People who died in 2026
371 people remembered here.
Sir Roger Jones1943 – 2026 · PharmacistWelsh pharmacist-entrepreneur who built Penn Pharma, led the WDA, and never stopped fishing for Wales.
59 candles · 6 tributes
Narana Coissoró1931 – 2026 · LawyerGoan-born lawyer and CDS deputy who led a parliamentary group and called himself a Hindu democrat.
59 candles · 10 tributes
Frankie Miller1930 – 2026 · Country singer-songwriterFamily man first: Texas voice of Blackland Farmer, Bronze Star veteran, friend to legends.
59 candles · 6 tributes
David Fair1952 – 2026 · MusicianHe lived a beautiful life of love, kindness, and creativity.
59 candles · 4 tributes- MMary Heilmann1940 – 2026 · Abstract painter
Color, chairs, and the ocean. A painter's painter.
59 candles · 9 tributes 
Javad Mojabi1939 – 2026 · PoetIranian poet, satirist and art critic of Night of the Locust and modern visual arts.
58 candles · 4 tributes
Arthur Marshall1969 – 2026 · American football wide receiver (NFL)Undrafted Georgia star who threw an 81-yard NFL touchdown and never forgot Hephzibah.
58 candles · 5 tributes
Slava Veder1926 – 2026 · PhotojournalistPulitzer photographer whose Burst of Joy froze a nation's homecoming.
58 candles · 9 tributes
Siddeque Ahmed1962 – 2026 · PoliticianFour-term Karimganj South MLA and Assam minister who shaped Barak Valley politics for a generation.
57 candles · 9 tributes
Anna Louizos1957 – 2026 · Scenic designerShe built our homes on Broadway stages.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Bob Weir1947 – 2026 · MusicianA farewell that isn't an ending, but a blessing.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Vadim Popov1940 – 2026 · PoliticianTwice Speaker of Belarus's lower house, he asked that Belarusians live with dignity.
55 candles · 8 tributes
Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV1992 – 2026 · Omukama (King) of TooroBoy king who grew into Tooro's Lion: culture, youth, and courage to the last Empango.
55 candles · 5 tributes
Chuck Russell1952 – 2026 · Film directorGenre director who remade Freddy, the Blob, and The Mask into career-launching pop cinema.
55 candles · 10 tributes
Ramon Espinar Gallego1954 – 2026 · Spanish politician and lawyerFirst president of the Madrid Assembly and the first democratic mayor of Leganes.
54 candles · 5 tributes
Kippy Brown1955 – 2026 · American football QBGreat man, great mentor: Memphis pioneer QB and Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII WR coach.
54 candles · 8 tributes
Elco Brinkman1948 – 2026 · PoliticianDutch minister and CDA leader who coined the caring society and never reached the premiership.
54 candles · 6 tributes
Latimore1939 – 2026 · Blues and R&B singerBlues Hall of Famer whose baritone made Let's Straighten It Out a forever conversation.
54 candles · 8 tributes
Carlo Borlenghi1956 – 2026 · Sailing and watersports photographerHe taught the sailing world how to see the sea.
54 candles · 10 tributes
Bello Mandiya1964 – 2026 · PoliticianA Ninth Senate lawmaker who carried Katsina South's water, school and security worries onto the floor in Abuja.
53 candles · 6 tributes
Iwan Setiawan† 2026 · Association football coachCharismatic local coach who spent nearly thirty years teaching Indonesian football, sharp-tongued on the touchline and remembered by peers as a mentor.
53 candles · 5 tributes
Alphonso Smith1985 – 2026 · American football cornerback (NFL)Wake Forest ballhawk who set the ACC interceptions record and never stopped smiling.
53 candles · 5 tributes
Ivan T Berend1930 – 2026 · Historian and economistHe survived Dachau at 14 and spent a long life teaching how Central Europe's economies rose, failed, and changed.
53 candles · 4 tributes
Pepe Habichuela1944 – 2026 · Spanish flamenco guitaristHabichuela dynasty master: Morente's partner, Ketama's root, guitar that never lost the jondo.
53 candles · 6 tributes
Eva Olsson1924 – 2026 · Holocaust survivorI need to speak for them because their voices were silenced by hate.
53 candles · 4 tributes
Yvette Roudy1929 – 2026 · PoliticianFrance's first women's rights minister. She made abortion reimbursable and wrote equality into working life.
52 candles · 8 tributes
Bob McKay1947 – 2026 · American football offensive tackleTexas Wishbone All-American and College Football Hall of Famer who paved the way for the 1969 national champions.
51 candles · 6 tributes
Nisar Wayanad† 2026 · Stage singerKerala stage singer whose Udit-like voice filled Gulf halls, taken hours before the next show.
51 candles · 6 tributes
Tadeusz Kasyanov1938 – 2026 · BoxerBoatswain Matveich and a pioneer of Soviet karate, who taught the fight and staged the stunts.
51 candles · 9 tributes
Laura Cardoso1927 – 2026 · Actress (radioPioneer of Brazilian TV whose Isaura, Guiomar and Doroteia still echo.
51 candles · 5 tributes
Johan Mijail1990 – 2026 · WriterDominican writer and performer who made Afro-Caribbean dissident bodies speak on the page, the altar, and the stage.
50 candles · 5 tributes
Iván Carvajal1948 – 2026 · PoetEl poema se nos impone; no es solo expresión de la subjetividad.
50 candles · 7 tributes
Lee Yong-joo1982 – 2026 · Actor and former fashion modelModel-turned actor who made Korea laugh as Blue Tower's lovable rookie soldier.
50 candles · 8 tributes
John Irvin1940 – 2026 · Film and television directorA director with balls behind the camera.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Peter Gill1939 – 2026 · PlaywrightCardiff-born writer and director who made ordinary lives the centre of British theatre.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Barry Melrose1956 – 2026 · Ice hockey defensemanMulleted Kings Cup Final coach and ESPN's unmistakable hockey voice for nearly three decades.
49 candles · 6 tributes
Eberhard Vogel1943 – 2026 · Footballer (left winger / striker)Oberliga record man who said no to Santos and stayed East.
49 candles · 6 tributes
Kenneth Treister (FAIA)1930 – 2026 · ArchitectMiami architect and sculptor of the Holocaust Memorial's Sculpture of Love and Anguish.
49 candles · 10 tributes
Dave Marsh1950 – 2026 · Music journalistDetroit rock critic who wrote Springsteen into history and argued for justice as hard as he argued about records.
49 candles · 6 tributes
Raffaele Costa1936 – 2026 · Italian politicianPiedmontese liberal who led the PLI's last season and fought waste with hospital blitzes.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Alexander Sharovsky1948 – 2026 · Actor and theatre directorBaku actor and director who led the Russian Drama Theatre for three decades.
48 candles · 5 tributes
Gene Bertoncini1937 – 2026 · Jazz guitaristNylon-string jazz poet whose architectural ear made standards glow with quiet fire.
48 candles · 5 tributes
Guo Lanying1929 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoPeople's Artist whose My Motherland and White-Haired Girl voice became China's shared song memory.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Abdullah Ibrahim1934 – 2026 · PianistCape Town's piano voice; exile anthem maker; Mandela's Mozart.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Giorgos Mazonakis1972 – 2026 · Greek modern folk-pop / laiko-pop singerThe night's own voice of Greek laiko-pop.
47 candles · 8 tributes
Jackson Nascimento1924 – 2026 · Professional footballer (midfielder / meia-esquerda)Furacão 1949 idol, Athletico's second-highest scorer, lived 102 years for the club.
47 candles · 5 tributes
Bill Schmidt1947 – 2026 · Olympic javelin throwerFrom Southview coal camp to Munich bronze and Be Like Mike: the last U.S. men's Olympic javelin medalist.
47 candles · 4 tributes
Klaus Hänsch1938 – 2026 · SPD politicianFormer EP President who brought Klartext from Erkrath to Strasbourg and made Commissioner hearings public.
47 candles · 5 tributes