October 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 625 – Pope Boniface V
• 1047 – Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (b. 1024)
• 1154 – Stephen, King of England (b. 1096)
• 1200 – Conrad of Wittelsbach, German archbishop (b. 1125)
• 1230 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1180)
• 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (b. 1343)
• 1415 – Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:
  • Charles I of Albret
  • Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)
  • Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
  • Jean I, Duke of Alençon (b. 1385)
  • Anthony, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
  • Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394)
  • Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
• 1478 – Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)
• 1492 – Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (b. 1455)
• 1495 – John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
• 1514 – William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and politician, founded University of Aberdeen (b. 1431)
• 1555 – Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian scholar (b. 1526)
• 1557 – William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)
• 1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1563)
• 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
• 1683 – William Scroggs, English politician (b. 1623)
• 1733 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
• 1757 – Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
• 1760 – George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1773 – Johann Georg Estor, German theorist and historian (b. 1699)
• 1806 – Henry Knox, American general and politician (b. 1750)
• 1826 – Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745)
• 1833 – Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1836 – Antonios Miaoulis, Greek politician and navy officer (b. 1800)
• 1852 – John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)
• 1889 – Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1905 – Dimosthenis Dogkas, Greek politician
• 1910 – Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
• 1920 – Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1920 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and activist (b. 1879)
• 1921 – Bat Masterson, American journalist and sheriff (b. 1853)
• 1938 – Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892)
• 1941 – Franz von Werra, German fighter pilot (b. 1914)
• 1945 – Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 1953 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)
• 1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese victim of the atomic bomb (b. 1943)
• 1957 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (b. 1902)
• 1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 – Louis Abell, American rower (b. 1884)
• 1963 – Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898)
• 1963 – Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian-American engineer and geologist (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Eduard Einstein, Swiss son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
• 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
• 1973 – Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1973 – Robert Scholl, German politician (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
• 1976 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)
• 1979 – Gerald Templer, English military commander (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952)
• 1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (b. 1931)
• 1992 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
• 1993 – Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1958)
• 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Kara Hultgreen, American pilot (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
• 1999 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
• 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 2002 – René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and spiritual leader (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Robert Strassburg, American conductor and composer (b. 1915)
• 2004 – John Peel, English journalist and producer (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Danny Rolling, American serial killer (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Martín Caballero, Colombian guerrilla leader
• 2008 – Anne Pressly, American journalist (b. 1982)
• 2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
• 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Dimitris Beis, Greek politician, 68th Mayor of Athens (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (b. 1955)
• 2012 – John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Aung Gyi, Burmese politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Les Mueller, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Emanuel Steward, American boxing trainer and sportscaster (b. 1944)