Notable Deaths on June 25

Michel Foucault

1984 — Michel Foucault

French historian and philosopher (born 1926)

June 25 has 121 recorded notable deaths across history, from 635 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

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Notable Deaths 121 source records 635 – 2024

Major events on June 25

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  1. 1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland. Source
  2. 1978 The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Source
  3. 1992 Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware. Source
  4. 2022 The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge. Source

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Paul-Michel Foucault, known as Michel Foucault, was a French philosopher and historian of ideas who analyzed the relationships between power, knowledge, and liberty, and how they are used as a form of social control through institutions.

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In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana.

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A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas, most famously including The Three Musketeers (1844).

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Navy and Air Force veteran, was convicted in two trials, sentenced to death, waived all appeals, and was executed by lethal injection in 1990 — the first person executed by that method in Arkansas.

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Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, known as Simon IV de Montfort and as Simon de Montfort the Elder, was a French nobleman and knight of the early 13th century.

More major people who died on June 25

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

2024 Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs
American actor (born 1934)
Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was an American actor, known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker…
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1673 Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan
Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan
French captain (born 1611)
Charles de Batz de Castelmore, also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan, was a French soldier who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard.
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1990 Ronald Gene Simmons
Ronald Gene Simmons
American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was an American spree killer and former military serviceman who perpetrated an attack that killed 16 people, including 14 members of his own family, over a week in December 1987 in Arkansas.
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1218 Simon de Montfort
Simon de Montfort
5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (born 1160)
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, known as Simon IV de Montfort and as Simon de Montfort the Elder, was a French nobleman and knight of the early 13th century.
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2011 Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Tyzack
English actress (born 1931)
Margaret Maud Tyzack was an English actress. Her television roles included The Forsyte Saga (1967) I, Claudius (1976), George Lucas's Young Indiana Jones (1992–1993) and EastEnders (2011).
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1876 Myles Keogh
Myles Keogh
Irish-American officer (born 1840)
Myles Walter Keogh was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a…
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1483 Anthony Woodville
Anthony Woodville
2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator (born 1440)
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer. He was the brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville who married King Edward IV.
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1715 Jean-Baptiste du Casse
Jean-Baptiste du Casse
French admiral and politician (born 1646)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Jean-Baptiste du Casse was a French Navy officer, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of Saint-Domingue from 1691 to 1700.
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1337 Frederick III
Frederick III
king of Sicily (born 1272)
Frederick III ; 13 December 1272 – 25 June 1337) was the regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1291 until 1295 and subsequently King of Sicily from 1295 until his death.
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2010 Alan Plater
Alan Plater
English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)
Alan Frederick Plater was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.
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1835 Ebenezer Pemberton
Ebenezer Pemberton
American educator (born 1746)
Ebenezer Pemberton was an American educator and 2nd Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1786 to 1793.
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1671 Giovanni Battista Riccioli
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
Italian priest and astronomer (born 1598)
Giovanni Battista Riccioli was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order.
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2009 Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958)
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century.
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1767 Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer and theorist (born 1681)
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works.
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1134 Niels
Niels
king of Denmark (born 1065)
Niels was the King of Denmark from 1104 to 1134. Niels succeeded his brother Eric Evergood and is presumed to have been the youngest son of King Sweyn II Estridson.
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1937 Colin Clive
Colin Clive
British actor (born 1900)
Colin Glenn Clive was a British actor. Known for portraying individualistic, tumultuous characters which often mirrored his personal life, he is most famous for his role as Dr.
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1876 Thomas Custer
Thomas Custer
American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)
Thomas Ward Custer was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War.
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1906 Stanford White
Stanford White
American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853)
Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century.
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2008 Lyall Watson
Lyall Watson
South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)
Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature.
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