May 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 615 – Pope Boniface IV (b. c. 550)
• 709 – Aldhelm, English Christian saint, Latin poet and Anglo-Saxon literature scholar (b. c. 639)
• 735 – The Venerable Bede, English historian and monk (b. 672 or 673)
• 967 – Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)
• 992 – Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. c. 935)
• 1085 – Pope Gregory VII (b. c. 1020)
• 1261 – Pope Alexander IV
• 1452 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
• 1555 – King Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
• 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
• 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
• 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
• 1693 – Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
• 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
• 1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
• 1805 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
• 1849 – Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
• 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
• 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Madam C. J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon (b. 1867)
• 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
• 1926 – Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
• 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
• 1930 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
• 1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
• 1940 – Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902)
• 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)
• 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
• 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
• 1965 – Aleck "Rice" Miller, American blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player
• 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 – Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1932)
• 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
• 1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 1981 – Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Idris I, King of Libya (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1983 – Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Chester Bowles, American Democratic politician (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Bradley Nowell, American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (b. 1968)
• 2000 – Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 – Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American sound technician and vocal operator (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
• 2004 – Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
• 2006 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and TV host (b. 1931)
• 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Camu Tao, American rapper and producer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian Labour politician (b. 1905)
• 2010 – Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
• 2010 – Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
• 2010 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman and Chief Executive Officer (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian businessman, football player, & football coach (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914)