July 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 306 – Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (b. 250)
• 1409 – Martin I of Sicily (b. 1376)
• 1471 – Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380)
• 1472 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
• 1492 – Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
• 1572 – Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)
• 1608 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (b. 1556)
• 1616 – Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
• 1643 – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
• 1676 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
• 1681 – Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
• 1790 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer, writer, and educator (b. 1723)
• 1790 – William Livingston, American politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1791 – Isaac Low, American politician (b. 1735)
• 1794 – André Chénier, French writer (b. 1762)
• 1826 – Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and revolutionary (b. 1795)
• 1834 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (b. 1772)
• 1842 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (b. 1766)
• 1843 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766)
• 1853 – Joaquin Murrieta, Mexican outlaw (b. 1829)
• 1861 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (b. 1805)
• 1865 – James Barry, English surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1866 – Floride Calhoun, American wife of John C. Calhoun (b. 1792)
• 1887 – John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)
• 1934 – François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1934 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1942 – Fred Englehardt, American athlete (b. 1879)
• 1952 – Herbert Murrill, English composer (b. 1909)
• 1959 – Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish rabbi (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (b. 1879)
• 1963 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877)
• 1967 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (b. 1878)
• 1971 – John Meyers, American freestyle swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1971 – Leroy Robertson, American composer (b. 1896)
• 1973 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)
• 1980 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 1986 – Vincente Minnelli, American director (b. 1903)
• 1988 – Judith Barsi, American actress (b. 1978)
• 1989 – Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (b. 1943)
• 1992 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)
• 1997 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Rudi Faßnacht, German football coach and manager (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Erik Brann, American singer and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
• 2003 – John Schlesinger, English director (b. 1926)
• 2004 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Carl Brashear, American navy officer (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer (b. 1952)
• 2007 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman (b. 1979)
• 2008 – Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Tracy Hall, American chemist (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
• 2009 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
• 2009 – Alexis Cohen, American singer (b. 1984)
• 2009 – Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
• 2009 – Harry Patch, English soldier and super-centenarian (b. 1898)
• 2010 – Redford White, Filipino comedian and actor (b. 1955)
• 2011 – Michael Cacoyannis, Greek director (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Shelby Harris, American super-centenarian (b. 1901)
• 2012 – B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Greg Mohns, Canadian football coach (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1947)