April 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 68 – Mark the Evangelist, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Church of Alexandria
• 501 – Rusticus, French archbishop
• 1077 – Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)
• 1265 – Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader (b. 1195)
• 1295 – Sancho IV of Castile (b. 1258)
• 1472 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
• 1516 – John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)
• 1566 – Diane de Poitiers,French noblewoman, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)
• 1566 – Louise Labé, French poet (b. 1520s)
• 1595 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b. 1544)
• 1605 – Naresuan, King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (b. 1555)
• 1644 – Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)
• 1660 – Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)
• 1690 – David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist (b. 1610)
• 1744 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701)
• 1770 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1800 – William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
• 1840 – Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1875 – Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 – Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1891 – Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 – Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1906 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (b. 1839)
• 1911 – Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist (b. 1862)
• 1915 – Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer, writer, editor, and politician, United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
• 1919 – Augustus D. Juilliard, American businessman (b. 1836)
• 1923 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian politician (b. 1840)
• 1928 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian army officer (b. 1878)
• 1937 – Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (b. 1857)
• 1943 – Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director (b. 1858)
• 1944 – George Herriman, American author (b. 1880)
• 1944 – Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
• 1961 – Robert Garrett, American athlete (b. 1875)
• 1968 – Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1972 – George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)
• 1973 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 1975 – Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)
• 1976 – Carol Reed, English producer and director (b. 1906)
• 1976 – Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (b. 1886)
• 1978 – Lee Kim Lai, Singaporean police officer (b. 1960)
• 1980 – Katia Mann, German socialite, wife of Thomas Mann (b. 1883)
• 1982 – John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)
• 1983 – William S. Bowdern, American Jesuit Roman Catholic priest and author (b. 1897)
• 1988 – Valerie Solanas, American writer, attempted assassin of Andy Warhol (b. 1936)
• 1990 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist and actor (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer and musician (b. 1965)
• 1995 – Andria Balanchivadze, Georgian composer (b. 1906)
• 1995 – Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Saul Bass, American graphics designer (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Wright Morris, American writer (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Christian Mortensen, Danish-American supercentenarian (b. 1882)
• 1999 – Larry Troutman, American musician (Zapp) (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Zapp) (b. 1951)
• 1999 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist, author, and sports official (b. 1914)
• 2000 – David Merrick, American producer (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Lucien le Cam, French mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2002 – Indra Devi, Russian yoga teacher and actress (b. 1899)
• 2002 – Lisa Lopes, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (TLC) (b. 1971)
• 2002 – Athanasios Papoulis, Greek-American engineer and mathematician (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)
• 2004 – Thom Gunn, English poet (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Hasil Adkins, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian writer and activist (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Bobby Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz musician and broadcaster (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Bea Arthur, American comedienne, actress, and singer (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer, actress, and comedienne (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter (b. 1916)