January 25th
200 Notable deaths
Rutland Boughton
British composer (1878–1960).
Born January 23rd, 1878 in Aylesbury.
Died January 25th, 1960 at 82 years old in London.
Nahuel Moreno
Argentine activist (1924–1987).
Born April 24th, 1924 in América.
Died January 25th, 1987 at 62 years old in Buenos Aires.
Nikola Koljević
Serbian politician and scholar (1936-1997).
Born June 9th, 1936 in Banja Luka.
Died January 25th, 1997 at 60 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Rodney Soher
Bobsledder (1893–1983).
Born November 27th, 1893 in Brighton.
Died January 25th, 1983 at 89 years old in City of Westminster.
Eleanor F. Helin
American astronomer (1932-2009).
Born November 19th, 1932 in Pasadena.
Died January 25th, 2009 at 76 years old
Dámaso Alonso
Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic.
Born October 22nd, 1899 in Madrid.
Died January 25th, 1990 at 90 years old in Madrid.
James Paterson
Scottish landscape and portrait painter (1854-1932).
Born August 21st, 1854 in Blantyre.
Died January 25th, 1932 at 77 years old in Edinburgh.
Proby Thomas Cautley
British palaeontologist (1802-1871).
Born January 3rd, 1802 in Suffolk.
Died January 25th, 1871 at 69 years old in London Borough of Lewisham.
Edmond Aman-Jean
French painter (1858-1936).
Born November 13th, 1858 in Chevry-Cossigny. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1936 at 77 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Georgios Theotokis
Prime minister of greece (1844-1916).
Born February 22nd, 1844 in Corfu.
Died January 25th, 1916 at 71 years old in Athens.
Zurab Sakandelidze
Soviet georgian basketball player (1945–2004).
Born August 9th, 1945 in Kutaisi.
Died January 25th, 2004 at 58 years old in Tbilisi.
Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay
Brazilian writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist and nobleman (1843-1899).
Born February 22nd, 1843 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died January 25th, 1899 at 55 years old in Rio de Janeiro (diabetes).
Nadezhda Udaltsova
Russian painter (1885–1961).
Born January 10th, 1886 in Oryol.
Died January 25th, 1961 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Robin Coombs
Immunologist (1921-2006).
Born January 9th, 1921 in London.
Died January 25th, 2006 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
Skender Kulenović
Bosnian writer (1910–1978).
Born September 2nd, 1910 in Bosanski Petrovac.
Died January 25th, 1978 at 67 years old in Belgrade.
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Norwegian-american physiologist (1915–2007).
Born November 24th, 1915 in Trondheim. [ref]
Died January 25th, 2007 at 91 years old in Durham.
Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky)
Metropolitan of kyiv and gallich (1915–1918), metropolitan of moscow (1898–1912).
Born January 1st, 1848 in Morshansky Uyezd.
Died January 25th, 1918 at 70 years old in Kyiv.
Wang Jiaxiang
Leader of the chinese communist party (1906-1974).
Born August 15th, 1906 in Jing County.
Died January 25th, 1974 at 67 years old
Gyula Sax
Hungarian chess grandmaster (1951–2014).
Born June 18th, 1951 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 25th, 2014 at 62 years old (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Chico Borja
American soccer player-coach.
Born August 24th, 1959 in Quito.
Died January 25th, 2021 at 61 years old in Plantation (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Elias Parish Alvars
English harpist and composer (1808-1849).
Born February 28th, 1808 in Teignmouth.
Died January 25th, 1849 at 40 years old in Vienna (pneumonia).
Concepcion Picciotto
Us american peace activist (1936-2016).
Born January 15th, 1936 in Santiago de Compostela.
Died January 25th, 2016 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
Rudi Glöckner
German football referee (1929–1999).
Born March 20th, 1929 in Markranstädt. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1999 at 69 years old in Markranstädt.
Konstantin Umansky
Soviet diplomat (1902-1945).
Born May 14th, 1902 in Mykolaiv. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1945 at 42 years old in Mexico (aircraft crash). [ref]
Ahatanhel Krymsky
Ukrainian academic (1871–1942).
Born January 15th, 1871 in Volodymyr.
Died January 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Kostanay.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.