Died on December 26
Remembering 25 notable people who died on this day
Anatoly Lunacharsky
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
Lived 21,218 days
🇩🇪Burhan Karkutli
deceasedartist · 1932–2003
Days lived
Lived 26,293 days
🇩🇪Dietrich Eckart
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1923
Days lived
Lived 20,366 days
🇩🇪Erich Topp
deceasedGerman admiral and U-boat commander during World War II · 1914–2005
Days lived
Lived 33,416 days
🇺🇸Frank Steketee
deceasedAmerican football player · 1900–1951
Days lived
Lived 18,872 days
🇺🇸Gerald Ford
deceasedpolitician · 1913–2006
Days lived
Lived 34,134 days
🇫🇷Hans-Georg Pflaum
deceasedGerman-born French historian (1902–1979) · 1902–1979
Days lived
Lived 28,331 days
🇺🇸Harry S. Truman
deceasedpolitician · 1884–1972
Days lived
Lived 32,374 days
🇩🇪Heinz Raack
deceasedfield hockey player (1917–2002) · 1917–2002
Days lived
Lived 31,269 days
🇩🇪Herbert Otto Gille
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1966
Days lived
Lived 25,495 days
🇺🇸Howard Hawks
deceasedAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
Lived 29,795 days
🇫🇷István Sándorfi
deceasedHungarian artist (1948–2007) · 1948–2007
Days lived
Lived 21,747 days
🇺🇸Jack Benny
deceasedAmerican comedic entertainer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
Lived 29,535 days
🇩🇪Joseph Helffrich
deceasedGerman astronomer (1890–1971) · 1890–1971
Days lived
Lived 29,933 days
🇦🇹Julius Brandt
deceasedactor · 1873–1949
Days lived
Lived 28,055 days
🇩🇪Karl Schiller
deceasedGerman scientist and politician (1911-1994) · 1911–1994
Days lived
Lived 30,563 days
🇬🇷Karolos Papoulias
deceasedpolitician · 1929–2021
Days lived
Lived 33,809 days
🇧🇪Leo Tindemans
deceasedpolitician · 1922–2014
Days lived
Lived 33,858 days
🇩🇪Margarete Schön
deceasedGerman actress (1895-1985) · 1895–1985
Days lived
Lived 33,136 days
🇺🇸Melvil Dewey
deceasedjournalist · 1851–1931
Days lived
Lived 29,236 days
🇸🇪Otto Zdansky
deceasedAustrian paleontologist (1894–1988) · 1894–1988
Days lived
Lived 34,362 days
Parveen Shakir
deceasedPakistani writer and poet (1952–1994) · 1952–1994
Days lived
Lived 15,373 days
🇺🇸Phil Niekro
deceasedfilm director · 1939–2020
Days lived
Lived 29,856 days
🇺🇸Preston Tucker
deceasedAmerican businessman (1903-1956) · 1903–1956
Days lived
Lived 19,456 days
🇩🇪Wolfgang Schäuble
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2023
Days lived
Lived 29,685 days