25 February Deaths

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining until the end of the year (310 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Deaths
805 – De Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 742)
806 – Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople
891 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
1246 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh king (b. 1212)
1321 – Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
1495 – Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (b. 1459)
1522 – William Lily, English scholar and educator (b. 1468)
1536 – Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)
1558 – Eleanor of Austria (b. 1498)
1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1566)
1634 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)
1655 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
1682 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
1710 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)
1713 – Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
1723 – Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
1756 – Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
1796 – Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)
1798 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (b. 1716)
1805 – Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)
1819 – Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)
1822 – William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
1831 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
1841 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
1850 – Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
1852 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
1865 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
1870 – Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
1877 – Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
1878 – Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
1888 – Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic (b. 1814)
1899 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
1906 – Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
1910 – Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
1911 – Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
1912 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
1914 – John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
1915 – Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
1916 – David Bowman, Australian politician (b. 1860)
1920 – Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
1922 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
1928 – William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
1934 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
1934 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
1945 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
1950 – George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1953 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
1957 – Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
1957 – Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
1963 – Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
1964 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
1964 – Hinrich Lohse, German politician (b. 1896)
1964 – Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
1970 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
1971 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1975 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)
1978 – Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)
1980 – Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913)
1983 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)
1987 – James Coco, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)
1988 – Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1894)
1993 – Toy Caldwell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1993 – Eddie Constantine, American-French actor (b. 1917)
1994 – Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and murderer (b. 1956)
1996 – Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1901)
1996 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)
1997 – Cal Abrams, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1997 – Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
1998 – W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)
1999 – Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2001 – A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
2001 – Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
2001 – Norbert Glanzberg, Polish-French composer (b. 1910)
2001 – Sigurd Raschèr, German-American saxophonist (b. 1907)
2002 – James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (b. 1922)
2003 – Tom O'Higgins, Irish judge and politician, 6th Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1916)
2003 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2004 – Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (b. 1912)
2005 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)
2006 – Darren McGavin, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
2007 – William Anderson, American commander and politician (b. 1921)
2007 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (b. 1923)
2008 – Hans Raj Khanna, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice (b. 1912)
2009 – Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)
2010 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
2011 – Nikos Alexiou, Greek painter and set designer (b. 1960)
2012 – Lynn Compton, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1921)
2012 – Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
2013 – Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
2013 – C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and admiral, 13th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1916)
2013 – Ray O'Connor, Australian soldier and politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1926)
2014 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2014 – Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
2014 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
2015 – Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930)
2015 – Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, British peeress (b. 1923)
2015 – Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (b. 1922)
2015 – Victor Watson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
2016 – Bhavarlal Jain, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
2016 – Alfred E. Mann, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)

Source: Wikipedia