History Deaths on September 26

Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)

#Mario_Montez

Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)

#Levi_Strauss

Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)

#Francesco_Zabarella

Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)

#Béla_Bartók

Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)

#Betty_Carter

George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)

#George_Santayana

Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

#Bessie_Smith

M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)

#M'el_Dowd

Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)

#Byron_Nelson

Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)

#Jurij_Vega

Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)

#Taichang_Emperor

Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)

#Billy_Vaughn

Leopold Ruži?ka, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

#Leopold_Ruži?ka

Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)

#Shawn_Lane

Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)

#Paquirri

Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)

#Daniel_Boone

Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller

#Didier_de_Saint-Jaille

Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)

#Juan_de_Torquemada_(cardinal)

Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)

#Alec_Hurwood

Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)

#Richard_Mulligan

Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)

#Hermann_Grassmann

Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi, Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)

#Musa_ibn_Musa_ibn_Qasi

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)

#Benito_Jerónimo_Feijóo_y_Montenegro

Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)

#Uday_Shankar

Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet

#Gottfried_von_Hagenau

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)

#Ben_Shlomo_Lipman-Heilprin

Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)

#Lafcadio_Hearn

Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)

#Terry_Newton

August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)

#August_Ferdinand_Möbius

Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929)

#Sam_Steiger

Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

#Manne_Siegbahn

Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)

#Anna_Magnani

Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)

#Charles_Correll

Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)

#Sos_Sargsyan

Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)

#Ana_Seneviratne

Nicu Ceau?escu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)

#Nicu_Ceau?escu

Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)

#Xu_Beihong

Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)

#Arthur_Hunnicutt

Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)

#Ellen_Roosevelt

Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)

#Paul_Newman

Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)

#Gloria_Stuart

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)

#Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino

William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)

#William_Billings

Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)

#Charles_Grey,_7th_Earl_of_Kent

Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimy? (b. 1554)

#Wakisaka_Yasuharu

Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)

#Cecco_d'Ascoli

Claude Le Jeune, French composer (b. 1530)

#Claude_Le_Jeune

Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)

#Branko_Zebec

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)

#S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike

Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)

#Leslie_Morshead

Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (b. 1532)

#Amias_Paulet

William II, Count of Hainaut

#William_II,_Count_of_Hainaut

Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)

#Andy_Adams_(writer)

Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet

#Fujiwara_no_Teika

John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)

#John_Fitzwilliam_Stairs

Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)

#Teodor_Ussisoo

Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907)

#Alberto_Moravia

Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)

#Hugh_Lofting

Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)

#Hans_Cloos

Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)

#Bob_Cassilly

Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

#Robert_Palmer_(singer)

Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)

#Charles_Wade

Jacques René Chirac, French politician & President of France (1954-1957) (b. 1932)

Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)

Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)

Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921)

Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938)

Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922)

Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)

Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930)

Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)

Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)

Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)

Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)

Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)

Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)

Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)

Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)

Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)

Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)

Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)

Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)

Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)

W?adys?aw K?dra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)

Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)

James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)

Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)

William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)

Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)

Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)

Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)

Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot

Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)

Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)

Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg