Notable Deaths on January 25

Q: Who died on January 25?

Notable people who died on January 25 include: Gregory Nazianzus, Gaiseric, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Pope Gregory IV (born 795), Charles of Provence.

Q: What is Stephen Cole Kleene known for?

Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1909)

1994 — Stephen Cole Kleene

American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1909)

January 25 has seen 109 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 390 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 25 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 109 people 390 – 2025

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He also invented regular expressions in 1951 to describe McCulloch-Pitts neural networks, and made significant contributions to the foundations of mathematical intuitionism.

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Stephen Cole Kleene was an American mathematician and logician

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A number of mathematical concepts are named after him: Kleene hierarchy, Kleene algebra, the Kleene star, Kleene's recursion theorem and the Kleene fixed-point theorem

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Kleene's work grounds the study of computable functions

Gregory Nazianzus

theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (born 329)

Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Saint Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinople from 380 to 381. He is widely…

390

Gaiseric

king of the Vandals (born 389)

Gaiseric, also known as Geiseric or Genseric was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477 AD. He ruled over the Vandal kingdom and migrated the kingdom to North Africa, playing a key role in the decline of the…

477

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid

Umayyad caliph

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph, and a son of Caliph al-Walid I. He ruled from 4 October 744 to 4 December 744. He was the penultimate Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.

750

Pope Gregory IV (born 795)

Pope Gregory IV was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from October 827 to his death on 25 January 844. His pontificate was notable for the papacy’s attempts to intervene in the quarrels between Emperor…

844

Charles of Provence

Frankish king (born 845)

Charles of Provence or Charles of Burgundy was a Carolingian king and ruler of Provence and Lower Burgundy from 855 until his early death in 863.

863

Ma Xiguang

ruler of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)

Ma Xiguang, courtesy name Depi (德丕), was the fourth ruler of the Chinese Ma Chu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

951

Lothair I

Margrave of the Nordmark

Lothair I was Margrave of the Nordmark from about 983 until his death. He was also a member of Saxon nobility as Count of Derlingau and of Nordthüringgau.

1003

Emperor Yingzong of Song (born 1032)

Emperor Yingzong of Song, personal name Zhao Shu, was the fifth emperor of the Song dynasty of China. His original personal name was Zhao Zongshi but it was changed to "Zhao Shu" in 1062 by imperial decree. He reigned…

1067

Antipope Anacletus II

Anacletus II, born Pietro Pierleoni, was an antipope who ruled in opposition to Pope Innocent II from 1130 until his death in 1138. After the death of Pope Honorius II, the college of cardinals was divided over his…

1138

Godfrey I

Count of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI)

Godfrey I, called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129. He was also Margrave…

1139

Henry Suso

German priest and mystic (born 1300)

Henry Suso, OP was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century. An important author in both Latin and Middle High German, he is also notable for defending Meister Eckhart's…

1366

Maud de Ufford

Countess of Oxford (born 1345)

Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford was a wealthy English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford. Her only child was Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, the favourite of King Richard II. In 1404 in…

1413

Charles II

Duke of Lorraine (born 1364)

Charles II, called the Bold was the Duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and Constable of France from 1418 to 1425.

1431

Ygo Gales Galama

Frisian warlord and rebel (born 1443)

Ygo Gales Galama was a 15th-century Frisian warlord and Galama-patriarch.

1492

Ferdinand I of Naples (born 1423)

Ferdinand I, also known as Ferrante, was king of Naples from 1458 to 1494.

1494

Christian II of Denmark (born 1481)

Christian II, a monarch under the Kalmar Union, reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513 until 1523. He was briefly King of Sweden from 1520 until 1521. As king of Denmark and Norway, he was concurrently Duke of…

1559

Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1522)

Mihrimah Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife, Hürrem Sultan. According to historian Mustafa Selaniki, she was the most powerful imperial princess in…

1578

Lucas Cranach the Younger

German painter (born 1515)

Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach.

1586

Robert Burton

English physician and scholar (born 1577)

Robert Burton was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopaedic The Anatomy of Melancholy.

1640

Nicholas Francis

Duke of Lorraine (born 1612)

Nicholas Francis, also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation. He was therefore…

1670

Guillaume Delisle

French cartographer (born 1675)

Guillaume Delisle, also spelled Guillaume de l'Isle, or Guillelmo Delille was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas.

1726

Sir Gilbert Heathcote

1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (born 1652)

Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1733. He also served as the governor of the Bank of England and was Lord…

1733

Edmond Halley

English astronomer (born 1656)

Edmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.

1742

Paul Dudley

American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1675)

Paul Dudley, FRS was an American lawyer who served as the Massachusetts Attorney General. He was the son of colonial governor Joseph Dudley and grandson of one of the colony's founders, Thomas Dudley.

1751

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (born 1778)

Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He participated in the…

1852

John Doubleday

British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer

John Doubleday was a British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer in antiquities who was employed by the British Museum for the last 20 years of his life. He undertook several duties for the museum, not least as a witness…

1856

Richard S. Ewell

American general (born 1817)

Richard Stoddert Ewell was an American military officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively…

1872

Konstantin Thon

Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (born 1794)

Konstantin Andreyevich Thon or Ton was a Russian architect who was one of the most notable architects during the reign Nicholas I. His major works include the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Grand Kremlin Palace…

1881

Périclès Pantazis

Greek-Belgian painter (born 1849)

Périclès Pantazis was a major Greek impressionist painter of the 19th century who gained a great reputation as an artist initially in Belgium.

1884

Theo van Gogh

Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (born 1857)

Theodorus van Gogh was a Dutch art dealer and a younger brother of Vincent van Gogh. His support of his older brother's artistic ambitions and well-being allowed Vincent to devote himself entirely to painting. As an art…

1891

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1835)

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 July 1835 – 25 January 1900) was the Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg by marriage to Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

1900

René Pottier

French cyclist (born 1879)

René Pottier was a French racing cyclist.

1907

Ouida

English-Italian author (born 1839)

Maria Louise Ramé, going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida, was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately…

1908

Mikhail Chigorin

Russian chess player and theoretician (born 1850)

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times. The last great player of the Romantic chess style, he also served as a major…

1908

W. G. Read Mullan

American Jesuit and academic (1860)

William George Read Mullan, SJ, was an American Jesuit and academic who served as President of Boston College from 1898 to 1903 and President of Loyola University Maryland from 1907 to 1908.

1910

Dmitry Milyutin

Russian field marshal and politician (born 1816)

Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin was a Russian military historian and politician who served as the minister of war from 1861 to 1881. He was also the last Russian general field marshal (1898). He was responsible for…

1912

Frank Avery Hutchins

American librarian and educator (born 1851)

Frank Avery Hutchins was an American educator and librarian. He was one of the founders of the Wisconsin Library Association and the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.

1914

Juan Vucetich

Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (born 1858)

Juan Vucetich Kovacevich was an Argentine-Croatian anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of dactyloscopy.

1925

Charles Davidson Dunbar

Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (born 1870)

Charles Davidson Dunbar, DCM was the first pipe major to be commissioned as a pipe officer in Britain and the British Empire. He emigrated from Scotland to Canada, where he came to be called "Canada's greatest military…

1939

Al Capone

American gangster and mob boss (born 1899)

Alphonse Gabriel Capone, sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925…

1947

Makino Nobuaki

Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1861)

Count Makino Nobuaki, also Makino Shinken , was a Japanese politician and imperial court official. As Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, Makino served as Emperor Hirohito's chief counselor on the monarch's position…

1949

Ichizō Kobayashi

Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (born 1873)

Ichizō Kobayashi , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō (逸翁), was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as…

1957

Kiyoshi Shiga

Japanese physician and bacteriologist (born 1871)

Kiyoshi Shiga was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He had a well-rounded education and career that led to many scientific discoveries. In 1897, Shiga was credited with the discovery and identification of the…

1957

Cemil Topuzlu

Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (born 1866)

Professor Cemil Topuzlu, also known as Cemil Pasha, was a Turkish social democratic politician who served two terms as mayor of Istanbul. During his time in office he oversaw major developments in the city, including…

1958

Robert R. Young

American businessman and financier (born 1897)

Robert Ralph Young was an American financier and industrialist. He is best known for leading the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the New York Central Railroad during and after World War II. He was a brother-in-law of…

1958

Diana Barrymore

American actress (born 1921)

Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe was an American film and stage actress.

1960

Saul Adler

Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (born 1895)

Saul Adler OBE FRS was an Israeli expert on parasitology.

1966

Louie Myfanwy Thomas

Welsh writer (born 1908)

Louie Myfanwy Thomas was a Welsh author best known for her work under the pseudonym Jane Ann Jones.

1968

Yvor Winters

American poet and literary critic (born 1900)

Arthur Yvor Winters was an American poet and literary critic.

1968

Jane Bathori

French soprano (born 1877)

Jane Bathori was a French mezzo-soprano. She was famous on the operatic stage and important in the development of contemporary French music.

1970

Eiji Tsuburaya

Japanese director and producer (born 1901)

Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the…

1970

Barry III

Guinean lawyer and politician (born 1923)

Ibrahima Barry, popularly known as Barry III, was a Guinean politician. He was the leader of the political party Socialist Democracy of Guinea (DSG).

1971

Erhard Milch

German field marshal (born 1892)

Erhard Milch was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe who oversaw its founding and development during the rearmament of Germany and most of World War II. Milch served as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry…

1972

Charlotte Whitton

Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (born 1896)

Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Canadian social…

1975

Skender Kulenović

Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (born 1910)

Skender Kulenović was a Bosnian writer.

1978

Adele Astaire

American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1896)

Adele Astaire Douglass was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger…

1981

Mikhail Suslov

Russian economist and politician (born 1902)

Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov was a Soviet politician. In addition to serving as the Central Committee's longtime Secretary of Ideology, he held office as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from…

1982

Ilias Iliou

Greek jurist and politician (born 1904)

Ilias Iliou was a Greek lawyer and politician, member of the Greek Parliament and leader of the United Democratic Left (EDA). He was also a distinguished writer and jurist.

1985

Frank J. Lynch

American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1922)

Frank J. Lynch was a lawyer, judge, and legislator from Pennsylvania.

1987

Colleen Moore

American actress (born 1899)

Colleen Moore was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era and continued into the early sound film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable stars of the era and helped popularize the…

1988

Ava Gardner

American actress (born 1922)

Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946…

1990

Frank Soo

English footballer and manager (born 1914)

Frank Soo was an English professional football player and manager of mixed Chinese and English parentage. He was the first player of Chinese origin to play in the English Football League, and the first player of an…

1991

Mir Khalil ur Rehman

Founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers (born 1927)

Mir Khalil ur Rahman was a Pakistani newspaper editor and founder of the Jang Group of Newspapers, which currently publishes several Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. A self-made newspaper magnate, he ranks among…

1992

Jonathan Larson

American playwright and composer (born 1960)

Jonathan David Larson was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder,…

1996

Dan Barry

American author and illustrator (born 1923)

Daniel Barry was an American cartoonist. Beginning in comic books during the 1940s with Leonard Starr, Stan Drake and his brother Sy Barry, he helped define and exemplify a particular kind of "New York Slick" style…

1997

Sarah Louise Delany

American author and educator (born 1889)

Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral history biography, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100…

1999

Robert Shaw

American conductor (born 1916)

Robert Lawson Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. He was known for drawing public…

1999

Alice Ambrose

American philosopher and logician (born 1906)

Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz was an American philosopher, logician, and author.

2001

Cliff Baxter

employee at Enron (born 1958)

John Clifford "Cliff" Baxter was an Enron Corporation executive who resigned in May 2001 before committing suicide the following year. Prior to his death he had agreed to testify before Congress in the Enron scandal.

2002

Sheldon Reynolds

American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1923)

Sheldon Reynolds was an American television producer best known for his involvement in the Sherlock Holmes franchise.

2003

Samuel Weems

American lawyer and author (born 1936)

Samuel A. Weems was an American lawyer. His personal conduct and misconduct allegations made him the subject of substantial scrutiny. An Armenian genocide denialist, he wrote Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian"…

2003

Fanny Blankers-Koen

Dutch runner and hurdler (born 1918)

Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the…

2004

Miklós Fehér

Hungarian footballer (born 1979)

Miklós "Miki" Fehér was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a striker.

2004

Stanisław Albinowski

Polish economist and journalist (born 1923)

Stanisław Józef Albinowski was a Polish economist, columnist and journalist on economics.

2005

William Augustus Bootle

American lawyer and judge (born 1902)

William Augustus Bootle was an American attorney and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia noted for helping oversee desegregation in the Southern United…

2005

Philip Johnson

American architect, designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (born 1906)

Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison…

2005

Manuel Lopes

Cape Verdean author and poet (born 1907)

Manuel António de Sousa Lopes was a Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist. With Baltasar Lopes da Silva and Jorge Barbosa he was a founder of the journal Claridade, which contributed to the rise of Cape Verdean…

2005

Netti Witziers-Timmer

Dutch runner (born 1923)

Jeannette Josephina Maria "Netti" Witziers-Timmer was a Dutch sprinter. In 1944 she was a member of the Dutch teams that set world records in the 4 × 110 yard and 4 × 200 m relays. Two years later she won a European…

2005

Eleanor F. Helin

American astronomer (born 1932)

Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

2009

Ewald Kooiman

Dutch organist and educator (born 1938)

Ewald Kooiman, was a Dutch organist. He studied organ in Amsterdam with Piet Kee and with Jean Langlais in Paris. In addition, he was professor of Romance languages.

2009

Kim Manners

American director and producer (born 1951)

Kim Manners was an American television producer and director best known for his work on The X-Files and Supernatural.

2009

Ali Hassan al-Majid

Iraqi general and politician, Iraqi Minister of Defence (born 1941)

Colonel General Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti, was an Iraqi military officer and politician under Saddam Hussein who served as defense minister, interior minister, and chief of the General Security. He was also the…

2010

Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (born 1935)

Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos was, a Greek captain, shipowner and entrepreneur.

2011

Vincent Cronin

Welsh historian and author (born 1924)

Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin (Cronogue) FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette,…

2011

Paavo Berglund

Finnish violinist and conductor (born 1929)

Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund was a Finnish conductor and violinist.

2012

Jacques Maisonrouge

French businessman (born 1924)

Jacques Gaston Maisonrouge was a French businessman who became chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation. He was born in 1924 at Cachan to Paul and Suzanne Maisonrouge. He graduated from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et…

2012

Franco Pacini

Italian astrophysicist and academic (born 1939)

Franco Pacini was an Italian astrophysicist and professor at the University of Florence. He carried out research, mostly in High Energy Astrophysics, in Italy, France, United States and at the European Southern…

2012

Robert Sheran

American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916)

Robert Joseph Sheran was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Wendell Anderson, serving from December 1973 to December 1981. He previously…

2012

Martial Asselin

Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1924)

Joseph Ferdinand Martial Asselin was a Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1990–1996).

2013

Kevin Heffernan

Irish footballer and manager (born 1929)

Kevin Heffernan was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played as a left corner-forward at senior level for the Dublin county team.

2013

Aase Nordmo Løvberg

Norwegian soprano and actress (born 1923)

Aase Nordmo Løvberg was a Norwegian opera singer. Dagbladet called her "one of Norway's greatest opera singers." For many years she sang with Jussi Björling, and she also sang under renowned conductors such as Herbert…

2013

Arthur Doyle

American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (born 1944)

Arthur Doyle was an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinettist, flutist, and vocalist who was best known for playing what he called "free jazz soul music". Writer Phil Freeman described him as having "one of the…

2014

Heini Halberstam

Czech-English mathematician and academic (born 1926)

Heini Halberstam was a Czech-born British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He is remembered in part for the Elliott–Halberstam conjecture from 1968.

2014

Dave Strack

American basketball player and coach (born 1923)

David Hessong Strack was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head basketball coach at the University of Michigan. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

2014

Morrie Turner

American cartoonist (born 1923)

Morris Nolton Turner was an American cartoonist. He was creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with a racially integrated cast of characters.

2014

John Leggett

American author and academic (born 1917)

John Ward Leggett was an American writer who served as the third director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop from 1970 to 1987.

2015

Richard McBrien

American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936)

Richard Peter McBrien was a Catholic priest, theologian, and writer who was the Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Indiana. He authored twenty-five books, including…

2015

Bill Monbouquette

American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

William Charles Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1958–65), Detroit Tigers (1966–67), New…

2015

Demis Roussos

Egyptian-Greek singer (born 1946)

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos was an Egyptian-born Greek musician. As a band member, he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire…

2015

Stephen P. Cohen

Canadian academic (born 1945)

Stephen Philip Cohen was a scholar on Middle Eastern affairs. In 1979, he founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development and served as president of that institute. The Institute is based at the Graduate…

2017

Robert Garcia

American politician (born 1933)

Robert Garcia was a United States representative from 1978 to 1990. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1965 and the New York State Senate in 1967, and then served in Congress from 1978 to 1990. From 1978…

2017

John Hurt

English actor (born 1940)

Sir John Vincent Hurt was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation and described as having the "most distinctive voice in Britain", he was referred to by David Lynch as "simply the…

2017

Harry Mathews

American novelist and poet (born 1930)

Harry Mathews was an American writer, the author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays. Mathews was also a translator of the French language.

2017

Marcel Prud'homme

Canadian politician (born 1934)

Marcel Prud'homme, was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada.

2017

Mary Tyler Moore

American actress and producer (born 1936)

Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her television roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), which "helped define a…

2017

Neagu Djuvara

Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916)

Neagu Bunea Djuvara was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.

2018

Sanath Nishantha

Sri Lankan politician (born 1975)

Sanath Nishantha Perera, more commonly known as Sanath Nishantha, was a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of parliament and a Minister of State. He was elected from the Puttalam District in 2015 and 2020, and…

2024

Gloria Romero

Filipino actress (born 1933)

Gloria Romero was an American-born Filipino actress. Regarded as the "Queen of Philippine Cinema", she has appeared in more than 300 film and television productions throughout her career that spanned seven decades. She…

2025

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Stephen Cole Kleene — American mathematician (1909–1994)

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Known forOne of the students of Alonzo Church, Kleene, along with Rózsa Péter, Alan Turing, Emil Post, and others, is best known as a founder of the branch of mathematical logic known as recursion theory, which subsequently helped to provide the foundations of theoretical computer science

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A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people. Wikipedia →

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A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Wikipedia →

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