Deaths on 25 March
2000s
Tapani Kansa
2025
Finnish singer (1949–2025)
Terry Manning
2025
American musician and recording engineer (1947–2025)
Taylor Hawkins
2022
American drummer (1972–2022)
Beverly Cleary
2021
American writer (1916–2021)
Floyd Cardoz
2020
Indian-American chef (1960–2020)
Barrie Hole
2019
Welsh footballer (1942–2019)
Cuthbert Sebastian
2017
British Colonial governor
Shannon Bolin
2016
American actress and singer (1917–2016)
George Fischbeck
2015
American weather presenter (1922–2015)
Lorna Arnold
2014
British military historian (1915–2014)
Hank Lauricella
2014
American politician
Jon Lord (politician)
2014
Canadian politician
Sonny Ruberto
2014
American baseball player (1946–2014)
Jonathan Schell
2014
American author and advocate against nuclear weapons (1943–2014)
Ralph Wilson
2014
American football executive (1918–2014)
Léonce Bernard
2013
Canadian politician
Ben Goldfaden
2013
American basketball player (1913–2013)
Anthony Lewis
2013
American journalist (1927–2013)
Jean Pickering
2013
British track and field athlete
Jean-Marc Roberts
2013
John F. Wiley
2013
American football player and coach (1920–2013)
Priscilla Buckley
2012
American journalist and author (1921–2012)
Hal E. Chester
2012
American actor (1921–2012)
John Crosfield
2012
English inventor and entrepreneur
Edd Gould
2012
British animator (1988–2012)
Antonio Tabucchi
2012
Italian writer and academic (1943–2012)
Johnny Blanchard
2009
American baseball player (1933–2009)
Kosuke Koyama
2009
Japanese theologian (1929–2009)
Dan Seals
2009
American singer-songwriter (1948–2009)
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu
2009
Turkish politician (1954–2009)
Ben Carnevale
2008
American basketball coach (1915–2008)
Thierry Gilardi
2008
French sports journalist
Abby Mann
2008
American screenwriter and producer (1927–2008)
Herb Peterson
2008
American businessman (1919–2008)
Andranik Margaryan
2007
Armenian politician; Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-2007)
Bob Carlos Clarke
2006
Irish-British photographer (1950–2006)
Rocío Dúrcal
2006
Spanish singer and actress (1944–2006)
Richard Fleischer
2006
American film director (1916–2006)
Buck Owens
2006
American musician and band leader (1929–2006)
Paul Henning
2005
American producer and screenwriter (1911–2005)
Kenneth Wolstenholme
2002
English football commentator
Brian Trubshaw
2001
British test pilot (1924–2001)
Helen Martin
2000
American actress (1909–2000)
1900s
Cal Ripken Sr.
1999
American baseball coach and manager (1935–1999)
Max Green (lawyer)
1998
Steven Schiff
1998
American politician (1947–1998)
James Samuel Coleman
1995
American sociologist (1926–1995)
John Hugenholtz
1995
Dutch racetrack designer (1914–1995)
Angelines Fernández
1994
Mexican actress (1924–1994)
Bernard Kangro
1994
Estonian writer and poet (1910–1994)
Max Petitpierre
1994
Swiss politician
Nancy Walker
1992
American actress (1922–1992)
Marcel Lefebvre
1991
French traditionalist Catholic archbishop (1905–1991)
Robert Joffrey
1988
American ballet dancer and choreographer
A. W. Mailvaganam
1987
Gloria Blondell
1986
American actress (1915–1986)
Bob Waterfield
1983
American football player and coach (1920–1983)
Goodman Ace
1982
American screenwriter (1899–1982)
Milton H. Erickson
1980
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
Walter Susskind
1980
Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist
Robert Madgwick
1979
Australian educationist (1979-1905)
Akinoumi Setsuo
1979
Japanese sumo wrestler
Josef Albers
1976
German-American artist (1888–1976)
Benjamin Miessner
1976
American radio engineer and inventor
Juan Gaudino
1975
Argentine racing driver (1893–1975)
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
1975
King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975
Deiva Zivarattinam
1975
Jakob Sildnik
1973
Estonian photographer and filmmaker
Edward Steichen
1973
Luxembourgish-American photographer (1879–1973)
Billy Cotton
1969
English bandleader (1899–1969)
Max Eastman
1969
American writer and political activist (1883–1969)
Viola Liuzzo
1965
American activist and murder victim (1925–1965)
Charles Benjamin Howard
1964
Canadian politician
Tom Brown (trombonist)
1958
American dixieland jazz trombonist (1888–1958)
Lou Moore
1956
American racing driver (1904–1956)
Robert Newton
1956
English actor (1905–1956)
Eddie Collins
1951
American baseball player (1887–1951)
William Carr (rower)
1942
American rower (1876–1942)
Harriet Backer
1932
Norwegian artist (1845–1932)
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
1931
Indian journalist (1890–1931)
Ida B. Wells
1931
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
1927
Palestinian Christian nun (1843–1927)
Claude Debussy
1918
French classical composer (1862–1918)
Peter Martin (Australian footballer)
1918
Australian rules footballer
Elizabeth Storrs Mead
1917
American academic
Frédéric Mistral
1914
French Provençal writer and lexicographer (1830–1914)
Durham Stevens
1908
American diplomat (1851–1908)
Ernst von Bergmann
1907
German surgeon (1836–1907)
1800s
Wilhelm Marstrand
1873
Painter and illustrator (1810–1873)
Edward Bates
1869
American politician, lawyer and judge (1793–1869)
James Braid (surgeon)
1860
Scottish surgeon (1795–1860), pioneer of hypnotism
William Colgate
1857
Business magnate
Nicolai Wergeland
1848
Caspar Wessel
1818
Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer
Novalis
1801
German poet and writer (1772–1801)
Before 1800
Turlough O'Carolan
1738
Irish composer and musician (1670–1738)
Nicholas Hawksmoor
1736
English architect
Lucy Filippini
1732
18th-century Roman Catholic saint
Nehemiah Grew
1712
English plant anatomist and physiologist (1641–1712)
Jean Regnault de Segrais
1701
French poet and novelist (1624-1701)
Wenceslaus Hollar
1677
Czech engraver, etcher and painter (1607–1677)
Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
1658
German noble (1607–1658)
Giambattista Marino
1625
Italian poet (1569–1625)
Johannes Nucius
1620
German composer and music theorist
Olaus Martini
1609
Swedish Archbishop
Isabelle de Limeuil
1609
French noblewoman
Ikoma Chikamasa
1603
Japanese daimyō (1526–1603)
Marcos de Niza
1558
Franciscan friar and explorer (c. 1495–1558)
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana
1458
Castilian politician
Hosokawa Yoriyuki
1392
Hosokawa samurai and government minister
Kō no Moronao
1351
Japanese samurai (died 1351)
Kō no Moroyasu
1351
Afonso II of Portugal
1223
King of Portugal from 1211 to 1223
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
1189
Duke of Bohemia (c. 1142 – 1189)
Hugh IV, Count of Maine
1051
11th-century Norman noble
Kenneth III of Scotland
1005
King of Alba from 997 to 1005
Nicodemus of Mammola
990
10th-century Calabrian saint
Taira no Masakado
940
Heian period provincial magnate and samurai in eastern Japan
Li Kening
908