History Deaths on February 25

Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Alberto_Sordi

Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)

#Louisiana_Red

Eleanor of Austria (b. 1498)

#Eleanor_of_Austria

Jacob Hutter, founder of the Hutterites

#Jacob_Hutter

Bill Paxton, American actor (b. 1955)

#Bill_Paxton

Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)

#Friedrich_Spielhagen

Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)

#Sergei_Winogradsky

Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)

#Paul_Reuter

Thomas Reynolds, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of South Australia (b. 1818)

#Thomas_Reynolds_(Australian_politician)

Hinrich Lohse, German politician (b. 1896)

#Hinrich_Lohse

?hsan Do?ramac?, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)

#?hsan_Do?ramac?

Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)

#Christopher_Wren

Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

#Theodor_Svedberg

Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)

#Marcel-Auguste_Dieulafoy

Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)

#Daoguang_Emperor

Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)

#Elijah_Muhammad

William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)

#William_O'Brien

Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)

#Paco_de_Lucía

Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)

#Henri_Désiré_Landru

Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)

#Berchtold_Haller

Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)

#Philip_Pendleton_Barbour

Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)

#Albrecht_von_Wallenstein

Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)

#Thomas_Pownall

Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)

#Otto_Ludwig_(writer)

Josif Pan?i?, Serbian botanist and academic (b. 1814)

#Josif_Pan?i?

Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (b. 1716)

#Louis_Jules_Mancini_Mazarini

Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)

#Mário_de_Andrade

Cal Abrams, American baseball player (b. 1924)

#Cal_Abrams

Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)

#Chokwe_Lumumba

Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)

#Andrei_Sinyavsky

Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)

#Philip_José_Farmer

William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)

#William_Pinkney

John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)

#John_Tenniel

Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)

#Jung_Bahadur_Rana

Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)

#Vittoria_Colonna

C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and admiral, 13th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1916)

#C._Everett_Koop

Norbert Glanzberg, Polish-French composer (b. 1910)

#Norbert_Glanzberg

Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

#Glenn_T._Seaborg

Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)

#Anton_Arensky

Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)

#Charles_Edwin_Bessey

Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)

#Elizabeth_Gertrude_Britton

James Coco, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)

#James_Coco

Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)

#Henrik_Hertz

Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)

#Mark_Aldanov

Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)

#Grace_Metalious

Sigurd Raschèr, German-American saxophonist (b. 1907)

#Sigurd_Raschèr

David Bowman, Australian politician (b. 1860)

#David_Bowman_(politician)

William Lily, English scholar and educator (b. 1468)

#William_Lily_(grammarian)

Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930)

#Harve_Bennett

Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)

#Tennessee_Williams

Darren McGavin, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)

#Darren_McGavin

Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)

#Eliza_Haywood

Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)

#Don_Bradman

Lynn Compton, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1921)

#Lynn_Compton

Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)

#Townsend_Harris

Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (b. 1922)

#Eugenie_Clark

Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)

#Thomas_Moore

George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

#George_Minot

Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish colonial industrialist and saint (b. 1502)

#Sebastian_de_Aparicio

Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh king (b. 1212)

#Dafydd_ap_Llywelyn

Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)

#Mário_Coluna

John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)

#John_McGraw

William Anderson, American commander and politician (b. 1921)

#William_Anderson_(naval_officer)

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)

#William_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg

Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)

#Frederick_I_of_Prussia

Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)

#Alessandro_Stradella

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1566)

#Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex

Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)

#Francisco_Manoel_de_Nascimento

Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)

#Fujiwara_no_Mototsune

Toy Caldwell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

#Toy_Caldwell

Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (b. 1889)

#Gottfried_Fuchs

Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)

#Worthington_Whittredge

De Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 742)

#Emperor_Dezong_of_Tang

Neil Fingleton, English actor and basketball player, one of the tallest 25 men in the world (b. 1980)

Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

Ray O'Connor, Australian soldier and politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1926)

Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)

Nikos Alexiou, Greek painter and set designer (b. 1960)

Hans Raj Khanna, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice (b. 1912)

Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (b. 1923)

Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)

Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (b. 1912)

Tom O'Higgins, Irish judge and politician, 6th Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1916)

James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (b. 1922)

A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)

W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)

Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)

Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1901)

Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and murderer (b. 1956)

Eddie Constantine, American-French actor (b. 1917)

Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1894)

Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913)

Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)

Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)

Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)

Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)

Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)

Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)

Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)

Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)

Daniel Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)

Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (b. 1459)

Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

Lin Ding, Chinese official and chancellor

Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople