26 June Deaths

Published : 26 Jun 2019, 11:08

Jagoroniya Desk

June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

116 BC – Ptolemy VIII, king of Egypt
363 – Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 332)
405 – Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)
822 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)
969 – George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)
985 – Ramiro III, king of León
1090 – Jaromír, bishop of Prague
1095 – Robert, bishop of Hereford
1265 – Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204)
1274 – Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)
1487 – John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)
1541 – Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)
1574 – Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)
1688 – Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)
1752 – Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
1757 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
1784 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
1793 – James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
1793 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
1795 – Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
1808 – Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
1810 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
1830 – George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
1836 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
1856 – Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
1870 – Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
1878 – Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
1879 – Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
1883 – Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
1918 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
1922 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
1927 – Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
1932 – Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
1932 – William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
1938 – James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
1938 – Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
1939 – Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
1943 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
1945 – Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
1946 – Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)
1946 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)
1947 – R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
1949 – Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
1955 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
1956 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
1956 – Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
1957 – Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
1957 – Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
1958 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
1958 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
1964 – Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
1967 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
1975 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
1979 – Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
1989 – Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
1990 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)
1992 – Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
1993 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
1993 – William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
1994 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)
1996 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
1996 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and academic (b. 1932)
1997 – Don Hutson, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1998 – Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2002 – Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
2002 – Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
2003 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
2003 – Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
2003 – Strom Thurmond, American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (b. 1902)
2004 – Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950)
2004 – Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929)
2004 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2005 – Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938)
2005 – Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (b. 1943)
2006 – Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
2007 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (b. 1929)
2007 – Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)
2010 – Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (b. 1932)
2010 – Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912)
2011 – Edith Fellows, American actress (b. 1923)
2011 – Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1948)
2012 – Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (b. 1915)
2012 – Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956)
2012 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2012 – Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2012 – Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919)
2012 – Risley C. Triche, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2013 – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpet player and composer (b. 1939)
2013 – Edward Huggins Johnstone, Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (b. 1922)
2013 – Byron Looper, American politician (b. 1964)
2013 – Justin Miller, American baseball player (b. 1977)
2013 – Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934)
2014 – Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)
2014 – Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)
2014 – Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)
2014 – Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2014 – Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921)
2014 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931)
2015 – Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)
2015 – Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)

Source: wikipedia

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