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Famous Deaths on December 26

7 notable people died on December 26, including Roy J. Glauber, Jakob Bartsch, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille.

Total Deaths
7
Avg Age at Death
74
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

1 death
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2005)

20th Century

4 deaths
Ottó Herman
Ottó Herman
anthropologistarachnologist
Hungarian archaeologist, ethnographer, biologist, politician (1835–1914)
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
mathematiciantopologist
Turkish mathematician (1910–1997)
Bulgarian artist and writer (1890-1967)
Julius Brandt
Julius Brandt
actorfilm actor
Actor (1873-1949)

19th Century

1 death
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
mathematicianphysician
French physicist (1797-1869)

17th Century

1 death
Jakob Bartsch
Jakob Bartsch
astronomermathematician
German astronomer (1600-1633)

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