Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 25 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 25
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 25
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 304 | Saint Anastasia |
| 795 | Pope Adrian I |
| 820 | Emperor Leo V |
| 936 | Zhang Jingda, general of Later Tang |
| 940 | Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general |
| 1147 | Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120) |
| 1156 | Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (b. 1092) |
| 1294 | Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania |
| 1395 | Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel, Swiss ruler |
| 1406 | Henry III of Castile (b. 1379) |
| 1505 | George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1454) |
| 1553 | Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500) |
| 1634 | Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (b. 1540) |
| 1635 | Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567) |
| 1676 | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592) |
| 1683 | Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634) |
| 1730 | Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676) |
| 1758 | James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714) |
| 1784 | Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716) |
| 1796 | Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730) |
| 1824 | Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764) |
| 1868 | Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821) |
| 1875 | Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851) |
| 1880 | Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828) |
| 1916 | Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845) |
| 1921 | Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853) |
| 1925 | Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877) |
| 1926 | Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879) |
| 1928 | Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885) |
| 1930 | Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871) |
| 1933 | Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859) |
| 1935 | Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852) |
| 1938 | Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890) |
| 1940 | Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898) |
| 1941 | Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884) |
| 1944 | George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909) |
| 1946 | W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (b. 1880) |
| 1947 | Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886) |
| 1949 | Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884) |
| 1950 | Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903) |
| 1952 | Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886) |
| 1953 | Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865) |
| 1956 | Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878) |
| 1957 | Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863) |
| 1961 | Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888) |
| 1963 | Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896) |
| 1970 | Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908) |
| 1973 | İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884) |
| 1975 | Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881) |
| 1977 | Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889) |
| 1979 | Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906) |
| 1980 | Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900) |
| 1983 | Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893) |
| 1988 | Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909) |
| 1989 | Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904) |
| 1991 | Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929) |
| 1992 | Monica Dickens, British-American nurse and author (b. 1915) |
| 1993 | Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (b. 1899) |
| 1994 | Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916) |
| 1995 | Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1906) |
| 1996 | Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928) |
| 1997 | Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958) |
| 1998 | John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1923)[67] |
| 2000 | Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939) |
| 2001 | Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2003 | Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929) |
| 2004 | Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940) |
| 2005 | Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930) |
| 2006 | James Brown, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2007 | Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927) |
| 2008 | Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927) |
| 2009 | Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964) |
| 2010 | Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922) |
| 2011 | Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940) |
| 2013 | Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961) |
| 2014 | Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (b. 1925) |
| 2015 | George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2016 | Valery Khalilov, Russian military musician and composer (b. 1952) |
| 2017 | D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston)(b. 1929) |
| 2018 | Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (b. 1920) |
| 2019 | Ari Behn, Norwegian writer (b. 1972) |
| 2020 | K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932) |
| 2021 | Wayne Thiebaud, American artist (b. 1920) |
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