Clifton McNeil
American football player (Cleveland BrownsDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Deaths on December 26
This archive lists notable deaths associated with December 26 across multiple years.
Amelia del Castillo
Spanish football club presidentDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Leonard Morse
American physician and public health officialDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Gary Graffman
American classical pianistDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Rafael Viteri
Spanish footballer (Athletic BilbaoDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
John P. Connolly
English businessmanDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Miklós Fazekas
Hungarian athleteDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Bahram Beyzai
Iranian film and theatre directorDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Robert Gaudreau
American Olympic ice hockey playerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Robert Massard
French singerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Ikramuddin Saree
former Afghan police chief of Takhar and Baghlan provinces and activist exiled in IranDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Fernando Martín Carreras
Spanish footballer and managerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Latha Walpola
Sri Lankan singerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Carl J. Stewart Jr.
American politicianDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Tony McKenna
Irish politicianDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Daoud Abdel Sayed
Egyptian director and screenwriterDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Leonard Nolens
Belgian poet and diary writerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Isabelle Marciniak
Brazilian gymnastDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Fernanda Contri
Italian politicianDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Jeffrey R. Holland
American religious leader and educatorDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Shamshad Akhtar
Pakistani politicianDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Francis Marmande
French authorDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Juanan López
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao)Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Denis Kapustin
Russian-born Ukrainian paramilitary leaderDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Carlos Anderson
Peruvian politicianDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Tom Maentz
American football player and businessman (University of Michigan)Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Mickey Lee
American television personality and event curatorDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Robert Smellie
New Zealand High Court judgeDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Stu Phillips
Canadian-American country singerDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Annette Dionne
Canadian media personality (Dionne quintuplets)Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Jim Flanigan Sr. American football player dead at age 80
Jim Flanigan Sr., an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League and played for the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, died on December…
Bill Clarke Canadian politician dead at age 92
William Hillary Clarke, a Canadian chartered accountant, businessman and politician, died on December 26, 2025, at age 92. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons…
Don Bryant American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter dead at age 83
Don Bryant, the American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter known for "I Can't Stand the Rain," died on December 26, 2025, at age 83. Born Donald Maurice Bryant on…
Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100
Stephen Boyden, a British-Australian scientist and writer, died on December 26, 2025. He was a professor emeritus at the Australian National University and was widely recognised for pioneering work in…
Mickey Bullock
English footballer (Leyton OrientDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Greg Gumbel
American sportscasterDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Ron Locke
American baseball player (New York Mets)Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Sammy Thurman Brackenbury
American Hall of Fame barrel racerDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Humberto Lepe Lepe
Mexican politicianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
David B. Rivkin
American attorney and conservative commentatorDied on Friday December 27th 2024
John B. Cobb
American environmentalist and theologianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Victor Parsonnet
American cardiac surgeonDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Kostas Georgousopoulos
Greek theater criticDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Spyridon Moulopoulos
Greek cardiologistDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Ruslan Solyanyk
Ukrainian footballerDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Toshiyuki Adachi
Japanese politicianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Stavri Lubonja
Albanian football player (Dinamo Tirana) and manager (FlamurtariDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Hannelore Hoger
German actress (Long Hello and Short GoodbyeDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Helmut Schlesinger
German economistDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Eric Hänni
Swiss judokaDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Gianpaolo Ormezzano
Italian journalist. Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Giampaolo Ormezzano
Italian journalist. Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Sergei Toporov
Russian football player (Zarya Leninsk-KuznetskyDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Bachuki Kardava
Georgian politicianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Rustam Shah Mohmand
Pakistani diplomatDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Terry Nicoll
Australian Olympic modern pentathlete (1956)Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Nils Aaness
Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1960Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Svetozar Šapurić
64Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Abdul Rehman Makki
70–76Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Osamu Suzuki
Japanese automotive industry executiveDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Janet Wanja
Kenyan volleyball player and Olympic athlete (2004)Died on Friday December 27th 2024
Dick Capri
American actor and comedianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Brady Paxton
American politicianDied on Friday December 27th 2024
Herb Kohl
American politician and businessman (Kohl's)Died on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Dimitrie Peicev
Moldovan plastic artistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Elsa Lystad
Norwegian actressDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Charles A. Legge
American judgeDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
William Pope.L
American visual artistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Mbongeni Ngema
South African playwright (Sarafina!Died on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Juliette Carré
French actressDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Bobby Rivers
American television personality (WISN-TVDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Yuri Arabov
Russian screenwriter (The Lonely Voice of ManDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Jack McLean
Scottish writerDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Gaston Glock
Austrian engineer and businessmanDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Leonard Singer
British politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Jacques Delors
French politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Odete Santos
Portuguese lawyerDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Haritini Karolou
Greek actressDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Darchhawna
Indian writerDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Tom Smothers
American comedian and musician (Smothers Brothers)Died on Wednesday December 27th 2023
David Leland
English film director (Wish You Were HereDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Andy Clements
English soccer player (York City)Died on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Russell Hunter
British drummer (Pink FairiesDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Patricia Ferreira
Spanish film and television director and screenwriter (I Know Who You AreDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
María Seoane
Argentine economistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Frieder Birzele
German politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Marie-Inès Ayonga
Cameroonian actressDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Ronald Mehlich
Polish athleteDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Milan Zeleny
Czech-American economistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Michael Kwabena Ntumy
Ghanaian Pentecostal televangelistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Rotimi Akeredolu
Nigerian lawyer and politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Wolfgang Schäuble
German lawyer and politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Jolly Bastian
Indian stunt director (PutnanjaDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Willie Ruff
American jazz musician and educatorDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023
Ghali Umar Na’Abba
Nigerian politicianDied on Wednesday December 27th 2023