History Deaths on May 25

Zoran Muši?, Slovene painter and illustrator (b. 1909)

#Zoran_Muši?

Maksim Bahdanovi?, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)

#Maksim_Bahdanovi?

Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)

#Payne_Whitney

Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)

#Robert_Capa

Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

#Frank_Watson_Dyson

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)

#Henry_Ossawa_Tanner

Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)

#Pedro_Calderón_de_la_Barca

Philip Neri, Italian priest and saint (b. 1515)

#Philip_Neri

Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)

#Emanuel_Feuermann

Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)

#Witold_Pilecki

Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (b. 1566)

#Mary_Magdalene_de'_Pazzi

Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185)

#Pope_Alexander_IV

Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)

#Georg_von_Küchler

Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)

#Gustaf_Bonde_(1620-1667)

Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer (b. 1508)

#Gemma_Frisius

Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020)

#Pope_Gregory_VII

Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)

#Randall_Davidson

Chester Bowles, American journalist and politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State (b. 1901)

#Chester_Bowles

Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)

#Wojciech_Jaruzelski

Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)

#Peter_III_of_Portugal

Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)

#Charles_Nelson_Reilly

Flann Sinna, king of Meath

#Flann_Sinna

Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)

#Renzo_De_Felice

Krešimir ?osi?, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)

#Krešimir_?osi?

Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)

#Anders_Dahl

Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)

#Vic_Tayback

Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (b.1926)

#Claus_von_Bülow

Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)

#Herb_Jeffries

Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)

#Sunil_Dutt

Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)

#Henry_II_of_Navarre

William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)

#William_Paley

Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)

#Fredric_Warburg

Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)

#Gustav_Holst

Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)

#Amédée_Gordini

Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)

#Lyubov_Popova

Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)

#Austin_Lane_Crothers

Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (b. 639)

#Aldhelm

Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)

#Leo_Goodwin_(swimmer)

Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)

#Ahmed_Cevdet_Pasha

John Stafford, English archbishop and politician

#John_Stafford_(bishop)

Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)

#Madam_C._J._Walker

Necip Faz?l K?sakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)

#Necip_Faz?l_K?sakürek

Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)

#Symon_Petliura

Idris of Libya (b. 1889)

#Idris_of_Libya

Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)

#Daniel_Ernst_Jablonski

Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)

#Benjamin_D'Urban

Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

#Rosa_Bonheur

Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)

#Alexander_Belostenny

Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1944)

#Terry_Jenner

Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)

#Ruby_Payne-Scott

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)

#John_Griffin,_4th_Baron_Howard_de_Walden

Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)

#Haakon_Lie

Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)

#Eliza_Pollock

Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924)

George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949)

Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (b. 1954)

Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)

Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)

David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)

Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953)

Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (b. 1950)

Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)

Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (b. 1958)

William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (b. 1965)

Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1915)

Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925)

Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936)

J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (b. 1909)

Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (b. 1936)

Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (b. 1934)

Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)

Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)

Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)

Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)

Élie Bayol, French racing driver (b. 1914)

Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1917)

Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)

Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)

Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)

Paula von Preradovi?, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)

Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)

Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)

Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (b. 1567)

Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935)

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (b. 903)

Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu

Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang

Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop

Li Hong, Chinese prince (b. 652)