
American football player and referee (1914–2002)
Arnold Brown (Salvation Army)
2002
11th General of The Salvation Army
Gina Cigna
2001
French-Italian dramatic soprano
1900s
Hacı Sabancı
1998
Turkish businessman and philanthropist
Don Hutson
1997
American football player and coach (1913–1997)
Veronica Guerin
1996
Irish crime reporter (1959–1996)
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu
1996
Turkish linguist (1932–1996)
Jahanara Imam
1994
Bangladeshi writer and political activist
Roy Campanella
1993
American baseball player (1921–1993)
William H. Riker
1993
American political scientist (1920–1993)
Buddy Rogers (wrestler)
1992
American professional wrestler (1921–1992)
Anni Blomqvist
1990
Finnish-Swedish novelist (1909–1990)
Howard Charles Green
1989
Canadian politician
Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)
1982
German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
Akwasi Afrifa
1979
Soldier, politician and former Head of state of Ghana
Josemaría Escrivá
1975
Spanish Catholic priest and saint (1902–1975)
Françoise Dorléac
1967
French actress (1942–1967)
Léo Dandurand
1964
George Orton
1958
1st Canadian to win Olympic gold medal
Andrija Štampar
1958
Croatian scholar (1888 - 1958)
Alfred Döblin
1957
German novelist, essayist, and doctor (1878–1957)
Malcolm Lowry
1957
English poet and novelist
Clifford Brown
1956
American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer (1930–1956)
Richie Powell
1956
American jazz pianist (1931–1956)
Engelbert Zaschka
1955
20th-century German engineer and aviation pioneer
Kim Ku
1949
Korean independence activist (1876–1949)
R. B. Bennett
1947
Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935
Max Koegel
1946
Nazi officer (1895–1946)
Yōsuke Matsuoka
1946
Japanese politician (1880-1946)
Emil Hácha
1945
Czechoslovak politician (1872–1945)
Karl Landsteiner
1943
Austrian immunologist (1868–1943)
Ford Madox Ford
1939
English writer and publisher (1873–1939)
James Weldon Johnson
1938
American writer and activist (1871–1938)
Abbie Pratt
1938
American golfer (1859–1938)
Adelaide Ames
1932
American astronomer (1900–1932)
Armand Guillaumin
1927
French painter
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
1922
Prince of Monaco from 1889 to 1922
Peter Rosegger
1918
Austrian writer and poet
1800s
Edward Sabine
1883
Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer
Richard H. Anderson (general)
1879
Confederate Army general
Mercedes of Orléans
1878
Queen of Spain in 1878
Armand Barbès
1870
French Republican revolutionary (1809–1870)
George Montgomery White
1860
American politician (1828–1860)
Max Stirner
1856
German philosopher (1806–1856)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1836
French writer and composer (1760–1836)
George IV
1830
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
Montgolfier brothers
1810
18th-century French inventors
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz
1808
Polish-Lithuanian nobleman
Before 1800
James Dickey (United Irishmen)
1798
Johannes Jährig
1795
German translator (1747–1795)
Gilbert White
1793
18th-century English priest and naturalist (1720–1793)
Caesar Rodney
1784
U.S. Founding Father (1728–1784)
Maximilian Ulysses Browne
1757
Austrian field marshal (1705–1757)
Giulio Alberoni
1752
Italian cardinal and statesman (1664–1752)
Ralph Cudworth
1688
English clergyman, theologian, philosopher, and Cambridge Platonist (1617–1688)
Francesco Buonamici (architect)
1677
Italian architect
Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery
1574
French nobleman and soldier (1530–1574)
Francisco Pizarro
1541
Spanish conquistador (1478–1541)
John Argyropoulos
1487
15th century Greek scholar
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
1274
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia
1265
High Duchess consort of Poland
Robert the Lotharingian
1095
Priest in England (died 1095)
Jaromír, Bishop of Prague
1090
Eleventh-century Czech bishop
Ramiro III of León
985
King of León from 966 to 984
George El Mozahem
969
Saichō
822
8/9th-century Japanese Buddhist monk; founder of the Tendai sect
Vigilius of Trent
405
Christian bishop, martyr and saint (353–405)
Julian (emperor)
363
Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
-116
8th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt