| 84721 | July 26 | Death | 1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1660) |
| 84722 | July 26 | Death | 1801 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756) |
| 84723 | July 26 | Death | 1863 – Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793) |
| 84724 | July 26 | Death | 1867 – Otto, King of Greece (b. 1815) |
| 84725 | July 26 | Death | 1915 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837) |
| 84726 | July 26 | Death | 1919 – Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836) |
| 84727 | July 26 | Death | 1921 – Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848) |
| 84728 | July 26 | Death | 1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888) |
| 84729 | July 26 | Death | 1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848) |
| 84730 | July 26 | Death | 1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860) |
| 84731 | July 26 | Death | 1926 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843) |
| 84732 | July 26 | Death | 1930 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849) |
| 84733 | July 26 | Death | 1932 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876) |
| 84734 | July 26 | Death | 1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871) |
| 84735 | July 26 | Death | 1938 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1861) |
| 84736 | July 26 | Death | 1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875) |
| 84737 | July 26 | Death | 1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900) |
| 84738 | July 26 | Death | 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress and politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919) |
| 84739 | July 26 | Death | 1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883) |
| 84740 | July 26 | Death | 1960 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (b. 1893) |
| 84741 | July 26 | Death | 1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879) |
| 84742 | July 26 | Death | 1964 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884) |
| 84743 | July 26 | Death | 1968 – Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899) |
| 84744 | July 26 | Death | 1970 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896) |
| 84745 | July 26 | Death | 1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923) |
| 84746 | July 26 | Death | 1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani author and poet (b. 1928) |
| 84747 | July 26 | Death | 1984 – George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901) |
| 84748 | July 26 | Death | 1984 – Ed Gein, American murderer (b. 1906) |
| 84749 | July 26 | Death | 1986 – W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891) |
| 84750 | July 26 | Death | 1988 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919) |