Deaths on 25 August
2000s
Salim Al-Huss
2024
Lebanese statesman (1929–2024)
Mable John
2022
American blues singer (1930–2022)
Ferdinand Piëch
2019
Austrian industrialist (1937–2019), head of Volkswagen
John McCain
2018
American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
Rich Piana
2017
American bodybuilder and internet personality (1970–2017)
Marvin Kaplan
2016
American actor (1927–2016)
José María Benegas
2015
Spanish politician (1948–2015)
Francis Sejersted
2015
Norwegian history professor
William Greaves
2014
American documentary filmmaker
Marcel Masse
2014
Canadian politician (1936–2014)
Nico M. M. Nibbering
2014
Dutch chemist and mass spectrometrist (1938–2014)
Uziah Thompson
2014
Musical artist
Enrique Zileri
2014
Ciril Bergles
2013
Slovene poet, essayist and translator
António Borges
2013
Portuguese economist and banker (1949 – 2013)
William Froug
2013
American screenwriter (1922–2013)
Liu Fuzhi
2013
Chinese politician (1917–2013)
Raghunath Panigrahi
2013
Musical artist
Gilmar
2013
Brazilian footballer (1930–2013)
Florencio Amarilla
2012
Paraguayan footballer (1935–2012)
Neil Armstrong
2012
American astronaut (1930–2012)
Roberto González Barrera
2012
Mexican businessman
Donald Gorrie
2012
Lazar Mojsov
2011
Yugoslav Macedonian politician (1920– 2011)
Ted Kennedy
2009
American lawyer and politician (1932–2009)
Mandé Sidibé
2009
Ahmad Faraz
2008
Pakistani poet (1931–2008)
Kevin Duckworth
2008
American basketball player (1964–2008)
Benjamin Aaron
2007
American lawyer
Ray Jones (footballer, born 1988)
2007
English footballer
Noor Hassanali
2006
President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997
Peter Glotz
2005
German politician (1939–2005)
Tom Feelings
2003
American artist and author (1933–2003)
Dorothy Hewett
2002
Australian feminist poet, playwright and novelist (1923–2002)
Aaliyah
2001
American singer (1979–2001)
Carl Brewer (ice hockey)
2001
Canadian ice hockey player (1938–2001)
Üzeyir Garih
2001
Jewish Turkish engineer, businessman, writer and investor (1929-2001)
Ken Tyrrell
2001
British racing driver and team owner (1924–2001)
Carl Barks
2000
American cartoonist (1901–2000)
Frederick C. Bock
2000
US Army Air Forces officer
Jack Nitzsche
2000
American musician, composer, arranger (1937–2000)
Allen Woody
2000
American bass guitarist (1955–2000)
1900s
Rob Fisher (British musician)
1999
British keyboardist and songwriter (1956–1999)
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
1998
US Supreme Court justice from 1972 to 1987
Doug Stegmeyer
1995
American musician (1951–1995)
Morley Callaghan
1990
Canadian novelist, writer, broadcaster (1903–1990)
Art Rooney
1988
American football player, executive, and owner (1901–1988)
Truman Capote
1984
American author (1924–1984)
Viktor Chukarin
1984
Soviet gymnast (1921–1984)
Waite Hoyt
1984
American baseball player (1899–1984)
Anna German
1982
Russian-Polish singer (1936–1982)
Nassos Kedrakas
1981
Greek actor
Gower Champion
1980
American actor (1919–1980)
Stan Kenton
1979
American popular and jazz pianist (1911–1979)
Károly Kós
1977
Hungarian architect (1883–1977)
Eyvind Johnson
1976
Swedish writer (1900–1976)
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám
1973
Hungarian politician
Ted Lewis (musician)
1971
American entertainer and musician (1890–1971)
Tachū Naitō
1970
Japanese architect, engineer, and professor
Robert Cosgrove
1969
Australian politician
Stan McCabe
1968
Australian cricketer (1910–1968)
Stanley Bruce
1967
Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929
Oscar Cabalén
1967
Argentine racing driver
Paul Muni
1967
American stage and film actor (1895–1967)
George Lincoln Rockwell
1967
American neo-Nazi activist (1918–1967)
Lao She
1966
Chinese writer (1899–1966)
Moonlight Graham
1965
American baseball player & physician (1876-1965)
Alfred Kinsey
1956
American scientist (1894–1956)
John Birch (missionary)
1945
American missionary and military officer
Prince George, Duke of Kent
1942
British prince (1902–1942)
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
1940
French prince; pretender to the French throne
Babe Siebert
1939
Canadian ice hockey player (1904-1939)
Aleksandr I. Kuprin
1938
Russian author (1870–1938)
Juliette Adam
1936
French author and feminist (1836–1936)
Dorothea Fairbridge
1931
South African author
Frankie Campbell
1930
American boxer (1904–1930)
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
1925
Austrian general (1852–1925)
Mariano Álvarez
1924
Filipino revolutionary and statesman (1818–1924)
Velma Caldwell Melville
1924
American editor and writer (1858–1924)
Nikolai Gumilev
1921
Russian poet and literary critic (1886–1921)
Mary Tappan Wright
1916
American novelist
Henri Becquerel
1908
French experimental physicist (1852–1908)
Henri Fantin-Latour
1904
French painter (1836–1904)
Friedrich Nietzsche
1900
German philosopher (1844–1900)
1800s
William Champ
1892
British Army officer and first Premier of Tasmania
Zinovios Valvis
1886
Prime Minister of Greece
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
1882
Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg
Michael Faraday
1867
English chemist and physicist (1791–1867)
William Herschel
1822
German-British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
James Watt
1819
Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist (1736–1819)
Stephen Badlam
1815
American artisan and military officer (1751–1815)
Before 1800
Thomas Chittenden
1797
Vermont politician (1730–1797)
Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
1794
Austrian diplomat
David Hume
1776
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (1711–1776)
Niccolò Jommelli
1774
Italian composer (1714–1774)
Carlos Seixas
1742
Portuguese composer (1704–1742)
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
1711
English diplomat, courtier and politician (1656–1711)
Christian V of Denmark
1699
King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699
Henry Morgan
1688
Privateer (1635–1688)
Thomas Dekker (writer)
1632
English dramatist and pamphleteer (c. 1572–1632)
Nicholas Hyde
1631
Ahmad al-Mansur
1603
7th Ruler of Saadi Dynasty
Hosokawa Gracia
1600
Member of the Akechi family during the Sengoku period
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
1592
16th-century German landowner and astronomer
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
1554
English nobleman, politician and military commander (1473–1554)
William Catesby
1485
English politician (1450–1485)
Margaret of Anjou
1482
Queen of England (1445–1461, 1470–1471)
Orcagna
1368
Italian painter, sculptor and architect (c. 1308–1368)
Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
1339
English peer
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
1330
Scottish knight and feudal lord
Demasq Kaja
1327
Beatrice of Silesia
1322
Queen of Germany from 1314 to 1322
Thomas de Cantilupe
1282
13th-century Bishop of Hereford and saint
Joan, Countess of Toulouse
1271
French countess (1220–1271)
Louis IX of France
1270
King of France from 1226 to 1270
Alfonso of Brienne
1270
Crusader nobleman (c. 1220–1270)
George Mouzalon
1258
Byzantine official (c. 1220 – 1258)
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
1192
Duke of Burgundy from 1162 to 1192
Sisnando Davides
1091
Mozarab noble
Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the Nordmark
985
Constantine Podopagouros
766
Byzantine official executed for his plot to assassinate Emperor Constantine V in 766
Strategios Podopagouros
766
Byzantine officer executed for his plot to assassinate Emperor Constantine V in 766
Gennadius of Constantinople
471
Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 to 471
AD 383
383
Calendar year
Saint Maginus
306
Spanish saint
Yang Yan (empress)
274
Empress consort of the Jin dynasty (238-274)
AD 79
79
Calendar year