Famous People Who Died on March 26

• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1827)

  The composer of Beethoven's Fifth

• Bernhardt, Sarah (1923)

  Legendary French theatrical superstar of the 1800s

• Chandler, Raymond (1959)

  The creator of detective Philip Marlowe

• Comfort, Alex (2000)

  The uninhibited author of The Joy of Sex

• Ferraro, Geraldine (2011)

  The first woman to be a major-party candidate for U.S. vice president

• Lloyd George, David (1945)

   The British Prime Minister, 1916-22

• Muskie, Edmund (1996)

  U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80

• Rhodes, Cecil (1902)

  The English diamond magnate and South African politician

• Von Kempelen, Wolfgang (1804)

  Creator of 'the Turk'

• Whitman, Walt (1892)

  The poet who wrote Leaves of Grass

See also: Born on March 26