History Deaths on March 26

Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)

#Edmund_Muskie

Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)

#Roland_Barthes

James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)

#James_Callaghan

Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)

#Phil_Mead

Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (b. c. 1307)

#Alessandra_Giliani

Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)

#Dinkha_IV

James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)

#James_F._Hinkle

Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)

#Auguste_Charlois

Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)

#Halston

Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)

#Arne_Bendiksen

Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide

#Walter_Stewart,_Earl_of_Atholl

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)

#Sarah_Bernhardt

James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)

#James_Hutton

Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)

#Don_Payne_(writer)

Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)

#Nikki_Sudden

Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)

#Constantin_Fehrenbach

Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Dave_Leggett

Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)

#Tomas_Tranströmer

John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

#John_Winthrop

Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)

#Cecil_Rhodes

Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)

#Manuel_Marulanda

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)

#Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)

#Samuel_Ward_(American_statesman)

Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)

#Geraldine_Ferraro

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)

#Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan

Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)

#Johannes_Schefferus

Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)

#Wilhelm_Anderson

Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)

#Spyridon_Louis

David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)

#David_Lloyd_George

Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)

#Antonio_de_Cabezón

Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)

#Jimmy_Burke_(baseball)

'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)

#'Adud_al-Dawla

Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)

#Shane_McConkey

John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)

#John_Vanbrugh

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)

#Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin

Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet

#Sugawara_no_Michizane

Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)

#Walter_Abel

Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)

#Uriah_P._Levy

Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)

#Barghash_bin_Said_of_Zanzibar

William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

#William_de_Forz,_3rd_Earl_of_Albemarle

William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)

#William_Chester_Minor

Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)

#Ludwig_van_Beethoven

Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)

#Raymond_Chandler

Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)

#Sisto_Averno

Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)

#Friedrich_L._Bauer

Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)

#Georg_Tannstetter

Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)

#Walt_Whitman

Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)

#Henry_M._Leland

Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (b. 1963)

#Eazy-E

Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)

#Noël_Coward

Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman

#Guntram_the_Rich

Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)

#Jan_Sterling

Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)

#Beauford_Delaney

Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)

#Louis_Falco

Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)

#Jean_Stafford

Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)

#Sancho_I_of_Portugal

Ludger, Frisian missionary

#Ludger

Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)

#Ahmed_Sékou_Touré

Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)

#Charles_Pinot_Duclos

Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)

#Roman_Sanguszko

Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)

#Eugen_Jochum

Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)

#Anson_Stager

Krzysztof Koz?owski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)

#Krzysztof_Koz?owski

Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)

#Tom_Boerwinkle

Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)

#Édouard_Herriot

Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)

#Heinrich_Isaac

Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)

#Maurice_Barrymore

John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)

#John_Mudge

Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)

#Thomas_Elyot

Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)

Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)

Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)

Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)

Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)

Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)

Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)

David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)

Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)

Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)

Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)

Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)

Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)

Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)

Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)

Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)

Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)

Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)

Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)

David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)

Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)

Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)

Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)

John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)

Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)

Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)

John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)

John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)

Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)

Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)

David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)

Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)

Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)

Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)

Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet

Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)

Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)

Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)

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