March 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 304 – Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian
• 922 – Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
• 1130 – King Sigurd I of Norway (b. c. 1090)
• 1212 – King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English diplomat
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510)
• 1649 – John Winthrop,English lawyer and second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (b. 1640)
• 1726 – Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American telegraphist (b. 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said, Zanzibar ruler, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1910 – An Jung-geun, Korean general (b. 1879)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
• 1926 – Konstantin Fehrenbach, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
• 1933 – Eddie Lang, American jazz musician (b. 1902)
• 1934 – John Biller, American athlete (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, British politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (b. 1909)
• 1973 – George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
• 1976 – Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, African political leader and President of Guinea (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician and sociologist. (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979 (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Gérard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian politician and jurist (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Frank Searle, British Loch Ness Monster hoaxer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, British singer-songwriter (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Heath Benedict, American football player (b. 1983)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American translator and professor (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Wally Phillips, American radio personality (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda Velez, Colombian rebel leader, founder and lifelong leader of rebel group FARC-EP (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American congresswoman and vice-president nominee (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, Canadian comedian (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, British writer (b. 1934)