History Deaths on August 25

Ahmad al-Mansur, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (b. 1549)

#Ahmad_al-Mansur

Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)

#Aaliyah

Joan, Countess of Toulouse (b. 1220)

#Joan,_Countess_of_Toulouse

Drusilla, Judean princess, daughter of Agrippa (b. 38)

#Drusilla_(daughter_of_Herod_Agrippa)

Sisnando Davides, military leader

#Sisnando_Davides

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)

#Friedrich_Reinhold_Kreutzwald

Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931)

#Ahmad_Faraz

Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)

#Zinovios_Valvis

Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)

#Gratian

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)

#Edward_Villiers,_1st_Earl_of_Jersey

Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)

#Henry_Morgan

Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)

#Ken_Tyrrell

Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

#Truman_Capote

William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)

#William_Herschel

Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)

#Gylmar_dos_Santos_Neves

Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)

#Michael_Faraday

Tach? Nait?, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)

#Tach?_Nait?

Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)

#Ted_Kennedy

Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)

#Henri_Fantin-Latour

Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)

#Marvin_Kaplan

Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate & engineer (b. 1937)

#Ferdinand_Piëch

Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)

#Thomas_Dekker_(writer)

Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)

#Robert_Cosgrove

Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)

#Thomas_Chittenden

David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)

#David_Hume

John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)

#John_McCain

Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)

#Mariano_Álvarez

Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

#Raghunath_Panigrahi

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)

#Thomas_Howard,_3rd_Duke_of_Norfolk

Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)

#Ted_Lewis_(musician)

Dezs? Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)

#Dezs?_Pattantyús-Ábrahám

Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

#Mary_Tappan_Wright

Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)

#Carl_Barks

Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerilla leader (b. 1286)

#James_Douglas,_Lord_of_Douglas

Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)

#Peter_Glotz

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)

#Franz_Conrad_von_Hötzendorf

Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)

#Alfred_Kinsey

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)

#Friedrich_Nietzsche

Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)

#Károly_Kós

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)

#Florimond_Claude,_Comte_de_Mercy-Argenteau

Beatrice of Silesia, queen consort of Germany (b. c. 1292)

#Beatrice_of_Silesia

Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

#Stanley_Bruce

Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)

#Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent

José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)

#José_María_Benegas

Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)

#Anna_German

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1532)

#William_IV,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Kassel

Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)

#Moonlight_Graham

Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

#Neil_Armstrong

Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)

#Hugh_III,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)

#Frankie_Campbell

Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

#Henri_Becquerel

Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)

#Niccolò_Jommelli

Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)

#Stan_McCabe

Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)

#Christian_V_of_Denmark

Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)

#Babe_Siebert

George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)

#George_Lincoln_Rockwell

Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)

#Nikolay_Gumilyov

Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)

#Jack_Nitzsche

Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)

#Stan_Kenton

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)

#Marcel_Masse

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

#Eyvind_Johnson

Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)

#Francis_Sejersted

Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona

#Saint_Maginus

Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)

#Allen_Woody

Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)

#Aleksandr_Kuprin

Louis IX of France (b. 1214)

#Louis_IX_of_France

Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956)

#Rob_Fisher_(British_musician)

Alphonso of Brienne (b. c. 1225)

#Alphonso_of_Brienne

Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)

#Carlos_Seixas

Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (b.c. 1572)

#Nicholas_Hyde

Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)

#Pliny_the_Elder

James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)

#James_Watt

Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (b. 1260)

#Henry_de_Cobham,_1st_Baron_Cobham

Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

#Frederick_C._Bock

Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)

#Gower_Champion

Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)

#Margaret_of_Anjou

Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)

#Oscar_Cabalén

William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)

#William_Champ

Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)

#Paul_Muni

Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)

#Waite_Hoyt

Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)

#Velma_Caldwell_Melville

William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (b. 1450)

#William_Catesby

Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)

#Prince_Jean,_Duke_of_Guise

Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)

#Thomas_de_Cantilupe

Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople

#Gennadius_of_Constantinople

Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)

Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)

Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)

Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)

William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)

Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)

William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)

António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)

Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)

Donald Gorrie, Scottish educator and politician (b. 1933)

Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)

Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)

Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (b. 1920)

Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)

Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)

Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)

Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)

Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)

Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)

Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)

Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)

Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)

Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907)

Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)

Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)

Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)

Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)

Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)

John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)

Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)

Andrea Orcagna, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect

Demasq Kaja, Chobanid

George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea

Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave

Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine general

Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official

Yang Yan, Jin Dynasty empress (b. 238)