September 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)
• 1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
• 1501 – Džore Držić, Croatian writer (b. 1461)
• 1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
• 1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
• 1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
• 1763 – John Byron, English poet (b. 1692)
• 1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)
• 1800 – William Billings, American choral composer (b. 1746)
• 1802 – Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
• 1820 – Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)
• 1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 – Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)
• 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek writer (b. 1850)
• 1904 – John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
• 1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer (b. 1894)
• 1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
• 1947 – Hugh Lofting, English writer (b. 1886)
• 1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)
• 1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)
• 1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)
• 1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (b. 1902)
• 1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)
• 1972 – Charles Correll, American radio actor (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)
• 1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
• 1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1983 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
• 1984 – John Facenda, American sports announcer (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
• 1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer, made the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 1954 (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)
• 1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Billy Vaughn, American bandleader (b. 1919)
• 1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish actress (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Baden Powell, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949)
• 2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
• 2004 – Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Helen Cresswell, British author (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Bill Wirtz, American sports team owner (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)