Deaths on 25 December
2000s
Britt Allcroft
2024
British filmmaker (1943–2024)
Bill Bergey
2024
American football player (1945–2024)
Jax Dane
2024
American professional wrestler (1981–2024)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2024
Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
Osamu Suzuki (businessman)
2024
Japanese businessman (1930–2024)
Jim Breaks
2023
British professional wrestler (1940–2023)
Fabián O'Neill
2022
Uruguayan footballer (1973–2022)
Wayne Thiebaud
2021
American painter (1920–2021)
K.C. Jones
2020
American basketball player and coach (1932–2020)
Ari Behn
2019
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
Sulagitti Narasamma
2018
Indian midwife (1920–2018)
D. Herbert Lipson
2017
American magazine publisher
Valery Khalilov
2016
Uzbek-Russian military band conductor and composer (1952–2016)
George Michael
2016
English singer-songwriter (1963–2016)
Vera Rubin
2016
American astronomer (1928–2016)
George Clayton Johnson
2015
American writer (1929–2015)
Acharya S
2015
American Christ myth theorist (1960–2015)
Ricardo Porro
2014
Cuban architect (1925 - 2014)
Geoff Pullar
2014
English cricketer (1935–2014)
David Ryall
2014
English actor (1935–2014)
Anthony J. Bryant
2013
American writer (1961–2013)
David R. Harris (geographer)
2013
Wayne Harrison (footballer, born 1967)
2013
English footballer
Mike Hegan
2013
American baseball player (1942–2013)
Lola Lange
2013
Canadian feminist (1922–2013)
Mel Mathay
2013
Filipino lawyer and politician (1932–2013)
Erico Aumentado
2012
Filipino politician from Bohol
Halfdan Hegtun
2012
Norwegian politician
Joe Krivak
2012
American football player and coach (1935–2012)
Turki bin Sultan Al Saud
2012
Saudi royal and government official (1959–2012)
Şerafettin Elçi
2012
Turkish politician
Giorgio Bocca
2011
Italian politician
Jim Sherwood
2011
American rock saxophonist and vocalist (1942-2011)
Simms Taback
2011
American writer and illustrator (1932 – 2011)
Carlos Andrés Pérez
2010
President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and 1989 to 1993 (1922–2010)
Vic Chesnutt
2009
American singer-songwriter (1964–2009)
Eartha Kitt
2008
American singer and actress (1927–2008)
Des Barrick
2007
English cricketer
Jim Beauchamp
2007
American baseball player (1939–2007)
James Brown
2006
American musician (1933–2006)
Derek Bailey (guitarist)
2005
English avant-garde guitarist (1930–2005)
Robert Barbers
2005
Filipino retired policeman and politician (1944–2005)
Birgit Nilsson
2005
Swedish dramatic soprano (1918–2005)
Joseph Pararajasingham
2005
Sri Lankan politician
Gennady Strekalov
2004
Soviet-Russian engineer and cosmonaut (1940–2004)
Nicholas Mavroules
2003
American politician
Alfred Tomatis
2001
Otolaryngologist and inventor
Neil Hawke
2000
Australian sportsman (1939–2000)
Willard Van Orman Quine
2000
American philosopher and logician (1908–2000)
1900s
John Pulman
1998
English former professional snooker player, 8-time world champion (last 1968)
Anatoli Boukreev
1997
Kazakh mountain climber and author (1958–1997)
Denver Pyle
1997
American actor (1920–1997)
Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)
1996
Canadian sportscaster
Emmanuel Levinas
1995
Lithuanian-French philosopher (1906–1995)
Dean Martin
1995
American singer and actor (1917–1995)
Chang Kee-ryo
1995
South Korean physician (1911–1995)
Vincent Patriarca
1995
Italian American aviator
Zail Singh
1994
President of India from 1982 to 1987
Pierre Victor Auger
1993
French physicist
Monica Dickens
1992
English writer (1915–1992)
Wilbur Snyder
1991
American professional wrestler and football player (1929 – 1991)
Benny Binion
1989
American gambling icon and criminal (1904–1989)
Elena Ceaușescu
1989
Wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1916–1989)
Nicolae Ceaușescu
1989
Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989
Betty Garde
1989
American actress (1905–1989)
Frederick F. Houser
1989
American politician (1904–1989)
Billy Martin
1989
American baseball player and manager (1928–1989)
Robert Pirosh
1989
American screenwriter
Shōhei Ōoka
1988
Japanese writer (1909–1988)
Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle
1988
English lepidopterist and military officer
Joan Miró
1983
Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)
Fred Emney
1980
British actor (1900–1980)
Joan Blondell
1979
American actress (1906–1979)
Jordi Bonet
1979
Canadian artist
Charlie Chaplin
1977
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Gaston Gallimard
1975
French publisher (1881–1975)
Gunnar Kangro
1975
Estonian mathematician
İsmet İnönü
1973
Turkish politician (1884–1973)
Gabriel Voisin
1973
French aviation pioneer (1880–1973)
Michael Peto
1970
Tristan Tzara
1963
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
Owen Brewster
1961
American politician (1888–1961)
Otto Loewi
1961
German pharmacologist (1873–1961)
Charles Pathé
1957
French businessman
Robert Walser
1956
Swiss writer (1878–1956)
Patsy Donovan
1953
Irish baseball player and manager (1865–1953)
William Haselden
1953
British cartoonist (1872–1953)
Margrethe Mather
1952
American photographer
Neil Francis Hawkins
1950
British fascist writer & politician (1907-1950)
Leon Schlesinger
1949
American film producer and businessman (1884–1949)
Gaspar G. Bacon
1947
American politician (1886–1947)
W. C. Fields
1946
American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)
George Steer
1944
South African-born British journalist
Richard S. Aldrich
1941
American politician (1884–1941)
Agnes Ayres
1940
American actress (1892–1940)
Karel Čapek
1938
Czech science fiction writer and playwright (1890–1938)
Paul Bourget
1935
French novelist and literary critic
Francesc Macià
1933
Catalan politician (1859–1933)
Jakob Mändmets
1930
Estonian writer and journalist
Miles Burke
1928
American boxer
Emperor Taishō
1926
Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926
Karl Abraham
1925
German psychoanalyst (1877–1925)
Vladimir Korolenko
1921
Russian writer (1853–1921)
Albert Chmielowski
1916
Polish noble and saint
1800s
Fridolin Anderwert
1880
Swiss politician
Young Tom Morris
1875
Scottish professional golfer (1851–1875)
Linus Yale Jr.
1868
American mechanical engineer (1821–1868)
Hayrullah Efendi
1866
Ottoman physician, historian, and official (1820–1866)
Barbara von Krüdener
1824
Baltic German mystic (1764–1824)
William Lawless
1824
Before 1800
Velu Nachiyar
1796
Queen of Sivagangai, freedom fighter (1730–1796)
Yosa Buson
1784
Japanese poet and painter
James Hervey
1758
English clergyman and writer (1714–1758)
Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine
1730
British Army officer and politician
Jørgen Thormøhlen
1708
German-born Norwegian merchant, shipowner, slave trader and industrialist
Kara Mustafa Pasha
1683
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1676 to 1683
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
1676
17th-century English soldier, courtier, and arts patron (1593 – 1676)
Matthew Hale (jurist)
1676
English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)
Samuel de Champlain
1635
French explorer of North America (1574–1635)
Lettice Knollys
1634
English noblewoman and aristocrat
Pedro de Valdivia
1553
Spanish conquistador (1497–1553)
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent
1505
English nobleman and soldier
Henry III of Castile
1406
King of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406
Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel
1395
Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
1294
Duke of Pomerelia
Peter the Venerable
1156
French abbot and saint (c. 1092 – 25 December 1156)
Sverker the Elder
1156
King of Sweden from c. 1132 to 1156
Guy II of Ponthieu
1147
Makan ibn Kaki
940
Iranian Daylamite military leader (died 940)
Zhang Jingda
936
Leo V the Armenian
820
Byzantine emperor (813 to 820)
Pope Adrian I
795
Head of the Catholic Church from 772 to 795
Anastasia of Sirmium
304
Christian saint and martyr (died 304)