Did you know
On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours.
Notable Deaths on August 26
1974 — Charles Lindbergh
American pilot and explorer (born 1902)
August 26 has 106 recorded notable deaths across history, from 787 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
106 source records
787 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 26
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1849 President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti. Source
- 1748 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia. Source
- 1914 World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I. Source
- 2014 The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. Source
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Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No.
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Dominick Dunne began his career in film and television as a producer of the pioneering gay film The Boys in the Band (1970) and as the producer of the drama film The Panic in Needle Park (1971).
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Lon Chaney is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup.
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Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery was an American animator, film director and voice actor.
More major people who died on August 26
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2004
Laura Branigan
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
Laura Ann Kruteck was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S.
2009
Dominick Dunne
American journalist and novelist (born 1925)
Dominick John Dunne was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer.
1930
Lon Chaney
American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney was an American actor and makeup artist.
1980
Tex Avery
American animator, director, and voice actor (born 1908)
Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery was an American animator, film director and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation.
1978
Charles Boyer
French-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1899)
Charles Boyer was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976.
1346
John of Bohemia (born 1296)
John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland.
2006
Clyde Walcott
Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926)
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott OBE KA GCM was a West Indian cricketer.
1944
Adam von Trott zu Solz
German lawyer and diplomat (born 1909)
Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz was a German lawyer and diplomat who was involved in the conservative resistance to Nazism.
1346
Rudolph
Duke of Lorraine (born 1320)
Rudolph, called the Valiant, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death.
1813
Theodor Körner
German soldier and author (born 1791)
Carl Theodor Körner was a German poet and soldier. After having lived for some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works for the Burgtheater, he became a soldier and joined the Lützow Free Corps…
2000
Bunny Austin
English tennis player (born 1906)
Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championships, until Andy Murray did so in 2012.
1992
Bob de Moor
Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925)
Robert Frans Marie De Moor, better known under his pen name Bob de Moor, was a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style.
2013
John J. Gilligan
American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921)
John Joyce "Jack" Gilligan was an American politician who served as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Ohio's 1st congressional district in the U.S.
2003
Jim Wacker
American football player and coach (born 1937)
James Herbert Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.
2018
Neil Simon
American playwright and author (born 1927)
Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays.
2024
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Swedish footballer and manager (born 1948)
Sven-Göran Eriksson was a Swedish football player and manager.
1945
Franz Werfel
Austrian author and playwright (born 1890)
Franz Viktor Werfel was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II.
1976
Lotte Lehmann
German-American soprano (born 1888)
Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in teaching.
1995
John Brunner
English-Scottish author and poet (born 1934)
John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories.