September 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 303 – Fermin, Spanish saint (b. 272)
• 1066 – Tostig Godwinson, English brother of Harold Godwinson
• 1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (b. 1015)
• 1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
• 1176 – William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1109)
• 1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)
• 1396 – Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330)
• 1396 – Jean de Vienne, French admiral (b. 1341)
• 1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and statesman (b. 1447)
• 1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
• 1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
• 1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (b. 1511)
• 1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525)
• 1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
• 1617 – Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (b. 1548)
• 1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (b. 1555)
• 1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general (b. 1569)
• 1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610)
• 1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (b. 1658)
• 1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English soldier (b. 1714)
• 1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and astronomer (b. 1728)
• 1791 – William Bradford, American printer (b. 1719)
• 1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (b. 1710)
• 1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718)
• 1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, composer, and poet (b. 1783)
• 1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
• 1867 – Oliver Loving, American cattle rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812)
• 1893 – Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
• 1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist, author, and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
• 1900 – John M. Palmer, American soldier and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)
• 1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general (b. 1835)
• 1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (b. 1853)
• 1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish commander (b. 1885)
• 1918 – Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (b. 1857)
• 1926 – Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
• 1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1933 – Ring Lardner, American author and columnist (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player (b. 1867)
• 1943 – Alexander Hall, Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
• 1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Emily Post, American author (b. 1873)
• 1961 – Frank Fay American actor (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German author (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Hugo Black, American politician and jurist (b. 1886)
• 1979 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish javelin thrower, actor, and singer (b. 1915)
• 1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (Led Zeppelin) (b. 1948)
• 1980 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
• 1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
• 1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (b. 1897)
• 1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian communist leader and activist (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Billy Carter, American businessman (b. 1937)
• 1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• 1995 – Bessie Delany, American physician and author (b. 1891)
• 1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
• 1997 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
• 2000 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Herb Gardner, American playwright (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2003 – George Plimpton, American journalist, author, and actor (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Edward Said, Palestinian-American critic (b. 1935)
• 2005 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956)
• 2005 – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, American psychologist (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani critic and linguist (b. 1912)
• 2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920)
• 2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director and activist (b. 1946)
• 2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan pianist (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Art Gilmore, American voice actor (b. 1912)
• 2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan activist (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2012 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Neşet Ertaş, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Eric Ives, English historian (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican politician (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Jakub Polák, Czech activist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Andy Williams, American singer and actor (The Williams Brothers) (b. 1927)