Deaths in History on January 26

Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

English physician, father of (western) immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, dies of a stroke at 73

Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)

French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), dies at 32

1831 Sangolli Rayanna, Indian military chief warrior, dies at 32
1844 John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77
1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), committed suicide at 45
1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies
1855 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
1869 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, committed suicide at 22
1870 Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie, 14th Prime Minister of France (1835-36), dies at 84
1878 Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (one of the founders of experimental psychology), dies at 82
1884 John Letcher, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, dies at 70
1885 Charles George Gordon, British general (put down Taiping rebellion in China) and administrator (Governor-General of Sudan), killed during the fall of Khartoum at 51
1885 Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
1886 David Rice Atchison, American politician ((not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1]
1891 Nikolaus Otto, German auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies. (b. 1833)
1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1904 John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
1904 Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
1911 Charles Dilke, British statesman and Radical politician, dies at 67
1926 John Flannagan, Catholic priest, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University, dies at 66
1933 Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
1942 Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (Hausdorff space), dies at 73
1942 Gerard Philips, Dutch industrialist and manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
1943 Harry H. Laughlin, American educator and eugenicist, dies at 62
1943 Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet botanist and geneticist (identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants), dies at 55
1946 Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
1947 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second in line to the Swedish throne, dies in an airplane crash at 40
1952 Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
1952 Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
1953 Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet and linguistic (spelling), dies at 58
1954 Carl Eldh, Swedish artist and sculptor, dies at 80

Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1896-1962)

Italian-American gangster of the New York mafia, dies of a heart attack at 65

1965 Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1968 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
1968 Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
1973 Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71
1974 Siegfried von Vegesack, German writer, dies at 85
1976 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)

Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)

American politician (Vice President: 1974-1977; Governor of New York (R), 1959-73), dies of a heart attack at 70

1985 James Cameron, journalist, dies
1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
1990 Boy Trip, Dutch minister, dies at 68
1990 Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
1991 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46
1992 Gilroy Roberts, American sculptor (Chief Engraver of the US Mint, 1948-64), dies at 96
1992 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist, writer and poet, dies at 63
1993 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1993 Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor-General of Canada (1984-90), dies at 70
1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80
1995 Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies
1995 Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1996 Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 74
1996 Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer, Dutch theologist (Dogmatic Studies), dies at 92
1996 Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1998 Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93
2000 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), dies at 87
2000 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer and illustrator (Orlando), dies at 101
2003 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (The Last Days of Hitler), dies at 89
2006 Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
2006 Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
2007 Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
2008 Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer, dies at 101
2013 Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese physician and medical researcher (WHO Director-General, 1988-98), dies at 84
2015 Tom Uren, Australian politician, Australian heritage and conservation campaigner, dies at 93
2022 (Clarence) "Bud" Brown, Jr, American politician (US Representative from Ohio, 1965-83), dies at 94