8 notable people died on April 26, including Carl Bosch, Kūkai, John Metcalf.
21st Century
1 deathAdela Ringuelet
astronomerastrophysicist
Argentinian astrophysicist
20th Century
4 deathsCarl Bosch
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931)
Mário de Sá-Carneiro
poetwriter
Portuguese poet (1890–1916)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
journalistplaywright
Norwegian writer (1832–1910)
Arturo Cancela
journalistwriter
Argentine writer (1892–1957)
19th Century
1 deathJohn Metcalf
civil engineerengineer
English civil engineer and road builder
16th Century
1 deathMarco Bragadino
alchemistsubdeacon
Italian alchemist
9th Century
1 deathKūkai
Buddhist monkcalligrapher
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
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