Deaths on February 26
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 26 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 26, 2026.
Adrian Hollis
English correspondence chess grandmasterDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Stéphane Hessel
German-born French author and diplomatDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Tom Griffin
American aviatorDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Bert Flugelman
Australian sculptorDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Jan Howard Finder
American science fiction writerDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
James Ferguson
Canadian politicianDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Dobrivoje Trivić
Serbian footballer (FK VojvodinaDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Timothy Donaldson
Bahamian bankerDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Donald Thompson
American Olympic fencer and academicDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Donald R. Deskins
American football player (Oakland Raiders)Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Sung Chan-gyeong
South Korean poetDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Giovanni D’Ascenzi
Italian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Kaoru Shimamura
Japanese voice actressDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Harold G. Clarke
American judgeDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Eugene P. Sheehy
American academic librarianDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Randolph Bromery
American educatorDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Maya Jackson Randall
American financial journalist (The Wall Street Journal)Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Marie-Claire Alain
French organistDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
William Perehudoff
Canadian painterDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Marco McMillian
American businessman and political candidateDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Huynh Van Cao
Vietnamese politician and major general (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Frank Reed
American soul singer (The Chi-Lites)Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Dezső Novák
Hungarian Olympic champion football player (1964Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Phyllis Krasilovsky
American children's authorDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Georges Hamel
Canadian country music singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Wayne Frye
American Olympic champion rower (1952)Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Sorel Etrog
Canadian sculptorDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Joseph Dear
American civil servantDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Chua Sian Chin
Singaporean politicianDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
K. S. Balachandran
Sri Lankan actorDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Irv Wisniewski
American football and basketball player and coachDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Tim Wilson
American stand-up comedian and country music singerDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Michael Taylor
American convicted murdererDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Frankie Sardo
American rock and roll musicianDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Franklin Quitugua
Guamanian politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Martha Cohen
Canadian philanthropistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Curt Michel
American astrophysicistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Bob Braithwaite
British Olympian trap shooterDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Branislav Martinović
Serbian Olympic wrestler (1960Died on Thursday February 26th 2015
Jessica Ainscough
Australian alternative therapy campaignerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Earl Lloyd
American basketball player (Syracuse NationalsDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Meera Kosambi
Indian sociologistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Per Olof Hulth
Swedish astroparticle physicistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Nadia Hilou
Israeli social worker and politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Theodore Hesburgh
American Roman Catholic priestDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Sheppard Frere
British historian and archaeologistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Carlos Talbott
American air force lieutenant generalDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Monroe H. Freedman
American professor of lawDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Hukam Singh
Indian politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Sadiq Fakir
Pakistani singerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Tom Schweich
American politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Angelo Raffaele Dinardo
Italian politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-American writerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Oscar Díaz
American welterweight boxerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Fritz J. Raddatz
German feuilletonistDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Ruth Denison
German-born American Buddhist teacherDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Martin T. Smith
American politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Brian Cumby
British shipwrightDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Rowley Richards
Australian WWII Army medical officerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Anthony R. Cucci
American politicianDied on Thursday February 26th 2015