Monday, January 24, 2011

Famous Deaths on 25 Jan

Famous Deaths on 25 Jan

1067 - Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)
1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic
1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481)
1573 - Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)
1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
1733 - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816)
1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
1940 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
1949 - Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (b. 1861)
1957 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. 1873)
1957 - Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (b. 1860)
1969 - Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman) (b. 1901)
1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1975 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
1976 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (b. 1929)
1980 - Queenie Watts, English actress (b. 1926)
1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)
1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
1999 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
1999 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
1999 - Sarah "Sadie" Delany, American author (b. 1889)
2003 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
2005 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
2005 - Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)
2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
2006 - Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
2008 - Christopher Allport, American actor (b. 1947)
2008 - Evelyn Barbirolli,English musician (b. 1911)
389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
844 - Pope Gregory IV

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