| 48271 | April 26 | Death | 1986 – Bessie Love, American-English actress and singer (b. 1898) |
| 48272 | April 26 | Death | 1986 – Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899) |
| 48273 | April 26 | Death | 1987 – Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922) |
| 48274 | April 26 | Death | 1987 – John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923) |
| 48275 | April 26 | Death | 1989 – Lucille Ball, American actress and producer (b. 1911) |
| 48276 | April 26 | Death | 1991 – Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904) |
| 48277 | April 26 | Death | 1991 – Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910) |
| 48278 | April 26 | Death | 1991 – A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American author and screenwriter (b. 1901) |
| 48279 | April 26 | Death | 1991 – Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931) |
| 48280 | April 26 | Death | 1991 – Emily McLaughlin, American actress (b. 1928) |
| 48281 | April 26 | Death | 1994 – Mas Oyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1927) |
| 48282 | April 26 | Death | 1996 – Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918) |
| 48283 | April 26 | Death | 1999 – Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sound and The Outsiders) (b. 1957) |
| 48284 | April 26 | Death | 1999 – Jill Dando, English journalist (b. 1961) |
| 48285 | April 26 | Death | 2003 – Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930) |
| 48286 | April 26 | Death | 2003 – Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984) |
| 48287 | April 26 | Death | 2003 – Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904) |
| 48288 | April 26 | Death | 2003 – Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930) |
| 48289 | April 26 | Death | 2004 – Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
| 48290 | April 26 | Death | 2005 – Mason Adams, American actor and singer (b. 1919) |
| 48291 | April 26 | Death | 2005 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress and producer (b. 1926) |
| 48292 | April 26 | Death | 2005 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917) |
| 48293 | April 26 | Death | 2007 – Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921) |
| 48294 | April 26 | Death | 2009 – Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920) |
| 48295 | April 26 | Death | 2010 – Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930) |
| 48296 | April 26 | Death | 2010 – Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942) |
| 48297 | April 26 | Death | 2011 – Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sisters of Glory) (b. 1950) |
| 48298 | April 26 | Death | 2012 – Pete Fornatale, American radio host and author (b. 1945) |
| 48299 | April 26 | Death | 2012 – Ardian Klosi, Albanian author, publicist, and translator (b. 1957) |
| 48300 | April 26 | Death | 2012 – Ted Newall, Canadian businessman (b. 1935) |