Famous Deaths on August 25

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1980)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)

Pakistani writer (1931–2008)

Israeli composer (1910–2008)

Colombian photographer

Russian scientist and author (1930-2003) whose most significant work was accomplished in collaboration with Eremei Parnov, also a trained scientist

Cuban artist

American politician (1833-1914)

New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician (1848-1933)

Iranian politician

Austrian politician (1871-1948)

Belarus Israeli journalist, linguist and author (1873–1951)

Swedish writer (1900–1976)

Canadian painter, illustrator, printmaker (1891-1973)

Bulgarian composer (1871–1942)

British civil engineer

Norwegian architect

Mexican artist (1891-1964)

Australian hymnwriter (1830-1865)

Swiss painter (1784–1846)

Chilean soldier

Moroccan Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1549-1603) (r.1578-1603)

German scientist

King of Burma

Japanese waka poet