July 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 342 – Emperor Cheng of Jin (b. 321)
• 796 – Offa of Mercia
• 811 – Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
• 1380 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1322)
• 1471 – Pope Paul II (b. 1417)
• 1592 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
• 1605 – Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (b. 1552)
• 1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
• 1680 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and writer (b. 1647)
• 1684 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
• 1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
• 1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
• 1801 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756)
• 1830 – George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1863 – Sam Houston, American politician and soldier, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 – Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1919 – Edward Poynter, English painter (b. 1836)
• 1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (b. 1848)
• 1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (b. 1843)
• 1930 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (b. 1849)
• 1932 – Fred Duesenberg German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
• 1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)
• 1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875)
• 1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900)
• 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director and designer (b. 1893)
• 1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1964 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English politician and race car driver (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist (b. 1896)
• 1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 1976 – Stefanos Natsinas, Greek politician (b. 1910)
• 1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (b. 1928)
• 1984 – George Gallup, American statistician, inventor of the Gallup poll (b. 1901)
• 1984 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1986 – W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1891)
• 1988 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Brent Mydland, American keyboardist and songwriter (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver) (b. 1952)
• 1992 – Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993 – Matthew Ridgway, American army general (b. 1895)
• 1994 – Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
• 1994 – James Luther Adams, American theologian (b. 1901)
• 1994 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 1994 – Terry Scott, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Raymond Mailloux, Canadian politician (b. 1918)
• 1995 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician (b. 1917)
• 2000 – John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Rex T. Barber, American pilot (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
• 2004 – William A. Mitchell, American food chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Betty Astell, English actress (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Alexander Golitzen, American production designer (b. 1908)
• 2005 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Sivakant Tiwari, Singapore legal officer (b. 1945)
• 2011 – Richard Harris, American football player (b. 1948)
• 2011 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Miriam Ben-Porat, Israeli jurist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Karl Benjamin, American painter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Pat Porter, American runner (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Neil Reed, American basketball player (b. 1976)
• 2012 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950)
• 2012 – James D. Watkins, American navy officer (b. 1927)