11 notable people died on February 26, including Otto Wallach, Theodore W. Schultz, Johannes Stöffler.
20th Century
4 deaths
Otto Wallach
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1910)
Theodore W. Schultz
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1979)
Aarón Sáenz Garza
businesspersondiplomat
Mexican politician (1891-1983)
Edward Richardson
civil engineerengineer
New Zealand engineer, and Member of Parliament
19th Century
2 deaths
Robert R. Livingston
amateur scientistdiplomat
(1746-1813) American lawyer, politician, diplomat and founding father
Henryk Rzewuski
journalistwriter
Polish journalist and novelist (1791–1866)
18th Century
2 deaths
Yves Marie André
mathematicianphilosopher
French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics
Cornelis van Eck
juristpoet
Dutch jurist and poet (1662–1732)
17th Century
1 death
Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac
mathematicianpoet
French mathematician (1581-1638)
16th Century
1 death
Johannes Stöffler
astrologerastronomer
German astronomer
11th Century
1 death
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
poetwriter
Japanese poet and writer
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