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History Deaths on March 25


Steven Schiff
Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)

#Steven_Schiff

Giambattista Marino
Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (b. 1569)

#Giambattista_Marino

Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)

#Edward_Steichen

John Snagge
John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)

#John_Snagge

Goodman Ace
Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (b. 1899)

#Goodman_Ace

Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)

#Ida_B._Wells

Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
Frederick, duke of Bohemia

#Frederick,_Duke_of_Bohemia

Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)

#Harriet_Backer

William Carr (rower)
William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)

#William_Carr_(rower)

Buck Owens
Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)

#Buck_Owens

John Hugenholtz
John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (b. 1914)

#John_Hugenholtz

Sonny Ruberto
Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)

#Sonny_Ruberto

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)

#Ganesh_Shankar_Vidyarthi

Elizabeth Storrs Mead
Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)

#Elizabeth_Storrs_Mead

Taira no Masakado
Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai

#Taira_no_Masakado

Jonathan Schell
Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (b. 1943)

#Jonathan_Schell

Nicodemus of Mammola
Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint

#Nicodemus_of_Mammola

Durham Stevens
Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)

#Durham_Stevens

Marcos de Niza
Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)

#Marcos_de_Niza

Marcel Lefebvre
Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)

#Marcel_Lefebvre

Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker, American-born British singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

#Scott_Walker_(singer)

Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)

#Nehemiah_Grew

Bob Waterfield
Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

#Bob_Waterfield

Afonso II of Portugal
Alfonso II, king of Portugal (b. 1185)

#Afonso_II_of_Portugal

Isabelle de Limeuil
Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (b. 1535)

#Isabelle_de_Limeuil

Ikoma Chikamasa
Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1526)

#Ikoma_Chikamasa

Robert Madgwick
Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)

#Robert_Madgwick

Max Petitpierre
Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)

#Max_Petitpierre

Jean Regnault de Segrais
Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (b. 1624)

#Jean_Regnault_de_Segrais

Shannon Bolin
Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (b. 1917)

#Shannon_Bolin

Milton H. Erickson
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)

#Milton_H._Erickson

Cuthbert Sebastian
Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)

#Cuthbert_Sebastian

Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)

#Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia

Lucy Filippini
Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)

#Lucy_Filippini

Johnny Blanchard
Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Johnny_Blanchard

Robert Newton
Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)

#Robert_Newton

Frédéric Mistral
Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

#Frédéric_Mistral

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)

#Íñigo_López_de_Mendoza,_1st_Marquis_of_Santillana

Muhsin Yaz?c?o?lu
Muhsin Yaz?c?o?lu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)

#Muhsin_Yaz?c?o?lu

Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)

#Eddie_Collins

Tom Brown (trombonist)
Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)

#Tom_Brown_(trombonist)

Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)

#Turlough_O'Carolan

Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)

#Walter_Susskind

Bernard Kangro
Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)

#Bernard_Kangro

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)

#Marie-Alphonsine_Danil_Ghattas

James Braid (surgeon)
James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)

#James_Braid_(surgeon)

Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (b. 1943)

#Antonio_Tabucchi

Hugh IV, Count of Maine
Hugh IV, French nobleman

#Hugh_IV,_Count_of_Maine

Hosokawa Yoriyuki
Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai

#Hosokawa_Yoriyuki

Ernst von Bergmann
Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)

#Ernst_von_Bergmann

Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)

#Nancy_Walker

Brian Trubshaw
Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)

#Brian_Trubshaw

John Crosfield
John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)

#John_Crosfield

Ben Goldfaden
Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)

#Ben_Goldfaden

Peter Martin (Australian footballer)
Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)

#Peter_Martin_(Australian_footballer)

John F. Wiley
John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)

#John_F._Wiley

Wilhelm Marstrand
Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)

#Wilhelm_Marstrand

Wenceslaus Hollar
Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)

#Wenceslaus_Hollar

Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)

#Claude_Debussy

Zell Miller
Zell Miller, American author and politician (b. 1932)

#Zell_Miller

Akinoumi Setsuo
Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

#Akinoumi_Setsuo

Novalis
Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)

#Novalis

Max Eastman
Max Eastman, American poet and activist (b. 1883)

#Max_Eastman

K? no Moronao
K? no Moronao, Japanese samurai

#K?_no_Moronao

George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)
Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (b. 1930)
Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (b. 1915)
Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)
Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
Len E. Blaylock, American businessman and politician (b. 1918)
Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)
Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919)
Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)
Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1910)
Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)
Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman (b. 1607)
Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
K? no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
Kenneth III, king of Scotland
Li Kening, Chinese general