26 September Deaths

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

800 – Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg
862 – Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi, Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)
1241 – Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)
1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)
1328 – Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)
1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut
1371 – Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot
1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)
1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)
1536 – Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
1588 – Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (b. 1532)
1600 – Claude Le Jeune, French composer (b. 1530)
1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)
1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
1800 – William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1922 – Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
1935 – Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 – Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)
1990 – Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)
1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)
2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
2012 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)
2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 – Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
2014 – Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)
2014 – Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)
2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
2015 – Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)

Source: wikipedia