Famous people died in 26 September

Manne Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English chemist and educator who was jointly awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry’ in 1973

Paul Newman was an Academy Award winning American actor and also a prominent philanthropist

John George Nicolay was a German born American who served as private secretary to Abraham Lincoln

Bessie Smith was a famous blues and jazz singer from America who is known for her songs like ‘Downhearted Blues’ and ‘The St

Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist and the main force in bringing about the Slave Trade Act

Daniel Boone was an American explorer best known for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky

Anna Magnani was an Oscar winning Italian stage and film actress

Alberto Moravia was a novelist and journalist of Italian origin

Bela Bartok is considered as one of the greatest composers and pianists of Hungary