Did you know
George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a right winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.
Notable Deaths on November 25
2005 — George Best
Northern Irish footballer (born 1946)
November 25 has 102 recorded notable deaths across history, from 311 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
102 source records
311 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on November 25
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- 1943 World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source
- 1783 American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Source
- 1491 The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada. Source
- 1975 Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'état by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime. Source
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Eleanor Audley had roles in live-action films, but was most active in radio programs such as My Favorite Husband as Liz Cooper's mother-in-law, Mrs.
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Thomas A. Hendricks also represented Shelby County, Indiana, in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944.
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Bill Foulkes scored a total of 9 goals in his 18 seasons at United and helped the club win four First Division titles, one FA Cup and one European Cup.
More major people who died on November 25
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1991
Eleanor Audley
American actress and voice artist (born 1905)
Eleanor Audley was an American actress with a distinctive voice and a diverse body of work.
1885
Thomas A. Hendricks
American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (born 1819)
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March 1885 until his death…
1944
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American lawyer and judge (born 1866)
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944.
2013
Bill Foulkes
English footballer and manager (born 1932)
William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half.
2006
Kenneth M. Taylor
American lieutenant and pilot (born 1919)
Kenneth Marlar Taylor was a United States Air Force officer and a flying ace of World War II.
1884
Hermann Kolbe
German chemist and academic (born 1818)
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe was a German chemist and academic, and a major contributor to the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a professor at Marburg and Leipzig.
2010
Alfred Balk
American journalist and author (born 1930)
Alfred Balk was an American reporter, nonfiction author and magazine editor who wrote groundbreaking articles about housing segregation, the Nation of Islam, the environment and Illinois politics.
1565
Hu Zongxian
Chinese general (born 1512)
Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the…
2008
Leonard Goodwin
British protozoologist (born 1915)
Leonard George Goodwin CMG FRS was a British protozoologist noted for his work on testing the effectiveness of chemical compounds in treating tropical diseases.
1694
Ismaël Bullialdus
French astronomer and mathematician (born 1605)
Ismaël Boulliau was a 17th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and Catholic priest, who was also interested in history, theology, classical studies, and philology.
1985
Geoffrey Grigson
English poet and critic (born 1905)
Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist.
1700
Stephanus Van Cortlandt
American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (born 1643)
Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688.
2006
Valentín Elizalde
Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1979)
Valentín Elizalde Valencia was a Mexican singer. Nicknamed "El Gallo de Oro", he specialized in Banda and regional mexican music and was known for his off-key style.
2010
Peter Christopherson
English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (born 1955)
Peter Martin Christopherson, also known as Sleazy, was an English musician, music video director, commercial artist, designer, and photographer.
1950
Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century.
1963
Alexander Marinesko
Russian lieutenant (born 1913)
Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet career naval officer.
1984
Yashwantrao Chavan
Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1913)
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short-lived Charan Singh ministry in 1979.
2016
Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011.
1185
Pope Lucius III (born 1097)
Pope Lucius III, born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned as head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185.