History Deaths on June 26

Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)

#Armand_Guillaumin

William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)

#William_Murray_McPherson

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)

#Nasir_al-Din_al-Tusi

Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)

#Vigilius_of_Trent

Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)

#Giulio_Alberoni

Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

#Emil_Hácha

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)

#Francisco_Pizarro

Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)

#Howard_Baker

Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)

#Max_Stirner

Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 332)

#Julian_(emperor)

Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)

#Peter_Rosegger

Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)

#Alfred_Döblin

Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)

#Armand_Barbès

Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

#Ford_Madox_Ford

Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)

#Gilbert_White

Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950)

#Ott_Arder

Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

#Karl_Landsteiner

George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)

#George_Orton

Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)

#Andrija_Štampar

Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)

#Howard_Charles_Green

Y?suke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)

#Y?suke_Matsuoka

Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)

#Joey_Sadler

Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)

#Mercedes_of_Orléans

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)

#Albert_I,_Prince_of_Monaco

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)

#Claude_Joseph_Rouget_de_Lisle

Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)

#Engelbert_Zaschka

Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)

#Roy_Campanella

Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)

#Léo_Dandurand

Justin Miller, American baseball player (b. 1977)

#Justin_Miller_(baseball,_born_1977)

Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)

#Caesar_Rodney

Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)

#Richard_H._Anderson

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)

#Yevgeny_Primakov

Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (b. 1932)

#Algirdas_Brazauskas

John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)

#John_Argyropoulos

Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204)

#Anne_of_Bohemia,_Duchess_of_Silesia

Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)

#Josemaría_Escrivá

Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)

#Ralph_Cudworth

Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)

#Jahanara_Imam

Ptolemy VIII, king of Egypt

#Ptolemy_VIII_Physcon

Strom Thurmond, American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (b. 1902)

#Strom_Thurmond

R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)

#R._B._Bennett

Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)

#Denis_Thatcher

James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)

#James_Weldon_Johnson

Edward Huggins Johnstone, Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (b. 1922)

#Edward_Huggins_Johnstone

Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)

#Edward_Sabine

Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (b. 1915)

#Sverker_Åström

Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)

#Maximilian_Ulysses_Browne

Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpet player and composer (b. 1939)

#Henrik_Otto_Donner

Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1948)

#Jan_van_Beveren

Don Hutson, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

#Don_Hutson

Edith Fellows, American actress (b. 1923)

#Edith_Fellows

Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

#Nora_Ephron

Saich?, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)

#Saich?

Ramiro III, king of León

#Ramiro_III_of_León

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)

#Montgolfier_brothers

Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)

Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931)

Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921)

Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)

Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)

Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934)

Byron Looper, American politician (b. 1964)

Risley C. Triche, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919)

Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956)

Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912)

Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (b. 1929)

Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)

Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (b. 1943)

Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938)

Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929)

Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)

Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)

Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)

Hac? Sabanc?, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

Necmettin Hac?emino?lu, Turkish linguist and academic (b. 1932)

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)

William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)

Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)

Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)

Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)

Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)

Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)

Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)

Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)

Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)

Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)

Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)

Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)

George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)

Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)

Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)

James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)

Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)

Robert, bishop of Hereford

Jaromír, bishop of Prague

George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)