History Deaths on June 25

Niels, king of Denmark (b. 1065)

#Niels,_King_of_Denmark

Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)

#Thomas_Custer

Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933)

#Annie_Easley

Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)

#Georg_Philipp_Telemann

Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)

#Jan_Matulka

Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)

#Michele_Mercati

Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941)

#Richard_Benjamin_Harrison

Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)

#Michel_Foucault

Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)

#Alberto_Ginastera

Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (b. 1223)

#Eleanor_of_Provence

Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)

#Jean-Louis_Beaudry

Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)

#Jean-Baptiste_du_Casse

Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (b. 1947)

#Farrah_Fawcett

Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)

#Hans_Rott

James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845)

#James_Calhoun_(soldier)

Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)

#Colin_Clive

Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (b. 1840)

#Myles_Keogh

Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)

#Richard_Seaman

Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)

#Géza_Gyóni

Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)

#Patrick_Macnee

Dorothea of Montau, German hermitess (b. 1347)

#Dorothea_of_Montau

Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)

#Alexander_von_Nordmann

Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)

#Lester_Maddox

Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)

#Marie_François_Sadi_Carnot

Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)

#Hatano_Hideharu

Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)

#Thomas_Eakins

Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)

#Margaret_Tyzack

Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)

#Dénes_Berinkey

Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator (b. 1440)

#Anthony_Woodville,_2nd_Earl_Rivers

Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

#Ernest_Walton

John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)

#John_Fiedler

Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)

#Olave_Baden-Powell

E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)

#E._T._A._Hoffmann

William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)

#William_C._Lee

Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)

#Juan_Pérez_de_Montalbán

Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)

#Giovanni_Battista_Riccioli

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)

#Lawrence_Alma-Tadema

Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)

#Catherine_Gibson

Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848)

#Boston_Custer

Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)

#Hillel_Slovak

Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)

#Jacques_Cousteau

Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)

#Ebenezer_Pemberton

Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1160)

#Simon_de_Montfort,_5th_Earl_of_Leicester

Frederick III, king of Sicily (b. 1272)

#Frederick_III_of_Sicily

Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)

#Ana_María_Matute

Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)

#Stanford_White

Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1630)

#Sigismund_Francis,_Archduke_of_Austria

Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)

#Carlo_Matteucci

Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)

#Simon_Ushakov

George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839)

#George_Armstrong_Custer

Maurice O'Sullivan, Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)

#Maurice_O'Sullivan

Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)

#Nerses_Bedros_XIX_Tarmouni

François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)

#François_Jouffroy

David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)

#David_Heaton

John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)

#John_Marston_(poet)

Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)

#Thomas_Sandby

Gao Zu, Chinese emperor (b. 566)

#Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang

Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)

#Antoine-Louis_Barye

Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)

#Ivan_Plyushch

Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)

#Jake_Beckley

Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958)

#Michael_Jackson

Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

#Sky_Saxon

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)

#François-Nicolas-Benoît_Haxo

Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)

#Warren_E._Burger

Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)

#Alfred_Noyes

Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451)

#Franchinus_Gaffurius

Mary Tudor, queen of France (b. 1496)

#Mary_Tudor,_Queen_of_France

Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923)

Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918)

Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935)

Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)

George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)

Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)

Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)

George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)

Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)

Shigemitsu Dand?, Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913)

Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (b. 1944)

Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)

Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)

Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)

J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (b. 1933)

Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)

Kâz?m Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)

Morton W. Coutts, New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)

Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)

Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)

Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)

Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)

Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)

Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)

Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)

Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)

Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)

Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)

Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)

Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)

James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)

Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)

Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (b. 1924)

Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906)

Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)

Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)

Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)

Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)

François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)

Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (b. 1458)

Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 972)

Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready

An Chonghui, Chinese general

Sunderolt, German archbishop

Ricwin of Nantes, Frankish nobleman

Gerard of Auvergne, Frankish nobleman