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In the year 1926
1,157 Notable birthdays
Curtis Harrington
American film director (1926-2007).
Born September 17th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died May 6th, 2007 at 80 years old in Hollywood Hills (stroke). [ref]
Henry Way Kendall
American particle physicist who won the nobel prize in physics.
Born December 9th, 1926 in Boston.
Died February 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Wakulla County (drowning, asphyxia from cave diving).
Ben Johnston
American composer (1926–2019).
Born March 15th, 1926 in Macon.
Died July 21st, 2019 at 93 years old in Deerfield (disease). [ref]
Gyula Grosics
Hungarian footballer (1926-2014).
Born February 4th, 1926 in Dorog.
Died June 13th, 2014 at 88 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]
Clive Donner
British film director (1926–2010).
Born January 21st, 1926 in London.
Died September 7th, 2010 at 84 years old in London (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Clyde Walcott
West indian cricketer (1926-2006).
Born January 17th, 1926 in Bridgetown.
Died August 26th, 2006 at 80 years old in Bridgetown. [ref]
Kid Gavilán
Cuban boxer (1926-2003).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Camagüey.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 77 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Marc Bohan
Couturier for dior (1926–2023).
Born August 22nd, 1926 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 6th, 2023 at 97 years old in Châtillon-sur-Seine. [ref]
Jon Vickers
Canadian singer (1926-2015).
Born October 29th, 1926 in Prince Albert.
Died July 10th, 2015 at 88 years old in Ontario (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Luciano Vincenzoni
Italian screenwriter (1926–2013).
Born March 7th, 1926 in Treviso.
Died September 22nd, 2013 at 87 years old in Rome.
Avraham Adan
Israeli military general and author (1926–2012).
Born October 5th, 1926 in Kfar Giladi.
Died September 28th, 2012 at 85 years old in Ramat HaSharon (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Thorbjörn Fälldin
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1926-2016).
Born April 24th, 1926 in Högsjö församling.
Died July 23rd, 2016 at 90 years old in Hälledal. [ref]
Siegfried Lenz
German author (1926-2014).
Born March 17th, 1926 in Ełk.
Died October 7th, 2014 at 88 years old in Hamburg.
Peter Alexander
Austrian actor and singer (1926-2011).
Born June 30th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died February 12th, 2011 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Abdur Rahman Biswas
Bangladeshi politician (1926-2017).
Born September 1st, 1926 in Shaistabad.
Died November 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Dhaka (respiratory failure). [ref]
Bud Shank
American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009).
Born May 27th, 1926 in Dayton.
Died April 2nd, 2009 at 82 years old in Tucson (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Larry Burrows
British photojournalist (1926–1971).
Born May 29th, 1926 in London.
Died February 10th, 1971 at 44 years old in Laos.
Jérôme Lejeune
French pediatrician and geneticist (1926–1994).
Born June 13th, 1926 in Montrouge.
Died April 3rd, 1994 at 67 years old in Paris (cancer).
Ali Javan
Iranian-american physicist.
Born December 26th, 1926 in Tehran.
Died September 12th, 2016 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Fernando J. Corbató
American computer scientist (1926–2019).
Born July 1st, 1926 in Oakland.
Died July 12th, 2019 at 93 years old in Newburyport (diabetes). [ref]
Gamil Ratib
Egyptian actor (1926-2018).
Born November 28th, 1926 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2018 at 91 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Yevgeny Leonov
Soviet and russian actor (1926-1994).
Born September 2nd, 1926 in Moscow.
Died January 29th, 1994 at 67 years old in Moscow (pulmonary embolism).
Harry Hughes
American politician (1926-2019).
Born November 13th, 1926 in Easton. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2019 at 92 years old in Denton (pneumonia). [ref]
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