Famous Deaths on 25 Mar

Famous Deaths on 25 Mar

1223 - Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
1345 - Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)
1458 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
1558 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer
1561 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)
1603 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
1609 - Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
1620 - Johannes Nucius, German composer
1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
1736 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
1738 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
1751 - Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
1801 - Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
1818 - Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (b. 1745)
1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
1873 - Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
1908 - Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
1914 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
1917 - Spyros Samaras, Greek composer (b. 1861)
1917 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)
1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
1951 - Eddie Collins, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1957 - Max Ophüls, German director and writer (b. 1902)
1958 - Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)
1967 - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
1969 - Billy Cotton, British bandleader & entertainer (b. 1889)
1969 - Max Eastman, American writer (b. 1883)
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
1975 - Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1980 - James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
1980 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
1980 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
1983 - Bob Waterfield, American football player (b. 1920)
1988 - Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1930)
1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic prelate (b. 1905)
1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
1994 - Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician and jurist (b. 1899)
1995 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (b. 1914)
1995 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
1995 - James Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)
1996 - John Snagge, British radio personality (b. 1904)
1998 - Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
1998 - Steve Schiff, United States Congressman (b. 1947)
1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)
2000 - Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English football commentator (b. 1920)
2005 - Paul Henning, American TV/film producer and writer (b. 1911)
2006 - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2006 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
2006 - Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
2007 - Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician (b. 1951)
2008 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008 - Ben Carnevale, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
752 - Pope-elect Stephen, Italian priest and elected successor to Pope Zachary