Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1884 Louis brassin: Composer, 

1886 John deere: American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) 

1888 Giacomo zanella: Italian poet (b. 1820) 

1889 William roxby beverly: Artist, 

1892 Gyorgy klapka: Hungarian general/parliament leader, 

1914 Peter leyten: Bishop of breda (1885-1914), 

1916 Gervais bernard gaston salvayre: Composer, 

1917 Charles anthoni johnson brooke: Ruler of sarawak (b. 1829) 

1919 Bohumil pazdirek: Composer, 

1920 Maitland hathorn: Cricketer (325 runs in 12 tests s afr 1901-11), 

1926 Lucien herr: French leader (correspondance entre schiller), 

1927 Harold geiger: U.s. army aviation pioneer (b. 1884) 

1930 Herbert david croly: Us founder (new republic), 

1931 Johan [eliza j] de master: Art critic/writer, 

1935 Paul dukas: French composer (b. 1865) 

1936 Panagis tsaldaris: Twice greek prime minister (b. 1868) 

1938 Jakob ehrlich: Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877) 

1943 Montagu love: Actor (wind), 

1945 Jan van geenen: Resistance fighter, 

1947 George william forbes: Prime minister of new zealand (b. 1869) 

1950 Eduardo fabini: Composer, 

1951 Karl heinrich david: Composer, 

1953 Eric de lamarter: Composer, 

1955 Alan fairfax: Cricketer (10 tests for australia 1928-31), 

1957 Shalva azmayparashvili: Composer, 

1961 Frans van cauwelaert: Flemish minister/mayor of antwerp, 

1963 John wilce: Physician and former head football coach at the ohio state university (b. 1888) 

1964 Otto v kuusinen: Pres of karelo-finnish soviet rep (1940-56), 

1967 John wesley work: Composer, 

1969 Joseph beran: Czech archbishop of prague/cardinal, 

1970 Nigel m balchin: English author (my executioner), 

1973 Alexander j kropholler: Dutch architect/writer, 

1974 Charles braswell: Actor (only game in town), 

1978 John selwyn brooke selwyn lloyd: Speaker of house of commons, 

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