Deaths on 25 February
2000s
Henry Kelly
2025
Irish broadcaster (1946–2025)
Roberto Orci
2025
American screenwriter and producer (1973–2025)
Jane Reed
2025
Gordon Pinsent
2023
Canadian actor and writer (1930–2023)
Farrah Forke
2022
American actress (1968–2022)
Shirley Hughes
2022
English illustrator and author (1927–2022)
Dmitry Yazov
2020
Soviet minister of defence (1924–2020)
Bill Paxton
2017
American actor (1955–2017)
Harve Bennett
2015
American screenwriter, producer (1930–2015)
Ariel Camacho
2015
Mexican musician (1992–2015)
Eugenie Clark
2015
American ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver
Louisiana Red
2012
American blues singer-songwriter and musician (1932–2012)
İhsan Doğramacı
2010
Turkish pediatrician and medical academic (1915–2010)
Hans Raj Khanna
2008
Indian judge (1912–2008)
Peter Benenson
2005
British lawyer and human rights activist (1921–2005)
A. R. Ammons
2001
American poet (1926–2001)
Don Bradman
2001
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
1900s
Glenn T. Seaborg
1999
American chemist (1912–1999)
W. O. Mitchell
1998
Canadian writer and radio personality (1914-1998)
Andrei Sinyavsky
1997
Soviet Russian literary critic, writer and dissident
Haing S. Ngor
1996
Cambodian-American actor and physician (1940–1996)
Tennessee Williams
1983
American playwright (1911–1983)
Robert Hayden
1980
American poet and academic (1913–1980)
Daniel James Jr.
1978
United States Air Force general
Elijah Muhammad
1975
African American religious leader (1897–1975)
Gottfried Fuchs
1972
German footballer (1889–1972)
Theodor Svedberg
1971
Swedish chemist (1884–1971)
Mark Rothko
1970
Abstract painter (1903–1970)
Alexander Archipenko
1964
Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist and sculptor (1887–1964)
Grace Metalious
1964
American-French writer (1924–1964)
Melville J. Herskovits
1963
American anthropologist (1895–1963)
Mark Aldanov
1957
Russian writer and critic
Bugs Moran
1957
American criminal (1893–1957)
Joseph Beech
1954
American Methodist missionary and educator
Sergei Winogradsky
1953
Ukrainian and Russian microbiologist (1856–1953)
George Minot
1950
American medical researcher
Mário de Andrade
1945
Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945)
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
1934
American botanist (1858–1934)
John McGraw
1934
American baseball player and manager (1873–1934)
William O'Brien
1928
Irish nationalist journalist and politician
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
1920
French archaeologist
Charles Edwin Bessey
1915
American botanist (1845–1915)
John Tenniel
1914
British illustrator and cartoonist (1820–1914)
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1912
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912
Friedrich Spielhagen
1911
German novelist, literary theorist and translator
Worthington Whittredge
1910
American painter
Anton Arensky
1906
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
1800s
Paul Reuter
1899
Anglo-German entrepreneur and news agency founder (1816–1899)
Townsend Harris
1878
American merchant and politician (1804–1878)
Jung Bahadur Rana
1877
Founder of the Rana dynasty in Nepal
Henrik Hertz
1870
Danish poet (1797–1870)
Otto Ludwig (writer)
1865
German dramatist, novelist and critic (1813–1865)
Thomas Moore
1852
Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)
Daoguang Emperor
1850
Emperor of China from 1820 to 1850
Philip P. Barbour
1841
US Supreme Court justice from 1836 to 1841
William Pinkney
1822
American politician (1764–1822)
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento
1819
Thomas Pownall
1805
British colonial administrator and politician (1722–1805)
Before 1800
Samuel Seabury
1796
American Episcopal Bishop (1729–1796)
Eliza Haywood
1756
English novelist and painter (c. 1693 – 1756)
Christopher Wren
1723
English architect (1632–1723)
Frederick I of Prussia
1713
Ruler of Brandenburg–Prussia from 1688 to 1713
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
1710
French explorer (c. 1639–1710)
Alessandro Stradella
1682
Italian composer (1643–1682)
Daniel Heinsius
1655
Dutch scholar and poet (1580-1655)
Santorio Santorio
1636
Italian physiologist (1561–1636)
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1634
Bohemian military leader and statesman (1583–1634)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
1601
English army officer (1565–1601)
Vittoria Colonna
1547
Italian poet and noble
Berchtold Haller
1536
German Protestant reformer
William Lily (grammarian)
1522
English classical grammarian and scholar (c. 1468–1522)
Anselm of Ribemont
1099
Frankish 11th century noble
Fujiwara no Mototsune
891
Japanese statesman, courtier and aristocrat
Tarasios of Constantinople
806
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 to 806