25 July Deaths

Published : 25 Jul 2017, 11:22

Jagoroniya Desk

July 25 is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 159 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

306 – Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (b. 250)
885 – Ragenold, margrave of Neustria
1190 – Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (b. c. 1160)
1409 – Martin I of Sicily (b. 1376)
1471 – Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380)
1472 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1394)
1492 – Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
1564 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)
1572 – Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)
1608 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (b. 1556)
1616 – Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
1643 – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English general and politician (b. 1584)
1681 – Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
1790 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
1790 – William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
1791 – Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
1794 – André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
1794 – Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)
1794 – Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
1826 – Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
1831 – Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
1834 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
1842 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
1843 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
1861 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
1865 – James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
1887 – John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
1934 – François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
1934 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
1942 – Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
1952 – Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
1958 – Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
1959 – Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
1962 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
1963 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
1966 – Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
1967 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)
1971 – John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
1971 – Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (b. 1896)
1973 – Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (b. 1895)
1973 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)
1980 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
1982 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
1984 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
1984 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
1986 – Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1988 – Judith Barsi, American child actress (b. 1978)
1989 – Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (b. 1943)
1992 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1995 – Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
1997 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
1998 – Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (b. 1910)
2000 – Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
2002 – Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (b. 1917)
2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
2003 – John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2004 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1914)
2005 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)
2006 – Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
2007 – Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2008 – Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
2008 – Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (b. 1919)
2008 – Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
2009 – Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
2009 – Stanley Middleton, English author (b. 1919)
2009 – Harry Patch, English soldier (b. 1898)
2011 – Michael Cacoyannis, Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012 – B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Barry Langford, English director and producer (b. 1926)
2012 – Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1950)
2012 – Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1947)
2013 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (b. 1935)
2013 – William J. Guste, American lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924)
2014 – Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (b. 1911)
2014 – Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1929)
2015 – Jacques Andreani, French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1929)
2015 – R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (b. 1929)
2015 – Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)

Source: wikipedia

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