34 notable people died on May 26, including Sebastian Münster, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, William Thomas Amiger.
21st Century
2 deaths
Arisen Ahubudu
historianlyricist
Author, poet and scholar (1920-2011)
Prem Tinsulanonda
military personnelpolitician
Former Regent of Thailand (1920-2019)
20th Century
17 deaths
William Thomas Amiger
authormilitary personnel
American college president, minister, educator (c. 1870–1929)
Eduardo López de Romaña
businesspersonengineer
President of Peru (1847-1912)
Ernest Solvay
chemistengineer
Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
Hilda Abbott
children's writerwriter
(1890-1984) broadcaster, interior designer and community worker
Olof Molander
film actorfilm director
Swedish director (1892–1966)
Nello Segurini
composerconductor
Italian composer (1910–1988)
Raul Mesnier
engineer
Portuguese engineer (1849-1914)
Sam Atyeo
diplomatpainter
Australian artist, designer and diplomat (1910–1990)
HY
Hailu Yimenu
ministerpolitician
Ethiopian politician (19__-1991)
Matas Šalčius
journalist
Lithuanian writer
JS
John Shillinglaw
civil servanthistorian
Australian public servant and historian (1831-1905)
SJ
Stefan Jędrychowski
diplomateconomist
Polish journalist and communist politician (1910–1996)
ES
Edward Hutchinson Synge
physicist
Irish physicist
Vernon Reed
cricketerpolitician
New Zealand politician (1871-1963)
EV
Eduardo Vernazza
art criticpainter
Uruguayan artist (1910-1991)
LŽ
Ladislav Žák
architectdesigner
Czech architect, painter and university educator (1900-1973)
Milan Ribar
association football coachassociation football player
Bosnian football manager (1930–1996)
19th Century
10 deaths
John Oxley
botanistexplorer
Australian politician
Carl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel
botanistchemist
Baltic German pharmacist, botanist, and explorer (1794-1851)
Isaac Babbitt
businesspersonengineer
American goldsmith (1799-1862)
Charles Sealsfield
journalistlawyer
American author and journalist (1793-1864)
James Playfair
clerichistorian
Scottish Principal of St Andrews University (1738-1819)
William Stimpson
biologistcarcinologist
American marine biologist (1832–1872)
Adrian Zingg
draftspersongraphic artist
Swiss painter (1734-1816)
Charles Stuart
writer
American abolitionist
WG
Wilhelmine Gulowsen
editorpoet
Norwegian author
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
diplomatlawyer
Chilean politician (1785-1818)
18th Century
2 deaths
Thomas Southerne
playwrightwriter
Irish dramatist (1660–1746)
Paulus van Liender
businesspersoncopper engraver
18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1731-1797)
16th Century
2 deaths
Sebastian Münster
astronomercartographer
German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)
Vincenzo Danti
architectengineer
Italian sculptor (1530-1576)
13th Century
1 death
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
monarch
Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218
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