People who died on August 26

2005

Robert Denning, Interior designer (b: March 13, 1927 ; d: August 26, 2005)
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2004

Laura Branigan, American singer (b: July 3, 1957 ; d: August 26, 2004)
► Biography of Laura Branigan

2003

Jim Wacker (d: August 26, 2003)
► Biography of Jim Wacker

1998

Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics recipient (b: March 16, 1918 ; d: August 26, 1998)
► Biography of Frederick Reines

1990

Minoru Honda (d: August 26, 1990)
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1989

Irving Stone (d: August 26, 1989)
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1986

Ted Knight (d: August 26, 1986)
► Biography of Ted Knight

1981

Roger Nash Baldwin (d: August 26, 1981)
► Biography of Roger Nash Baldwin

1980

Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b: February 26, 1908 ; d: August 26, 1980)
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Rosa Albach-Retty (d: August 26, 1980)
► Biography of Rosa Albach-Retty

1979

Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (b: September 19, 1908 ; d: August 26, 1979)
► Biography of Mika Waltari

1978

Charles Boyer, French actor (b: August 28, 1897 ; d: August 26, 1978)
► Biography of Charles Boyer

1976

Lotte Lehmann, German singer (b: February 27, 1888 ; d: August 26, 1976)
► Biography of Lotte Lehmann

1974

Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (b: February 4, 1902 ; d: August 26, 1974)
► Biography of Charles Lindbergh

1968

Kay Francis, American actress (b: January 13, 1899 ; d: August 26, 1968)
► Biography of Kay Francis

1958

Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b: October 12, 1872 ; d: August 26, 1958)
► Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams

1945

Franz Werfel, poet and author(d. 1945) (b: September 10, 1890 ; d: August 26, 1945)
► Biography of Franz Werfel

1930

Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b: April 1, 1883 ; d: August 26, 1930)
► Biography of Lon Chaney, Sr.

1915

John Bunny, American film comedian (b: September 21, 1863 ; d: August 26, 1915)
► Biography of John Bunny

1850

King Louis-Philippe of France (b: October 6, 1773 ; d: August 26, 1850)
► Biography of Louis-Philippe of France

1723

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (b: October 24, 1632 ; d: August 26, 1723)
► Biography of Anton van Leeuwenhoek

1714

Edward Fowler (d: August 26, 1714)
► Biography of Edward Fowler

1666

Frans Hals (d: August 26, 1666)
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1595

Antonio, Prior of Crato (d: August 26, 1595)
► Biography of Antonio, Prior of Crato

1551

Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b: January 1, 1516 ; d: August 26, 1551)
► Biography of Margareta Leijonhufvud

1349

Thomas Bradwardine (d: August 26, 1349)
► Biography of Thomas Bradwardine

1278

Premysl Ottokar II (d: August 26, 1278)
► Biography of Premysl Ottokar II

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