Deaths on 25 May
2000s
Grayson Murray
2024
American professional golfer (1993–2024)
Albert S. Ruddy
2024
American film producer and screenwriter (1930–2024)
Richard M. Sherman
2024
American songwriter (1928–2024)
Johnny Wactor
2024
American actor (1986–2024)
Morton L. Janklow
2022
American literary agent (1930–2022)
John Warner
2021
American lawyer and politician (1927–2021)
Lois Ehlert
2021
American author and illustrator (1934–2021)
George Floyd
2020
American police murder victim (1973–2020)
Claus von Bülow
2019
Danish-British socialite (1926–2019)
Kaduvetti Guru
2018
Former Politician from Tamil Nadu, India
George Braden
2015
Canadian politician
Robert Lebel (bishop)
2015
Canadian Catholic bishop
David Allen (cricketer)
2014
English cricketer (1935–2014)
Marcel Côté
2014
Canadian economist and politician
Wojciech Jaruzelski
2014
Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989
Herb Jeffries
2014
American singer and actor (1913–2014)
Toaripi Lauti
2014
Head of government of Tuvalu from 1975 to 1981
Matthew Saad Muhammad
2014
American boxer (1954–2014)
Mahendra Karma
2013
Indian politician
Nand Kumar Patel
2013
Indian politician
William Hanley
2012
American dramatist
Peter D. Sieruta
2012
American writer and book critic
Lou Watson
2012
American basketball player and coach
Terry Jenner
2011
Australian cricketer (1944–2011)
Alexander Belostenny
2010
Ukrainian basketball player (1959–2010)
Michael H. Jordan
2010
American businessman (1936–2010)
Alan Hickinbotham
2010
Australian rules football player and coach (1925-2010)
Gabriel Vargas (cartoonist)
2010
Mexican cartoonist (1915–2010)
Jarvis Williams (defensive back)
2010
American football player (1965–2010)
Haakon Lie
2009
Norwegian politician (1905–2009)
J. R. Simplot
2008
American businessman
Veikko Uusimäki
2008
Finnish actor
Charles Nelson Reilly
2007
American comedian and actor (1931–2007)
Uładzimir Katkoŭski
2007
Belarusian blogger (1976–2007)
Sunil Dutt
2005
Indian film actor and politician (1929–2005)
Robert Jankel
2005
British automobile designer
Graham Kennedy
2005
Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer
Ismail Merchant
2005
Indian film producer (1936–2005)
Zoran Mušič
2005
Slovenian painter and engraver (1909–2005)
Roger Williams Straus Jr.
2004
American publisher (1917–2004)
Sloan Wilson
2003
American writer (1920–2003)
1900s
Renzo De Felice
1996
Italian historian (1929–1996)
Élie Bayol
1995
French racing driver (1914–1995)
Krešimir Ćosić
1995
Croatian basketball player and coach
Dany Robin
1995
French actress (1927–1995)
Vic Tayback
1990
American actor (1930-1990)
Chester B. Bowles
1986
American politician (1901–1986)
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
1983
Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, Islamist ideologue (1904–1983)
Idris of Libya
1983
King of Libya from 1951 to 1969
Jack Stewart (ice hockey)
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (1917–1983)
Ruby Payne-Scott
1981
Australian radio astronomer
Fredric Warburg
1981
British publisher and author (1898–1981)
Itzhak Bentov
1979
Israeli-American engineer, inventor (1923–1979)
Amédée Gordini
1979
John Spenkelink
1979
American murderer (1949–1979)
Yevgenia Ginzburg
1977
Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag
Tom Patey
1970
Scottish mountain climber (1932–1970)
Elisabeth Geleerd
1969
Dutch-American psychoanalyst (1909–1969)
Georg von Küchler
1968
German general (1881–1968)
Leo Goodwin (swimmer)
1957
American Olympic swimmer, diver, and water polo player (1883–1957)
Robert Capa
1954
Hungarian-American photographer (1913–1954)
Paula von Preradović
1951
Austrian writer and poet (1887–1951)
Witold Pilecki
1948
Polish military officer (1901–1948)
Nils Dardel
1943
Swedish painter (1888–1943)
Emanuel Feuermann
1942
Austrian cellist (1902–1942)
Frank Watson Dyson
1939
English astronomer and physicist (1868–1939)
Henry Ossawa Tanner
1937
American painter (1859–1937)
Gustav Holst
1934
English composer (1874–1934)
Randall Davidson
1930
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 to 1928
William Payne Whitney
1927
American businessman (1876–1927)
Symon Petliura
1926
Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)
Lyubov Popova
1924
Russian artist (1889–1924)
Eliza Pollock
1919
American archer (1840–1919)
Madam C. J. Walker
1919
Black entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist (1867–1919)
Maksim Bahdanovich
1917
Belarusian writer
Austin Lane Crothers
1912
American politician (1860-1912)
1800s
Rosa Bonheur
1899
French painter and sculptor (1822–1899)
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
1895
Ottoman statesman (1822–1895)
Benjamin D'Urban
1849
British general and colonial administrator (1777–1849)
William Paley
1805
English Christian philosopher (1743–1805)
Before 1800
John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden
1797
British Army officer, politician and peer
Anders Dahl
1789
Swedish botanist (1751–1789)
Peter III of Portugal
1786
King of Portugal from 1777 to 1786
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
1741
German theologian
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1681
Spanish playwright, poet, and writer (1600-1681)
Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667)
1667
Swedish statesman (1620–1667)
Adam Tanner (Jesuit theologian)
1632
Austrian Jesuit theologian
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
1607
Italian Carmelite mystic and saint
Valens Acidalius
1595
German critic and poet (1567-1595)
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen
1558
16th-century German noblewoman
Gemma Frisius
1555
Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)
Henry II of Navarre
1555
King of Navarre from 1517 to 1555
John Stafford (bishop)
1452
English archbishop and statesman (died 1452)
Pope Alexander IV
1261
Head of the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261
Pope Gregory VII
1085
Head of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
Mieszko I
992
Duke of Poland (ruled c. 960–992)
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
986
Persian astronomer (903–986)
Yao Yanzhang
939
Flann Sinna
916
High King of Ireland
Xue Yiju
912
Tang dynasty politician
Higbald of Lindisfarne
803
8th-century Bishop of Lindisfarne
Aldhelm
709
8th-century English Bishop and saint
Li Hong
675
Chinese crown prince (652–675)