People who died on April 26

2005

Maria Schell, Swiss actress (b: January 15, 1926 ; d: April 26, 2005)
   ► Biography of Maria Schell

Mason Adams, American actor (b: February 26, 1919 ; d: April 26, 2005)
   ► Biography of Mason Adams

2004

Hubert Selby Jr. (d: April 26, 2004)
   ► Biography of Hubert Selby Jr.

2003

Peter Stone, American writer (b: February 27, 1930 ; d: April 26, 2003)
   ► Biography of Peter Stone

Rosemary Brown (politician) (d: April 26, 2003)
   ► Biography of Rosemary Brown (politician)

Edward Max Nicholson (d: April 26, 2003)
   ► Biography of Edward Max Nicholson

2002

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, American singer (b: May 27, 1971 ; d: April 26, 2002)
   ► Biography of Lisa Lopes

1999

Jill Dando, British television presenter (b: November 9, 1961 ; d: April 26, 1999)
   ► Biography of Jill Dando

1996

Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer (b: January 16, 1918 ; d: April 26, 1996)
   ► Biography of Stirling Silliphant

1991

Carmine Coppola (d: April 26, 1991)
   ► Biography of Carmine Coppola

Emily McLaughlin (d: April 26, 1991)
   ► Biography of Emily McLaughlin

1989

Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b: August 6, 1911 ; d: April 26, 1989)
   ► Biography of Lucille Ball

1986

Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b: February 22, 1899 ; d: April 26, 1986)
   ► Biography of Dechko Uzunov

Broderick Crawford, American actor (b: December 9, 1911 ; d: April 26, 1986)
   ► Biography of Broderick Crawford

1984

William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (b: August 21, 1904 ; d: April 26, 1984)
   ► Biography of Count Basie

1981

Jim Davis, American actor (b: August 26, 1909 ; d: April 26, 1981)
   ► Biography of Jim Davis (actor)

1976

Sid James (d: April 26, 1976)
   ► Biography of Sid James

1973

Irene Ryan, American actress (b: October 17, 1902 ; d: April 26, 1973)
   ► Biography of Irene Ryan

1970

Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer and actress (b: February 9, 1914 ; d: April 26, 1970)
   ► Biography of Gypsy Rose Lee

1969

Morihei Ueshiba (d: April 26, 1969)
   ► Biography of Morihei Ueshiba

1956

Edward Arnold, American actor (b: February 18, 1890 ; d: April 26, 1956)
   ► Biography of Edward Arnold (actor)

1951

Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b: December 5, 1868 ; d: April 26, 1951)
   ► Biography of Arnold Sommerfeld

1940

Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 27, 1874 ; d: April 26, 1940)
   ► Biography of Carl Bosch

1938

Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b: April 8, 1859 ; d: April 26, 1938)
   ► Biography of Edmund Husserl

1932

William Lockwood, English cricketer (b: March 25, 1868 ; d: April 26, 1932)
   ► Biography of William Lockwood

1920

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b: December 22, 1887 ; d: April 26, 1920)
   ► Biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan

1910

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 8, 1832 ; d: April 26, 1910)
   ► Biography of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1892

Provo Wallis (d: April 26, 1892)
   ► Biography of Provo Wallis

1865

John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b: May 10, 1838 ; d: April 26, 1865)
   ► Biography of John Wilkes Booth

1716

John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b: March 4, 1651 ; d: April 26, 1716)
   ► Biography of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers

1489

Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b: December 11, 1465 ; d: April 26, 1489)
   ► Biography of Ashikaga Yoshihisa

1478

Giuliano di Piero de' Medici (d: April 26, 1478)
   ► Biography of Giuliano di Piero de' Medici

1444

Robert Campin (d: April 26, 1444)
   ► Biography of Robert Campin

1192

Emperor Go-Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (b: October 18, 1127 ; d: April 26, 1192)
   ► Biography of Emperor Go-Shirakawa

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