May 25th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

Morton L. Janklow
American literary agent (b. 1930)

2021

John Warner
American attorney and politician (b. 1927)
Lois Ehlert
American author and illustrator (b. 1934)

2020

Armarion Smith
Award-winning actor known for his versatile roles
Makylee Chen
Innovative researcher in the field of biotechnology
George Floyd
African american man murdered by minneapolis police officer derek chauvin (b. 1973)

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

Bazil Al-Halwaji
Renowned Iraqi painter known for his vibrant and expressive artworks.
Claus von Bülow
Claus von bülow is a danish-english lawyer known for his high-profile trial for the attempted murder of his wife, sunny von bülow.

2018

Kaduvetti Guru
Indian politician and veera vanniyar caste leader (b. 1961)

2017

Arkin Dikmen
Turkish painter known for his unique abstract art style.

2015

Kalil Greene
MLB shortstop with a promising career tragically cut short.
Robert Lebel
Canadian bishop (b. 1924)
George Braden
Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd premier of the northwest territories (b. 1949)

2014

Bunny Yeager
Famous photographer known for her work in pin-up and glamour photography.
David Allen
English cricketer (b. 1935)
Herb Jeffries
American actor and singer (d. 2014).
Marcel Côté
Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Polish general and politician, 1st president of poland (b. 1923)

Toaripi Lauti

Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st prime minister of tuvalu (b. 1928)

Matthew Saad Muhammad

American boxer and trainer (b. 1954)

2013

Nand Kumar Patel
Indian politician (b. 1953)
Mahendra Karma
Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

2012

Janace Dickinson
Janace Dickinson was an American poet known for her lyrical and introspective poems.
William Hanley
His work is a screenwriter, producer, novelist, and playwright from america. it has been shown on american television since the 1960s. his first play, "conversations in the dark", was produced in 1963. his first novel, "blue dreams", was published in 1971.
Lou Watson
American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
Peter D. Sieruta
American author and critic (b. 1958)

2011

Hamzeh Al-Khateeb
Syrian child activist known for his role in the Syrian civil war.
Edwin Honig
American poet and translator known for his translations of Spanish poetry.
Leora Carrington
Surrealist artist known for her dreamlike and imaginative paintings.
Lenora Carrington
Lenora Carrington was a prominent Surrealist artist known for her imaginative and dreamlike works.
Terry Jenner
Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1944)

2010

Yasna Petrova
Renowned physicist known for groundbreaking research in quantum mechanics.
Champ Calhoun
Champ Calhoun was a sculptor whose works captured the essence of human emotion.
Gabriel Vargas
Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
Jarvis Williams
American football player and coach (b. 1965)
Michael H. Jordan
American businessman (b. 1936)

Alexander Belostenny

Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959).

Alan Hickinbotham

Born in 1925, australian businessman, football player, and coach.

Silvius Magnago

Italian politician (born 1914)

Michael H Jordan

American businessman and chief operating officer (born 1936).

Siphiwo Ntshebe

South african opera singer (born 1975)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Alassane Diarra
Renowned painter known for his vibrant and expressive artworks.
Ashyr Bekov
Renowned poet known for his lyrical works.
Philippe Vandenberg
A Belgian painter known for his abstract, expressionistic, and often dark and brooding works that explore themes of violence, death, and the human condition.
Amos Elon
Israeli journalist and author of several books on the Middle East.
Haakon Lie
Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)

Haakon Lie

Norwegian politician who was party secretary to the labour party between 1945 and 1969.

2008

Veikko Uusimäki
Finnish actor and theater councilor (d. 2008)
J. R. Simplot
American businessman, founded simplot (b. 1909)
Camu Tao
American producer and rapper (born 1977).
J R Simplot
American potato farmer (born 1909)

2007

Uładzimir Katkoŭski
Belarusian blogger, web designer and website creator (b. 1976)
Charles Nelson Reilly
American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (d. 2007)
Charles Nelson Reilly
American actor and tv host (born in 1931).

2005

Ishmael Merchant
Ishmael Merchant was an Indian film producer who, along with his long-time collaborator James Ivory, formed the production company Merchant Ivory Productions.
Sunil Dutt
Actor and politician from pakistani-indian origin (d. 2005).
Ismail Merchant
Indian-born film producer known for collaborations with James Ivory on Merchant Ivory Productions.
Zoran Mušič
Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
Graham Kennedy
Australian television personality (born 1934).

Robert Jankel

An english businessman founded panther westwinds (d.2005).

Gregory Scott Johnson

American murderer (born 1965)

2004

Bob Yarnell
Renowned landscape painter known for his realistic depictions of nature.
Roger Williams Straus
Jr., american publisher, co-founded farrar, straus and giroux publishing company (b. 1917)

2003

Sloan Wilson
American author and entrepreneur known for his novel 'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.'
Jeremy Michael Ward
American sound technician and vocal operator (the mars volta), (born 1976).

2002

Pat Coombs
English actress (born in 1926)

2001

Malcomb McLean
Revolutionized the shipping industry with the invention of the shipping container.
Malcolm McLean
Revolutionized the shipping industry with the invention of the shipping container.

2000

Nicholas Clay
British actor (born 1946).
Seymour Kety
Renowned for his research on the biochemistry of mental illness.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1997

Muhammad Fadhel
Died as the prime minister of iraq (1953-1954).

1996

Orville Prescott
Prominent American literary critic for The New York Times.
Renzo De Felice
Renowned Italian historian known for his studies on Fascism and Mussolini.
Renzo De Felice
Renowned Italian historian known for his studies on Fascism and Mussolini.
Buck
Dog (married with children), dies at 13
John Morrison
Scottish educator, a professor of engineering at the university of bristol. he is the author of "introduction to the mechanics of machines", 1964. morrison was married to and had two children.

David W Howe

Pilot test dies at 77

Laurence Marks

Journalist dies at 67

Enid Kathleen Hutchinson

Adult educator, dies at age of 86.

Bernard Charles Sendall

Ita deputy director general dies at 83

1995

Dany Robin
French actress, whose international work includes alfred hitchcock’s "topaz" 1969.
Élie Bayol
French racing driver (b. 1914)
Krešimir Ćosić
Croatian basketball player and coach, naismith basketball hall of famer 1996 (b. 1948)
Dick Curless
Singer/songwriter, dies at age 63.

1994

Joe Brainard
American poet known for his innovative and playful writing style.
Joe Brainard
American writer known for his experimental prose and poetry.
Eric Gale
American producer and guitarist (stuff), (d. 1994).
Sonny Sharrock
American jazz guitarist (born 1940)

1993

Louise Tazewell
Entertainer dies at 93

1992

Viktor Grishin
Hardline soviet communist, dies at age 78, dies.
Philip C Habib
At 72 years old, a us diplomat (middle-east/asia) dies.

1991

Dorothy Davis Bostwick
Entertainer

1990

Vic Tayback
Brooklyn, new york -- actor. (mel-alice khan, portrait of a stripper).

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Olive Moore
Irish author and feminist known for her novel 'Sincerely, Olive.'

1988

Ernst Ruska
German physicist, academic nobel prize laureate (d.88)

1986

Chester Bowles
American journalist and politician, 22nd under secretary of state (b. 1901)
Chester Bowles
American senator/ambassador dies at 85 (born in 1901).
Chester Bowles
American senator/ambassador dies at 85 (born in 1901).

1985

Harold Hecht
Choreographer dies from cancer at the age of 77
Robert Nathan
American poet/writer (portrait of jennie) dies at the age of 91.

1984

Piet Ketting
Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at age 79.

1983

Jack Stewart
Canadian-american ice hockey player (b. 1917)
Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
Sydney Box
Academy award-winning film producer, dies at 76
Idris I
King of libya (born 1889).
Jean Rougeau
French canadian professional wrestler (born in 1925).

Black Jack Stewart

Canadian nhl hockey player (born 1917).

1982

Larry J Blake
Actor in earth vs. the flying saucers, dies at 68

1981

Ruby Payne-Scott
Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian astronomer known for her work in radio astronomy.
Fredric Warburg
British author and publisher (born 1898).
Roy Brown
American tv personality, puppeteer and clown, best known for his role as cooky the clown (also cooky the clown) on chicago's "bozo's circus" television show. he was previously a puppeteer and an art director for the children's television series "garfield goose and friends" between 1952 and 1976. after his 1994 retirement, some of his costumes donated to the international clown …
Rosa Ponselle
At the age of 84, a us singer (metropolitan opera) dies.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Ewart Grenville
Ewart Grenville was a talented cricketer known for his exceptional batting skills.
Amédée Gordini
Italian-born french racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
Itzhak Bentov
Czech-israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
John Arthur Spenkelink
American murderer (born 1949)

1978

Beatryce Beebe
Renowned astronomer known for her work on planetary motion.

1977

Yevgenia Ginzburg
Russian writer (born in 1904)

1974

Donald Crisp
British actor with a long career that began in 1911 with silent leads. crisp was a supporting actor on more than 70 films, including "mutiny on the bounty", "wuthering heights" or "how green was my valley". crisp was also the assistant director of birth of a nation and the director of son of zorro and svengali.

1971

Mark Brunswick
Composer dies at 69
Jo Etha Collier
Drew, mississippi: three whites kill a young black woman
Terence De Marney
Actor (case thomas johnny ringo), died at 62

1970

Tom Patey
Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Elisabeth Geleerd
Dutch-american psychoanalyst (d. 1969)

1968

Georg von Küchler
German field marshal (d. 1968).
Charles K Feldman [Gould]
Producer (casino royale), reaches death at 63
Georg von Kuchler
German field marshal (born 1881)

1965

Paul Walker
American author known for his novel 'Iceberg'.
Aleck ''Rice'' Miller
American blues singer, songwriter, and harmonica player

1964

Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov
Composer dies at 92

1960

Gid Tanner
Legendary baseball player known for his exceptional hitting skills.

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

Andrew Loomis
Renowned illustrator known for his instructional art books.

1957

Leo Goodwin
Founder of GEICO, revolutionizing the insurance industry.

1955

Wardell Gray
Renowned saxophonist and composer in the bebop era.

1954

Rodert Capa
Rodert Capa was a Hungarian-American photojournalist and war photographer, considered by many to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Robert Capa
Hungarian-american journalist and photographer (d. 1954).

1953

Edmund Dulac
French illustrator and designer. he was obsessed for many years with centaur themes, which he repeated many times in his work.

1951

Lamoyne Sinclair
Lamoyne Sinclair was a prominent American playwright during the early 20th century.
Cyril Power
Noted printmaker associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
Paula von Preradović
Croatian-austrian poet and author (d. 1951).
Paula von Preradovic
Croatian-born writer (born in 1887).

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Simon H Spoor
At 47 years old, intelligence officer/general (wwii) dies.

1948

Witold Pilecki
Polish officer and resistance leader (b. 1901)

1946

Patty Smith Hill
Patty Smith Hill was an American educator known for her contributions to early childhood education.
Patty Smith Hill
At 78, the songwriter "happy birthday to you" dies.

1943

Nils von Dardel
Swedish post-impressionist painter (born in 1888).

1942

Emanuel Feuermann
Austrian-american educator and cellist (d. 1942).

1940

Joe De Grasse
American film director (born in 1873)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

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

1937

Henry Ossawa Tanner
An African-American painter who was one of the first African-American artists to gain international acclaim for his paintings.
Henry O Tanner
Artist

1936

Jan Levoslav Bella
Composer dies at 92

1934

Gustav Holst
British composer, pianist, and trombonist. he is best known for his orchestral suite, "the planets", written between 1914-18. also, his operas, such as "the perfect fool", are his most well-known works. he was the musical director at an all-girls school from the age of 31 until his death.
Gustav Theodore Holst
English composer (ode to death), dies at 59

1930

Randall Davidson
Scottish-english archbishop (b. 1848)
Randall Thomas Davidson
Archbishop of canterbury (born in 1848).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1927

Bartie Massey
Bartie Massey was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th Premier of Ontario.
Payne Whitney
American businessman and philanthropist (d.1927).

1926

Symon Petliura
Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
Symon Petlyura
At 47, assassinated leader of ukraine (pogroms).

1924

Luda Popova
Russian avant-garde painter and designer who was a member of the Constructivist movement.
Lyubov Popova
Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
Theodore Morse
Composer dies at 51

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on May 25th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919

Eliza Pollock
American archer (d. 1919).
Madam C. J. Walker
American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the madame c.j. walker manufacturing company (b. 1867)
Madame C J Walker wealthy cosmetics manufacturer
At the age of 51, he dies.
Madam C J Walker
American philanthropist (born 1867).

1917

Maksim Bahdanovič
Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer
At 72 years old, he dies.
Maksim Bahdanovic
Belarusian poet (born 1891)

1914

Paolo Giorza composer
At the age of 81, he dies.

1912

Austin Lane Crothers
American educator and politician, 46th governor of maryland (b. 1860)
Austin Lane Crothers
American politician (born 1860)