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In the year 1926

942 Notable birthdays

Bob Falkenburg

American tennis player.

Born January 29th, 1926 in Brooklyn.

Died January 6th, 2022 at 95 years old in Santa Ynez. [ref]

Jorge Medina Estévez

Catholic cardinal.

Born December 23rd, 1926 in Santiago.

Died October 3rd, 2021 at 94 years old in Santiago. [ref]

John Clellon Holmes

American beat generation writer, novelist.

Born March 12th, 1926 in Massachusetts.

Died March 30th, 1988 at 62 years old in Middletown (cancer).

John Meyendorff

Russian orthodox priest and theologian (1926-1992).

Born February 17th, 1926 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died July 22nd, 1992 at 66 years old in Montreal (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Walter Sedlmayr

German actor (1926-1990).

Born January 6th, 1926 in Munich.

Died July 14th, 1990 at 64 years old in Munich.

Marie-Claire Alain

French organist and organ teacher.

Born August 10th, 1926 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]

Died February 26th, 2013 at 86 years old in Paris, Le Pecq. [ref]

William Wakefield Baum

Catholic cardinal.

Born November 21st, 1926 in Dallas.

Died July 23rd, 2015 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..

Nikita Simonyan

Russian footballer and coach.

Born October 12th, 1926 (age 98 years) in Armavir.

Mordechai Hod

Israeli general.

Born September 28th, 1926 in Mandatory Palestine.

Died June 29th, 2003 at 76 years old in Israel.

Hocine Aït Ahmed

Algerian political (1926-2015).

Born August 20th, 1926 in Aït Yahia.

Died December 23rd, 2015 at 89 years old in Lausanne. [ref]

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