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Elijah Muhammad was an American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1933 until his death in 1975.
Notable Deaths on February 25
1975 — Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (born 1897)
February 25 has 74 recorded notable deaths across history, from 806 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
74 source records
806 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on February 25
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- 1947 The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932. Source
- 1986 People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president. Source
- 1933 Launch of the USS Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy. Source
- 1951 The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón. Source
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These include the First Opium War and the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion which nearly brought down the dynasty.
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Rhodes, Carol Ashby in the pilot episode of the 90's remake of Fantasy Island, and appeared in several made-for-TV movies such as Nurses on the Line (1993), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993), Bionic Ever After?
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Albrecht von Wallenstein's successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of his death.
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In his romantic work Lalla Rookh (1817), in which these same themes are explored in an elaborate orientalist allegory, Moore achieved wider critical recognition and popularity.
More major people who died on February 25
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1850
Daoguang Emperor of China (born 1782)
The Daoguang Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanzong of Qing, personal name Minning, was the seventh emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper.
2022
Farrah Forke
American actress (born 1968)
Farrah Rachael Forke was an American actress best known for her roles as Alex Lambert on the NBC sitcom Wings and Mayson Drake on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
1634
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Austrian general and politician (born 1583)
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on the Catholic side as supreme commander…
1852
Thomas Moore
Irish poet and lyricist (born 1779)
Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist. Widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard", his fame and reputation rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies.
2020
Dmitry Yazov
last Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1924)
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August coup, four months…
1877
Jung Bahadur Rana
Nepalese ruler (born 1816)
Jung Bahadur Rana,, was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817–1877).
1547
Vittoria Colonna
marchioness of Pescara (born 1490)
Vittoria Colonna, Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet.
1953
Sergei Winogradsky
Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (born 1856)
Sergei Nikolaevich Winogradsky (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Виноградский; Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Виноградський; 13 September [O.S.
1910
Worthington Whittredge
American painter and educator (born 1820)
Thomas Worthington Whittredge was an American artist of the Hudson River School.
1971
Theodor Svedberg
Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
Theodor Svedberg was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge. Svedberg was active at Uppsala University from the mid-1900s to late 1940s.
1934
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
American botanist and academic (born 1857)
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was an American botanist, bryologist, and educator. She and her husband, Nathaniel Lord Britton, played a significant role in the fundraising and creation of the New York Botanical Garden.
1756
Eliza Haywood
English actress and poet (born 1693)
Eliza Haywood, was an English writer, actress and publisher. An increase in interest and recognition of Haywood's literary works began in the 1980s.
2015
Ariel Camacho
Mexican musician and singer-songwriter; (born 1992)
José Ariel Camacho Barraza was a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter. He predominantly performed regional Mexican music, mainly corridos.
2008
Hans Raj Khanna
Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (born 1912)
Hans Raj Khanna was an Indian judge, jurist and advocate who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and attempted to uphold civil liberties during the time of Emergency in India in a lone dissenting judgement…
1998
W. O. Mitchell
Canadian author and playwright (born 1914)
William Ormond Mitchell was a Canadian writer and broadcaster.
1723
Christopher Wren
English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (born 1632)
Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England.
1996
Haing S. Ngor
Cambodian-American physician and author (born 1940)
Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist.
1636
Santorio Santorio
Italian biologist (born 1561)
Santorio Santorio whose real name was Santorio Santori better known in English as Sanctorius of Padua was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor, who introduced the quantitative approach into the life…
1928
William O'Brien
Irish journalist and politician (born 1852)
William O'Brien was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United…