Best known
Best known
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Founder of China's Tang Dynasty
Niels, King of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1104 to 1134
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
French nobleman and leader of the Albigensian Crusade (c. 1175–1218)
Eleanor of Provence
Queen of England from 1236 to 1272
Frederick III of Sicily
King of Sicily from 1295 to 1337
Dorothea of Montau
Anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia
Emperor Gaozu of Tang — Founder of China's Tang Dynasty, who died on June 25 635.
Niels, King of Denmark — King of Denmark from 1104 to 1134, who died on June 25 1134.
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester — French nobleman and leader of the Albigensian Crusade (c. 1175–1218), who died on June 25 1218.
Eleanor of Provence — Queen of England from 1236 to 1272, who died on June 25 1291.
Frederick III of Sicily — King of Sicily from 1295 to 1337, who died on June 25 1337.
Dorothea of Montau — Anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia, who died on June 25 1394.
All entries
- 841GGerard, Count of AuvergneFrankish noble (died 841)
- 841RRicwin of Nantes
- 891SSunderolt
- 931
An Chonghui - 1014ÆÆthelstan ÆthelingEldest son of King Æthelred the Unready
- 1031EEmperor Shengzong of LiaoEmperor of the Liao dynasty from 982 to 1031
- 1483
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl RiversEnglish noble, courtier, and writer (c. 1440–1483)
- 1483RRichard GreyEnglish knight (c. 1457–1483)
- 1522
Franchinus GaffuriusItalian music theorist and composer - 1533
Mary Tudor, Queen of FranceQueen of France from 1514 to 1515 - 1579
Hatano HideharuHead of the Hatano clan
- 1593
Michele MercatiItalian physician - 1634
John Marston (playwright)English poet, playwright, and satirist - 1638
Juan Pérez de Montalbán - 1665
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of AustriaArchduke of Further Austria - 1669
François de Vendôme, duc de BeaufortDuke of Beaufort - 1671
Giovanni Battista RiccioliItalian astronomer and priest - 1673
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'ArtagnanFrench captain of musketeers - 1686
Simon UshakovRussian icon painter (c. 1626–1686) - 1715
Jean-Baptiste du CasseFrench Navy officer, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator
- 1767
Georg Philipp TelemannGerman Baroque composer - 1798
Thomas SandbyEnglish painter - 1822
E. T. A. HoffmannGerman author - 1835
Ebenezer PembertonAmerican educator - 1838
François-Nicolas-Benoît HaxoFrench general - 1861
Abdülmecid ISultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 to 1861 - 1866
Alexander von NordmannFinnish biologist - 1868
Carlo MatteucciItalian politician and physicist - 1870
David HeatonAmerican politician - 1875
Antoine-Louis BaryeFrench sculptor - 1876
James Calhoun (soldier)American soldier - 1876
Boston CusterSoldier and brother of George Armstrong Custer - 1876
George Armstrong CusterUnited States cavalry commander - 1876
Thomas CusterAmerican soldier and Medal of Honor recipient - 1876
Myles KeoghIrish-American military officer - 1882
François JouffroyFrench sculptor - 1884
Hans RottAustrian composer - 1886
Jean-Louis BeaudryCanadian entrepreneur and politician - 1894
Sadi Carnot (statesman)President of France from 1887 to 1894 - 1906
Stanford WhiteAmerican architect - 1912
Lawrence Alma-TademaDutch-born British painter - 1916
Thomas EakinsAmerican artist - 1917
Géza GyóniHungarian writer - 1918
Jake BeckleyAmerican baseball player - 1922
Satyendranath DuttaBengali poet and rhymer - 1937
Colin CliveEnglish actor - 1939
Richard SeamanBritish racing driver - 1943AArthur Goldstein20th-century German journalist and communist politician
- 1944
Dénes BerinkeyHungarian jurist and politician - 1944
Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)Mexican singer - 1947
Jimmy Doyle (boxer)American boxer who died in the ring - 1948
William C. LeeUS Army general - 1949
Buck FreemanAmerican baseball player - 1949
James Steen (water polo)American water polo player - 1950
Muiris Ó SúilleabháinIrish author - 1958
Alfred NoyesEnglish poet - 1959
Charles StarkweatherAmerican spree killer - 1960
Tommy CorcoranAmerican baseball player - 1968
Tony HancockEnglish comedian and actor - 1971
John Boyd OrrBritish teacher - 1972
Jan MatulkaCzech-American artist - 1974
Cornelius LanczosHungarian-American mathematician - 1976
Johnny MercerAmerican lyricist, songwriter, singer - 1977
Olave Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-PowellFirst Chief Guide for Britain - 1977
Endre SzervánszkyHungarian composer - 1979
Dave FleischerAmerican film director and producer - 1979
Philippe HalsmanAmerican photographer - 1981
Felipe Cossío del Pomar - 1983
Alberto GinasteraArgentine composer - 1984
Michel FoucaultFrench philosopher - 1988
Hillel SlovakIsraeli-American musician - 1990
Ronald Gene SimmonsAmerican mass murderer - 1992
Jerome BrownAmerican football player - 1995
Warren E. BurgerChief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 - 1995
Ernest WaltonIrish physicist - 1996
Arthur SnellingBritish civil servant and diplomat - 1997
Jacques CousteauFrench oceanographer and author - 1999
Fred TrumpAmerican real estate developer - 2002JJean CorbeilCanadian politician
- 2003
Lester MaddoxAmerican politician from Georgia - 2004MMorton CouttsNew Zealand inventor
- 2005
John FiedlerAmerican actor - 2005KKâzım KoyuncuTurkish musical artist
- 2006
Jaap PenraatDutch resistance fighter - 2007JJ. Fred DuckettAmerican sports journalist
- 2007JJeeva (director)Indian film director
- 2008
Lyall WatsonSouth African biologist - 2009
Farrah FawcettAmerican actress
- 2009
Michael JacksonAmerican singer - 2009
Sky SaxonAmerican singer - 2010
Alan PlaterEnglish playwright and screenwriter - 2010RRichard B. Sellars
- 2011
Annie EasleyAmerican mathematician and rocket scientist - 2011GGoff RichardsCornish brass band arranger and composer
- 2011
Margaret TyzackBritish actress - 2012
Shigemitsu DandōJapanese legal scholar - 2012CCampbell GilliesScottish National Hunt jockey
- 2012GGeorge Randolph Hearst Jr.American businessman
- 2012
Lucella MacLeanCanadian baseball player - 2012EEdgar Ross (boxer)American boxer
- 2013
George Burditt (writer)American television writer and producer - 2013
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- 2013HHarry Parker (rower)American rower and rowing coach
- 2013MMildred Ladner ThompsonAmerican journalist, writer and columnist
- 2013GGreen Wix UnthankAmerican judge
- 2014NNigel CalderBritish science writer
- 2014
Ana María MatuteSpanish author - 2014
Ivan PlyushchUkrainian politician - 2015
Patrick MacneeBritish-American actor
- 2015
Nerses Bedros XIX TarmouniHead of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 to 2015 - 2016AAdam SmallSouth African writer
- 2023
Simon CreanAustralian politician - 2024
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121 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 25, including Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Niels, King of Denmark, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester. 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.
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