26 October Deaths

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

664 – Cedd, English monk and bishop (b. 620)
899 – Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)
1440 – Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404)
1609 – Matsudaira Tadayori, Japanese samurai and daimyo (b. 1582)
1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1596)
1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
1675 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
1686 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
1717 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
1751 – Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
1764 – William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
1806 – John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
1861 – Edward "Ned" Kendall American bugle player and bandleader (b. 1808)
1864 – William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
1866 – John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
1919 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
1927 – Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
1930 – Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
1930 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
1932 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
1937 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
1943 – Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
1944 – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1944 – William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
1945 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
1945 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
1946 – Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1947 – Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
1949 – Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1956 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1957 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
1960 – Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
1961 – Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)
1962 – Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
1963 – Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
1966 – Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
1973 – Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)
1974 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
1978 – Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)
1984 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1986 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1993 – Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)
1995 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
1995 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1998 – Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
1999 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
1999 – Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
2001 – Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)
2002 – Movsar Barayev, Russian militia leader (b. 1979)
2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
2004 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
2005 – Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)
2005 – George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2006 – Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2006 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)
2007 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
2007 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)
2007 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (b. 1918)
2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2008 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)
2008 – Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
2009 – Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)
2009 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)
2009 – George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
2009 – Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
2010 – Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
2010 – Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
2010 – Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
2011 – Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)
2012 – Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
2012 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
2012 – John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
2012 – Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)
2012 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)
2013 – Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2013 – Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (b. 1921)
2013 – Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Unifics) (b. 1948)
2013 – Andries Maseko, South African footballer (b. 1955)
2013 – Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)
2014 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
2014 – Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)
2014 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2014 – Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987)
2014 – Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961)
2014 – Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 – Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)
2015 – Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (b. 1926)
2015 – Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)
2015 – Ed Walker, American radio host (b. 1932)

Source: Wikipedia