Famous Deaths on 25th February

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779 - Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies
1246 - Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1247 - Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
1495 - Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1522 - William Lilye, English classical scholar
1536 - Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
1553 - Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
1558 - Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1602 - Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51
1634 - Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50
1634 - Van Friedland/Mecklenburg, general-admiral, dies at 50
1643 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60
1655 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
1682 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37
1713 - Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
1715 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
1719 - Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66
1723 - Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90
Architect Christopher Wren (1723) 1756 - Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
1798 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
1805 - Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
1826 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60
1850 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
1851 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53
1852 - Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies
1860 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
1865 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47
1894 - James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51
1899 - Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies
1901 - Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71
1902 - Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77
1906 - Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44
1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
1914 - John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
1915 - George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies
1919 - Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
1920 - Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73
1922 - Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52
1925 - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81
1934 - Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67
1934 - John J McGraw, manager (NY Giants), dies at 60
1942 - Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61
1945 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
1947 - Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82
1950 - George Minot, American physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
1953 - Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49
1955 - Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59
1957 - Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76
1957 - Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70
1960 - Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51
1962 - Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
1964 - Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies
1964 - Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
1966 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
1967 - John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57
1968 - Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96
1969 - Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates
1970 - Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
1971 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
1975 - Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78
1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
1982 - J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
1983 - John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84
Playwright Tennessee Williams (1983) 1983 - Tennessee Williams, US playwright and writer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
1987 - James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
1988 - Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
1990 - Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30
1992 - Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79
1992 - John E Allen Jr, actor (1 2 3), dies
1992 - Ollie O'Toole, dies after long illness at 79
1993 - Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75
1993 - Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
1993 - Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch PM (social dem, 1965-69), dies
1993 - Toy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1993 - Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912)
1994 - Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42
1994 - Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for S Afr in 37 Tests), dies
1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer, dies at 80
1994 - Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki, dies at 80
1994 - Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44
1995 - Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
1995 - Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies
1995 - Terence Weil, cellist/teacher, dies at 73
1996 - Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45
1996 - Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59
1996 - Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94
1997 - Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71
1997 - Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
1998 - Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90
1998 - Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor, dies at 87
1998 - Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer.
1999 - Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
2003 - Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
2003 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
2004 - Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
2005 - Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
2006 - Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
2006 - Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
2007 - William R. Anderson, CO USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
2007 - Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
2008 - Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
2008 - Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
2008 - Static Major, American singer (b. 1974)
2009 - Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician
2010 - İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish academic and the founder of YÖK (d. 1915)
2012 - Lynn Compton, American jurist and commissioned officer, dies from heart attack at 90
2012 - Red Holloway [James], American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies from stroke and kidney failure at 84
2013 - Charles Koop, American pediatric surgeon and health administrator, dies at 96