Aged 26
Famous people who died at 26
43 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 26, including Mikhail Lermontov, Sándor Petőfi and Niels Henrik Abel.
- Mikhail LermontovRussian writer, poet and painter · 1814–1841
- Sándor PetőfiHungarian poet and liberal revolutionary · 1823–1849
- Niels Henrik AbelNorwegian mathematician · 1802–1829
- TerenceRoman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC) · c. 185–159 BC
- Aaron SwartzAmerican computer programmer and internet-political activist · 1986–2013
- Severus AlexanderRoman Emperor · AD 208–235
- John XIPope · c. AD 910–936
- Jean HarlowAmerican film actress · 1911–1937
- Louis X of FranceKing of France from 1314 to 1316 · 1289–1316
- Sharon Tate ↗American actress and model · 1943–1969
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ↗Philosopher, military and political leader · 1767–1794
- John Wilkes Booth ↗American stage actor and assassin · 1838–1865
- Edmund I ↗King of England · c. AD 920–946
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ↗Italian composer, violinist and organist · 1710–1736
- Otis Redding ↗American singer and songwriter · 1941–1967
- Toše Proeski ↗Macedonian musician · 1981–2007
- Alexander I of Serbia ↗King of Serbia 1889-1903 · 1876–1903
- Ankhesenamun ↗Sister consort of Tutankhamun · c. 1348–1322 BC
- Ğabdulla Tuqay ↗Tatar poet · 1886–1913
- Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1584–1611
- Mohamed Bouazizi ↗Tunisian street vendor · 1984–2011
- Nick Drake ↗British musician · 1948–1974
- Childebert II ↗King of Austrasia · c. AD 570–596
- Conrad IV of Germany ↗King of Germany, Sicily and Jerusalem · 1228–1254
- Gia Carangi ↗American model · 1960–1986
- Al-Amin ↗6th Abbasid caliph · c. AD 787–813
- Marie Louise d'Orléans ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1662–1689
- Ruqayya bint Muhammad ↗Daughter of Muhammad · c. AD 598–624
- Constantine III of Scotland ↗King of Scotland · c. AD 971–997
- Gerda Taro ↗German photographer, best known for her reporting on the Spanish Civil War · 1910–1937
- Napoleon Louis Bonaparte ↗Middle son of Louis I of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais · 1804–1831
- Sigebert III ↗King of Austrasia · c. AD 630–656
- Theuderic II ↗King of Burgundy · c. AD 587–613
- Daniel Jarque ↗Spanish footballer · 1983–2009
- Frank P. Ramsey ↗British mathematician, philosopher, and economist · 1903–1930
- Henrietta of England ↗English princess, duchesse of Orléans · 1644–1670
- Cleopatra IV of Egypt ↗Queen of Egypt from 116–115 BC · c. 138–112 BC
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino ↗Italian noble · 1492–1519
- Chairil Anwar ↗Indonesian poet · 1922–1949
- Wolfgang Borchert ↗German playwright, and short story writer · 1921–1947
- Richard III ↗Duke of Normandy · c. 1001–1027
- Kamila Skolimowska ↗Polish hammer thrower · 1982–2009
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy ↗Dauphine of France · 1685–1712
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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