Notable Deaths on August 25

Q: Who died on August 25?

Notable people who died on August 25 include: Pliny the Elder, Yang Yan, Saint Maginus, Gratian, Gennadius I.

Q: What is Michael Faraday known for?

Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (born 1791)

1867 — Michael Faraday

English physicist and chemist (born 1791)

August 25 has seen 127 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 79 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 25 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 127 people 79 – 2024

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Although Faraday received little formal education, as a self-made man, he was one of the most influential scientists in history

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His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became practical for use in technology

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Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism

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His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis

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Faraday also established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena

Pliny the Elder

Roman commander and philosopher (born 23)

AD 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus and Vespasianus. The denomination AD 79 for this year has been used since the…

Yang Yan

Jin Dynasty empress (born 238)

Yang Yan (楊艷), courtesy name Qiongzhi (瓊芝), formally Empress Wuyuan was an empress of the Western Jin dynasty. She was the first wife of Emperor Wu.

274

Saint Maginus

Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona

Saint Maginus was a Catalan hermit in the late third and early fourth centuries in Tarragona. Orphaned early, he was a hermit in a cave on Mount Brufaganya for thirty years.

306

Gratian

Roman emperor (born 359)

Year 383 (CCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Merobaudes and Saturninus. The denomination 383 for this year has been used…

383

Gennadius I

patriarch of Constantinople

Gennadius of Constantinople was the patriarch of Constantinople from August 458 until his death. Gennadius is known to have been a learned writer who followed the School of Antioch of literal exegesis, although few…

471

Constantine Podopagouros

Byzantine official

Constantine Podopagouros was a high-ranking Byzantine official and, with his brother Strategios, leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V.

766

Strategios Podopagouros

Byzantine general

Strategios Podopagouros was a Byzantine military commander, and with his brother Constantine, the leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V.

766

Dietrich of Haldensleben

German margrave

Dietrich of Haldensleben was a count in the Schwabengau, later also in the Nordthüringgau and the Derlingau, who was the first Margrave of the Northern March from 965 until the Great Slav Rising of 983. He also bore the…

985

Sisnando Davides

military leader

Sisnando Davides was a Mozarab nobleman and military leader of the Reconquista, born in Tentúgal, near Coimbra. He was a contemporary and acquaintance of El Cid, but his sphere of activity was in Iberia's southwest.

1091

Hugh III

Duke of Burgundy (born 1142)

Hugh III was Duke of Burgundy between 1162 and 1192. As duke, Burgundy was invaded by King Philip II and Hugh was forced to sue for peace. Hugh then joined the Third Crusade, distinguishing himself at Arsuf and Acre,…

1192

George Mouzalon

regent of the Empire of Nicaea

George Mouzalon was a high official of the Empire of Nicaea under Theodore II Laskaris.

1258

Louis IX of France (born 1214)

Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be canonised as a saint…

1270

Alphonso of Brienne (born c. 1225)

Alfonso of Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre, was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of León, born in Acre.

1270

Joan

Countess of Toulouse (born 1220)

Joan was Countess of Toulouse from 1249 until her death. She was the only child of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse by his first wife Sancha of Aragon.

1271

Thomas de Cantilupe

English bishop and saint (born 1218)

Thomas de Cantilupe was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. He has been noted as "an inveterate enemy of the Jews", and his demands that they be expelled from…

1282

Beatrice of Silesia

queen consort of Germany (born c. 1292)

Beatrice of Silesia was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch of Jawor-Świdnica and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen.

1322

Demasq Kaja

Chobanid

Demasq Kaja or Dimashq Khwāja was a member of the Chobanid family around the first quarter of the 14th century.

1327

Sir James Douglas

Scottish guerrilla leader (born 1286)

Sir James Douglas was a Scottish knight and feudal lord. He was one of the chief commanders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

1330

Henry de Cobham

1st Baron Cobham (born 1260)

Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham lord of the manor of Cobham, Kent and of Cooling, also in Kent, was an English peer.

1339

Andrea Orcagna

Italian painter, sculptor, and architect

Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the…

1368

Margaret of Anjou wife of Henry VI and Queen of England (born 1429)

Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453. Born in the Duchy of…

1482

William Catesby

supporter of Richard III (born 1450)

William Catesby was a principal councillor to Richard III of England. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons during Richard's reign. The Catesbys’ medieval wealth derived from…

1485

Thomas Howard

3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1473)

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was an English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. He was an uncle of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and…

1554

William IV

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (born 1532)

William IV of Hesse-Kassel, also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.

1592

Hosokawa Gracia

Japanese aristocrat and Catholic convert (born 1563)

Akechi Tama , usually referred to as Hosokawa Gracia , was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period. Gracia is best known for her role in the Battle of Sekigahara; Ishida Mitsunari attempted to…

1600

Ahmad al-Mansur

Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (born 1549)

Ahmad al-Mansur, also known as al-Dhahabī was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. Ahmad al-Mansur was an important figure in both Europe and…

1603

Nicholas Hyde

Lord Chief Justice of England (bornc. 1572)

Sir Nicholas Hyde was Lord Chief Justice of England.

1631

Thomas Dekker

English author and playwright (born 1572)

Thomas Dekker was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.

1632

Henry Morgan

Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1635)

Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner and, later, the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping on the…

1688

Christian V of Denmark (born 1646)

Christian V was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.

1699

Edward Villiers

1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1656)

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697. A leading…

1711

Carlos Seixas

Portuguese organist and composer (born 1704)

José António Carlos de Seixas was a pre-eminent Portuguese composer of the 18th century. An accomplished virtuoso of both the organ and the harpsichord, Seixas succeeded his father as the organist for Coimbra Cathedral…

1742

Niccolò Jommelli

Italian composer and educator (born 1714)

Niccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including reducing ornateness of…

1774

David Hume

Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711)

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of…

1776

Florimond Claude

Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (born 1727)

Florimond Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau was an Austrian diplomat, statesman of French noble ancestry, in the service of the Holy Roman Empire.

1794

Thomas Chittenden

Governor of the Vermont Republic, and first Governor of the State of Vermont (born 1730)

Thomas Chittenden was an American politician from Vermont, who was a leader of the territory for nearly two decades. He was the state's first and third governor, serving from 1778 to 1789—when it was a largely…

1797

Stephen Badlam

American artisan and military officer (born 1751)

Stephen Badlam was an American artisan and military officer. Raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Badlam was orphaned as a young child following the death of his father, a tavern-keeper and cabinetmaker. Badlam worked…

1815

James Watt

Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)

James Watt was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial…

1819

William Herschel

German-English astronomer and composer (born 1738)

Frederick William Herschel was a German–British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, he followed his…

1822

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Estonian physician and author (born 1803)

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country. He is the author of Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg.

1882

Zinovios Valvis

Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1791)

Zinovios Zafirios I. Valvis was a Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. Valvis was born in 1800 in Missolonghi. He first studied theology at the Theological School of Halki but switched to law, furthering his…

1886

William Champ

English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (born 1808)

William Thomas Napier Champ was a soldier and politician who served as the first Premier of Tasmania from 1856 to 1857. He was born in the United Kingdom.

1892

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of…

1900

Henri Fantin-Latour

French painter and lithographer (born 1836)

Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.

1904

Henri Becquerel

French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)

Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.

1908

Mary Tappan Wright

American novelist and short story writer (born 1851)

Mary Tappan Wright was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her acute characterizations and depictions of academic life. She was the wife of classical scholar John Henry Wright and the mother of…

1916

Nikolay Gumilyov

Russian poet and critic (born 1886)

Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. Nikolai…

1921

Mariano Álvarez

Filipino general and politician (born 1818)

Mariano Malia Álvarez was a Filipino revolutionary and statesman. He was the first Municipal President of Noveleta.

1924

Velma Caldwell Melville

American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (born 1858)

Velma Caldwell Melville was an American editor, and writer of prose and poetry from Wisconsin. She edited the Practical Farmer and the Wisconsin Farmer. Melville was one of the most voluminous writers of her time in…

1924

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Austrian field marshal (born 1852)

Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf, sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall and Chief of the General Staff of the…

1925

Frankie Campbell

American boxer (born 1904)

Frankie Campbell was an Italian-American boxer who fought professionally as a heavyweight. He won 33 of his 40 career fights, losing four, drawing twice, and fighting to a no-contest in another. Campbell was killed in…

1930

Dorothea Fairbridge

South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (born 1862)

Dorothea Ann Fairbridge referred as Dora Fairbridge was a South African author and co-founder of the Guild of Loyal Women.

1931

Juliette Adam

French author (born 1836)

Juliette Adam was a French author and feminist.

1936

Aleksandr Kuprin

Russian pilot, explorer, and author (born 1870)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet…

1938

Babe Siebert

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)

Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A left winger and defenceman, he played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Boston…

1939

Prince Jean

Duke of Guise (born 1874)

Jean d'Orléans was Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Jean III. He used the courtesy title of Duke of Guise.

1940

Prince George

Duke of Kent (born 1902)

Prince George, Duke of Kent, was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and a younger brother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. He served in the Royal Navy during the…

1942

John Birch

American soldier and missionary (born 1918)

John Morrison Birch was a United States Army Air Forces military intelligence captain, OSS field agent in China during World War II, as well as former Baptist minister and missionary. He was killed in a confrontation…

1945

Alfred Kinsey

American biologist and academic (born 1894)

Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for…

1956

Moonlight Graham

American baseball player and physician (born 1879)

Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was an American professional baseball player and physician who appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. His story was…

1965

Lao She

Chinese novelist and dramatist (born 1899)

Shu Qingchun, known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese writer of Manchu ethnicity, known for his vivid portrayal of urban life and his colorful use of the Beijing dialect, such as in the novel Rickshaw Boy and the…

1966

Stanley Bruce

Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1883)

Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne was an Australian politician, statesman and businessman who served as the eighth prime minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929. He held office as the leader of…

1967

Oscar Cabalén

Argentine race car driver (born 1928)

Oscar Cabalén, was an Argentine racing driver, mainly active in the Turismo Carretera series. He also took part in the Carrera Panamericana and the Mille Miglia, and was a reserve driver for the Formula One Argentine…

1967

Paul Muni

Ukrainian-born American actor (born 1895)

Paul Muni was an American stage and film actor from Chicago. He started his acting career in the Yiddish theater and during the 1930s, he was considered one of the most prestigious actors at the Warner Bros. studio and…

1967

George Lincoln Rockwell

American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (born 1918)

George Lincoln Rockwell was an American neo-Nazi activist and politician who founded the American Nazi Party (ANP) and became one of the most notorious white supremacists in the United States until his assassination in…

1967

Stan McCabe

Australian cricketer and coach (born 1910)

Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by Wisden as "one of Australia's greatest and most…

1968

Robert Cosgrove

Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (born 1884)

Sir Robert Cosgrove was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania. He held office for over 18 years, serving from 1939 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1958. His involvement in state…

1969

Tachū Naitō

Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (born 1886)

Tachū Naitō was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He was a father of earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting and observation towers, including the Tokyo Tower.

1970

Ted Lewis

American singer and clarinet player (born 1890)

Ted Lewis was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He was well known for his catchphrase "Is everybody happy?" He fronted a band and touring stage show that presented a combination of hot jazz,…

1971

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám

Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1875)

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for one month in 1919.…

1973

Eyvind Johnson

Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)

Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize…

1976

Károly Kós

Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (born 1883)

Károly Kós was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania.

1977

Stan Kenton

American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1911)

Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had…

1979

Gower Champion

American dancer and choreographer (born 1919)

Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.

1980

Nassos Kedrakas

Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1915)

Athanasios (Nassos) Kedrakas was a Greek actor.

1981

Anna German

Polish singer (born 1936)

Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska was a Polish singer (lirico-spinto), immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and the 1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as…

1982

Truman Capote

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1924)

Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, and he is regarded as one of the founders of…

1984

Viktor Chukarin

Ukrainian gymnast and coach (born 1921)

Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin was a Ukrainian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. He won eleven medals, including seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and was the all-around world champion in 1954.…

1984

Waite Hoyt

American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1899)

Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during 1918–1938. He was one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the…

1984

Art Rooney

American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)

Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr., often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football franchise in the National Football…

1988

Morley Callaghan

Canadian author and playwright (born 1903)

Edward Morley Callaghan was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality.

1990

Doug Stegmeyer

American bass player and producer (born 1951)

Douglas Alan Stegmeyer was an American musician who was best known as a bassist and back-up vocalist for Billy Joel. Stegmeyer also performed as bassist for Debbie Gibson and Hall & Oates.

1995

Lewis F. Powell

Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (born 1907)

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.

1998

Rob Fisher

English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1956)

Rob Fisher was an English keyboardist and songwriter from Cheltenham, England, who achieved chart success as a member of the new wave band Naked Eyes and, later, Climie Fisher. He attended Lord Wandsworth College in…

1999

Carl Barks

American author and illustrator (born 1901)

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked…

2000

Frederick C. Bock

American soldier and pilot (born 1918)

Frederick Carl Bock Jr was an American bomber pilot during World War II who took part in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.

2000

Jack Nitzsche

American pianist, composer, and producer (born 1937)

Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work…

2000

Allen Woody

American bass player and songwriter (born 1955)

Douglas Allen Woody was an American bass guitarist best known for his eight-year tenure in the Allman Brothers Band and as a co-founder of Gov't Mule.

2000

Aaliyah

American singer and actress (born 1979)

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model. Known as the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop", she is credited with helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop, and hip hop. Her…

2001

Carl Brewer

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1938)

Carl Thomas Brewer was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Brewer attended De La Salle College and Riverdale Collegiate Institute prior to his hockey career.

2001

Üzeyir Garih

Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (born 1929)

Üzeyir Garih was a Jewish Turkish engineer, businessman, writer and investor.

2001

Ken Tyrrell

English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (born 1924)

Robert Kenneth Tyrrell was a British Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.

2001

Dorothy Hewett

Australian author and poet (born 1923)

Dorothy Coade Hewett was an Australian playwright, poet and author. She wrote in a number of different literary styles: modernism, socialist realism, expressionism and avant garde. She was a member of the Australian…

2002

Tom Feelings

American author and illustrator (born 1933)

Tom Feelings was an American artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. Many of his books focus on African-American and African culture, such as To Be a Slave (1968), Jambo Means…

2003

Peter Glotz

Czech-German academic and politician (born 1939)

Peter Glotz was a German social democratic politician and social scientist.

2005

Noor Hassanali

Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1918)

Noor Mohamed Hassanali TC was a Trinidadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge, he was the first person of Indian descent…

2006

Benjamin Aaron

American lawyer and scholar (born 1915)

Benjamin Aaron was an American attorney, labor law scholar and civil servant. He is known for his work as an arbitrator and mediator, and for helping to advance the development of the field of comparative labor law in…

2007

Ray Jones

English footballer (born 1988)

Raymond Barry Bankote Jones was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. Jones spent his professional career at Queens Park Rangers, making his debut in the Football League Championship in April 2006.…

2007

Ahmad Faraz

Pakistani poet (born 1931)

Syed Ahmad Shah, better known by his pen name Ahmad Faraz, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz.…

2008

Kevin Duckworth

American basketball player (born 1964)

Kevin Jerome Duckworth was an American professional basketball player who played as center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Illinois, he played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois…

2008

Ted Kennedy

American politician (born 1932)

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior…

2009

Mandé Sidibé

Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1940)

Mandé Sidibé was Prime Minister of Mali from 2000 to 2002 and chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecobank from 2006 to 2009. He was also Director of the Malian branch of the Central Bank of West African States from…

2009

Lazar Mojsov

Macedonian politician (born 1920)

Lazar Mojsov was a Macedonian journalist, communist politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia.

2011

Florencio Amarilla

Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)

Florencio Amarilla Lacasa was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor.

2012

Neil Armstrong

American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and…

2012

Roberto González Barrera

Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)

Roberto González Barrera was a Mexican businessman. He was the chairman of Gruma, the largest producer of tortillas and corn flour in the world, and of Banorte, the largest Mexican-owned private bank in Mexico. Because…

2012

Donald Gorrie

Scottish politician (born 1933)

Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie OBE was a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 1999 to 2007, and sat in the British House of…

2012

Ciril Bergles

Slovene poet and translator (born 1934)

Ciril Bergles was a Slovene poet, essayist and translator. He published numerous collections of poetry and was also known for his translations of poetry, mostly by Spanish and South American authors, into Slovene.

2013

António Borges

Portuguese economist and banker (born 1949)

António Mendo de Castel-Branco do Amaral Osório Borges was a Portuguese economist and banker. He was also a Managing Director and International Adviser of Goldman Sachs.

2013

William Froug

American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)

William Froug was an American television writer and producer. His producing credits included the series The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, and Bewitched. He was a writer for, among other shows, The Dick Powell Show,…

2013

Liu Fuzhi

Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (born 1917)

Liu Fuzhi was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Minister of Public Security, and Minister of Justice.

2013

Raghunath Panigrahi

Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)

Suramani' Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi was an Odissi music Guru, vocalist, composer and music director. He is most known for his renditions of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda and his vocal support for his wife, the Odissi…

2013

Gylmar dos Santos Neves

Brazilian footballer (born 1930)

Gylmar dos Santos Neves, known simply as Gilmar, was a Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups. He was elected the best…

2013

William Greaves

American director and producer (born 1926)

William Garfield Greaves was an American filmmaker and actor. Trained at the Actors Studio, he worked as a stage and film actor but became disillusioned with the roles available to Black performers, and transitioned…

2014

Marcel Masse

Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)

Marcel Masse was a Canadian politician. He served as a Quebec MLA, federal MP and federal cabinet minister.

2014

Nico M. M. Nibbering

Dutch chemist and academic (born 1938)

Nicolaas Martinus Maria Nibbering was a Dutch chemist and mass spectrometrist. He was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the Thomson Medal and the Joannes Marcus Marci…

2014

Uziah Thompson

Jamaican-American drummer and producer (born 1936)

Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.

2014

Enrique Zileri

Peruvian journalist and publisher (born 1931)

Enrique Zileri Gibson was the publisher of Caretas (Masks), Peru's leading newsmagazine, which was cofounded by his mother Doris Gibson. He ran the magazine as "a symbol of resistance" against successive Peruvian…

2014

José María Benegas

Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)

José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small".

2015

Francis Sejersted

Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)

Francis Sejersted was a Norwegian history professor and the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 until 1995.

2015

Marvin Kaplan

American actor (born 1927)

Marvin Wilbur Kaplan was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who was best known as Henry Beesmeyer in Alice (1978–1985).

2016

Rich Piana

American bodybuilder (born 1971)

Richard Eugene Piana was an American bodybuilder, businessman, and YouTuber. He won the National Physique Committee (NPC) Mr. Teen California title in 1989, NPC Mr. California in 1998, and NPC competitions in 2003 and…

2017

John McCain

American politician (born 1936)

John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from…

2018

Ferdinand Piëch

Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)

Ferdinand Karl Piëch was an Austrian business magnate, engineer, and executive who held the positions of chairman of the executive board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, and chairman of…

2019

Mable John

American blues vocalist (born 1930)

Mable John was an American blues vocalist and the first female artist signed by Berry Gordy to Motown's Tamla label.

2022

Salim Al-Huss

Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)

Salim Ahmad al-Huss, also spelled Selim El-Hoss, was a Lebanese politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his hometown, Beirut. He was known as a technocrat.

2024

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Michael Faraday — English chemist and physicist (1791–1867)

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Death year1867

Known forHis main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis

Deaths on this date127 (79 – 2024)

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Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Wikipedia →

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Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation. Wikipedia →

2012

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so. Wikipedia →

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