Deaths on 25 September
2000s
David McCallum
2023
British actor (1933–2023)
Jan Tříska
2017
Czech actor (1936–2017)
José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)
2016
Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016)
Arnold Palmer
2016
American professional golfer (1929–2016)
Nahed Hattar
2016
Jordanian writer and political activist
Claudio Baggini
2015
Italian Roman Catholic bishop
John Galvin (general)
2015
United States Army General (1929–2015)
Tom Kelley (baseball)
2015
American baseball player (1944–2015)
Moti Kirschenbaum
2015
Israeli television presenter
Ulrick Chérubin
2014
Canadian politician
Sulejman Tihić
2014
Bosnian politician (1951–2014)
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
2014
British athlete
Ron Fenton
2013
English footballer (1940–2013)
Choe Inho
2013
South Korean writer (1945–2013)
José Montoya
2013
American poet (1932–2013)
Billy Mure
2013
American guitarist
Pablo Verani
2013
Argentine politician
Bennet Wong
2013
Canadian psychiatrist, author and lecturer
Billy Barnes (composer)
2012
Songwriter and actor (1927-2012)
John Bond (footballer)
2012
English footballer & manager (1932–2012)
Eric Ives
2012
British historian (1931–2012)
Alonso Lujambio
2012
Mexican politician
Andy Williams
2012
American singer (1927–2012)
Wangarĩ Maathai
2011
Kenyan environmental activist (1940–2011)
Alicia de Larrocha
2009
Spanish pianist (1923–2009)
Pierre Falardeau
2009
Québécois director, pamphleteer and activist for Quebec independence
Derog Gioura
2008
President of Nauru in 2003
Haidar Abdel-Shafi
2007
Palestinian activist (1919–2007)
André Emmerich
2007
German-born American gallerist
Jeff Cooper
2006
American firearms expert (1920–2006)
John M. Ford
2006
American writer, game designer, and poet
Don Adams
2005
American actor (1923–2005)
Madeline-Ann Aksich
2005
Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, artist
George Archer
2005
American professional golfer
Urie Bronfenbrenner
2005
American psychologist
Ghulam Mustafa Khan (literature scholar)
2005
Pakistani academic (1912–2005)
M. Scott Peck
2005
American psychiatrist (1936–2005)
Friedrich Peter
2005
Austrian politician (1921–2005)
Aqila al-Hashimi
2003
Iraqi Governing Council member (1953–2003)
Herb Gardner
2003
American artist, playwright, and screenwriter (1934–2003)
Franco Modigliani
2003
Italian-American economist and Nobel Laureate (1918–2003)
George Plimpton
2003
American writer (1927–2003)
1900s
Marion Zimmer Bradley
1999
American author (1930–1999)
Hélène Baillargeon
1997
Canadian singer, actor and folklorist (1916–1997)
Jean Françaix
1997
French composer (1912–1997)
Dave Bowen
1995
Welsh footballer and manager
Annie Elizabeth Delany
1995
American dentist and civil rights pioneer (1891–1995)
Ivan Vdović
1992
Musical artist
Klaus Barbie
1991
German SS officer and war criminal (1913–1991)
Viviane Romance
1991
French actress (1912–1991)
Prafulla Chandra Sen
1990
Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1962 to 1967
Billy Carter
1988
American businessman (1937–1988)
Arthur Võõbus
1988
Estonian theologian, orientalist and church historian
Mary Astor
1987
American actress (1906–1987)
Emlyn Williams
1987
Welsh writer, dramatist and actor (1905–1987)
Darshan Singh Canadian
1986
Indian politician
Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)
1986
Canadian politician (1909–1986)
Nikolay Semyonov
1986
Soviet physicist and chemist (1896–1986)
Hans Vogt (linguist)
1986
Norwegian linguist
Walter Pidgeon
1984
Canadian-American actor (1897–1984)
Leopold III of Belgium
1983
King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951
John Bonham
1980
English drummer (1948–1980)
Lewis Milestone
1980
Russian-American filmmaker (1895–1980)
Marie Under
1980
Estonian poet (1883–1980)
Alejandra Pizarnik
1972
Argentine poet (1936–1972)
Hugo Black
1971
US Supreme Court justice from 1937 to 1971
Erich Maria Remarque
1970
German novelist (1898–1970)
Hans F. K. Günther
1968
German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist (1891–1968)
Cornell Woolrich
1968
American novelist (1903–1968)
Frank Fay (comedian)
1961
American actor and comedian (1891–1961)
Emily Post
1960
American etiquette expert (1872–1960)
John B. Watson
1958
American psychologist (1878–1958)
Martha Norelius
1955
American swimmer
Hans Eppinger
1946
Austrian physician (1879–1946
Alexander Hall (soccer)
1943
Scottish-Canadian soccer player
Foxhall P. Keene
1941
American thoroughbred race horse owner (1867–1941)
Ali Saip Ursavaş
1939
Turkish politician
Lev Zadov
1938
Ukrainian counter-intelligence agent (1893–1938)
Ring Lardner
1933
American writer (1885–1933)
Miller Huggins
1929
American baseball player and manager (1878–1929)
Richard F. Outcault
1928
American cartoonist (1863–1928)
Herbert Booth
1926
Mikhail Alekseyev
1918
Russian general of infantry (1857–1918)
Thomas Ashe
1917
Irish revolutionary and politician (1885–1917)
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
1905
French politician (1853–1905)
Arthur Lyon Fremantle
1901
British Army general (1835–1901)
Félix-Gabriel Marchand
1900
Premier of Quebec from 1897 to 1900
John M. Palmer
1900
American politician (1817–1900)
1800s
Louise von François
1893
German writer (1817–1893)
Oliver Loving
1867
Cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive (1812–1867)
Johann Strauss I
1849
Austrian composer (1804–1849)
Charlotta Seuerling
1828
Swedish musician and writer
Before 1800
Paul Rabaut
1794
French pastor
Adam Gottlob Moltke
1792
Danish courtier and statesman
William Bradford (printer, born 1719)
1791
American printer (1719–1791)
Johann Heinrich Lambert
1777
Swiss polymath (1728–1777)
John Bradstreet
1774
Canadian politician
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll
1703
Scottish peer
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)
1665
Electress consort of Bavaria
Ambrogio Spinola
1630
Italian-Spanish nobleman and general (1569–1630)
Lancelot Andrewes
1626
English bishop and scholar (1555–1626)
Mary Sidney
1621
English poet, playwright and patron (1561–1621)
Emperor Go-Yōzei
1617
Emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611
Francisco Suárez
1617
Spanish priest, philosopher and theologian
Lady Arbella Stuart
1615
English noblewoman
Caspar Peucer
1602
German physician (1525–1602)
Tilemann Heshusius
1588
Gnesio-Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer
Georg von Blumenthal
1550
German Prince-Bishop of Ratzeburg and Bishop of Lebus
Johannes Secundus
1536
16th century Neo-Latin Dutch poet
Pope Clement VII
1534
Bishop of Rome from 1523 to 1534
Philip the Handsome
1506
Ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1506) and King of Castile (1506)
Piero Capponi
1496
Florentine statesman and military leader
Jean de Carrouges
1396
French knight (c. 1330s – 1396)
Jean de Vienne
1396
14th-century French general and naval officer
Jakushitsu Genkō
1367
Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player
Prince Morikuni
1333
Military ruler of Japan from 1308 to 1333
Simon I de Montfort
1087
French nobleman (c. 1025–1087)
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
1086
Duke of Gascony
Harald Hardrada
1066
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
Maria Haraldsdotter
1066
Norwegian princess (died 1066)
Tostig Godwinson
1066
11th-century Anglo-Saxon earl