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List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 26th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

  • Pioneering Japanese fashion designer who achieved international acclaim.

2020

  • Award-winning American author known for children's books.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2017

  • Eugene Garfield was an American linguist and information scientist who founded the Institute for Scientific Information and developed the Science Citation Index.

  • American judge and tv personality (b. 1919)

2016

  • Canadian professional ice hockey center who played 17 seasons in national hockey league for new york rangers.

  • Canadian football player and politician, 11th premier of alberta (b. 1933)

2015

  • American basketball coach and player (d. 2015).

  • English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)

  • American lawyer and politician, 36th state auditor of missouri (b. 1960)

  • American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917)

2014

2013

  • German-french diplomat and activist (d. 2013).

  • French organist and teacher, best known for her prolific recording career. her ability to perform large works completely from memory was a particular highlight.

  • Hong kong judge and politician (b. 1922)

2012

  • American musician and member of the popular brother-sister singing group "the carpenters", who sold millions of hits records in the early 1970s. after learning classical piano at yale, he began piano lessons at the age of 12 and moved to downey in 1963 with his family. in 1965, he formed his first band. it was a jazz-pop instrumental trio that …

2011

2010

  • Japanese hip hop producer (born 1974)

  • Also known as "nujabes", japanese record producer, dj, composer and arranger (b. 1974)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)

  • English singer and actress (d. 2009).

  • American pro-basketball player, nicknamed "red" because of his red hair. after playing 12 years, he was appointed chicago bulls' coach. he was the first coach in franchise history and was awarded the nba coach of year award for 1966-67. after he retired as a coach, he was the team's business manager for 33 more years.

  • English actress (b. 1943)

2008

2006

2005

  • Creator of the Macintosh project at Apple

  • Longtime editor-in-chief of Time magazine, known for his leadership during the magazine's golden age.

  • Creator of the Macintosh project at Apple.

  • American computer scientist, created macintosh (b. 1943)

2004

2003

2002

  • A German composer and inventor, known for his development of the Mixtur-Trautonium, an early electronic musical instrument.

  • American actor, scott brady's brother. he starred in over 80 films during his 50-year career. tierney was a stage actor for a short time before he entered film in 1943. at 26 years old, tierney starred in "dillinger", followed by "the greatest show on earth", "abduction" and many other films. in many b-pictures, he played mostly tough guys and gangsters.

2001

  • Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, writer and politician. in 1990, he was awarded the prince of asturias award for his literary contributions. he was nominated several times for the nobel prize in literature.

2000

  • Contributed to the development of computer algorithms and complexity theory.

  • American captain, medal of honor recipient (b. 1913)

  • Indian industrialist (b. 1916)

  • Street iii american navy submariner and medal of honor recipient (born 1913).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • German physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.

1998

  • American economist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1902)

  • American producer, screenwriter, and director of film (born in 1912).

  • American psychiatric patient (aka sybil isabell dosett in sybil (book), (born 1923)

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

  • American novelist. knebel was the author of many popular works of political fiction. his death occurred on february 26, 1993.

  • American journalist and author, known for his political novels.

  • American businessman known for his contributions to the photography industry.

  • Constance Ford

    Actress (ada hobson - another world).

  • Dutch painter/photographer, dies at age 92.

1992

1990

  • South African photojournalist known for documenting apartheid in his country.

  • Musician (great expectationa), dies.

  • Us musician, poison ivy (coasters), has died at the age of 53.

  • Zen teacher, head of the cambridge buddhist association, dies.

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • Pittsburgh, pennsylvania -- artie shaw, gene krupa and artie shaw are jazz trumpeters

1985

  • Dutch-american economist and mathematician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1910)

1984

  • Prominent mathematician known for contributions to probability theory.

  • Renowned poet known for his translations of Greek classics.

1982

  • Influential Hungarian jazz guitarist who blended jazz, pop, and Hungarian music.

1981

  • English author and activist, co-founded the inland waterways association (d. 1981)

  • American composer/conductor nordic, who was born 1896, dies at the age of 84.

  • Assistant to uganda president obote, murdered

  • Lawyer/writer (turkish war), death at the age of 79.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

1977

  • French composer, musician, and organist. he died 26 february 1977.

  • Rocker dies at the age of 43

1973

1972

  • Dutch cabaret singer (dorus) dies at the age of 50.

1971

  • French actor and mime comedian with a long, sorrowful, equine face and a radiant and toothy smile. one of france's leading box-office draws, he built a four-decade career from 1930. his films included the four great "don camillo" political comedies.

  • French actor (death of champion) dies at 67

  • At 67, comedian dies from cancer

  • Actor (roman holidays, moulin rouge), is killed at 76

  • Composer dies at 43

1970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

  • From 1963 to 1969, he was the third prime minister of israel. he died in 1969 from a heart attack. he was the first israeli prime minister to die in office.

  • Lavi Eshkol was the third Prime Minister of Israel, serving from 1963 until his death in 1969.

  • Levi Eshkol was an Israeli politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death in 1969.

  • German philosopher, psychiatrist, neurologist, and medical doctor. his publications on philosophy of existentialism and conception of life were well-known. one of his most notable works was "man in the modern age".

1968

1967

  • Comedy comedian, "it pays to be ignorant", dies at the age of 70.

1966

1965

1963

1962

1961

1960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

1957

  • Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs during World War II.

1956

1954

1953

1952

1951

1950

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1947

  • American jazz tenor saxophonist, a.k.a. "the brute" and "frog" are two of the most well-known american jazz tenor saxophonists.

  • Swiss judge and politician, president of the swiss national council (b. 1868)

  • Swiss politician, member the federal council (born 1868).

1945

  • Minister of defence of the hungarian portion of austria-hungary (b. 1860)

1943

  • German inspector of concentration camps and ss guard forms. he joined the police administration in 1920 and the ss, in 1930 after completing his military service. he was aggressive, violent, and reckless. however, he was also strict and pitiless. he was promoted to ss general in the third reich and commander at dachau in 1943. eiche was killed in an …

1941

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1936

1933

1931

  • German chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1847)

1930

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1926

1921

1920

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

  • Estonian lawyer and politician, one of the authors of the Estonian Declaration of Independence.

1913

1910

  • Adelaide Hoodless was a Canadian educator and founder of the Women's Institute.

  • Adelaide Hoodless was a Canadian social activist who founded the Women's Institute, advocating for women's education and domestic science.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on February 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1906

1905

  • French jewish writer. he was maurice schwob's brother and uncle, as well as lucy schwob's mother lucy schwob.

1903

1901

  • During boxer rebellion in china, beheaded

  • During the boxer rebellion in china was beheaded

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