Died on
Who died on September 26
109 figures who shaped history died on September 26.
- 109deaths
- 48events
Best known
Best known
Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi
Leader of the Muwallad Banu Qasi
Fujiwara no Teika
Japanese poet and court noble
Gottfried von Hagenau
Medieval priest, physician, theologian and poet from Alsace, France
Cecco d'Ascoli
Italian physician and poet
William II of Hainaut
Count of Hainaut from 1337 to 1345
Jovan Uglješa
Serbian nobleman
Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi — Leader of the Muwallad Banu Qasi, who died on September 26 862.
Fujiwara no Teika — Japanese poet and court noble, who died on September 26 1241.
Gottfried von Hagenau — Medieval priest, physician, theologian and poet from Alsace, France, who died on September 26 1313.
Cecco d'Ascoli — Italian physician and poet, who died on September 26 1327.
William II of Hainaut — Count of Hainaut from 1337 to 1345, who died on September 26 1345.
Jovan Uglješa — Serbian nobleman, who died on September 26 1371.
All entries
- 800BBerowulf
- 1290MMargaret, Maid of NorwayQueen-designate of Scotland from 1286 to 1290
- 1328IIbn TaymiyyaIslamic scholar and jurist
- 1413
Stephen III of BavariaDuke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1375 - 1417
Francesco ZabarellaItalian cardinal and canonist - 1468
Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)Spanish ecclesiastic - 1536
Didier de Saint-JailleFrench nobleman (died 1536) - 1588
Amias PauletEnglish diplomat and Governor of Jersey - 1600
Claude Le JeuneFranco-Flemish composer (1528/30 – c. 1600) - 1620
Taichang EmperorEmperor of China in 1620 - 1623
Charles Grey, 7th Earl of KentEnglish noble - 1626
Wakisaka Yasuharu16/17th-century Japanese warlord (daimyō) of Awaji Island - 1716AAntoine ParentFrench mathematician
- 1764
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y MontenegroSpanish monk and scholar - 1800
William BillingsAmerican choral composer - 1802
Jurij VegaSlovene mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer - 1820
Daniel BooneAmerican pioneer and frontiersman - 1825
José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre TaglePresident of Peru from 1823 to 1824 - 1830
Teresa CasatiItalian noblewoman and revolutionary - 1846
Thomas ClarksonEnglish abolitionist - 1847
John Oliver CurranIrish physician - 1868
August Ferdinand MöbiusGerman mathematician and astronomer - 1877
Hermann GrassmannGerman polymath, linguist and mathematician - 1902
Levi StraussGerman-American businessman - 1904
Lafcadio HearnWriter and translator - 1904
John Fitzwilliam StairsCanadian politician - 1922
Charles WadeAustralian politician - 1935
Andy Adams (writer)American writer - 1935
Iván PersaHungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer
- 1937
Bessie SmithAmerican blues singer - 1943
Henri FertetFrench resistance fighter - 1945
Béla BartókHungarian composer - 1946WWilliam Strunk Jr.American professor of English language
- 1947
Hugh LoftingEnglish-American children's writer - 1951
Hans CloosGerman geologist - 1952
George SantayanaSpanish American philosopher - 1953
Xu BeihongChinese painter - 1954
Ellen RooseveltAmerican tennis player - 1957AA. Powell DaviesUnitarian clergyman
- 1959
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956 to 1959 - 1959
Leslie MorsheadAustralian general - 1959
Teodor UssisooEstonian interior architect - 1961
Charles Erwin Wilson5th US Secretary of Defense - 1965
James FitzmauriceIrish aviation pioneer - 1968
Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin - 1968
Daniel Johnson Sr.Premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968 - 1968WWładysław KędraPolish pianist
- 1972
Charles CorrellAmerican comedian, actor and writer
- 1973SSamuel Flagg BemisAmerican historian and biographer
- 1973
Ralph EarnhardtAmerican racing driver - 1973
Anna MagnaniItalian actress - 1976
Leopold RužičkaCroatian-Swiss chemist - 1977
Uday ShankarIndian dancer, choreographer, actor - 1978
Manne SiegbahnSwedish physicist - 1979
Arthur HunnicuttAmerican actor - 1982
Alec HurwoodAustralian cricketer - 1984
PaquirriSpanish bullfighter - 1984
John FacendaAmerican broadcaster and sports announcer - 1987
Andi RamangIndonesian footballer - 1987
Herbert TichyAustrian author, geologist, journalist and climber - 1988
Branko ZebecCroatian footballer and manager - 1989
Hemant KumarIndian singer and music director - 1990HHiram AbasTurkish intelligence official
- 1990
Alberto MoraviaItalian novelist and journalist - 1991
Billy VaughnAmerican musician
- 1995KKalju PitksaarEstonian chess player
- 1996
Nicu CeaușescuRomanian physicist and politician - 1997
Dorothy KingsleyAmerican screenwriter - 1998
Betty CarterAmerican jazz singer-songwriter - 1999
Oseola McCartyAmerican philanthropist - 2000
Richard MulliganAmerican actor
- 2000
Baden Powell (guitarist)Brazilian guitarist - 2002NNils BohlinSwedish inventor
- 2003
Shawn LaneAmerican musician - 2003
Robert PalmerEnglish musician - 2004MMarianna KomlosCanadian bodybuilder
- 2005HHelen CresswellEnglish children's writer
- 2006
Byron NelsonAmerican professional golfer - 2006
Iva Toguri D'AquinoJapanese-American propagandist - 2007
Bill WirtzAmerican businessman - 2008
Marc MoulinBelgian musician and journalist - 2008
Paul NewmanAmerican actor and filmmaker - 2010
Terry NewtonFormer GB & England international rugby league footballer - 2010
Gloria StuartAmerican actress and painter - 2011
Bob CassillyAmerican sculptor, entrepreneur, and creative director - 2012
M'el DowdAmerican actress and singer
- 2012
Sylvia FedorukCanadian curler and politician - 2012
Eugene GenoveseAmerican historian - 2012
Sam SteigerAmerican politician and media personality - 2013
Azizan Abdul RazakMalaysian politician - 2013SSeánie DugganIrish hurler
- 2013
Mario MontezPuerto Rican actor - 2013
Sos SargsyanSoviet and Armenian actor - 2014JJim BoekeAmerican football player
- 2014SSam Hall (writer)American screenwriter
- 2014GGerry NeugebauerAmerican astronomer
- 2014
Tamir SapirGeorgian born-American businessman - 2015
Eudóxia Maria FroehlichBrazilian zoologist - 2015
Sidney PhillipsAmerican physician - 2015
Ana SeneviratneSri Lankan diplomat - 2016
Toughie (frog)Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (died 2016) - 2019
Jacques ChiracPresident of France from 1995 to 2007 - 2024
John Ashton (actor)American actor
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Who died on September 26?
109 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 26, including Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Fujiwara no Teika, Gottfried von Hagenau. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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48 documented historical events happened on September 26, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family. On the same day, in another year: William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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