25 September Deaths

September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (b. 1015)
1066 – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
1066 – Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex
1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
1087 – Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (b. c. 1025)
1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)
1367 – Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (b. 1290)
1396 – Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330)
1396 – Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (b. 1341)
1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1447)
1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (b. 1511)
1550 – Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (b. 1490)
1588 – Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (b. 1527)
1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525)
1615 – Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. 1575)
1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
1617 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548)
1621 – Mary Sidney, English writer,
1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555)
1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1569)
1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610)
1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (b. 1658)
1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (b. 1714)
1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)
1791 – William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (b. 1719)
1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (b. 1710)
1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718)
1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (b. 1783)
1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
1867 – Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812)
1893 – Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
1900 – John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)
1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (b. 1835)
1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885)
1918 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
1926 – Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (b. 1863)
1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
1933 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
1939 – Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
1941 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
1943 – Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878)
1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873)
1961 – Frank Fay, American actor and singer (b. 1897)
1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
1968 – Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1883)
1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
1980 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897)
1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917)
1986 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909)
1986 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1986 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (b. 1909)
1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905)
1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937)
1988 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909)
1990 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897)
1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913)
1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912)
1992 – Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961)
1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1995 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891)
1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916)
1997 – Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
2003 – Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
2003 – Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
2003 – Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2005 – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956)
2005 – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (b. 1917)
2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (b. 1912)
2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920)
2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919)
2007 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (b. 1924)
2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
2012 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2012 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931)
2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962)
2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940)
2013 – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2013 – José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915)
2013 – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (b. 1930)
2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)
2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)
2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
2015 – John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
2015 – Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)
2015 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939)
2016 – José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
2016 – Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)

Source: wikipedia