Famous Deaths on July 26

Atahualpa (c. 1502-1533)

last Sapa Inca Emperor, garroted by order of Francisco Pizarro at about 52

1592 Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
1611 Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
1615 Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander, dies at 64
1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Italian Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies at 68
1667 Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 [1]
1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies

Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684)

Italian mathematician and the 1st woman to receive an academic degree from a university, dies of tuberculosis at 38

1712 Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (Prime Minister 1690-94, under Charles II, helped bring William and Mary to the throne), dies at 80
1719 Johann Georg Christian Störl, German organist, kappelmeister, and composer, dies at 43
1723 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman
1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies
1770 Michael Scheuenstühl, German composer, dies at 65
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
1826 Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, dies at 82
1834 Jonathan Jennings, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1816–1822; Congressman for Indiana, 1822–1831), dies at 50
1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, Spanish romantic composer, dies of tuberculosis at 45 [some source date death as 4 August]

Sam Houston (1793-1863)

1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70

1867 King Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
1872 Michele Carafa, Italian-French opera composer, and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1840-58), dies at 84
1881 George Borrow, writer, dies
1910 Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, dies at 71
1915 James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (Oxford English Dictionary), dies at 78
1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 52
1916 Sally Louisa Tompkins, American nurse and philanthrophist, only commissioned woman in US Confederate Army, dies at 82
1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flying ace (Victoria Cross), dies at 31
1919 Edward Poynter, British painter, President of the Royal Academy, dies at 83
1920 Carlos Troyer, American composer, dies at 83
1925 Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver, dies at 36
1925 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), dies at 76

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

American orator and statesman known as "The Great Commoner", dies at 65

1926 Robert Todd Lincoln, American politician, lawyer, Captain (Union Army), diplomat, businessman, and son of President Abraham Lincoln, dies in his sleep at 82
1933 Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (I'll Overcome Someday), and Methodist minister, dies at 82
1934 Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (Little Nemo), dies at 63
1937 Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), German-born war photojournalist, dies covering Spanish Civil War aged 26
1939 Billy Murphy, New Zealand boxer (world featherweight champion 1890; first world champion in any class from NZ), dies at 75
1941 Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (the relation of language to thinking and cognition), dies at 44
1941 Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (Lebesgue integration), dies at 66
1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
1942 Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (The Seven Madmen), dies at 42
1942 Titus Brandsma, Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (spoke out against Nazi ideology), murdered at Dachau concentration camp at 61

Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944)

Shah of Iran (1925-41), dies of a heart ailment at 66

1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/American painter, dies
1948 Charles Mills, South African cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies

Eva Perón (1919-1952)

Argentine First Lady (1946-52) actress, suffragette, unionist and humanitarian who was inspiration for A.L. Webber's musical "Evita", dies of cancer at 33

1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece politician and general (Prime Minister of Greece 1945-50, 51-2), dies at 69
1954 Hans Lodeizen [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
1954 Ruth Bryan Owen, American politician (first woman appointed as a U.S. ambassador, Denmark 1933-36), dies at 68
1956 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), dies of a heart attack at 46
1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies at 42
1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet and publisher (Amor), dies at 54
1960 Cedric Gibbons, American art director (b. 1893)
1960 Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
1964 Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and auto racer (1931 Le Mans), dies at 80
1966 Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (French Open doubles 1924, US Open doubles 1926; Wimbledon singles 1926 runner-up), dies at 66
1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch classical composer, critic, and musicologist dies at 79
1969 Raymond Walburn, American actor (Christmas in July), dies after illness at 81
1970 Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), dies at 81
1970 Robert Taschereau, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada, dies at 73
1971 Diane Arbus [Nemerov], American photographer (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar), commits suicide at 48 [1]
1974 Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55
1975 Leigh Whipper, American actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
1977 Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 95
1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75
1977 Karac Plant, son of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, dies of respiratory failure at 6
1980 Allen Hoskins, American child actor (Our Gang), dies of cancer at 59
1980 François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medieval historian, dies at 85
1980 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, dies at 52
1981 Donald Lybbert, American composer (Zap; Lines for the Fallen), and educator, dies at 58
1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54

Ed Gein (1906-1984)

American serial killer who was the inspiration for the films "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", dies of lung cancer at 77

George Gallup (1901-1984)

American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, dies of a heart attack at 82

1986 W. Averell Harriman, American politician (Gov-D-NY) and ambassador to USSR (1943-46), dies at 94
1987 Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln was Shot), dies at 79
1987 Joe Liggins {Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne'), dies after a stroke at 71
1988 Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68
1990 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead - "Hell In A Bucket"; "I Will Take You Home"), dies of a cocaine and morphine "speedball" overdose at 38
1992 Mary Wells, American pop and soul singer ("My Guy"), dies of laryngeal cancer at 49
1992 Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
1993 Daniel Fuchs, American screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
1993 Matthew Ridgway, American general (World War II, Korean War, NATO Supreme Commander) and Chief of Staff of the US Army (1953-55), dies of cardiac arrest at 98
1994 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
1994 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
1994 Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
1995 George W. Romney, American politician (Gov-R-Michigan, US Secretary of HUD 1969-73), dies of a heart attack, dies at 88
1995 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
1995 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), dies of leukemia at 77
1995 Raymond Mailloux, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
1996 Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, dies at 93
1996 Evelyn Levine, American composer ("Scarlet Ribbons"), dies at 94
1998 (David Allan) "Chico" Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
2000 John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
2001 Josef Klaus, Austrian conservative politician (Minister of Finance, 1961-63; Chancellor, 1966-70), dies at 90
2001 Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
2001 Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917)
2002 Jutta Hecker, German writer, dies at 97
2004 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, lung cancer (birthdate unknown)
2005 Alexander Golitzen, American art director (b. 1908)
2005 Betty Astell, British actress (b. 1912)
2005 Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
2005 Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
2007 John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
2007 Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (b. 1928)
2007 Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (only coach to take 3 schools to NCAA Tournament in first year; Loyola [MD], Xavier, Wake Forest), dies from heart attack at 56
2009 Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
2009 Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), dies at 90
2010 Ben Keith [Schaeufele], American musician and record producer (Neil Young; Great Speckled Bird), dies at 73
2010 Sivakant Tiwari, senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service (b. 1945)
2011 Margaret Olley, Australian still-life and interior painter, dies at 88
2012 Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65
2013 J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist and songwriter ("After Midnight": "Call Me The Breeze"; "Cocaine"), dies of a heart attack at 74
2013 Rolf Haufs, German writer, dies at 77
2015 Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies in a coma at 22
2015 Wolfgang Gönnenwein, German choral director and educator, and artistic director (Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, 1972-2004), dies at 82
2016 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), dies at 87
2016 Forrest E. Mars Jr., American Candy Manufacturer (Mars, Inc.), dies at 84
2016 Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), dies of colon cancer at 53
2016 Sandy Pearlman, American lyricist; music producer, artist manager (Blue Öyster Cult), music journalist and record company executive, dies form complications of a stroke at 72
2017 June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), dies at 99
2017 Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, violinist, conductor (Concilium Musicum Wien), harpsichordist, composer and radio host, dies at 90
2018 Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian dam engineer (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), murdered at 53
2019 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (6th Minnie Mouse, 1986-2019), dies at 75
2020 Bill English, American computer engineer who helped develop the computer mouse and the revolutionary NLS computer system, dies of respiratory failure at 91
2021 Ally Dawson, Scottish soccer defender (5 caps; Glasgow Rangers) and manager (Hamilton Academical), dies at 63
2021 Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), dies at 89
2021 Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), dies at 46
2021 Mike Enzi, American accountant, and politician (US Senator for Wyoming (R), 1997-2021), dies from injuries in a bicycling accident at 77
2021 Rick Aiello, American character actor (Officer Long- Do the Right Thing), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65