February 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1154 – King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
• 1200 – Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint (b. 1109)
• 1266 – King Manfred of Sicily (b. 1232)
• 1360 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)
• 1552 – Heinrich Faber, German composer
• 1561 – Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
• 1577 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
• 1608 – John Still, English bishop
• 1630 – William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
• 1638 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (b. 1681)
• 1723 – Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
• 1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (b. 1692)
• 1790 – Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802 – Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
• 1813 – Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
• 1815 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
• 1821 – Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
• 1864 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)
• 1883 – Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1889 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)
• 1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)
• 1913 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840)
• 1931 – Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1847)
• 1933 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)
• 1943 – Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (b. 1892)
• 1947 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868)
• 1950 – Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (b. 1870)
• 1952 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general who briefly ruled the country (b. 1878)
• 1959 – Selig Suskin, Russian-born Israeli agronomist and early Zionist (b. 1873)
• 1961 – King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
• 1966 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
• 1971 – Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
• 1981 – Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
• 1989 – Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911)
• 1990 – Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
• 1995 – Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)
• 1997 – David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1998 – James Algar, American film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (AKA Sybil Isabell Dorsett in Sybil (book) (b. 1923)
• 2000 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient.(b. 1913)
• 2001 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
• 2004 – Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies) (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Dick Fletcher, Meteorologist (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician
• 2009 – Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)
• 2009 – Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and Chicago Bulls broadcaster (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Nujabes, Japanese Hip Hop producer. (b. 1974)