February 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1246 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
• 1522 – William Lilye, English classical scholar
• 1536 – Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
• 1553 – Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
• 1558 – Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
• 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566)
• 1634 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (b. 1583)
• 1643 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1655 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
• 1682 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
• 1710 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. c. 1639)
• 1713 – King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
• 1715 – Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
• 1723 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (b. 1632)
• 1756 – Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
• 1796 – Samuel Seabury, first American Episcopal bishop (b. 1729)
• 1798 – Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
• 1801 – Benedikt Stojković, Croatian churchman and philosopher (b. 1714)
• 1805 – Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
• 1815 – Stanoje Glavaš, Serbian revolution warrior (b. 1763)
• 1819 – Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese poet (b. 1734)
• 1822 – William Pinkney, American statesman and diplomat (b. 1764)
• 1831 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752)
• 1841 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (b. 1783)
• 1850 – Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
• 1860 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
• 1864 – Anna Harrison, American First Lady (b. 1775)
• 1865 – Otto Ludwig, German writer (b. 1813)
• 1870 – Henrik Hertz, Danish poet (b. 1797)
• 1877 – Jang Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 – Townsend Harris, American diplomat (b. 1804)
• 1888 – Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist of Croatian descent (b. 1814)
• 1894 – Steele MacKaye, American playwright, actor, inventor (b. 1842)
• 1899 – Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816)
• 1906 – Anton Arensky, Russian composer (b. 1861)
• 1910 – Worthington Whittredge, American artist (b. 1820)
• 1911 – Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist (b. 1829)
• 1912 – Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1914 – John Tenniel, British illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1915 – Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist (b. 1845)
• 1919 – Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
• 1920 – Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist (b. 1844)
• 1922 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
• 1928 – Gyula Kakas, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1928 – William O'Brien, Irish author, journalist and politician (M.P.) (b. 1852)
• 1934 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1934 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist (b. 1857)
• 1940 – Mary Mills Patrick, American author (b. 1850)
• 1945 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 – George Minot, American physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
• 1954 – Auguste Perret, French architect (b. 1874)
• 1957 – George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
• 1957 – Mark Aldanov, Russian emigrant writer (b. 1886-89?)
• 1963 – Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist (b. 1895)
• 1964 – Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Johnny Burke (lyricist), (b. 1908)
• 1964 – Mariano Jesús Cuenco, a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer (b. 1888)
• 1964 – Maurice Farman, French Grand Prix motor racing champion (b. 1877)
• 1964 – David Logan (politician), a British Labour Party politician (b. 1871)
• 1964 – Hinrich Lohse, a Nazi German politician (b. 1896)
• 1964 – Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
• 1964 – Kenneth Lee Spencer, American opera singer and actor (b. 1913)
• 1966 – James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
• 1970 – Walter Koch, German astrologer (b. 1895)
• 1970 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (b. 1903)
• 1971 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
• 1975 – Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (b. 1920)
• 1980 – Robert Hayden, American poet (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
• 1983 – John Cowles, Sr., American publisher (b. 1898)
• 1987 – James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1991 – André Turp, Canadian tenor (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass murderer (b. 1956)
• 1994 – Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Cal Abrams, American major league baseball outfielder (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer. (b. 1956)
• 1998 – W. O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Margaret Meagher, Canadian diplomat (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Luce Maced Martinique supercentenarian (b. 1886)
• 2001 – Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Sigurd Raschèr, American saxophonist of German birth (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Margaret Tafoya, American potter (b. 1904)
• 2001 – L. R. Wright, Canadian writer (b. 1939)
• 2001 – A. R. Ammons, American poet (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
• 2005 – Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Ben Bowen, Brain Cancer victim (b. 2002)
• 2005 – Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Edward Patten, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Thomas Koppel, Danish musician (Savage Rose) (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – William R. Anderson, American Naval Officer and Congressman (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Charles Chan, father of Jackie Chan (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
• 2008 – Static Major, American singer (b. 1974)
• 2008 – Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Philip José Farmer, American novelist (b. 1918)
• 2010 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish academic and the founder of YÖK (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Erland Josephson, Swedish actor, author and film director (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Buck Compton, American Judge, Lawyer, and member of the Band Of Brothers in the 101st Airborn in WW2 (b. 1921)