Deaths on 25 November
2000s
Bernardo Álvarez Afonso
2025
Spanish Catholic bishop (1949–2025)
Earl Holliman
2024
American actor (1928–2024)
Hal Lindsey
2024
American evangelist and Christian writer (1929–2024)
Terry Venables
2023
English football player and manager (1943–2023)
Diego Maradona
2020
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
Fidel Castro
2016
Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
Ron Glass
2016
American actor (1945–2016)
O'Neil Bell
2015
Jamaican boxer
Jeremy Black (Royal Navy officer)
2015
Royal Navy Admiral (1932–2015)
Svein Christiansen
2015
Norwegian jazz drummer
Lennart Hellsing
2015
Swedish children's book writer and poet
Elmo Williams
2015
Film editor (1913–2015)
Irvin J. Borowsky
2014
American publisher and philanthropist
Sitara Devi
2014
Indian dancer and actress (1920–2014)
Petr Hapka
2014
Czech composer and singer (1944–2014)
Denham Harman
2014
American biogerontologist
Lou Brissie
2013
American baseball player (1924–2013)
Ricardo Fort
2013
Argentine socialite, entrepreneur and television director
Bill Foulkes
2013
England international footballer (1932–2013)
Chico Hamilton
2013
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1921–2013)
Egon Lánský
2013
Czech politician, journalist, political commentator, spokesperson and columnist
Al Plastino
2013
American comic artist
Lars Hörmander
2012
Swedish mathematician (1931–2012)
Dave Sexton
2012
English football manager (1930–2012)
Dinah Sheridan
2012
British actress (1920–2012)
Jim Temp
2012
American football player, businessman, and philanthropist
Vasily Alekseyev
2011
Soviet weightlifter (1942–2011)
Coco Robicheaux
2011
American blues musician and artist (1947–2011)
Jawayd Anwar
2011
Pakistani poet and writer (1959–2011)
Alfred Balk
2010
American non-fiction writer (1930–2010)
Peter Christopherson
2010
English musician (1955–2010)
C. Scott Littleton
2010
American anthropologist (1933–2010)
Bernard Matthews
2010
British businessman and turkey farmer (1930–2010)
Leonard Goodwin
2008
British protozoologist
Peter Lipton
2007
American philosopher
Luciano Bottaro
2006
Italian comic book artist
Valentín Elizalde
2006
Mexican singer (1979–2006)
Phyllis Fraser
2006
American socialite, writer, publisher, and actress
Kenneth M. Taylor
2006
World War II pilot and flying Ace (1919–2006)
George Best
2005
Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)
Richard Burns
2005
British rally driver (1971–2005)
Ed Paschke
2004
American painter (1939–2004)
Karel Reisz
2002
British filmmaker
Hugh Alexander (baseball)
2000
American baseball player and scout (1917–2000)
1900s
Valentín Campa
1999
Mexican politician
Nelson Goodman
1998
American philosopher (1906–1998)
Flip Wilson
1998
American comedian and actor (1933–1998)
Hastings Banda
1997
President of Malawi from 1964 to 1994
Léon Zitrone
1995
French journalist
Eleanor Audley
1991
American actress (1905–1991)
Merab Mamardashvili
1990
Georgian philosopher (1930–1990)
Alva R. Fitch
1989
United States Army general (1907–1989)
Harold Washington
1987
Illinois politician and 51st mayor of Chicago
Geoffrey Grigson
1985
English poet, writer, critic and naturalist (1905–1985)
Franz Hildebrandt
1985
German-born theologian
Yashwantrao Chavan
1984
Indian politician (1913-1984)
Saleem Raza (singer)
1983
Pakistani film playback singer
Jack Albertson
1981
American actor (1907-1981)
Herbert Flam
1980
American tennis player
Nick Drake
1974
English musician (1948–1974)
U Thant
1974
UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971
Laurence Harvey
1973
Lithuanian-British actor (1928–1973)
Henri Coandă
1972
Romanian inventor (1886–1972)
Hans Scharoun
1972
German architect
Yukio Mishima
1970
Japanese author and failed coup leader (1925–1970)
Upton Sinclair
1968
American writer (1878–1968)
Paul Siple
1968
American explorer and geographer (1908–1968)
Myra Hess
1965
English pianist (1890–1965)
Alexander Marinesko
1963
Soviet naval officer
Hubert Van Innis
1961
Belgian archer
Gérard Philipe
1959
French actor (1922–1959)
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
1957
Greek prince (1869–1957)
Alexander Dovzhenko
1956
Soviet-Ukrainian filmmaker (1894–1956)
Mao Anying
1950
Chinese military officer and son of Mao Zedong
Johannes V. Jensen
1950
Danish author (1873–1950)
Gustaf John Ramstedt
1950
Finnish diplomat, orientalist and linguist (1873–1950)
Bill Robinson
1949
American dancer and actor (1878–1949)
Kanbun Uechi
1948
Okinawan karateka
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1944
American judge and first commissioner of baseball (1866–1944)
N. E. Brown
1934
English botanist (1849–1934)
Gaston Chevrolet
1920
American racing driver (1892–1920)
Edward P. Allen
1909
American politician & lawyer (1839–1909)
1800s
Thomas A. Hendricks
1885
Vice President of the United States in 1885
Alfonso XII
1885
King of Spain from 1874 to 1885
Hermann Kolbe
1884
German chemist (1818–1884)
Heinrich Barth
1865
German explorer (1821–1865)
Before 1800
Richard Glover (poet)
1785
English poet and politician (1712–1785)
Johann Georg Pisendel
1755
German Baroque composer (1687–1755)
Isaac Watts
1748
English hymnwriter and theologian (1674–1748)
Stephanus Van Cortlandt
1700
Mayor of New York City (1677-78, 1686-88)
Ismaël Bullialdus
1694
French astronomer (1605–1694)
Edward Alleyn
1626
16th/17th-century actor and founder of schools
Hu Zongxian
1565
Chinese Ming general (1512–1565)
Andrea Doria
1560
Admiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560)
Jacques Cœur
1456
15th-century French government official and merchant
Philip III, Latin Emperor
1374
Titular Latin Emperor from 1364 to 1373
Prince Koreyasu
1326
Military ruler of Japan from 1266 to 1289
Pope Lucius III
1185
Head of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185
William Adelin
1120
Heir apparent of Henry I of England (1103–1120)
Malcolm II of Scotland
1034
King of Alba from 1005 to 1034
Bilge Qaghan
734
Fourth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
AD 311
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