Deaths on 26 October
2000s
Björn Andrésen
2025
Swedish actor and musician (1955–2025)
Roh Tae-woo
2021
President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993
Ali Ashraf Darvishian
2017
Iranian writer (1941–2017)
Willis Carto
2015
American political activist (1926–2015)
Leo Kadanoff
2015
American physicist (1937–2015)
Giuseppe Nazzaro
2015
Vic Allen
2014
British communist, professor and anti-apartheid activist
Mo Collins (American football)
2014
American football player and executive (1976–2014)
Germain Gagnon
2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1942–2014)
Senzo Meyiwa
2014
South African footballer (1984–2014)
Brian Moore (rugby league)
2014
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)
2014
American baseball player (1961–2014)
Gordy Soltau
2014
American football player (1925–2014)
Oscar Taveras
2014
Dominican–Canadian baseball player (1992–2014)
Ritva Arvelo
2013
Finnish actress, film director and screenwriter
Ron Davies (photographer)
2013
Welsh photographer
Doug Ireland
2013
American journalist (1946–2013)
Al Johnson (musician)
2013
American R&B singer (1948–2013)
Andries Maseko
2013
South African soccer player
Gabriel of Komana
2013
Mac Ahlberg
2012
Swedish director and cinematographer (1931–2012)
Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)
2012
American businessman
John M. Johansen
2012
American architect (1916–2012)
Alan Kirschenbaum
2012
American television producer and writer
Björn Sieber
2012
Austrian alpine skier (1989–2012)
Alan Stretton
2012
Australian Army officer (1922–2012)
Jona Senilagakali
2011
Prime Minister of Fiji (1929–2011)
Glen Little (clown)
2010
Mbah Maridjan
2010
Indonesian spiritual guardian (1927–2010)
Romeu Tuma
2010
Brazilian politician
Teel Bivins
2009
American diplomat and politician
Yoshirō Muraki
2009
Japanese production designer (1924–2009)
George Naʻope
2009
Hula master and Merrie Monarch Festival organizer
Troy Smith (businessman)
2009
American businessman (1922–2009)
Tony Hillerman
2008
American writer (1925–2008)
Delmar Watson
2008
American actor (1926–2008)
Nicolae Dobrin
2007
Romanian footballer (1947–2007)
Friedman Paul Erhardt
2007
American chef
Arthur Kornberg
2007
American biochemist (1918–2007)
Tillman Franks
2006
American songwriter
Pontus Hultén
2006
Swedish art collector and museum director (1924–2006)
Keith Parkinson
2005
American artist (1958–2005)
George Swindin
2005
English footballer (1914–2005)
Bobby Ávila
2004
Mexican baseball player (1924–2004)
Jacques Massu
2002
French general (1908–2002)
Sally Hoyt Spofford
2002
American ornithologist (1914–2002)
Hüseyin Hilmi Işık
2001
Islamic studies scholar (1911–2001)
1900s
Hoyt Axton
1999
American singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1999)
Eknath Easwaran
1999
Indian-American spiritual teacher
Kenkichi Iwasawa
1998
Japanese mathematician
Wilhelm Freddie
1995
Danish painter, sculptor and filmmaker (1909–1995)
Gorni Kramer
1995
Italian composer
Wilbert Harrison
1994
American rhythm and blues musician (1929–1994)
Oro (wrestler)
1993
Mexican professional wrestler (1971–1993)
Sherry Hawco
1991
Canadian artistic gymnast
Charles J. Pedersen
1989
American organic chemist (1904–1989)
Jackson Scholz
1986
American sprinter and Olympic medalist (1897-1986)
Gus Mancuso
1984
American baseball player, coach, scout, and broadcaster (1905–1984)
Park Chung Hee
1979
President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979
Alexander Gerschenkron
1978
American economic historian (1904–1978)
Deryck Cooke
1976
British musician, musicologist and broadcaster
Bidia Dandaron
1974
Soviet Buryat Buddhist teacher, author, and dissident (1914–1974)
Semyon Budyonny
1973
Soviet military commander (1883–1973)
Igor Sikorsky
1972
Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972)
Alma Cogan
1966
British pop singer (1932–1966)
Murder of Sylvia Likens
1965
1965 child murder in Indianapolis, U.S.
Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician)
1963
New Zealand physician and child health administrator
Louise Beavers
1962
American actress (1900–1962)
Sadae Inoue
1961
Japanese officer, war criminal 1886-1961
Toshizō Nishio
1960
Japanese general
Gerty Cori
1957
Czech-American biochemist (1896–1957)
Nikos Kazantzakis
1957
Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957)
Walter Gieseking
1956
German pianist (1895–1956)
Hattie McDaniel
1952
American actress (1895–1952)
Lionel Halsey
1949
Royal Navy Admiral and courtier (1872–1949)
Edwin Savage
1947
British Anglican priest (1862-1947)
Ioannis Rallis
1946
Prime Minister of Greece (1878–1946)
Aleksey Krylov
1945
Russian naval engineer, mathematician, and memoirist (1863–1945)
Paul Pelliot
1945
French sinologist and Orientalist (1878–1945)
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
1944
British princess (1857–1944)
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
1944
WWII Japanese naval pilot
William Temple (bishop)
1944
English archbishop (1881–1944)
Aurel Stein
1943
Hungarian-born British archaeologist (1862–1943)
Arkady Gaidar
1941
Soviet children's writer (1904–1941)
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki
1937
Polish military officer (1867–1937)
Margaret Brown
1932
American Titanic survivor (1867–1932)
Charles Comiskey
1931
American baseball player, manager, team owner (1859–1931)
Waldemar Haffkine
1930
Russian-French microbiologist (1856–1930)
Harry Payne Whitney
1930
American businessman and horse breeder
Jūkichi Yagi
1927
Japanese poet (1898–1927)
Akashi Motojiro
1919
General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Itō Hirobumi
1909
Japanese statesman (1841–1909)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1902
American suffragist (1815–1902)
1800s
John J. Robison
1897
Michigan politician
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
1896
French statesman
Carlo Collodi
1890
Italian writer (1826–1890)
Robert Anderson (Union officer)
1871
American Civil War Union Army officer (1805–1871)
John Kinder Labatt
1866
Canadian businessman (1803–1866)
William T. Anderson
1864
Confederate guerrilla fighter
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
1817
Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands
John Graves Simcoe
1806
British army officer, politician and colonial administrator (1752–1806)
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
1803
British politician (1721–1803)
Before 1800
Amédée-François Frézier
1773
French military engineer and explorer (1682–1773)
William Hogarth
1764
English painter, engraver and satirist (1697–1764)
Philip Doddridge
1751
English Congregationalist leader, educator, and hymnwriter (1702–1751)
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
1717
British royal mistress (1657–1717)
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater
1686
English nobleman (1623–1686)
William Sprague (1609–1675)
1675
Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet
1671
British landowner
Horio Tadaharu
1633
Michael Maestlin
1631
German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)
Matsudaira Tadayori
1609
Japanese daimyō
Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain
1580
Queen of Spain from 1570 to 1580
Olympia Fulvia Morata
1555
Italian classical scholar
Gilles de Rais
1440
Medieval French nobleman and convicted serial killer
Gómez González
1111
Castilian nobleman
Li Qi (Five Dynasties)
930
Alfred the Great
899
King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899)
Cuthbert of Canterbury
760
Archbishop of Canterbury from 740 to 760
Cedd
664
Bishop of London and saint (c. 620 – 664)