Famous Deaths on April 26

Argentinian astrophysicist

Swedish bishop (1930–2023)

American paranormal researcher (1920–2009)

Polish mechanical engineer, military personnel

Georgian archaeologist and historian (1930-2004)

Egyptian artist (1930–2010)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931)

Portuguese poet (1890–1916)

Argentine writer (1892–1957)

Athletics competitor (1891-1960)

British art historian and curator (1832-1917)

Norwegian writer (1832–1910)

Indian writer

Austrian composer, pianist and organist (1842–1924)

Canadian photographer

Finnish theologian (1900-1993)

English civil engineer and road builder

American clergyman, historian and politician (1796-1881)

American journalist

British artist (1729-1816)

South African Xhosa poet, translator, and journalist (1840–1888)

Italian alchemist

Swiss mathematician

Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)