22 notable people died on August 25, including James Cronin, Rainer Weiss, Ahmad al-Mansur.
21st Century
7 deaths
James Cronin
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1980)
Rainer Weiss
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)
Ahmad Faraz
poetwriter
Pakistani writer (1931–2008)
Josef Tal
academic musiciancomposer
Israeli composer (1910–2008)
Nereo López
journalistphotographer
Colombian photographer
MY
Mikhail Yemtsev
chemistscience fiction writer
Russian scientist and author (1930-2003) whose most significant work was accomplished in collaboration with Eremei Parnov, also a trained scientist
PO
Pedro de Oraá
graphic artistopinion journalist
Cuban artist
20th Century
9 deaths
George Malcolm Thomson
biologistbotanical collector
New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician (1848-1933)
Olga Rudel-Zeynek
journalistpolitician
Austrian politician (1871-1948)
Hemda Ben-Yehuda
journalistlexicographer
Belarus Israeli journalist, linguist and author (1873–1951)
Ali-Asghar Hekmat
diplomatpolitician
Iranian politician
Eyvind Johnson
film directorfilm screenwriter
Swedish writer (1900–1976)
Rodolphe Duguay
draftspersonillustrator
Canadian painter, illustrator, printmaker (1891-1973)
Panayot Pipkov
actorcomposer
Bulgarian composer (1871–1942)
Francis Spring
civil engineer
British civil engineer
AM
Adolfo Best Maugard
film directorpainter
Mexican artist (1891-1964)
19th Century
2 deaths
William Fowler
hymnwriterknife maker
Australian hymnwriter (1830-1865)
Irene Morales Infante
soldiervivandière
Chilean soldier
17th Century
2 deaths
Ahmad al-Mansur
military leadermonarch
Moroccan Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1549-1603) (r.1578-1603)
David Gans
astrologerastronomer
German scientist
13th Century
1 death
Narapatisithu
monarch
King of Burma
10th Century
1 death
Japanese waka poet
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