The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on April 26th

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (1838 - 1865)

American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)

American Actress
Chyna

Chyna (1969 - 2016)

American wrestler and actress
Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920)

Indian mathematician
George Jones

George Jones (1931 - 2013)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 - 1970)

American dancer, actress, and author
Count Basie

Count Basie (1904 - 1984)

American pianist, bandleader, and composer
Jill Dando

Jill Dando (1961 - 1999)

English journalist
Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme (1944 - 2017)

American director, producer, and screenwriter
Morihei Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969)

Japanese martial artist, founded aikido
Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze (1947 - 2022)

German composer
Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow (1950 - 2011)

American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi (1868 - 1957)

Japanese martial artist
Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows (1919 - 2015)

American actress and author
Maria Schell

Maria Schell (1926 - 2005)

Austrian-Swiss actress
Jack Valenti

Jack Valenti (1921 - 2007)

President of the MPAA
Armstrong Sperry

Armstrong Sperry (1897 - 1976)

American writer and illustrator
Albert Maltz

Albert Maltz (1908 - 1985)

American writer
Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan (1902 - 1973)

American actress
Edwin Howard

Edwin Howard (1868 - 1939)

New Zealand politician