June 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 363 – Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
• 1291 – Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
• 1541 – Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru
• 1688 – Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617)
• 1784 – Caesar Rodney, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1728)
• 1793 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720)
• 1795 – Johannes Jährig, German linguist (b. 1747)
• 1810 – Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
• 1836 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
• 1856 – Max Stirner, German philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1878 – Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
• 1918 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (b. 1843)
• 1922 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1939 – Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b. 1873)
• 1943 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1868)
• 1945 – Emil Hácha, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
• 1946 – Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1947 – Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
• 1948 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)
• 1949 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
• 1955 – Engelbert Zaschka, German helicopter pioneer (b. 1895)
• 1956 – Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)
• 1957 – Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
• 1958 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)
• 1964 – Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
• 1964 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
• 1975 – St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
• 1980 – Miriam Daly, Irish republican activist (b. 1928)
• 1990 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1993 – William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
• 1993 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
• 1997 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
• 2001 – Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
• 2002 – Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Jay Berwanger, American football player and first recipient of the Heisman Trophy (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
• 2003 – Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
• 2003 – Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
• 2007 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Sergio Vega, Mexican Banda singer (b.1969)
• 2010 – Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania (b. 1932)