History Deaths on February 26

Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)

#Sándor_Szurmay

Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Arnošt_Lustig

Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)

#Felix_Draeseke

Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1951) executed with 20 others

#Sabiha_Kasimati

Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)

#Norm_Van_Lier

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)

#Maximilian_II_Emanuel,_Elector_of_Bavaria

Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)

#Otto_Wallach

Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917)

#Theodore_Hesburgh

Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960)

#Tom_Schweich

Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)

#Roger_II_of_Sicily

Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)

#Antonio_Possevino

Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)

#Karl_Albiker

Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514)

#Lorenzino_de'_Medici

Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)

#Robert_R._Livingston_(chancellor)

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)

#Maria_of_Austria,_Holy_Roman_Empress

Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)

#Lawrence_Tierney

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (b. 1328)

#Roger_Mortimer,_2nd_Earl_of_March

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)

#Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine

Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)

#Richard_Jordan_Gatling

Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911)

#Roy_Eldridge

Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)

#Joshua_Rowley

Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)

#Eric_XIV_of_Sweden

Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)

#Giuseppe_Tartini

Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)

#Esek_Hopkins

Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)

#Bill_Hicks

Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926)

#Marie-Claire_Alain

John Still, English bishop (b. 1543)

#John_Still

Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)

#Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden

Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)

#Andy_Bathgate

Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)

#Adolf_Ehrnrooth

Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)

#Mohammed_V_of_Morocco

George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)

#George_L._Street_III

Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)

#Karl_Davydov

Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)

#Levi_Eshkol

John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (b. 1408)

#John_de_Vere,_12th_Earl_of_Oxford

Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240)

#Margaret_of_England

Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232)

#Manfred,_King_of_Sicily

Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)

#Theodoros_Pangalos_(general)

Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

#Earl_Lloyd

Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)

#Harry_Lauder

Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917)

#Stéphane_Hessel

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)

#Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar

Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)

#Joseph_de_Maistre

Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)

#Jef_Raskin

Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)

#Theodor_Eicke

February 26 Incident: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1854) Sait? Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1858) J?tar? Watanabe, Japanese general (b. 1874)

#February_26_Incident

Constance Ford, American model and actress (b. 1923)

#Constance_Ford

Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933)

#Don_Getty

Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)

#Carl_Menger

Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)

#Karl_Jaspers

Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)

#Prince_Josias_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)

#Heinrich_Häberlin

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)

#Thomas-Alexandre_Dumas

Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)

#Porphyry_of_Gaza

Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)

#Boris_Trajkovski

Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)

#Anandi_Gopal_Joshi

Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)

#Alexandros_Koumoundouros

Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

#Tjalling_Koopmans

Joseph Wapner, American lieutenant and judge (b. 1919)

Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)

Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927)

Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)

Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922)

Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)

Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)

Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)

Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925)

Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (b. 1905)

Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)

Jack Clayton, English director and producer (b. 1921)

Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)

Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)

Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)

Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)

Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)

William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560)

Muirchertach mac Néill, king of Ailech (Ireland)