Died on
Who died on January 25
109 figures who shaped history died on January 25.
- 109deaths
- 66events
Best known
Best known
Gregory of Nazianzus
Archbishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381
Gaiseric
King of the Vandals and Alans (r. 428–477)
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
13th and penultimate Umayyad caliph in 744
Pope Gregory IV
Head of the Catholic Church from 827 to 844
Charles of Provence
Ruler of Provence and Lower Burgundy from 855 to 863
Emperor Yingzong of Song
Emperor of China from 1063 to 1067
Gregory of Nazianzus — Archbishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381, who died on January 25 390.
Gaiseric — King of the Vandals and Alans (r. 428–477), who died on January 25 477.
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid — 13th and penultimate Umayyad caliph in 744, who died on January 25 750.
Pope Gregory IV — Head of the Catholic Church from 827 to 844, who died on January 25 844.
Charles of Provence — Ruler of Provence and Lower Burgundy from 855 to 863, who died on January 25 863.
Emperor Yingzong of Song — Emperor of China from 1063 to 1067, who died on January 25 1067.
All entries
- 951MMa XiguangPrince of Chu from 947 to 951
- 1003LLothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark
- 1138AAntipope Anacletus IIAntipope from 1130 to 1138
- 1139
Godfrey I of LouvainCount of Louvain (c. 1060–1139) - 1366
Henry SusoGerman Dominican friar and writer - 1413MMaud de Ufford
- 1431
Charles II of LorraineDuke of Lorraine from 1390 to 1431 - 1492
Ygo Gales Galama
- 1494
Ferdinand I of NaplesKing of Naples from 1458 to 1494
- 1559
Christian II of DenmarkKing of Denmark and Norway from 1513 to 1523 - 1578
Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)Ottoman princess - 1586
Lucas Cranach the YoungerGerman Renaissance artist - 1640
Robert BurtonEnglish scholar and author - 1670
Nicholas Francis, Duke of LorraineDuke of Lorraine and Bar in 1634 - 1726
Guillaume DelisleFrench cartographer - 1733
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st BaronetBritish merchant and politician - 1742
Edmond HalleyEnglish astronomer, mathematician and physicist - 1751
Paul Dudley (jurist)American lawyer - 1852
Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenRussian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer - 1856
John Doubleday (restorer)British antiquities restorer (c. 1789 – 1856) - 1872
Richard S. EwellUnited States Army officer and Confederate general - 1881
Konstantin ThonRussian architect - 1884
Périclès PantazisGreek painter - 1891
Theo van Gogh (art dealer)Dutch art dealer - 1900
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-LangenburgDuchess of Schleswig-Holstein from 1869 to 1880 - 1907
René PottierFrench cyclist - 1908
OuidaEnglish novelist - 1908
Mikhail ChigorinRussian chess player - 1910
W. G. Read MullanAmerican Jesuit and academic - 1912
Dmitry MilyutinRussian general and noble - 1914
Frank Avery HutchinsAmerican educator, librarian and co-founder of the Wisconsin Library Association - 1925
Juan VucetichArgentine-Croatian police official - 1939CCharles Davidson DunbarBritish military musician
- 1947
Al CaponeAmerican gangster and businessman - 1949
Makino NobuakiJapanese politician - 1957
Ichizō KobayashiJapanese industrialist - 1957
Kiyoshi ShigaJapanese physician - 1958
Cemil TopuzluTurkish social democratic politician and a leading surgeon - 1958RRobert R. YoungAmerican financier and industrialist
- 1960
Diana BarrymoreAmerican actress - 1966
Saul AdlerIsraeli microbiologist - 1968LLouie Myfanwy ThomasWelsh writer
- 1968
Yvor WintersAmerican poet - 1970
Jane BathoriFrench mezzo-soprano - 1970
Eiji TsuburayaJapanese special effects director - 1971BBarry IIIGuinean politician
- 1972
Erhard MilchGerman general - 1975
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician - 1978
Skender KulenovićBosnian writer (1910-1978 - 1981
Adele AstaireAmerican dancer and entertainer - 1982
Mikhail SuslovSoviet statesman - 1985IIlias IliouGreek lawyer and politician
- 1987FFrank J. LynchAmerican politician
- 1988
Colleen MooreAmerican actress - 1990
Ava GardnerAmerican actress - 1991
Frank SooEnglish footballer - 1992MMir Khalil-ur-RehmanPakistani newspaper founder
- 1994
Stephen Cole KleeneAmerican mathematician - 1996
Jonathan LarsonAmerican composer, lyricist and playwright - 1997DDan Barry (cartoonist)American cartoonist
- 1999
Sarah Louise DelanyAfrican-American educator and civil rights activist - 1999
Robert Shaw (conductor)American conductor - 2001
Alice AmbroseAmerican philosopher, logician, and author - 2002JJ. Clifford BaxterEnron Corporation executive
- 2003SSheldon Reynolds (producer)American television producer
- 2003SSamuel WeemsAmerican lawyer
- 2004
Fanny Blankers-KoenDutch athlete - 2004
Miklós FehérHungarian footballer - 2005SStanisław AlbinowskiPolish economist, columnist, and journalist (born 1923)
- 2005
William Augustus BootleAmerican judge - 2005
Philip JohnsonAmerican architect - 2005MManuel Lopes (writer)Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist
- 2005
Netti Witziers-TimmerDutch sprinter - 2009
Eleanor F. HelinAmerican astronomer - 2009
Ewald KooimanDutch organist - 2009
Kim MannersAmerican television producer, director, and actor - 2010
Ali Hassan al-MajidIraqi military officer and politician - 2011
Vassilis ConstantakopoulosGreek entrepreneur - 2011
Vincent CroninBritish writer, editor and historian - 2012
Paavo BerglundFinnish conductor and violinist - 2012
Jacques Maisonrouge - 2012
Franco PaciniItalian astrophysicist - 2012
Robert SheranAmerican judge
- 2013
Martial AsselinCanadian politician - 2013KKevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer)Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (1929–2013
- 2013
Aase Nordmo LøvbergMusical artist - 2014
Arthur DoyleAmerican musician - 2014HHeini HalberstamBritish mathematician
- 2014
Dave StrackAmerican college sports coach and administrator - 2014
Morrie TurnerAmerican cartoonist - 2015JJohn LeggettAmerican writer
- 2015
Richard McBrienAmerican Catholic priest - 2015
Bill MonbouquetteAmerican baseball player - 2015
Demis RoussosGreek musician - 2017SStephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)American academic
- 2017
Robert Garcia (New York politician)American politician - 2017
John HurtEnglish actor - 2017
Harry MathewsAmerican author - 2017
Marcel Prud'hommeCanadian politician - 2017
Mary Tyler MooreAmerican actress and television producer - 2018
Neagu DjuvaraRomanian historian
- 2024
Sanath NishanthaSri Lankan politician - 2025
Gloria RomeroFilipino actress and model
Frequently asked questions
Who died on January 25?
109 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 25, including Gregory of Nazianzus, Gaiseric, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on January 25?
66 documented historical events happened on January 25, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Francis I, a great-great-grandson of Charles V, was crowned king of France in the Reims Cathedral. On the same day, in another year: Anne Boleyn (depicted), already pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, secretly married Henry VIII of England in the second of his six marriages. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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