List of Famous people who died in 1926

John Treadway Rich was a U.S. Representative from and the 23rd Governor of the US state of Michigan.

Watson Carvosso Squire was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington.

Albert Waller Gilchrist was an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Florida. A Democrat, Gilchrist was born in South Carolina before moving to Punta Gorda, Florida. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1893 and served as speaker in 1905. Gilchrist is the namesake for Gilchrist County, Florida.

Washington Ellsworth Lindsey was an American politician and the third governor of New Mexico.

John Philo Hoyt was an American politician and jurist. He served as the fourth Governor of Arizona Territory and was nominated to become Governor of Idaho Territory but declined the position. In his later life he served as President of Washington's constitutional convention and as a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.

Karl Holl was a Professor of theology and church history at Tübingen and Berlin and is considered one of the most influential church historians of his era.

Rudolf Eisler was an Austrian philosopher.

James Adolf Israel was a Jewish-German surgeon who was a native of Berlin.