Notable Deaths on August 25th
August 25th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
79 |
Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral/writer, dies during eruption of Mount Vesuvius |
383 |
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus), Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 |
471 |
Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458) |
882 |
Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 |
1192 |
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) |
1227 |
Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies |
1270 |
Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 |
1282 |
Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) |
1330 |
Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) |
1346 |
Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle |
1554 |
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies |
1556 |
David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54 |
1580 |
Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies |
1632 |
Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572) |
1649 |
Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 |
1688 |
Henry Morgan, English pirate |
1699 |
King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) |
1711 |
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician |
1742 |
Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 |
1773 |
Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 |
1774 |
Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 |
1776 |
David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (A Treatise of Human Nature), dies of abdominal cancer at 65 |
1789 |
Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies |
1791 |
Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies |
1792 |
Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) |
1822 |
F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 |
1835 |
Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22 |
1840 |
K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 |
1842 |
Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 |
1846 |
Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 |
1860 |
Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Elverhøj |
1867 |
Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) |
1868 |
Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 |
1868 |
Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62 |
1868 |
Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 |
1868 |
Jacob Van Lennep, De zomer van 1823 - In het voetspoor van Jacob van Lennep |
1882 |
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kilplased |
1900 |
Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 |
1900 |
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) |
1900 |
Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher, dies at 55 |
1900 |
Friedrich Nietzsche, A Divina Comédia |
1901 |
Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever |
1904 |
William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827) |
1908 |
Henri Becquerel [Antoine ], French physicist, dies at 55 |
1919 |
Gustav Schönwald, Das Karnickel |
1921 |
Nikolai Gumilev, Svidanie v teatre pepla |
1921 |
Lauri de Frece, All the Sad World Needs |
1923 |
Milan Ogrizovic, Dvorovi u samoci |
1924 |
Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818) |
1925 |
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852) |
1925 |
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, |
1927 |
Georgia Woodthorpe, Kultur |
1929 |
Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies |
1929 |
Josma Selim, Casanova |
1930 |
Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61 |
1930 |
William H. Post, Never Say Die |
1930 |
Ben F. Wilson, Officer '444' |
1934 |
Théo Bergerat, La douloureuse comédie |
1934 |
Hugo Felix, What a Widow! |
1935 |
Mack Swain, The Gold Rush |
1936 |
Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies |
1938 |
Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67 |
1938 |
Aleksandr Kuprin, Sisters of the Gion |
1939 |
Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904) |
1939 |
Geneviève Vix, Désiré |
1940 |
Ethan Allen, The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House |
1942 |
George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39 |
1942 |
Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70 |
1942 |
W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded |
1942 |
George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902) |
1942 |
Duke of Kent, Episode dated 19 February 2013 |
1942 |
Karol Benda, Maly marynarz |
1944 |
Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death |
1944 |
Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies |
1944 |
Jan Hajduga, Love or a Kingdom |
1945 |
John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918) |
1945 |
Oliver Morosco, So Long Letty |
1946 |
Clarence Redd, A Daughter of the Congo |
1947 |
Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76 |
1947 |
Arthur B. Allen, Our Town |
1948 |
Helen Lee Worthing, The Count of Luxembourg |
1948 |
Alberta Gallatin, Fine Feathers |
1949 |
Katherine Lewis, Rowdy Ann |
1950 |
Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888) |
1950 |
Earl Caddock, Stecher-Caddock Wrestling Match |
1951 |
Raul De Caldevilla, Escalada do Zimbório da Estrela |
1952 |
Polly Bailey, The Hero |
1952 |
Ola Fogelberg, Pekka Puupää poliisina |
1955 |
Hubert Vincent-Bréchignac, The Scarlet Bazaar |
1955 |
Heinrich Spoerl, The Punch Bowl |
1956 |
Alfred C Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies at 62 from a heart ailment and pneumonia |
1956 |
Alfred Kinsey, |
1956 |
Kathryn Osterman, The Lost Child |
1957 |
Umberto Saba, Ernesto |
1957 |
Leo Perutz, ...nur ein Komödiant |
1959 |
Velimir Stojanovic, Pjesme o suznju |
1960 |
Ray Ashley, Little Fugitive |
1961 |
Ernst Roters, Murderers Among Us |
1965 |
Moonlight Graham, American baseball player |
1965 |
Ross Dowd, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1966 |
Ernest Blasdell, The First Woman |
1966 |
Lance Comfort, Hotel Reserve |
1967 |
George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated |
1967 |
Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71 |
1967 |
Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883) |
1968 |
John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70 |
1968 |
Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies |
1971 |
Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80 |
1971 |
Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890) |
1972 |
Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71 |
1972 |
Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80 |
1975 |
Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75 |
1975 |
John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67 |
1976 |
Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 |
1976 |
Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies |
1978 |
Gösta Terserus, Striden går vidare |
1979 |
Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67 |
1979 |
Czeslaw Kalinowski, Szpital |
1980 |
Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60 |
1980 |
Gower Champion, Show Boat |
1980 |
Lester Dorr, Quicksand |
1980 |
Barton Stone, Love of Life |
1981 |
Jack Tyree, Escape from New York |
1981 |
Arthur Dekuh, The Life of Jimmy Dolan |
1981 |
Kathryn Hulme, The Nun's Story |
1982 |
John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27 |
1982 |
Harry Lindgren, Rear Window |
1983 |
Ray Lennert, The Big No Rain |
1983 |
Assi Raine, Mustasukkaisuus |
1984 |
Truman Capote, American author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer at 59 |
1984 |
Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84 |
1984 |
Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921) |
1984 |
Andy Varipapa, Strikes and Spares |
1984 |
Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's |
1984 |
Carmine Stippo, Cruising |
1985 |
Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13 |
1985 |
Samantha Smith, The Mystery of Flight 401 |
1985 |
Pino Zac, Il cavaliere inesistente |
1985 |
Rudi Blesh, I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation: Ragtime |
1985 |
Fred Raul, Die Nacht vor der Premiere |
1985 |
Paul Harris, Truck Turner |
1986 |
Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51 |
1986 |
James Roddy, The Toy |
1986 |
Allen Case, The Return of Widow Brown |
1986 |
Peter Chatel, Fox and His Friends |
1987 |
Fernando Ramos da Silva, Pixote |
1987 |
Red Latham, Presumed Innocent |
1987 |
Dwight Latham, Predestination |
1987 |
Eddie Marr, The Glass Key |
1988 |
Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77 |
1988 |
Art Rooney, Super Bowl XIV |
1988 |
Irving Mansfield, Once Is Not Enough |
1988 |
Bill Greenwald, The Man Who Knew Too Much |
1988 |
Carlo Schipa, Little Annie Rooney |
1988 |
Gilbert Gil, Pépé le Moko |
1988 |
Jimmy Lloyd, Story of G.I. Joe |
1989 |
Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80 |
1989 |
Tatyana Govorkova, Vozdushnyy izvozchik |
1989 |
Yan Frenkel, Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh |
1989 |
Henry Arthur, Road Demon |
1989 |
Jacques Castelot, Children of Paradise |
1989 |
Vasili Korzun, Karpukhin |
1990 |
Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903) |
1990 |
Jack Trommer, Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe |
1990 |
Peter Lehmbrock, Das Geld liegt auf der Straße |
1990 |
Howard Ostroff, The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West |
1990 |
Morley Callaghan, The Cap |
1990 |
Gianni Marzocchi, Episode #1.4 |
1991 |
Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 |
1991 |
Niven Busch, US writer (Duel in the Sun), dies |
1991 |
Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide |
1991 |
Niven Busch, The Postman Always Rings Twice |
1991 |
Don Nute, Brooke Does College |
1991 |
Yoshiko Shibaki, Street of Shame |
1992 |
Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65 |
1992 |
Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White & 21), dies at 86 |
1992 |
Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 |
1992 |
Frederick O'Neal, Pinky |
1992 |
Mario Rossi, Rebus |
1992 |
Luis G. Oquendo, Here Comes the Bride |
1992 |
George R. Nelson, The Godfather: Part II |
1992 |
Jan Gerhard Toonder, Sterren Stralen Overal |
1992 |
Alan Burke, The Alan Burke Show |
1992 |
Nisa Serezli, Tatli kaçik |
1992 |
Nikolay Zasukhin, Poyezd v zavtrashniy den |
1993 |
Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26 |
1993 |
Tom Gallery, Wrongs Righted |
1993 |
Willi Neuenhahn, Dach überm Kopf |
1993 |
Dora Menichelli, Apparition |
1993 |
Jack Aldworth, Wait Until Dark |
1993 |
Janna Allen, Knight and Day |
1993 |
Tara Hutchins, Party Line |
1994 |
Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52 |
1995 |
John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60 |
1995 |
R B Hudmon, R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41 |
1995 |
Gordon Mackenzie, H.M.S. Pinafore |
1995 |
John Brunner, The Terrornauts |
1995 |
Leon Alton, Mr. Zero |
1995 |
Mike Ragan, Attack |
1995 |
Seong-min Lim, Aelan |
1995 |
Angel Florez, The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World |
1996 |
Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64 |
1996 |
Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58 |
1996 |
Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67 |
1996 |
Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53 |
1996 |
Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86 |
1996 |
Irving Gaynor Neiman, The Taker |
1996 |
Russell Hunter, The Changeling |
1996 |
Reinhard Libuda, |
1996 |
Lee Vasque, Catch-22 |
1997 |
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies |
1997 |
James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70 |
1997 |
Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78 |
1997 |
Peter Dews, The Monument: Antony and Cleopatra Acts 4 and 5 |
1997 |
Robert Pinget, Plankenkoorts: Het verhoor |
1997 |
Muriel Frances Dana, Can a Woman Love Twice? |
1997 |
Noé Murayama, Nazarin |
1997 |
Camilla Spira, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse |
1998 |
Lee Gunther, The Transformers: The Movie |
1998 |
Kirk Ditzler, 1992 Tournament of Champions Quarterfinal Game 1 |
1998 |
Marshall Barer, Man on the Moon |
1998 |
Lewis F. Powell Jr., Justice Lewis Powell, Jr. |
1999 |
Rob Fisher, English musician (b. 1956) |
1999 |
Frank Antunez, Point Blank |
1999 |
Marianne Kjellberg, Elddonet |
1999 |
Freek van Muiswinkel, De Cock en de wraak zonder einde |
1999 |
Georg Thomalla, Sky Without Stars |
1999 |
Kate Coscarelli, Phantasm |
1999 |
Beverly Kidd, Flash of Darkness |
1999 |
Poul H. Hansen, Tivoli-Revyen 1988 |
2000 |
Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901) |
2000 |
Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937) |
2000 |
Wathel Rogers, Mars and Beyond |
2000 |
John Florea, The Astral Factor |
2000 |
Carl Barks, Good Scouts |
2000 |
Valeriy Priyomykhov, Kto, esli ne my |
2000 |
Dennis David, Aces High |
2000 |
Cliff Bruner, Places in the Heart |
2000 |
Jack Nitzsche, Death Proof |
2000 |
Fred Bock, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2000 |
Ivan Stambolic, The Death of Yugoslavia |
2000 |
Charlotte Schreiber-Just, Die Kontrolle |
2001 |
Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979) |
2001 |
Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) |
2001 |
Ken Tyrrell, former race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924) |
2001 |
Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940) |
2001 |
Scotty Gallin, Holy Man |
2001 |
John L. Nelson, Batman |
2001 |
Philippe Léotard, French Connection II |
2001 |
Ginzô Matsuo, Ghost in the Shell |
2001 |
Asit Sen, Safar |
2001 |
Fernand Schirren, L'homme à battre |
2001 |
Inigo Jackson, Twins of Evil |
2001 |
Aaliyah, Boyhood |
2001 |
Gina Smith, Rain |
2001 |
John Chambers, Star Trek |
2001 |
Andrzej Bryg, Money Is Not Everything |
2001 |
Eric Foreman, |
2001 |
Ken Tyrrell, Ruutulippu |
2002 |
Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923) |
2002 |
William Warfield, Bernstein in London |
2002 |
Dorothy Hewett, Journey Among Women |
2002 |
Július Pántik, Shame |
2002 |
Per Anger, Wallenberg: A Hero's Story |
2002 |
Niilo Tarvajärvi, Simapullojen seassa... |
2002 |
Stanley R. Greenberg, Soylent Green |
2003 |
Sasa Dabetic, Muklo |
2003 |
Tom Feelings, The Healing Passage: Voices from the Water |
2003 |
Devera Burton, Omoo-Omoo the Shark God |
2004 |
Milan Ognjanov, Only Jazz |
2004 |
Donald M. Ashton, The Bridge on the River Kwai |
2004 |
Carl Szokoll, The Last Bridge |
2004 |
Karen Dior, Zigs |
2004 |
József Horváth, The Witness |
2004 |
Andre Charisse, The Return of the Pink Panther |
2004 |
Anna Kristina Kallin, A Summer Tale |
2004 |
Arthur Barraclough, The Last Tommy |
2004 |
Otto Anton Eder, Passion eines Politikers |
2005 |
Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939) |
2005 |
Ruth Hampton, Law and Order |
2005 |
William Gleason, Shakedown |
2005 |
Maurice Brenner, The Purple Rose of Cairo |
2005 |
Herb Goldstein, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure |
2005 |
Olga Ramos, ¡Pum! |
2005 |
Terence Morgan, Hamlet |
2005 |
Peter Glotz, Der Kommunismus - Geschichte einer Illusion |
2005 |
Perry Lafferty, Valley of the Shadow |
2006 |
Barrie Duffus, The Ballet |
2006 |
Irmgard Daecke, One or the Other |
2006 |
Ray Ferrell, Jail for the Innocents |
2006 |
Silva Kaputikyan, Parajanov: The Last Spring |
2006 |
Fritz Ford, National Lampoon's Vacation |
2006 |
John Blankenstein, Episode dated 11 November 1999 |
2006 |
Tôroku Takagi, Mizuiro no waltz |
2006 |
Heikki Toivanen, Boris Godunov |
2006 |
Joseph Stefano, Psycho |
2006 |
Michael Lindsay, Gorilla of My Dreams |
2007 |
Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988) |
2007 |
Eduardo Prado Coelho, Sofia e a Educação Sexual |
2007 |
Ann Hovey, Wild Boys of the Road |
2007 |
Jim Carlson, Take the Celestra |
2007 |
László Gyurkó, Electra, My Love |
2007 |
Tarapada Roy, Chhera Tamsuk |
2007 |
Conrad Drzewiecki, Mocne uderzenie |
2007 |
Raymond Barre, Episode dated 12 January 1986 |
2007 |
Elizabeth Inglis, The Letter |
2007 |
Richard Cook, An Everlasting Piece |
2007 |
Edward Brandt, |
2008 |
Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964) |
2008 |
Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959) |
2008 |
Rita Quigley, The Human Comedy |
2008 |
Barbara Freking, Appointment with Murder |
2008 |
David Hammond-Williams, Highway |
2008 |
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Osa IX Elämän näyttämöitä 1958-1966 |
2008 |
Josef Tal, Spider's Web |
2008 |
Ahmed Faraz, Zubeidaa |
2008 |
Randa Chahal Sabag, The Kite |
2008 |
Jacques Krier, L'affaire Bernay |
2008 |
Kanako Fukaura, The Twilight Samurai |
2008 |
Marpessa Dawn, Black Orpheus |
2008 |
Kevin Duckworth, Mania |
2009 |
Edward [Ted] M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1932) |
2009 |
László Lipp, Episode #1.258 |
2009 |
Ted Kennedy, Brothers on the Line |
2009 |
Dick Callinan, Bananas |
2009 |
Sol-Britt Agerup, Man och kvinna |
2009 |
Berle Adams, Quell and Co. |
2009 |
Robert Heppener, Sky Over Holland |
2010 |
Esther Earl, With Esther |
2011 |
Graham Leggat, Pollock |
2011 |
Leah Axelrod, Etz O Palestina |
2011 |
Frank Walton, Tank Girl |
2012 |
Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, dies from heart surgery complications at 82 |
2012 |
Peter Shelton, Finale: Part 2 |
2012 |
Larry Villani, The Third Ear |
2012 |
Mary Charlotte Thurtle, Under Arpaio |
2012 |
Robert B. Kotlowitz, Hard Times |
2012 |
Neil Armstrong, Mercury: Ordinary Supermen |
2012 |
Florencio Amarilla, Chato's Land |
2013 |
Gilmar, Brazilian footballer, dies from complications from a heart attack at 83 |
2013 |
William Froug, Homes $weet Homes |
2013 |
Katja Paryla, Levins Mühle |
2013 |
Gilmar, Pele Forever |
2013 |
Leon Whiteson, Blood of the Lamb |
2013 |
Christopher Burgess, The Enemy of the World: Episode 6 |
2013 |
Raghunatha Panigrahi, Shri Shri Patitapaban |
2014 |
John Brandon, Scarface |
2014 |
Jean Berger, Tintin and the Lake of Sharks |
2014 |
Toshio Hirata, Pet Shop of Horrors |
2014 |
Glen Mason, Climb Up the Wall |
2014 |
Len Terry, Grand Prix: The Killer Years |
2014 |
Achim Hübner, Ein sonderbares Mädchen |
2014 |
William Greaves, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One |
2014 |
Enrique Zileri, The Fall of Fujimori |
2014 |
Jean-Pierre Vergne, The Telephone Always Rings Twice |
2015 |
Claude Cabanes, Episode dated 18 June 2011 |
2015 |
Peter Arens, In the Morning at Seven the World Is Still in Order |
2015 |
Sirkka-Liisa Wilén, Kovanaama |
2015 |
Yuri Shamo, Byt bratom |
2015 |
Endre Fejes, Jó estét nyár, jó estét szerelem |
2015 |
Frank E. Petersen, America's Marine Aviators |
2015 |
Francis Sejersted, Episode #4.11 |
2016 |
Former German President Walter Scheel dies aged 97 |
2016 |
Veteran Wellington broadcaster Justin du Fresne dies aged 74 |
2016 |
French writer Michel Butor dies aged 89: family |
2017 |
Cecil Andrus, Carter's Interior Secretary, dies at age 85 |
2017 |
Actor Jay Thomas, star of Cheers and Murphy Brown, dies aged 69 from cancer |
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