17 notable people died on February 26, including Otto Wallach, Theodore W. Schultz, Johannes Stöffler.
20th Century
6 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
María Angélica Idrobon
activistteacher
Ecuadorian writer and feminist activist (1890-1956)
Urho Karhumäki
poetwriter
Finnish poet (1891–1947)
19th Century
3 deaths
Robert R. Livingston
amateur scientistdiplomat
(1746-1813) American lawyer, politician, diplomat and founding father
Henryk Rzewuski
journalistwriter
Polish journalist and novelist (1791–1866)
Brígida Agüero
poetwriter
Cuban poet
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
2 deaths
Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac
mathematicianpoet
French mathematician (1581-1638)
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress
queen regnant
Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)
16th Century
3 deaths
Johannes Stöffler
astrologerastronomer
German astronomer
Eric XIV of Sweden
monarch
Swedish king (1533-1577)
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
conquistadorexplorer
Founder of Bogotá
11th Century
1 death
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
poetwriter
Japanese poet and writer
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