List of Famous people who died in 1926
John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon
Jean Richepin
Jean Richepin was a French poet, novelist and dramatist.
Juan Benlloch i Vivó
Juan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Burgos from 1919, who was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921, and who, as Co-Prince of Andorra, composed the text for this country’s national anthem.
Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal
Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal was a British peer and medical doctor.
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
Carl Swartz
Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz was a Swedish right-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from March to October 1917. He also served as Minister for Finance from 1906 to 1911. He married Dagmar Lundström in 1886, with whom he had three children, Erik, Brita and Olof.
Larisa Reisner
Larissa Mikhailovna Reissner was a Russian writer and revolutionary. She is best known for her leadership roles on the side of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War that followed the October Revolution and for her friendships with several of the Russian poets of the early 20th century.
Eva Gore-Booth
Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth was an Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist. She was born at Lissadell House, County Sligo, the younger sister of Constance Gore-Booth, later known as the Countess Markievicz.
John Lewis
John Lewis was an English football player, administrator and referee. He was born at Market Drayton, Shropshire, but lived most of his life in Lancashire and was primarily associated with Blackburn Rovers F.C. He was a leading referee from the earliest days of organised football, and when well into his 60s officiated in the Gold medal match of the 1920 Olympic Games football tournament in Antwerp.
Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr.
Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 34th Governor of New York from 1901 to 1904.