History Deaths on November 25

Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)

#Hubert_Van_Innis

Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (b. 1955)

#Peter_Christopherson

Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920)

#Sitara_Devi

Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter and coach (b. 1942)

#Vasily_Alekseyev

Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)

#Chico_Hamilton

Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)

#Vajiravudh

Ed Paschke, American painter and academic (b. 1939)

#Ed_Paschke

Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (b. 1926)

#Karel_Reisz

Eleanor Audley, American actress and voice artist (b. 1905)

#Eleanor_Audley

Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)

#Gérard_Philipe

Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924)

#Irvin_J._Borowsky

Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934)

#Egon_Lánský

Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)

#Nick_Drake

Jeremy Black, English admiral (b. 1932)

#Jeremy_Black_(Royal_Navy_officer)

George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)

#George_Best

Laurence Harvey, Lithuania-born English actor (b. 1928)

#Laurence_Harvey

Ricardo Fort, Argentinian businessman (b. 1968)

#Ricardo_Fort

Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 1926)

#Fidel_Castro

Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)

#Edward_P._Allen

Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)

#Ismaël_Bullialdus

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)

#Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis

Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)

#Gustaf_John_Ramstedt

Jacques Cœur, French merchant and banker (b. 1395)

#Jacques_Cœur

Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)

#Gaston_Chevrolet

Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ry? (b. 1877)

#Kanbun_Uechi

Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878)

#Upton_Sinclair

Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)

#Heinrich_Barth

Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (b. 1908)

#Paul_Siple

Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)

#Bill_Robinson

Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913)

#Elmo_Williams

Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979)

#Valentín_Elizalde

Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)

#Harold_Washington

N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)

#N._E._Brown

Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (b. 1466)

#Andrea_Doria

Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (b. 1687)

#Johann_Georg_Pisendel

Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907)

#Alva_R._Fitch

Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)

#Johannes_V._Jensen

Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (b. 1890)

#Myra_Hess

Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1907)

#Jack_Albertson

Hastings Banda, Malawian physician and politician, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)

#Hastings_Banda

Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)

#Yukio_Mishima

Bill Foulkes, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)

#Bill_Foulkes

Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

#Alexander_Dovzhenko

William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)

#William_Adelin

Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (b. 1512)

#Hu_Zongxian

Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944)

#Petr_Hapka

Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)

#Al_Plastino

Mao Anying, Chinese general (b. 1922)

#Mao_Anying

Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)

#Isaac_Watts

Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)

#Hermann_Kolbe

Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (b. 1919)

#Lennart_Hellsing

Lou Brissie, American baseball player (b. 1924)

#Lou_Brissie

Peter Lipton, American philosopher and academic (b. 1954)

#Peter_Lipton

Valentín Campa, Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904)

#Valentín_Campa

Edward Alleyn, English actor, founded Dulwich College (b. 1566)

#Edward_Alleyn

Henri Coand?, Romanian engineer, designed the Coand?-1910 (b. 1886)

#Henri_Coand?

U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)

#U_Thant

Flip Wilson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1933)

#Flip_Wilson

Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

#Coco_Robicheaux

Philip II, Prince of Taranto (b. 1329)

#Philip_II,_Prince_of_Taranto

Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913)

#Yashwantrao_Chavan

Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)

#Prince_George_of_Greece_and_Denmark

Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (b. 1931)

#Lars_Hörmander

Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)

#Ron_Glass

Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (b. 1914)

#Léon_Zitrone

Kenneth M. Taylor, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1919)

#Kenneth_M._Taylor

Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)

#Thomas_A._Hendricks

Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (b. 1643)

#Stephanus_Van_Cortlandt

Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941)

O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (b. 1974)

Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916)

Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (b. 1933)

Dinah Sheridan, English actress (b. 1920)

Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (b. 1930)

Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (b. 1930)

C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)

Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (b. 1930)

Phyllis Fraser, American actress and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (b. 1916)

Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1931)

Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971)

Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)

Nelson Goodman, American philosopher and academic (b. 1906)

Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)

Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)

Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905)

Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer), Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932)

Alexander Marinesko, Russian lieutenant (b. 1913)

Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)

Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)

Prince Koreyasu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1264)

Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)

Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 954)

Bilge Khagan, Turkic emperor (b. 683)

Pope Peter I of Alexandria