October 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 899 – Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)
• 1440 – Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404)
• 1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)
• 1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
• 1675 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1686 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
• 1717 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 – Philip Doddridge, English religious reformer and educator (b. 1702)
• 1764 – William Hogarth, English painter (b. 1697)
• 1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French engineer, mathematician, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)
• 1806 – John Graves Simcoe, English army officer and politician (b. 1752)
• 1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
• 1864 – William T. Anderson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1838)
• 1866 – John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian author (b. 1826)
• 1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French politician (b. 1827)
• 1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Japanese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1930 – Waldemar Haffkine, Russian scientist (b. 1860)
• 1930 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
• 1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1943 – Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist (b. 1862)
• 1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 – William Temple, English archbishop (b. 1881)
• 1945 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863)
• 1945 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 – Ioannis Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Edwin Sidney Savage, English clergyman (b. 1862)
• 1949 – Lionel Halsey, English navy officer (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
• 1956 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1957 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1962 – Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1963 – Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
• 1966 – Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
• 1971 – Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
• 1974 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
• 1978 – Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-American historian (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Park Chung-hee, Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)
• 1984 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 – Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
• 1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Gorni Kramer, Italian musician, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 2002 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (b. 1979)
• 2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Bobby Avila, Mexican-American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)
• 2005 – George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Tillman Franks, American songwriter (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Tony Hillerman, American author (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Delmar Watson, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Teel Bivins, American politician (b. 1947)
• 2009 – George Naʻope, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Paul the Octopus, English octopus (b. 2008)
• 2010 – Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Mac Ahlberg, Swedish director and cinematographer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, Cuban army officer (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Joža Horvat, Croatian author (b. 1915)
• 2012 – John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Alan Kirschenbaum, American scriptwriter and producer (b. 1961)
• 2012 – Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (b. 1979)
• 2012 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)