Did you know
Eva Perón married Perón in 1945, when he was still an army colonel, and was propelled onto the political stage when he became President of Argentina in 1946.
Notable Deaths on July 26
1952 — Eva Perón
Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919)
July 26 has 103 recorded notable deaths across history, from 342 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
103 source records
342 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 26
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- 2005 Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. Source
- 1948 U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States. Source
- 1945 The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. Source
- 1947 Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. Source
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Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, Bryan was often called "the Great Commoner", and because of his rhetorical power and early fame as the youngest presidential candidate, "the Boy Orator".
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Matthew Bunker Ridgway was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955).
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A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of housing and urban development from 1969 to 1973.
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A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he became famous as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he commanded the 5/42 Evzone Regiment.
More major people who died on July 26
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1925
William Jennings Bryan
American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (born 1860)
William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician.
1993
Matthew Ridgway
American general (born 1895)
Matthew Bunker Ridgway was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955).
1995
George W. Romney
American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (born 1907)
George Wilcken Romney was an American businessman and politician.
1953
Nikolaos Plastiras
Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece.
2010
Sivakant Tiwari
Indian-Singaporean politician (born 1945)
Sivakant Tiwari, P.P.A.(E.), P.B.S., P.P.A.(E.)(L.), P.J.G., known professionally as S. Tiwari, was a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service.
1712
Thomas Osborne
1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1631)
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, was an English Tory statesman. During the reign of Charles II of England, he was the leading figure in the English government for roughly five years in the mid-1670s.
2015
Flora MacDonald
Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian.
1932
Fred Duesenberg
German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (born 1876)
Frederick Samuel Duesenberg was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines.
1964
Francis Curzon
5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (born 1884)
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, styled Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and racing driver and promoter.
1592
Armand de Gontant
French marshal (born 1524)
Armand de Gontaut, Baron of Biron was a soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France.
2015
Bijoy Krishna Handique
Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934)
Bijoy Krishna Handique was an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Jorhat constituency of Assam and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
1925
Gottlob Frege
German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848)
Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician.
2020
Olivia de Havilland
American actress (born 1916)
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland was a British, American, and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spanning from 1935 to 1988.
1801
Maximilian Francis
archduke of Austria (born 1756)
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria was Elector of Cologne and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1780 until his death.
2012
Karl Benjamin
American painter and educator (born 1925)
Karl Stanley Benjamin was an American painter of vibrant geometric abstractions, who rose to fame in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles–based Abstract Classicists and subsequently produced a critically acclaimed body of…
1971
Diane Arbus
American photographer and academic (born 1923)
Diane Arbus was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class…
2017
Ronald Phillips
American criminal (born 1973)
Ronald Ray Phillips was an Ohio death row inmate who was sentenced to death and executed for the 1993 rape and murder of Sheila Evans, the 3-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, Fae Amanda Evans, after an extended…
1986
W. Averell Harriman
American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1891)
William Averell Harriman was an American politician, businessman, and scion of the wealthy Harriman family. He was a founder of Harriman & Co.
2011
Richard Harris
American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1948)
Richard Drew Harris was an American professional football player who was a defensive end who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).