History Deaths on July 26

Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1417)

#Pope_Paul_II

Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

#Mary_Wells

Joe Arroyo, Colombian singer-songwriter and composer (b. 1955)

#Joe_Arroyo

Charles Emmanual I, duke of Savoy (b. 1562)

#Charles_Emmanuel_I,_Duke_of_Savoy

Maximilian Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1756)

#Archduke_Maximilian_Francis_of_Austria

Charles R. Larson, American admiral (b. 1936)

#Charles_R._Larson

Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)

#Winsor_McCay

George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)

#George_Gallup

Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)

#Eva_Perón

Miguel de Benavides, Spanish archbishop and sinologist (b. 1552)

#Miguel_de_Benavides

Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)

#Francis_Curzon,_5th_Earl_Howe

Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)

#Matthew_Ridgway

Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 890)

#Prince_Motoyoshi

June Foray, American voice actress (b. 1917)

#June_Foray

Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)

#Fred_Duesenberg

Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)

#Robert_Todd_Lincoln

Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)

#Gottlob_Frege

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1631)

#Thomas_Osborne,_1st_Duke_of_Leeds

Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)

#Roberto_Arlt

Armand de Gontant, French marshal (b. 1524)

#Armand_de_Gontaut,_baron_de_Biron

K?my?, emperor of Japan (b. 1322)

#Emperor_K?my?

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (b. 1647)

#John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester

Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (b. 1938)

#Richard_MacCormac

Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1660)

#Robert_Bertie,_1st_Duke_of_Ancaster_and_Kesteven

Atahualpa, Inca emperor abducted and murdered by Francisco Pizarro (b. ca. 1500)

#Atahualpa

Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)

#Ulises_Heureaux

Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)

#Nikolaos_Plastiras

Mary Frith, English female criminal (b. 1584)

#Mary_Frith

Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)

#Howard_Vernon_(Australian_actor)

Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (b. 1934)

#Bijoy_Krishna_Handique

Skip Prosser, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)

#Skip_Prosser

James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)

#James_Murray_(lexicographer)

Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)

#Carlos_Castillo_Armas

Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (b. 929)

#Fujiwara_no_Kaneie

Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)

#Gilles_Marotte

Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

#Roland_Verhavert

Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)

#Sam_Houston

Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942)

#Lupe_Ontiveros

Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (b. 1926)

#Flora_MacDonald_(politician)

W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)

#W._Averell_Harriman

Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)

#Lars_Forssell

James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)

#James_D._Watkins

James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)

#James_Mitchell_(Australian_politician)

Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)

#Merce_Cunningham

Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)

#Edward_Poynter

Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor

#Nikephoros_I

Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)

#Henri_Lebesgue

Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (b. 1923)

#Margaret_Olley

Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)

#Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia

William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

#William_Jennings_Bryan

Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimy? (b. 1542)

#Horio_Yoshiharu

Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)

#Pavlos_Karolidis

Max Winter, American businessman and sports executive (b. 1903)

#Max_Winter

Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)

#Cedric_Gibbons

Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (b. 1917)

#Laurindo_Almeida

Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)

#Antonio_Ascari

Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen of Sweden (b. 1656)

#Ulrika_Eleonora_of_Denmark

Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)

#Robert_Taschereau

George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)

#George_W._Romney

John Kline, American basketball player (b. 1931)

Adem Demaci, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (b. 1936)

Ronald Phillips, American criminal (b. 1973)

Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (b. 1943)

Ann Rule, American police officer and author (b. 1931)

Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)

Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (b. 1954)

Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (b. 1965)

George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1919)

Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (b. 1967)

Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)

Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)

Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (b. 1918)

Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (b. 1925)

Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (b. 1927)

Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese author and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Richard Harris, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1948)

Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (b. 1945)

Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (b. 1925)

Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)

William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)

Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)

Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)

John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)

Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1917)

Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (b. 1918)

Raymond Mailloux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1918)

James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (b. 1901)

Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)

Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)

Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)

Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)

Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)

Cecily Neville, duchess of Warwick (b. 1424)

Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (b. 842)

Celestine I, pope of the Catholic Church

Cheng of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 321)