January 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 389 – Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
• 477 – Genseric, king of the Vandals and Alans
• 844 – Pope Gregory IV
• 1067 – Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)
• 1366 – Henry Suso, German mystic
• 1431 – Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
• 1494 – King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
• 1559 – King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)
• 1573 – Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)
• 1578 – Mihrimah Sultana, Ottoman princess (b. 1522)
• 1586 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
• 1640 – Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
• 1670 – Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
• 1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
• 1733 – Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet (b. 1652)
• 1751 – Paul Dudley, American attorney and politician (b. 1675)
• 1881 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
• 1884 – Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter (b. 1849)
• 1907 – René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
• 1908 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
• 1908 – Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
• 1912 – Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal (b. 1816)
• 1925 – Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1939 – Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (b. 1870)
• 1940 – Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
• 1947 – Al Capone, American organized crime figure (b. 1899)
• 1949 – Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman　(b. 1861)
• 1954 – Manabendra Nath Roy, Indian political activist (b. 1887)
• 1957 – Thomas January, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1957 – Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1873)
• 1957 – Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1960 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1963 – Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (b. 1860)
• 1966 – Saul Adler, Russian-born British parasitologist (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
• 1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (b. 1901)
• 1971 – Barry III, Guinean politician (b. 1923)
• 1972 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1975 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (b. 1896)
• 1976 – Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (b. 1929)
• 1978 – Skender Kulenović, Bosnian poet (b. 1910)
• 1980 – Queenie Watts, English actress (b. 1926)
• 1981 – Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
• 1982 – Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
• 1985 – Ilias Iliou, Greek politician (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Frank J. Lynch, American jurist and state legislator (b. 1922)
• 1990 – Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
• 1999 – Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany, American author (b. 1889)
• 1999 – Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
• 2003 –Sheldon Reynolds, American television producer (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Samuel Weems, American jurist (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
• 2005 – Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2005 – William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
• 2005 – Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)
• 2005 – Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
• 2005 – Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Christopher Allport, American actor (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi defense minister and military commander (b. 1941)
• 2011 – Vincent Cronin, British historical, cultural, and biographical writer