August 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman military commander, author, and philosopher (b. 23)
• 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
• 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
• 1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1162)
• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe, English educator and saint (b. 1218)
• 1330 – James Douglas, Lord of Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
• 1482 – Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
• 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
• 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English writer (b. 1572)
• 1650 – Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. 1613)
• 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral (b. 1635)
• 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician (b. 1656)
• 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 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1819 – James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1738)
• 1867 – Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
• 1886 – Zinovios Valvis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
• 1904 – William Hall, Canadian sailor (b. 1827)
• 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
• 1925 – Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
• 1938 – Johannes van Dijk, Dutch rower (b. 1868)
• 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
• 1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 – John Birch, American military officer and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1950 – Earl Caddock, American wrestler (b. 1888)
• 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American biologist (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player (b. 1879)
• 1967 – Stanley Bruce, Australian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Paul Muni, Austrian-American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American soldier, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Ted Lewis, American singer and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician (b. 1875)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, author, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Gower Champion, American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
• 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Samantha Smith, American actress and activist (b. 1972)
• 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player (b. 1951)
• 1997 – Camilla Spira, German actress (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher) (b. 1956)
• 2000 – Carl Barks, American illustrator and writer (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, producer, and composer (The Wrecking Crew and Crazy Horse) (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Ed White, Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American attorney and scholar (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first person to walk on the moon (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, Portuguese bishop (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, Croatian archeologist (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican businessman (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Angkarn Kalayanapong, Thai poet and artist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Eduardo Koaik, Brazilian bishop (b. 1926)
• 2012 – V. K. Lakshmanan, Indian politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (b. 1972)