On This Day — October 26
3919 noted people were born and 1889 died on October 26 in our archive, including Richard Goldstone, Shiing-Shen Chern and Alfonso Valenzuela-Aguilera.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 26
Richard Goldstone
b. 1938
Shiing-Shen Chern
1911 – 2004
Alfonso Valenzuela-Aguilera
b. 1964
Andrei Kokoshin
b. 1945
Andrew Motion
b. 1952
Andrzej Betlej
b. 1971
Bohdan Buyak
b. 1974
Charles-François Dupuis
1742 – 1809
Cristian Preda
b. 1966
Danuta Waniek
b. 1946
Darcy Ribeiro
1922 – 1997
David Naylor
b. 1954
Edmond Bauer
1880 – 1963
Eric James Barron
b. 1951
Géza Zemplén
1883 – 1956
Howard Wainer
b. 1943
Janusz Palikot
b. 1964
Joan Oró
1923 – 2004
John S. Knight
1894 – 1981
Karl Weinhold
1823 – 1901
Katri Raik
b. 1967
Kustaa Vilkuna
1902 – 1980
Lewis Boss
1846 – 1912
Li Siguang
1889 – 1971
Lu Jiaxi
1915 – 2001
Ludwig Häusser
1818 – 1867
Martin Lowry
1874 – 1936
Mykola Bahrov
1931 – 2015
Niels Erik Nørlund
1885 – 1981
Robert Cardillo
b. 1961
Ronald Drever
1931 – 2017
Ronald F. Levant
b. 1942
Uladzimier Yarmoshyn
b. 1942
Volodymyr Cherniak
1941 – 2021
Walter Feit
1930 – 2004
William R. Dickinson
1931 – 2015
AAMS Arefin Siddique
1953 – 2025
Adam Mars-Jones
b. 1954
Adolphe Alphand
1817 – 1891
Adriaan de Groot
1914 – 2006
Albert Brewer
1928 – 2017
Albin Herzog
1852 – 1909
Alexander Guchkov
1862 – 1936
Alexander Khinshtein
b. 1974
Alina Koushyk
b. 1981
Amy Chua
b. 1962
Ana de Miguel
b. 1961
Anders Söderholm
b. 1961
Andrew Caldecott
1884 – 1951
Andriy Pyshnyi
b. 1974
Andrzej Buras
b. 1946
Antonio Carpio
b. 1949
Azhar Azizan Harun
b. 1962
Baltasar Garzón
b. 1955
Behari Lal Gupta
1849 – 1916
Beth Liston
b. 1974
Brendan McKay
b. 1951
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
1778 – 1866
Charles Hubert Boulby Blount
1893 – 1940
Charles Stenholm
1938 – 2023
Christian Ude
b. 1947
Cleofe Calderon
1929 – 2007
Constantin Brodzki
1924 – 2021
Constantin C. Giurescu
1901 – 1977
Cora DuBois
1903 – 1991
Curt von Stedingk
1746 – 1837
Dan Segal
b. 1947
Dean Spielmann
b. 1962
Dimitar Agura
1849 – 1911
Dmytro Bahalii
1857 – 1932
Donald Sangster
1911 – 1967
Désiré Ferry
1886 – 1940
Edward Brooke
1919 – 2015
Edward Garnier
b. 1952
Emmanuel Lafont
b. 1945
Eric Ericson
1918 – 2013
Eric Weinstein
b. 1965
Eugene Koonin
b. 1956
Evan Gershkovich
b. 1991
Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel
1785 – 1862
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
1849 – 1917
Francisco Caldeira Cabral
1908 – 1992
Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn
1809 – 1864
François Mitterrand
1916 – 1996
Frederick Peel
1823 – 1906
Gaetano Crocco
1877 – 1968
Gennadi Henkin
1942 – 2016
Gennadi Strekalov
1940 – 2004
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
1654 – 1720
Giuseppe Zanardelli
1826 – 1903
Glen Murray
b. 1957
Godabarish Mishra
1886 – 1956
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg
1780 – 1846
Hamdi Ulukaya
b. 1972
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein
1757 – 1831
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
1800 – 1891
Henrietta Hill Swope
1902 – 1980
Hiroharu Katō
1870 – 1939
Humberto Tan
b. 1965
Ibrahim Abboud
1900 – 1983
Ignacy Daszyński
1866 – 1936
Igor Maslennikov
1931 – 2022
Itō Chūta
1867 – 1954
Iwakura Tomomi
1825 – 1883
Jaclyn Smith
b. 1945
Jacques Livage
1938 – 2025
James Leonard Brierley Smith
1897 – 1968
James V. McConnell
1925 – 1990
Jana Černochová
b. 1973
Jean Blondel
1929 – 2022
Jean Coussins, Baroness Coussins
b. 1950
Jenny Harries
b. 1958
John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott
1924 – 2012
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
1796 – 1862
John Henry Michell
1863 – 1940
John Krol
1910 – 1996
John Leland Atwood
1904 – 1999
John Maurice Hauke
1775 – 1830
John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey
1866 – 1948
John Thomas Driscoll
1925 – 2019
José Ramón Machado Ventura
b. 1930
José Vielma Mora
b. 1964
Joxe Austin Arrieta
b. 1949
Juda Lion Palache
1886 – 1944
Kang Mun-bong
1923 – 1988
Karl Leonhard Reinhold
1757 – 1823
Karl-Heinz Schröter
b. 1954
Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz
b. 1970
Katie Gearlds
b. 1984
Kevin Barron
b. 1946
Kim Hyesoon
b. 1955
Knud Kristensen
1880 – 1962
Konstantin Thon
1794 – 1881
Kosta Čavoški
b. 1941
Lars Peter Hansen
b. 1952
Laura Mintegi
b. 1955
Lazar Ristovski
b. 1952
Lee Ho-wang
1928 – 2022
Leo Reinisch
1832 – 1919
Leonida Lari
1949 – 2011
Les Richter
1930 – 2010
Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit
1932 – 2023
Louise Schack Elholm
b. 1977
Lucien Brouha
1899 – 1968
Luna Wedler
b. 1999
Machteld Mellink
1917 – 2006
Manfred Max-Neef
1932 – 2019
Manuel Rivas
b. 1957
Maria Drokova
b. 1989
Mario Biaggi
1917 – 2015
Martin Bean
b. 1964
Mary Isabel Lambie
1889 – 1971
Mathias Steuchius
1644 – 1730
Max Mason
1877 – 1961
Melanie Rieback
b. 1978
Miguel Otero Silva
1908 – 1985
Mike Godwin
b. 1956
Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky
1753 – 1802
Mohammad Reza I of Iran
1919 – 1980
Moshe Kochavi
1928 – 2008
Napoleon Bonaparte
b. 1965
Nikolai Dukhov
1904 – 1964
Nikolay Yusupov
1750 – 1831
Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg
1827 – 1911
Oliver P. Smith
1893 – 1977
Omar Balafrej
b. 1973
Pasi Sahlberg
b. 1959
Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent
1901 – 1986
Paul Farmer
1959 – 2022
Pavel Gantar
b. 1949
Perizonius
1651 – 1715
Peter Grant
b. 1936
Phyllis Rose
b. 1942
Pierre Vandier
b. 1967
Pilar Careaga Basabe
1908 – 1993
Ramón Gil-Casares
b. 1953
Reg Empey
b. 1947
Reg Withers
1924 – 2014
Regina Benjamin
b. 1956
Ron Ben-Yishai
b. 1943
Roy Ascott
b. 1934
Sarina Wiegman
b. 1969
Sergey Ivanov
b. 1969
Seth MacFarlane
b. 1973
Stephen L. Carter
b. 1954
Tadeusz Pieronek
1934 – 2018
Tawfiq Al Rabiah
b. 1965
Tekla Åberg
1853 – 1922
Theodor von Oppolzer
1841 – 1886
Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones
b. 1949
Tito Karnavian
b. 1964
Tom Meschery
b. 1938
Tudor Panțîru
b. 1951
Uhuru Kenyatta
b. 1961
Ulrike Gote
b. 1965
Valentyn Melnychuk
b. 1947
Victor Ciorbea
b. 1954
Victor Spinei
b. 1943
Vijay Iyer
b. 1971
Washington Luís
1869 – 1957
… and 3,719 more
Died on October 26
Alfred Tarski
1901 – 1983
Albrecht Daniel Thaer
1752 – 1828
Aleksey Krylov
1863 – 1945
Cargill Gilston Knott
1856 – 1922
Christopher Abell
1957 – 2020
Enomoto Takeaki
1836 – 1908
Gerty Cori
1896 – 1957
Giovanni Benelli
1921 – 1982
Grigori Levitski
1852 – 1917
Hisahiko Okazaki
1930 – 2014
Igor Sikorsky
1889 – 1972
Leo Kadanoff
1937 – 2015
Lloyd Metzler
1913 – 1980
Marcel Minnaert
1893 – 1970
Marcelo Caetano
1906 – 1980
Mark Kac
1914 – 1984
Milan Stojadinović
1888 – 1961
Nicolás Joseph Jacquin
1727 – 1817
Oliver Otis Howard
1830 – 1909
Paul Pelliot
1878 – 1945
S. Barry Cooper
1943 – 2015
Sergei Bernstein
1880 – 1968
Vitalii Satskyi
1930 – 2017
William Coaker
1871 – 1938
William S. Paley
1901 – 1990
Zhao Jiuzhang
1907 – 1968
Akashi Motojiro
1864 – 1919
Andrew Aagesen
1826 – 1879
Arthur Kornberg
1918 – 2007
Aurel Stein
1862 – 1943
Carel Gabriel Cobet
1813 – 1889
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
1865 – 1923
Dan Riddiford
1914 – 1974
David Braley
1941 – 2020
Donald Ray Matthews
1907 – 1997
Elem Klimov
1933 – 2003
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1815 – 1902
Elizabeth Gunn
1879 – 1963
Erik Peterson
1890 – 1960
François-Désiré Mathieu
1839 – 1908
Genpei Akasegawa
1937 – 2014
George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
1759 – 1827
Georges Cabanier
1906 – 1976
Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
1836 – 1919
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
1862 – 1957
Hermann Muthesius
1861 – 1927
Hiromi Yoshida
1949 – 2019
Itō Hirobumi
1841 – 1909
James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde
1844 – 1919
James Neilson Lea
1815 – 1884
Jean Hyppolite
1907 – 1968
Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier
1861 – 1930
Johann Dzierzon
1811 – 1906
John Graves Simcoe
1752 – 1806
John Masson Gulland
1898 – 1947
John Williams Gunnison
1812 – 1853
José Bonifácio the Younger
1827 – 1886
Juan R. Torruella
1933 – 2020
Karl Max Schneider
1887 – 1955
Kenneth Onwuka Dike
1917 – 1983
Konstantin Bushuyev
1914 – 1978
Lewis R. Packard
1836 – 1884
Lionel Halsey
1872 – 1949
Lo Tsung-lo
1898 – 1978
Ludomir Sleńdziński
1889 – 1980
Marian Łomnicki
1845 – 1915
Maurice Henry Dorman
1912 – 1993
Nathaniel Bacon
1647 – 1676
Nicholas Aylward Vigors
1785 – 1840
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 – 1957
Nobuo Kojima
1915 – 2006
Otto Scheff
1889 – 1956
Park Chung-hee
1917 – 1979
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
1827 – 1896
Peter Delamothe
1904 – 1973
Pontus Hultén
1924 – 2006
Richard H. Stallings
1940 – 2025
Richard N. Current
1912 – 2012
Robert Lee Gilbertson
1925 – 2011
Roh Tae-woo
1932 – 2021
Rudolf Ulrich Krönlein
1847 – 1910
Samuel Klingenstierna
1698 – 1765
Samuel von Pufendorf
1632 – 1694
Semyon Budyonny
1883 – 1973
Thomas Ewing
1789 – 1871
Thomas J. Herbert
1894 – 1974
Thomas J. Van Alstyne
1827 – 1903
Thomas Warrington, 1st Baron Warrington of Clyffe
1851 – 1937
Tim Cook
1971 – 2025
Vasili Dokuchayev
1846 – 1903
Vittorio Erspamer
1909 – 1999
Vladimir Kostrov
1935 – 2022
Warren B. Hamilton
1925 – 2018
Wilhelm Griesinger
1817 – 1868
William A. Niskanen
1933 – 2011
William Boyd Carpenter
1841 – 1918
William Temple
1881 – 1944
Zdeněk Matějček
1922 – 2004
Aby Warburg
1866 – 1929
Albert Ewing
1871 – 1946
Albert Hyzler
1916 – 1993
Aleksandr Makovsky
1869 – 1924
Alexander Carmichael Bruce
1850 – 1926
Alexander Feklisov
1914 – 2007
Alfred Merle Norman
1831 – 1918
Ali Canip Yöntem
1887 – 1967
Allan Langdon McDermott
1854 – 1908
Allen D. Candler
1834 – 1910
Andrew J. Stofan
1935 – 2025
Anthony Ross
1909 – 1955
Anton von Prokesch-Osten
1795 – 1876
Antonie Viljoen
1858 – 1918
Antonio Raimondi
1826 – 1890
Arne Dagfin Dahl
1894 – 1990
Arne Eggen
1881 – 1955
Arnett E. Girardeau
1929 – 2017
Arthur Granville Dewalt
1854 – 1931
Arthur L. Andrews
1934 – 1996
Arthur Waistell
1873 – 1953
Arthur von Hippel
1841 – 1916
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
1906 – 1947
Benjamín Matte
1902 – 1982
Bernat Calbó
1180 – 1243
Bernhard Windscheid
1817 – 1892
Bingo Smith
1946 – 2023
Bjørge Lillelien
1927 – 1987
Carl Ferdinand Becker
1804 – 1877
Carl von Noorden
1858 – 1944
Celâlettin Muhtar Özden
1865 – 1947
Charles Francis Keary
1848 – 1917
Charles Kennedy
1831 – 1908
Charles R. Eckert
1868 – 1959
Charles-François Delacroix
1741 – 1805
Chuck Meriwether
1956 – 2019
Coenraad van Beuningen
1622 – 1693
Cäsar Johann Ritz
1850 – 1918
Doug Gale
1942 – 2015
Eddie Johnson
1955 – 2020
Edgar Viguers Seeler
1867 – 1929
Elza Furtado Gomide
1925 – 2013
Frank Ruff
1949 – 2024
Franz Grashof
1826 – 1893
Fremont Rider
1885 – 1962
G. William Skinner
1925 – 2008
Gaszton Gaál
1868 – 1932
George August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein
1665 – 1721
George Oakes
1861 – 1931
Georgia Neese Clark
1898 – 1995
Gerald B. H. Solomon
1930 – 2001
Germaine Peyroles
1902 – 1979
Glen E. Morrell
1936 – 2023
Gordon French
1935 – 2019
Gordon Reid
1923 – 1989
Gottfried Fraenkel
1901 – 1984
Grant M. Hudson
1868 – 1955
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
1721 – 1803
Gustave Léon Niox
1840 – 1921
Hans Kosterlitz
1903 – 1996
Harry Payne Whitney
1872 – 1930
Harvey Munford
1940 – 2023
Hattie McDaniel
1893 – 1952
Henry Helm Clayton
1861 – 1946
Henry Hull Carlton
1835 – 1905
Henry Morgan Dockrell
1880 – 1955
Henry Tassie
1863 – 1945
Henry Wylie Norman
1826 – 1904
Hermann Hoffmann
1819 – 1891
Horace S. Carswell, Jr.
1916 – 1944
Howard J. Samuels
1919 – 1984
Hoyt Axton
1938 – 1999
Hugh Gordon Cummins
1891 – 1970
Hugh J. Knerr
1887 – 1971
Ioannis Rallis
1878 – 1946
Ishwari Prasad
1888 – 1986
J. Alfred Broaddus
1939 – 2025
J. R. Henderson
1863 – 1925
Jacques Massu
1908 – 2002
James Sands Elliott
1880 – 1959
Jamil Alibeyov
1927 – 2014
Jean-Baptiste Hugues
1849 – 1930
Jerzy Pietrkiewicz
1916 – 2007
Jim Iverson
1930 – 2020
Joan Brown
1938 – 1990
Johan Storm
1836 – 1920
Johann Bauhin
1541 – 1612
Johann Caspar Herterich
1843 – 1905
John Charles Chenoweth McKinsey
1908 – 1953
John E. Colhoun
1749 – 1802
John James Rooney
1903 – 1975
John McAuley Palmer
1870 – 1955
John Noyes
1764 – 1841
John W. Leonard
1890 – 1974
John Woods Duke
1899 – 1984
Jon Trimmer
1939 – 2023
Joseph Bernard-Attanoux
1853 – 1921
Joseph D. Leitch
1864 – 1938
Joseph Franz von Jacquin
1766 – 1839
Joseph Marie Dessaix
1764 – 1834
Joža Horvat
1915 – 2012
Julius Caldeen Gunter
1858 – 1940
… and 1,689 more