Notable Deaths on October 26th
October 26th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
899 |
Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies |
1132 |
Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered |
1235 |
Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies |
1440 |
Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged |
1576 |
Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies |
1607 |
Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 |
1608 |
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies |
1633 |
Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) |
1640 |
Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 |
1658 |
Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies |
1661 |
Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies |
1671 |
Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) |
1675 |
William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) |
1678 |
John Jenkins, composer, dies |
1679 |
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621) |
1686 |
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623) |
1693 |
Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 |
1706 |
Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 |
1717 |
Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657) |
1733 |
Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74 |
1749 |
Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 |
1749 |
Louis-Nicolas Clérembault, The Affair of the Necklace |
1751 |
Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b. 1702) |
1756 |
Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72 |
1764 |
William Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697) |
1764 |
William Hogarth, Bedlam |
1773 |
Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682) |
1803 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) |
1806 |
John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752) |
1817 |
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727) |
1823 |
Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 |
1848 |
Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies |
1858 |
Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 |
1858 |
Isaac Baker Woodbury, Gone with the Wind |
1864 |
"Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1839) |
1866 |
John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803) |
1867 |
John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 |
1868 |
B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated |
1874 |
Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 |
1881 |
Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies |
1890 |
Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies |
1890 |
Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio |
1896 |
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) |
1902 |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (b. 1815) |
1903 |
Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 |
1903 |
Victorin de Joncieres, composer, dies at 64 |
1909 |
Itō Horiboemi, Japanese samurai, statesman and four time Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated by a Korean nationalist aged 68 |
1909 |
O.O. Howard, Major-General O. Howard, U.S.A., and Staff |
1917 |
Georges Demenÿ, Serpentine Dance: Loïe Fuller |
1924 |
Lew Dockstader, Dan |
1926 |
Arthur Albertson, The Battered Bridegroom |
1928 |
Felix Dormann, The Smiling Lieutenant |
1929 |
Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 |
1929 |
Arno Holz, Traumulus |
1930 |
Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) |
1931 |
Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) |
1931 |
Charles A. Comiskey, The Giants-White Sox Tour |
1935 |
Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 |
1935 |
Hugo Albert Kiefer, The Road to Mandalay |
1936 |
Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 |
1937 |
Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867) |
1937 |
William Dewhurst, Sabotage |
1937 |
Diana Wilson, The Way of Youth |
1940 |
Árpád Pásztor, Keserü szerelem |
1940 |
M.J. Hagerman, The Social Slave |
1940 |
Marshall Hageman, Torchy Gets Her Man |
1940 |
Joe De Stefani, The Man They Could Not Hang |
1941 |
Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) |
1941 |
Félix Mayol, Questions indiscrètes |
1941 |
Georgette Leblanc, The Inhuman Woman |
1941 |
Victor Schertzinger, The Wolf of Wall Street |
1942 |
Jan van Dommelen, Schakels |
1942 |
Albert Schaefer, The Set-Up |
1943 |
Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) |
1943 |
Jack King, Forrest Gump |
1944 |
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857) |
1944 |
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1881) |
1944 |
Willy Rosen, Die zärtlichen Verwandten |
1944 |
William Temple, Message from Canterbury |
1944 |
Vereen Bell, Swamp Water |
1945 |
Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878) |
1945 |
Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863) |
1945 |
Garrett Fort, Frankenstein |
1946 |
Sewell Ford, Torchy's Loud Spooker |
1947 |
Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) |
1948 |
Frank Terry, An Eastern Westerner |
1949 |
Merle Cox, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
1949 |
Madame Bartet, Sadounah |
1951 |
Olga Roderick, Freaks |
1952 |
Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) |
1952 |
Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind |
1953 |
Minwei Li, Sun Dayuanshuai Chuxun Guangdong Dongbei Jiang Ji |
1953 |
Orin S. Pinney, Thin Ice |
1954 |
Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies |
1955 |
Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 |
1955 |
Anthony Ross, The Country Girl |
1955 |
Ora Carew, Dollars and Sense |
1955 |
Sulo Räikkönen, Seikkailu jalkamatkalla |
1956 |
Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 |
1956 |
Walter Gieseking, True and Tender Is the North |
1956 |
Harris L. Forbes, The Slavery of Foxicus |
1957 |
N Kazantzakis, writer, dies |
1957 |
Jean Valroy, A Shout from the Abyss |
1957 |
Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ |
1957 |
Domenico Viglione Borghese, Heaven Over the Marshes |
1958 |
Norman Houston, The Broadway Melody |
1960 |
Pavel Petrov-Bytov, Cain and Artem |
1960 |
Pat Ballard, Back to the Future |
1960 |
Golda Madden, Flying Colors |
1961 |
Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies |
1961 |
Milan Stojadinović, Premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 |
1961 |
Edward Johnson, Captain America: The First Avenger |
1962 |
Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 57 |
1962 |
Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), dies at 64 |
1962 |
Willy Fueter, The Miracle of Father Malachia |
1963 |
Behzat Butak, Leblebici horhor aga |
1964 |
Agnes Miegel, writer, dies |
1965 |
Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) |
1966 |
Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) |
1968 |
Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 |
1968 |
Erich von Stroheim Jr., The Cardinal |
1971 |
Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 |
1971 |
Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901) |
1972 |
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 |
1972 |
Mark Toby, The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
1974 |
Yngve Lyttkens, Yngsjömordet |
1976 |
Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 |
1978 |
George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies |
1979 |
Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies |
1979 |
Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated |
1979 |
Jus Addiss, The Odyssey of Flight 33 |
1980 |
Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74 |
1980 |
William Pabst, The King of Marvin Gardens |
1981 |
Marie Uguay, Marie Uguay |
1981 |
Reinhold Bernt, The Blue Angel |
1981 |
Junzaburô Ban, Dodes'ka-den |
1981 |
Jutta Jol, Vacation from Marriage |
1981 |
Glenn Anders, The Lady from Shanghai |
1982 |
Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies |
1982 |
Valerio Zurlini, Indian Summer |
1982 |
Midori Komatsu, Kanashiki ashita |
1983 |
Giovanni Mosca, L'ex alunno |
1984 |
John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 |
1984 |
Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37 |
1984 |
Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49 |
1984 |
Noel Howlett, A Christmas Carol |
1984 |
Sue Randall, Desk Set |
1984 |
John Hambleton, East of Eden |
1985 |
Irena Kacírková, There Once Was a King... |
1986 |
Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897) |
1986 |
Joel Friend, Sweethearts of the U.S.A. |
1986 |
Sten Larsson, Little Martin Returns |
1986 |
Jackson Scholz, Chariots of Fire |
1986 |
Thelma Hardwick, Hot Bridge |
1986 |
Joseph DeVillard, Leave It to the Irish |
1986 |
Pál Nagy, Cinkemama küldi |
1986 |
Jørgen Krogh, Charles' Aunt |
1987 |
John Kerns, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
1987 |
Walter Miller, Maisie Was a Lady |
1987 |
Edith Luckett, The Little Jewess |
1987 |
Vito Carbonara, The Night of the Burning Diamond |
1987 |
Zbigniew Koczanowicz, Noce i dnie |
1988 |
Vlasta Jelínková, Capricious Summer |
1988 |
Genzaburô Ayanokôji, Kinnô onshû tôge |
1988 |
James Engle, The Man with the Golden Arm |
1988 |
Fred Davis, The Green Shoes |
1989 |
Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies |
1989 |
Charles J. Pedersen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1904) |
1989 |
John Beckman, Monsieur Verdoux |
1989 |
Erich Brauer, Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag |
1989 |
Mary Martlew, Anna Karenina |
1989 |
Kumeko Urabe, Ikiru |
1989 |
Jean Serres, Et pourtant elle tourne... |
1990 |
William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 |
1990 |
Carolin van Bergen, Neuer Elternteil |
1990 |
William Paley, CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years |
1990 |
Barbara Ludwizanka, Sexmission |
1990 |
Breandán O'Heithir, Down for the Match |
1990 |
Edward Raczkowski, Pharaoh |
1990 |
Axel Hubert Sr., Nine to Five |
1991 |
Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella |
1991 |
Marie Astaire, Dummies |
1991 |
Heck Allen, Mackenna's Gold |
1991 |
Vivian Dandridge, The Big Broadcast of 1936 |
1991 |
Bill Bevens, The 1947 World Series: Part 2 |
1991 |
Jouni Mömmö, Veljet |
1991 |
Takis Morakis, The Yellow Gloves |
1991 |
Larry Wong, Helicopter Mom |
1991 |
Joe Lapis, Spartacus |
1992 |
Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 |
1992 |
Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies |
1992 |
Laurel Cronin, actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of cancer at 53 |
1992 |
Dottie Green, The National Pastime |
1992 |
Kurt Hepperlin, As Long as You Live |
1992 |
Laurel Cronin, Hook |
1992 |
Igor Komarov, 20-e dekabrya |
1993 |
Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37 |
1993 |
H Hardenberg, writer, dies |
1993 |
Heiner Kollhoff, Zweikampf |
1993 |
Harold Rome, Fanny |
1993 |
Albert Zugsmith, Touch of Evil |
1993 |
Frantisek Filipovský, The House in Karp Lane |
1993 |
Tião Macalé, The Scarlet Scorpion |
1994 |
Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64 |
1994 |
Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87 |
1994 |
Wilbert Harrison, American R&B singer (Kansas City), dies at 65 |
1994 |
Katharine Irving, Madam Satan |
1994 |
Hubert Kiurina, The Crew of the Dora |
1994 |
Jessie Keosian, Léon: The Professional |
1994 |
Herbert Holba, Die ersten Tage |
1994 |
Tutta Rolf, En stilla flirt |
1994 |
Wilbert Harrison, Forrest Gump |
1994 |
Lidia Prochnicka, The Group |
1994 |
Rudi Van Vlaenderen, The Conscript |
1995 |
Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies |
1995 |
Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor, dies at 79 |
1995 |
Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95 |
1995 |
Olesya Ivanova, Kin-dza-dza! |
1995 |
Gorni Kramer, Sunday Is Always Sunday |
1995 |
John Sangster, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1995 |
Nikoloz Sanishvili, The Scrapper |
1995 |
Wilhelm Freddie, Spiste horisonter |
1995 |
Antón Apruzzese, The Little Apartment |
1996 |
Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80 |
1996 |
Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist, dies at 93 |
1996 |
Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 |
1996 |
Wendy Wild, Wigstock: The Movie |
1996 |
Francis Jung Jr., China's Little Devils |
1996 |
Miguel Asins Arbó, The Executioner |
1996 |
Allen M. Davey, The Red File: Part 2 |
1996 |
Maria Alba, The Return of Chandu |
1996 |
Bríet Héðinsdóttir, Cold Fever |
1996 |
Suzy Pierson, The Three-Sided Mirror |
1996 |
Anton Trón, Nevera po slovensky |
1996 |
Angélica Ortiz, Tlayucan |
1997 |
Erika Ferda, A Birdless Night |
1997 |
Georg Adelly, Sverige åt svenskarna |
1997 |
Chance Rothchild, Making the Rules |
1997 |
Ollie Nightingale, The Firm |
1997 |
Frank Moon, Joe |
1997 |
Fred Stuhr, Sepultura: We Are What We Are |
1998 |
Rick Dior, Apollo 13 |
1998 |
José Cardoso Pires, O Delfim |
1999 |
Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
1999 |
Hoyt Axton, Forrest Gump |
1999 |
Stephen Roberts, At War with the Army |
1999 |
Albert Whitlock, The Thing |
1999 |
Hilary Harris, Seawards the Great Ships |
1999 |
Helen O'Hara, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
1999 |
Abraham Polonsky, Force of Evil |
1999 |
Rex Gildo, Episode #1.15 |
2000 |
Harry Dresselhuys, Het mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate |
2000 |
Muriel Evans, King of the Pecos |
2000 |
Jesús Puente, Asignatura aprobada |
2000 |
Alexander von Eschwege, The Candidate |
2000 |
Ulf Fuerst, Boccaccio |
2000 |
Laila Kinnunen, Laila |
2001 |
Eugene Jackson, The Addams Family |
2001 |
René Scholten, Wind with the Gone |
2001 |
Lola Jensen, Flat Foot Stooges |
2001 |
Juan José Castillo, Episode dated 3 October 1974 |
2001 |
Jaromil Jires, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
2001 |
Olga Lehmann, Laughter in Paradise |
2002 |
Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908) |
2002 |
Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (b. 1979) |
2002 |
Guenther Tabor, Der entscheidende Augenblick |
2002 |
Murray Devlin, Dreamspeaker |
2002 |
Ella Melton Peck, Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America |
2002 |
Jim Mackay, Stanley Takes a Trip |
2002 |
Jacques Massu, |
2002 |
Raija Paalanen, Dolly and Her Lover |
2003 |
William Draper, They Drew Fire |
2003 |
Leonid Filatov, Gorod Zero |
2003 |
Roberto García Morillo, El tercer huésped |
2003 |
Jack Temchin, In the Groove |
2003 |
François Guérin, Eyes Without a Face |
2003 |
Ginger Willis, Town & Country |
2003 |
Elem Klimov, Come and See |
2003 |
Ted C. Bemiller, Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
2004 |
Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (b. 1924) |
2004 |
Patricia Knight, Shockproof |
2004 |
Rudolf Tyurin, Proshchanie |
2004 |
Peter Whitbread, Heritage Africa |
2004 |
Kathleen Lindsey, Like Father, Like Son |
2004 |
Dale Johnston, The Shawshank Redemption |
2004 |
Henri Doublier, If Paris Were Told to Us |
2004 |
Marlene Riphahn, In einem Monat, in einem Jahr |
2004 |
Bobby Avila, 1955 MLB All-Star Game |
2005 |
Keith Parkinson, fantasy artist (b. 1958) |
2005 |
María Luisa Robledo, The Official Story |
2005 |
Sven Aage Dabelsteen, Panserbasse |
2005 |
Józef Patkowski, Czas przemiany |
2005 |
Jany Holt, Gervaise |
2005 |
Angus McIntosh, Doctor Faustus |
2005 |
Jolanta Skowronska, Skarb |
2006 |
Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924) |
2006 |
Tillman B. Franks, Seven Psychopaths |
2006 |
Tom Hatcher, It's a Good Life |
2006 |
Bryten Goss, Jack Rabbit |
2006 |
Theodore Taylor, The Maldonado Miracle |
2006 |
Pontus Hulten, En Dag I Staden |
2006 |
Florence O'Brien, Double Deal |
2006 |
Patsy Parsons, Yankee Doodle Dandy |
2006 |
Rogerio Duprat, A Marvada Carne |
2006 |
Nigel Holton, Carnosaur |
2006 |
Joe Niekro, Game 3 |
2007 |
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947) |
2007 |
Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (b. 1943) |
2007 |
Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (b. 1918) |
2007 |
Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934) |
2007 |
Mikhail Zharkovsky, Seriya 1 |
2007 |
Johannes Eckhoff, Kampen om tungtvannet |
2007 |
Tom O'Loughlin, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |
2007 |
Jack E. Ackerman, Ghostbusters |
2007 |
Bob Michaels, Mijacogeo |
2007 |
Chef Tell, Evening Magazine |
2007 |
Bernard L. Kowalski, Attack of the Giant Leeches |
2007 |
Hans Stern, Episode #7.1 |
2008 |
Tony Hillerman, American writer (b. 1925) |
2008 |
Delmar Watson, American child actor (b. 1926) |
2008 |
Conrad Efraim, Episode #1.1 |
2008 |
Gábor Delneky, Rome 1960: Games of the XVII Olympiad |
2008 |
Tony Hillerman, Coyote Waits |
2008 |
Stacey Tendeter, Two English Girls |
2008 |
Juan Daniel, O Casal |
2008 |
Karl Kassulke, Super Bowl IV |
2008 |
Ruth Santarone, Every Which Way But Loose |
2008 |
Agnes Anna Kovàcs, Tamara |
2008 |
Margaretta Groark, The Race Begins |
2008 |
Delmar Watson, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
2009 |
Teel Bivins, American politician (b. 1947) |
2009 |
George Na'ope, American musician (b. 1928) |
2009 |
George A. Borgman, The Girl of His Dreams |
2009 |
Yoshirô Muraki, Ran |
2009 |
Sue Rihr, Days of Our Lives |
2009 |
Miloslav Svandrlík, Cerní baroni |
2009 |
Cordiner Nelson, Salute |
2009 |
Bill Basch, The Last Days |
2010 |
Glen "Frosty" Little, American circus clown (b. 1925) |
2010 |
Mbah Maridjan, Mount Merapi gatekeeper (b. 1927) |
2010 |
Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931) |
2010 |
Llàtzer Escarceller, I Love Hitler |
2010 |
Ricardo Montez, Mamma Mia! |
2011 |
Michael Ruotolo, Rat Scratch Fever |
2011 |
Greg Gantt, New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers |
2011 |
Yaropolk Lapshin, Ugryum-reka |
2011 |
Janko Messner, Vpisovanje |
2012 |
John Johansen, My Father, the Genius |
2012 |
Natina Reed, Bring It On |
2012 |
Alan Kirschenbaum, Yes, Dear |
2012 |
Vyacheslav Melekhov, Silent Souls |
2012 |
Mac Ahlberg, Beverly Hills Cop III |
2012 |
Vera Little, Der junge Lord |
2012 |
Joza Horvat, Snadji se, druze |
2012 |
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, Tell Me Cuba |
2013 |
Bennett Ohta, The Golden Child |
2013 |
Ritva Arvelo, Kultainen vasikka |
2014 |
Genpei Akasegawa, Rikyu |
2014 |
Michael Hawkins, The Hound of the Baskervilles |
2014 |
Gordon Soltau, Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon |
2014 |
David Armstrong, Another Earth |
2014 |
Françoise Bertin, Last Year at Marienbad |
2014 |
Mo Collins, Super Bowl XXXVII |
2014 |
Jenny McCrindle, The Acid House |
2014 |
Jeff Robinson, Texas Rangers vs. Milwaukee Brewers |
2014 |
Tatyana Nikulina, The Diamond Arm |
2014 |
Oscar Orefici, Speed Fever |
2014 |
Katie Layman, Another World |
2014 |
Nerino Rossi, La neve nel bicchiere |
2015 |
Aleksander Valic, Operation |
2015 |
Birgit Doll, The Seventh Continent |
2015 |
Ramón Centenero, Cotolay |
2015 |
Penelope Houston, American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art |
2017 |
Rock and Roll legend Fats Domino dies aged 89 |
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