August 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher and military commander (b. 23)
• 383 – Gratian, Roman Emperor (b. 359)
• 471 – Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
• 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1282 – Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. c. 1218)
• 1330 – Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
• 1482 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
• 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
• 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. c. 1572)
• 1650 – Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. c. 1613)
• 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer (b. c. 1635)
• 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
• 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
• 1776 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
• 1792 – Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
• 1794 – Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738)
• 1867 – Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1900 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
• 1904 – William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
• 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1852)
• 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
• 1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American Boxer (b. 1904)
• 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
• 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
• 1940 – Jean d'Orleans, duc de Guise, Orleanist pretender to the French throne (b. 1874)
• 1942 – George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 – John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1950 – Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
• 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American research biologist (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player (b. 1879)
• 1967 – Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 1979 – Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1984 – Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Samantha Smith, American social activist (b. 1972)
• 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Rob Fisher, English musician (b. 1956)
• 2000 – Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Aaliyah, American R&B singer and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, British race driver (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 2002 – Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Noor Mohamed Hassanali, 2nd president of Trinidad & Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts, brother of John F. Kennedy (b. 1932)