26 December Deaths

December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are five 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

268 – Pope Dionysius
418 – Pope Zosimus
831 – Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine bishop and saint (b. 754)
865 – Zheng, empress of the Tang Dynasty
893 – Masrur al-Balkhi, Muslim general
1191 – Reginald Fitz Jocelin, Archbishop-elect of Canterbury
1302 – Valdemar, King of Sweden, 1250–1275 (b. c. 1238/1239)
1350 – Jean de Marigny, French archbishop
1352 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1330)
1360 – Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, English commander (b. 1314)
1413 – Michele Steno, Doge of Venice (b. 1331)
1441 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara
1458 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
1476 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (assassinated) (b. 1444)
1530 – Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
1574 – Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524)
1646 – Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (b. 1588)
1731 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
1771 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
1780 – John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
1784 – Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
1786 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
1863 – Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
1869 – Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
1890 – Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
1909 – Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
1923 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
1925 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
1929 – Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
1931 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
1933 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
1933 – Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
1959 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
1960 – Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
1963 – Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
1966 – Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
1966 – Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
1966 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
1968 – Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
1970 – Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
1972 – Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
1973 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1974 – Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
1974 – Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
1974 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
1977 – Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1980 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
1981 – Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
1981 – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
1986 – Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)
1988 – Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
1988 – Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)
1989 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
1990 – Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)
1994 – Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (b. 1933)
1996 – JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen and prominent unsolved murder victim (b. 1990)
1997 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
1997 – Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)
1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
1999 – Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)
2000 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2001 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 – Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
2002 – Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
2004 – Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)
2004 – Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
2004 – Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
2004 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
2004 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1974)
2004 – Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (b. 1961)
2005 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)
2005 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2005 – Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)
2005 – Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
2005 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 – Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)
2006 – Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
2006 – Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (b. 1951)
2006 – Munir Niazi, Indian-Pakistani poet (b. 1928)
2009 – Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
2010 – Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
2010 – Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)
2011 – Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)
2011 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1940)
2011 – Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932)
2011 – Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
2011 – James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (b. 1950)
2012 – Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2012 – Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (b. 1941)
2012 – Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (b. 1929)
2013 – Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2014 – Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946)
2014 – James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)
2014 – Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)
2015 – Sidney Mintz, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1922)
2015 – Jim O'Toole, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2016 – Ricky Harris, American comedian, actor (b. 1962)
2016 – George S. Irving, American actor, singer and dancer (b. 1922)

Source: wikipedia