Famous people died in 26 October

Charles J Pedersen

Charles J Pedersen

Charles J Pedersen was an American chemist who discovered the chemical compound, crown ethers

AmericanOctober 3, 1904116 views

Arthur Kornberg

Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist

AmericanMarch 3, 1918147 views

Gilles de Rais

Gilles de Retz or Gilles de Rais was a lord and knight of Anjou, Poitou and Brittany who later became infamous as a serial killer of children

FrenchSeptember 4, 1404137 views

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel was an African American actress, singer and radio performer

AmericanJune 10, 1895143 views

Gerty Cori

Gerty Theresa Cori was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered the catalytic conversion of glycogen

AmericanAugust 15, 1896318 views

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great was the King of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899

British849115 views

Angelina Grimke

Angelina Grimke was an American political activist, women’s rights activist and supporter of the women’s suffrage movement

AmericanFebruary 20, 1805187 views

Molly Brown

Molly Brown was an American socialite and activist who beame famous for surviving the sinking of the Titanic in 1912

AmericanJuly 18, 1867269 views

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom was the youngest daughter of the British monarch, Queen Victoria

BritishApril 14, 1857115 views

Park-Chung-hee

Park Chung-hee was a former President of South Korea