List of Famous people who died at 26

Vitaly Vasilyevich Shishov, or Vital Vasilyevich Shyshou, was a Belarusian political activist and dissident in exile, who disappeared, and was found dead in Ukraine in August of 2021. He was the head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps people to escape repressions following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. At the age of 26, Shishov went missing from his home in Kyiv and was found dead, hanging from a tree in a park near the place where he lived. His suspicious and unexpected death has raised public concerns about his possible assassination.

Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu was a Turkish football player who last played for Eskişehirspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Steve Smith was a Canadian professional downhill mountain biker.

Lee Yoon-hyung was a South Korean millionaire and daughter of Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee. She died by suicide by hanging herself in her Astor Place apartment in the East Village, Manhattan on November 18, 2005.

Muath Safi Yousef al-Kasasbeh was a Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot who was captured and burned to death by the militant group ISIL after his F-16 fighter aircraft crashed over Syria.

Boris Borisovich Ryzhy, or Ryzhii, was a Russian poet and geologist. Some poems by Ryzhy have been translated into English, Italian, German, Dutch and Serbian. He committed suicide on May 7, 2001, at the age of 26. He was born and died in Yekaterinburg.

Raimundo Tupper Lyon was a Chilean professional football player, best known for his years with Universidad Católica. He was a left back.

Camille Lepage was a French photojournalist who was killed during the conflict in the Central African Republic in 2014. Her death was described as a murder by the French presidency and it marked the first death of a Western journalist in the conflict.

Nafisa Joseph was an Indian model and MTV video jockey. She was the winner of Femina Miss India Universe 1997 and was a finalist in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in Miami Beach.

Joseph Thomas Schwab, also known as Josef Schwab was a serial or spree killer, who murdered five people in the Top End region of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia during June 1987. Schwab, a German citizen, was visiting Australia on a tourist visa; the media dubbed him The Kimberley Killer.