Deaths on 26 May
2000s
Andy Fletcher (musician)
2022
English keyboardist (1961–2022)
Ray Liotta
2022
American actor (1954–2022)
Alan White (Yes drummer)
2022
English rock drummer (1949–2022)
Prem Tinsulanonda
2019
Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988
Zbigniew Brzezinski
2017
Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)
Hedy Epstein
2016
American political activist(1924 - 2016)
Vicente Aranda
2015
Spanish film director (1926-2015)
Les Johnson
2015
Australian politician (1924–2015)
Robert Kraft (astronomer)
2015
American astronomer (1927–2015)
João Lucas (footballer, born 1979)
2015
Portuguese footballer
Baselios Marthoma Didymos I
2014
20th Malankara Metropolitan and 7th Catholicos of the Malankara Church
Miodrag Radulovacki
2014
Serbian American scientist (1933–2014)
William R. Roy
2014
American politician
Hooshang Seyhoun
2014
Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar, and professor (1920–2014)
Ray Barnhart
2013
American politician (1928–2013)
John Bierwirth
2013
American lawyer and businessman
Roberto Civita
2013
Brazilian businessman and publisher
Tom Lichtenberg
2013
American football player and coach (1940–2013)
Otto Muehl
2013
Austrian artist
Jack Vance
2013
American writer (1916–2013)
Arthur Decabooter
2012
Belgian cyclist
Leo and Diane Dillon
2012
American husband-and-wife illustrator duo
Stephen Healey
2012
British Army soldier
Hiroshi Miyazawa
2012
Japanese politician (1921–2012)
Hans Schmidt (wrestler)
2012
Canadian professional wrestler (1925-2012)
Jim Unger
2012
British-Canadian cartoonist (1937–2012)
Arisen Ahubudu
2011
Sri Lankan author, poet and scholar
Art Linkletter
2010
Canadian-born American TV personality (1912–2010)
Chris Moran (RAF officer)
2010
English Royal Air Force officer (1956–2010)
Kieran Phelan
2010
Irish politician (1949–2010)
Mihalis Papagiannakis
2009
Greek politician (1941–2009)
Peter Zezel
2009
Canadian ice hockey player
Sydney Pollack
2008
American filmmaker and actor (1934–2008)
Zita Urbonaitė
2008
Lithuanian road racing cyclist (1973–2008)
Jack Edward Oliver
2007
British cartoonist
Howard Porter (basketball)
2007
American basketball player
Édouard Michelin (born 1963)
2006
French manufacturer (1963–2006)
Kevin O'Flanagan
2006
Irish sportsman and Olympic official (1919–2006)
Eddie Albert
2005
American actor (1906–2005)
Chico Carrasquel
2005
Venezuelan baseball player, coach, scout, and manager (1926–2005)
Ruth Laredo
2005
American classical pianist (1937–2005)
Leslie Smith (businessman)
2005
Nikolai Chernykh
2004
Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer (1931–2004)
Kathleen Winsor
2003
American novelist (1915–2003)
Mamo Wolde
2002
Ethiopian marathon runner (1932–2002)
Vittorio Brambilla
2001
Italian racing driver (1937–2001)
Anne Haney
2001
American actress (1934–2001)
Moven Mahachi
2001
Zimbabwean politician
Dona Massin
2001
1900s
Paul Sacher
1999
Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman (1906–1999)
Waldo Semon
1999
American inventor (1898-1999)
Ralph Horween
1997
American football player and coach (1896–1997)
Friz Freleng
1995
American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1905–1995)
Sonny Sharrock
1994
American guitarist (1940–1994)
Don Revie
1989
English footballer and manager (1927–1989)
Elizabeth Peer
1984
American journalist
George Brent
1979
Irish-American actor (1904–1979)
Cybele Andrianou
1978
Greek actress (1888–1978)
Martin Heidegger
1976
German philosopher (1889–1976)
Silvio Moser
1974
Swiss racing driver (1941–1974)
Paul Hawkins (racing driver)
1969
Australian racing driver (1937–1969)
Allan Lockheed
1969
American aviation engineer and industrialist (1889–1969)
Elizabeth Dilling
1966
American writer and political activist (1894–1966)
Ruben Oskar Auervaara
1964
Finnish conman and thief (1906–1964)
Philip Kassel
1959
American gymnast (1876–1959)
Al Simmons
1956
American baseball player (1902–1956)
Alberto Ascari
1955
Italian racing driver (1918–1955)
Lionel Conacher
1954
Canadian athlete and politician (1900–1954)
Lincoln Ellsworth
1951
Early 20th-century American explorer of Antarctica
Torsten Bergström
1948
Swedish actor
Christian Wirth
1944
Nazi German police chief and extermination camp commandant (1885–1944)
Edsel Ford
1943
American businessman (1893–1943)
Alice Tegnér
1943
Swedish music teacher, poet and composer (1864–1943)
Charles Horace Mayo
1939
American physician (1865–1939)
Horatio Bottomley
1933
English journalist, editor and politician (1860–1933)
Jimmie Rodgers
1933
American country singer (1897–1933)
Srečko Kosovel
1926
Slovene poet
William H. Shockley
1925
American engineer, photographer, and botanist (1855–1925)
Victor Herbert
1924
Irish-American composer (1859–1924)
Jacob Riis
1914
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
1908
Indian religious leader and founder of the Ahmadiyya community (1835–1908)
Almon Brown Strowger
1902
American inventor of the telephone exchange (1839–1902)
1800s
Emir Abdelkader
1883
Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
Jakob Bernays
1881
German philologist and philosophical writer (1824–1881)
Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)
1840
Royal Navy officer and politician (1764–1840)
Capel Lofft
1824
British lawyer, writer and astronomer (1751–1824)
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
1818
Russian general (1761–1818)
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
1818
Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader
Before 1800
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
1799
Scottish judge and scholar (1714–1799)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
1762
German philosopher
Thomas Southerne
1746
Irish dramatist (1660–1746)
Pylyp Orlyk
1742
Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna and diplomat; Hetman-in-exile (1672–1742)
Samuel Pepys
1703
English writer and politician (1633–1703)
Zeb-un-Nissa
1702
Mughal princess (1638–1702)
Charles II, Elector Palatine
1685
Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
1679
Elector of Bavaria from 1651 to 1679
Robert Filmer
1653
English political theorist (c. 1588–1653)
Vincent Voiture
1648
French poet and writer
Sebastian Münster
1552
German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)
Francesco Berni
1536
Italian poet (1497/98–1535)
Bayezid II
1512
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512
Mehmed I
1421
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421
Louis I of Naples
1362
King of Naples from 1348 to 1362
Aldona of Lithuania
1339
Queen consort of Poland (c.1309–1339)
Peter I, Duke of Brittany
1250
Duke of Brittany from 1213 to 1221
Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
1055
Margrave of Austria from 1018 to 1055
Berenguer Ramon I
1035
Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona (1005-1035) (r.1018-1035)
Edmund I
946
King of the English from 939 to 946
Yuan Xingqin
926
10th-century Chinese politician
Ali al-Rida
818
Eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
Bede
735
Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)
Augustine of Canterbury
604
Missionary, archbishop, and saint (died 604)