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Ray Liotta first gained attention for his role in the film Something Wild (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Notable Deaths on May 26
2022 — Ray Liotta
American actor (born 1954)
May 26 has 112 recorded notable deaths across history, from 604 to 2022. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
112 source records
604 – 2022
Today in history
Major events on May 26
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- 1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. Source
- 451 Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity. Source
- 1972 Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Source
- 1948 The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Source
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Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946.
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Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981.
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Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim, in 799 CE.
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Starting from the province of Rûm he managed to bring first Anatolia and then the European territories (Rumelia) under his control, reuniting the Ottoman state by 1413, and ruling it until his death in 1421.
More major people who died on May 26
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
946
Edmund I
king of England (born 921)
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.
2017
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Polish-born American politician (born 1928)
Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B.
818
Ali al-Ridha
8th of The Twelve Imams
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim, in 799 CE.
1421
Mehmed I
Ottoman sultan (born 1389)
Mehmed I, also known as Mehmed Çelebi or Kirişçi, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421.
1966
Elizabeth Dilling
American author and activist (born 1894)
Elizabeth Eloise Kirkpatrick Dilling was an American writer and political activist.
1924
Victor Herbert
Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (born 1859)
Victor August Herbert was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training.
1956
Al Simmons
American baseball player and coach (born 1902)
Aloysius Harry Simmons was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
1954
Lionel Conacher
Canadian football player and politician (born 1900)
Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports.
2005
Chico Carrasquel
Venezuelan baseball player and manager (born 1928)
Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel, was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager.
2014
Miodrag Radulovacki
Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (born 1933)
Miodrag (Misha) Radulovacki, was a Serbian American scientist and inventor.
2015
Les Johnson
Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1924)
Leslie Royston Johnson AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government, serving as Minister for Housing (1972–1973), Works…
735
Bede
English monk, historian, and theologian
Bede, also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar.
2011
Arisen Ahubudu
Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (born 1920)
Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet. He is a member of the Hela Havula.
1933
Jimmie Rodgers
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1897)
James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s.
1914
Jacob August Riis
Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (born 1849)
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muck-raking" journalist, and social documentary photographer.
1925
William H. Shockley
American mining engineer, amateur photographer, and hobbyist botanist (born 1855)
William Hillman Shockley was an American engineer, photographer, and botanist.
1969
Paul Hawkins
Australian racing driver (born 1937)
Robert Paul Hawkins was an Australian motor racing driver. The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, Hawkins was a capable single-seater driver but really made his mark as an outstanding sports car…
2013
Ray Barnhart
American businessman and politician (born 1928)
Ray Anderson Barnhart was an American businessman and politician who served as Federal Highway Administrator from 1981 to 1987. He started his career as City Councilman in Pasadena, Texas.
1512
Bayezid II
Ottoman sultan (born 1447)
Bayezid II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne to his son, Selim I.