26 January Deaths

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

    724 – Yazid II, Arab caliph (b. 687)
    738 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)
    1186 – Ismat ad-Din Khatun, wife of Saladin
    1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
    1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
    1636 – Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
    1641 – Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
    1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
    1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
    1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
    1779 – Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
    1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
    1799 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
    1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
    1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
    1831 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
    1831 – Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
    1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
    1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
    1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
    1870 – Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
    1885 – Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
    1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
    1886 – David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
    1891 – Nikolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
    1893 – Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
    1895 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
    1904 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
    1926 – John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
    1932 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
    1942 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
    1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
    1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
    1946 – Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
    1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
    1947 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906)
    1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
    1948 – Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
    1948 – John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
    1952 – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
    1953 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
    1957 – Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
    1962 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
    1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
    1973 – Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
    1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
    1977 – Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
    1979 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
    1980 – Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
    1983 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
    1990 – Bob Gerard, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)
    1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
    1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1912)
    1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (b. 1905)
    1993 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
    1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
    1996 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
    1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (b. 1930)
    1996 – Frank Howard, American football player and coach (b. 1909)
    1996 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)
    1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
    2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
    2000 – Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
    2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
    2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
    2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
    2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
    2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
    2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
    2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
    2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
    2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
    2010 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (b. 1917)
    2011 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
    2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1924)
    2013 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (b. 1929)
    2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929)
    2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
    2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)
    2014 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
    2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)
    2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
    2014 – Ralph T. Troy, American banker and politician (b. 1935)
    2015 – Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)
    2015 – Tom Uren, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1921)
    2016 – Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 14th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
    2016 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
    2016 – Colin Vearncombe, English singer-songwriter, known worldwide as Black (b. 1962)

Source: Wikipedia