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The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
August
11
10
- Yuri Butusov, 63, Russian theatre director, drowning.[1]
- Kunishige Kamamoto, 81, Japanese Hall of Fame footballer (Yanmar Diesel, national team) and politician, MP (1995–2001).[2]
9
- Mahmoud Farshchian, 95, Iranian painter, pneumonia.[3]
- Ivan Krasko, 94, Russian actor (The Prince and the Pauper, A Beautiful Stranger, Afghan Breakdown), People's Artist of Russia (1992), cancer.[4]
- Stanislao Loffreda, 93, Italian friar, biblical scholar, and archaeologist.[5]
- Mun Ki-nam, 77, North Korean-born South Korean football player (Rodongja, North Korea national team) and manager (North Korea national team).[6]
- Audu Ogbeh, 78, Nigerian politician, minister of agriculture (2015–2019).[7]
- Theodoros Pallas, 75, Greek footballer (Aris, Olympiacos, national team).[8]
- Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, Japanese boxer, brain injury.[9]
- Zhu Liang, 101, Chinese politician, head of the International Department of the CCP (1985–1993) and director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC (1993–1998).[10]
8
- Mohammed Al Manea, 95, Kuwaiti actor.[11]
- León Balter, 97, Argentine journalist.[12]
- Eugenio Baena Calvo, 71, Colombian journalist, cardiac complications.[13]
- Judy Bailey, 89, New Zealand-Australian pianist.[14]
- Arlindo Cruz, 66, Brazilian singer-songwriter and samba musician (Fundo de Quintal).[15]
- Gérard Fayolle, 87, French politician, president of the General Council of Dordogne (1992–1994), senator (1997–1998).[16]
- Grass Wonder, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, multiple organ failure.[17]
- Avraham Gulik, 91, Israeli marine geologist and oceanographer.[18]
- Terry Hennessey, 82, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, national team).[19]
- Estanislao Esteban Karlic, 99, Argentine Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Paraná (1986–2003).[20]
- Peter Lester, 70, New Zealand sailor and broadcaster, heart attack.[21]
- Jaume Obrador Soler, 84–85, Spanish social activist.[22]
- Jamal Al-Qadiri Al-Boutchichi, 82–83, Moroccan murshid, leader of Budshishiyya (since 2017).[23]
- Julián Riera, 84, Spanish footballer (RCD Espanyol, UE Sant Andreu).[24]
- Tico Rodríguez Paz, 85, Argentine journalist.[25]
- Sayed Sadiq, 80, Egyptian actor.[26]
- Michal Stiborek, 57, Czech economist and manager, director of the IKEM (2019–2023).[27]
- Kotofuji Takaya, 60, Japanese sumo wrestler.[28]
- Félix Torres, 93, Puerto Rican baseball player (Los Angeles Angels).[29]
- Ari Varjus, 66, Finnish composer and lyricist.[30]
- William H. Webster, 101, American jurist and intelligence officer, director of the FBI (1978–1987) and CIA (1987–1991), chairman of the HSAC (2005–2020).[31]
- Leo Windtner, 74, Austrian football administrator, president of the Austrian Football Association (2009–2021).[32]
7
- Ümit Aktan, 76, Turkish sports commentator, journalist and author.[33]
- Ramón Bayés, 94, Spanish psychologist.[34]
- Brandon Blackstock, 48, American talent manager (Kelly Clarkson), cancer.[35]
- François Chaslin, 76, French architect.[36]
- Juan Chavetta, 55, Argentine illustrator and writer, cancer.[37]
- Choy Weng Yang, 95, Singaporean artist and curator.[38]
- Jasem Delavari, 38, Iranian boxer, cancer.[39]
- Nemanja Đurić, 89, Serbian basketball player (Crvena zvezda, Reyer Venezia) and coach (Crvena zvezda).[40]
- Lucia Efrim, 57, Romanian journalist.[41]
- Rosa Gauditano, 70, Brazilian photographer, heart attack.[42]
- Heinz Hardt, 88, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1970–2005).[43]
- Maria Kuzhuget, 70, Russian Tuvan poet, writer, and translator.[44]
- Jim Lovell, 97, American astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13).[45]
- Manolete, 68, Spanish journalist.[46]
- Dionysios Mantalos, 72, Greek Orthodox prelate, metropolitan bishop of Corinth (since 2006), cancer.[47]
- Ibrahim Musa, Nigerian politician, senator (2011–2015).[48]
- Myint Swe, 74, Burmese politician, acting president (since 2021), first vice-president (since 2016), and chief minister of Yangon Region (2011–2016), complications from Parkinson's disease.[49]
- Osvaldo Piro, 88, Argentine bandoneonist and conductor.[50]
- Jean-Louis Riguet, 78, French writer.[51]
- Mykola Tabola, 72, Ukrainian oncologist.[52]
6
- Mario Agüero, 68, Argentine roller hockey player.[53]
- Đorđe Andrijašević, 94, Serbian basketball player (Crvena zvezda, Pallacanestro Pavia) and coach (Olympique Antibes).[54]
- Gianni Berengo Gardin, 94, Italian photographer (Morire di classe).[55]
- Volodymyr Bilotserkovets, 25, Ukrainian footballer (Zorya Luhansk).[56]
- Sallie Bingham, 88, American author, stroke.[57]
- Franco Casella, Venezuelan politician, deputy (2016–2021), heart attack.[58]
- Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa, 97, Portuguese academic and jurist, president of the Corporative Chamber (1973–1974).[59]
- Alain de Dieuleveult, 99, French historian.[60]
- Mustafa Demir, 64, Turkish architect and politician, MP (2002–2015), minister of public works and housing (2009–2011), and mayor of Samsun (2019–2024).[61]
- Peter Elliott, 81, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne (2007–2018).[62]
- Stanislav Filipenko, 87, Ukrainian circus artist.[63]
- Carlos Lemos, 100, Brazilian architect.[64]
- Jon Miyahara, 83, American actor (Superstore).[65]
- Ruslan Mamiy, 89, Russian scientist.[66]
- Arif Mammadov, 47, Azerbaijani karateka.[67]
- Suleiman Obeid, 41, Palestinian footballer (Shabab Al-Am'ari, national team), shot.[68]
- Vladimir Osolnik, 77, Slovenian historian and translator.[69]
- Eddie Palmieri, 88, American pianist and composer.[70]
- Sylvio Perlstein, Belgian-Brazilian art collector.[71]
- Andrés Sanfuentes, 85, Chilean economist.[72]
- Santos Beloki, 89, Spanish Franciscan priest and bertsolaritza singer.[73]
- Aida Tağızada, 91, Azerbaijani academic and musicologist.[74]
- Anatoliy Tomkiv, 71, Ukrainian writer and journalist.[75]
- Leonid Yandakov, 91, Russian journalist and playwright.[76]
- Notable Ghanaian politicians killed in the Ghanaian Air Force Z-9 helicopter crash:
- Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, 50, minister for environment, science, technology and innovation (since 2025) and MP (since 2021)[77]
- Limuna Mohammed Muniru, 57, Northern regional minister[78]
- Edward Omane Boamah, 51, minister for communications (2013–2017) and defence (since 2025)[79]
- Samuel Sarpong, 67, Ashanti regional minister[80]
5
- Doyin Abiola, 82, Nigerian journalist and editor.[81]
- Selçuk Alagöz, 81, Turkish singer.[82]
- Santhosh Balaraj, 38, Indian actor (Kempa, Ganapa, Kariya 2), complications from jaundice.[83]
- Lina Bina, 24, American pornographic actress, blood clot.[84]
- Minnie Lou Bradley, 93, American Hall of Fame cattle rancher.[85]
- Yevgeny Chyorny, 90, Russian geologist.[86]
- Salvador Chuliá Hernández, 81, Spanish composer.[87]
- Jorge Costa, 53, Portuguese football player (Porto, national team), manager (AVS) and executive, cardiac arrest.[88]
- Keïta Fatoumata Diallo, 82, Malian archivist, first lady (1962–1968).[89]
- Alexandr Grishin, 47, Russian sports commentator.[90]
- Tomohiko Hashimoto, 47, Japanese professional wrestler (DDT), cancer.[91]
- Ion Iliescu, 95, Romanian politician, president (1989–1996, 2000–2004), state councillor (1979–1980), and five-time MP, lung cancer.[92]
- Col Joye, 89, Australian Hall of Fame singer and business manager (Bee Gees, Andy Gibb).[93]
- Shinobu Kameyama, 56, Japanese actor.[94]
- Glorya Kaufman, 95, American philanthropist.[95]
- Ove Kindvall, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, Feyenoord, national team).[96]
- Nancy King, 85, American jazz singer.[97]
- Parviz Koozehkanani, 96, Iranian footballer (Taj, Bayer Leverkusen, national team).[98]
- Enrico Lanzi, 72, Italian football player (Perugia, Campobasso, Paganese) and manager.[99]
- Leonard Lopate, 84, American radio personality (WKCR, WNYC), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[100]
- Jay Lorsch, 92, American business theorist.[101]
- Satya Pal Malik, 79, Indian politician, MP (1980–1991), governor of Jammu and Kashmir (2018–2019) and Meghalaya (2020–2022), kidney disease.[102]
- Enriqueta Maroni, 98, Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo).[103]
- Morton Meyerson, 87, American computer industry executive, namesake of Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.[104]
- Frank Mill, 67, German footballer (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, West Germany national team), world champion (1990), complications from a heart attack.[105]
- Oleksandr Mukhin, 82, Ukrainian cinematographer and writer.[106]
- Mykola Nechyporuk, 72, Ukrainian scientist.[107]
- Kenth Olsson, 79, Swedish hurdler (IFK Helsingborg).[108]
- Luis Ortiz Quiroga, 91, Chilean lawyer.[109]
- Krastyo Ralenkov, 60, Bulgarian poet, cancer.[110]
- Angelo Maria Ricci, 79, Italian comics artist (Diabolik, Martin Mystère, Tiramolla).[111]
- Snyder Rini, 77, Solomon Islands politician, prime minister (2006), MP (since 1997).[112]
- Vladimir Safronov, 84, Russian actor.[113]
- Calvin Seerveld, 94, American academic.[114]
- Mick Tilse, 67, Australian rugby league player (Canberra Raiders).[115]
- Lloyd A. Williams, 80, American community leader, prostate cancer.[116]
- Ofer Yaakobi, 64, Israeli basketball player (Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, national team).[117]
- Shidrak Yousif, 83, Iraqi footballer (national team).[118]
- Boris Yukhananov, 67, Russian theatre director, heart failure.[119]
- Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, 85, Italian jurist, justice of the European Court of Human Rights (2001–2010).[120]
4
- Marco Bonamico, 68, Italian basketball player (Virtus Bologna, Mens Sana Siena), Olympic silver medallist (1980).[121]
- Tor Åge Bringsværd, 85, Norwegian writer.[122]
- Wolfgang Buresch, 84, German puppeteer.[123]
- Laurent Chu Văn Minh, 81, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Hanoi (2008–2019).[124]
- Dominique Collignon-Maurin, 76, French actor.[125]
- Don Connellan, 51, Irish Gaelic football player (Roscommon) and manager (Moycullen).[126]
- Roland Courteau, 82, French politician, senator (1980–2020).[127]
- Miloš Dvořák, 86, Czech actor.[128]
- M. Harun-Ar-Rashid, 75, Bangladeshi military officer, chief of army staff (2000–2002), brain haemorrhage.[129]
- Sir Leo Hielscher, 98, Australian public servant, namesake of Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges.[130]
- Mike Hill, 86, American golfer (Senior PGA Tour).[131]
- Arnfinn Hofstad, 91, Norwegian oil and paper industry executive, CEO of Norske Skog (1982–1994) and acting chairman of Statoil (1996).[132]
- Billy Howton, 95, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys).[133]
- Cho-yun Hsu, 94, Taiwanese-American historian and Sinologist.[134]
- Leland Kleinsasser, 90, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1981–1988).[135]
- Else Lidegaard, 92, Danish journalist (DR).[136]
- Jane Morgan, 101, American singer ("Fascination", "The Day the Rains Came", "Two Different Worlds").[137]
- Mario Moronta, 76, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Los Teques (1995–1999) and San Cristóbal (1999–2024).[138]
- George Morrison, 102, Irish documentary filmmaker.[139]
- Talgat Musabayev, 74, Kazakh cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-32) and politician, senator (2017–2023).[140]
- Antonio Oteiza, 99, Spanish sculptor.[141]
- Itamar Prat, 92, Israeli poet.[142]
- Terry Reid, 75, English rock singer (Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers).[143]
- Derlis Rodríguez, 45, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, deputy (since 2023), heart attack.[144]
- Shanawas, 71, Indian actor (Aasha, Mylanji, Irattimadhuram).[145]
- Eldar Shengelaia, 92, Georgian film director (The White Caravan, Unusual Exhibition, Blue Mountains) and politician, MP (1990–2004).[146]
- Song Young-gyu, 55, South Korean actor.[147]
- Shibu Soren, 81, Indian politician, four-time MP, three-time chief minister of Jharkhand and three-time minister of coal.[148]
- Peter Temin, 87, American economist and economic historian.[149]
- James Whale, 74, British radio personality (Radio Aire, Talksport, talkRADIO) and television presenter, kidney cancer.[150]
- Wang Yousheng, 97, Chinese engineer.[151]
3
- Fajar Adriyanto, 55, Indonesian air force officer and pilot, plane crash.[152]
- Elchin Afandiyev, 82, Azerbaijani writer and politician.[153]
- György Alexa, 67, Hungarian politician, MP (2006–2010).[154]
- M. Shamsher Ali, 87, Bangladeshi astrophysicist and academic administrator, president of the BAS (2004–2012), vice-chancellor of BOU (1992–1996) and SEU (2002–2010).[155]
- Satyapal Anand, 94, Indian-American poet and writer.[156]
- Loni Anderson, 79, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati, All Dogs Go to Heaven, A Night at the Roxbury).[157]
- Nando Angelini, 91, Italian actor (Bloody Pit of Horror, The Seventh Grave, The Three Faces).[158]
- Sam Backo, 64, Australian rugby league player (Canberra Raiders, Brisbane Broncos, national team), melioidosis.[159]
- Lori Cannon, 74, American LGBT activist and AIDS awareness advocate.[160]
- Federico Caputi, 75, Italian football player (Taranto FC, Latina, Pescara) and manager.[161]
- Elmira Gevorgyan, 93, Armenian physician.[162]
- François Gouges, 83, French pétanque player.[163]
- Sylvain Hanquez, 67, French footballer (Abbeville).[164]
- Rhoda Kalema, 96, Ugandan politician, MP (1994–1996).[165]
- Kiril Kavadarkov, 81, Bulgarian actor.[166]
- Jane Lancaster, 89, American anthropologist.[167]
- Fritz Lobinger, 96, German Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Aliwal (1987–2004).[168]
- Giuseppe Malandrino, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Acireale (1979–1998) and Noto (1998–2007).[169]
- Ulrich Potofski, 73, German sports journalist and television presenter.[170]
- Dame Stella Rimington, 90, British intelligence officer, director general of MI5 (1992–1995).[171]
- Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer, 82, British trade unionist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1998).[172]
- Ercole Spada, 88, Italian car designer (Alfa Romeo 2600, Volvo GTZ, Ford GT70).[173]
- Deoroop Teemal, 69, Trinidadian politician, senator (since 2018).[174]
- Asher Watkins, 52, American trophy hunter, buffalo attack.[175]
2
- Julio Alcázar, 82, Spanish-Venezuelan actor (Marielena, Toda mujer, Sabor a ti).[176]
- Jean-Pierre Allali, 85, Tunisian-born French academic, writer, and journalist.[177]
- Ross Ariffin, 63, Malaysian composer and record producer.[178]
- Oleksandr Berestianyi, 70, Ukrainian poet.[179]
- Michal Blažek, 69, Czech sculptor.[180]
- Uta-Renate Blumenthal, 89, German-born American medievalist.[181]
- Madhan Bob, 71, Indian actor (Magalir Mattum, Gopura Deepam, Ayya) and comedian, cancer.[182]
- Dedi Borowitz, 84, Israeli businessman.[183]
- Gérard Chaillou, 79, French actor (Caméra Café).[184]
- Tõnis Erilaid, 81, Estonian journalist.[185]
- Norman Eshley, 80, English actor (George and Mildred, See No Evil, Brookside), cancer.[186]
- Walker Evans, 86, American racing driver (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series).[187]
- Charlie Flannagan, 91, Australian footballer (Richmond).[188]
- José Roberto Guzzo, 82, Brazilian journalist (Veja), heart attack.[189]
- Sona Hüseynova, 100, Azerbaijani politician, deputy.[190]
- Peter Juratovec, 73, Slovenian television director (Radiotelevizija Slovenija).[191] (death announced on this date)
- Juan Lecuona, 69, Argentine painter.[192]
- Kelley Mack, 33, American actress (The Walking Dead), glioma.[193]
- Edson Peri, 97, Brazilian Olympic water polo player (1952).[194]
- Vladimir Popov, 63, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1988).[195]
- Jim Redpath, 88, Canadian mining engineer.[196]
- Hays Hamilton Rockwell, 88, American Episcopal prelate, bishop of Missouri (1992–2002).[197]
- Zdenko Roter, 98, Slovenian sociologist.[198] (death announced on this date)
- M. K. Sanu, 96, Indian writer and literary critic, pneumonia.[199]
- Anwar Seyidov, 76, Azerbaijani lawyer.[200]
- Maurício Silveira, 48, Brazilian actor (Insensato Coração), cancer.[201]
- Howie Tee, 61, English-born American DJ and record producer.[202]
- Ariovaldo Umbelino de Oliveira, 78, Brazilian geographer.[203]
- Dmitry Vasilyev, 61, Russian herpetologist.[204]
- Peter Veselovský, 60, Slovak ice hockey player (TJ VSŽ Košice, Hockey Club de Caen, Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák).[205]
- Hilary Weston, 83, Irish-Canadian fashion industry executive (Selfridges) and lieutenant governor of Ontario (1997–2002).[206]
1
- Rahaman Ali, 82, American boxer.[207]
- Arif Babayev, 87, Azerbaijani singer.[208]
- Vasanthi Devi, 86, Indian academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (1992–1998), cardiac arrest.[209]
- Daniel Divinsky, 83, Argentine lawyer and publisher (Ediciones de la Flor).[210]
- Fleg, 62, Canadian editorial cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.[211]
- Romano Forleo, 91, Italian politician, senator (1993–1994).[212]
- Frank Grimes, 78, Irish actor (A Bridge Too Far, Strumpet City, Coronation Street).[213]
- Linda Hodes, 94, American dancer.[214]
- Maryam Hosseinian, 50, Iranian writer.[215]
- Jonathan Kaplan, 77, American film and television director (The Accused, Over the Edge, ER), liver cancer.[216]
- Tanel Kerikmäe, 55, Estonian lawyer.[217]
- Koji Kinutani, 82, Japanese Yōga painter.[218]
- Ira Lember, 99, Estonian writer.[219]
- John Robert Middlemas, 89, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1966–1970).[220]
- Jack Morava, 80, American mathematician.[221]
- Dariush Mostafavi, 80, Iranian football player (national team) and executive, chairman of Persepolis (2008–2009) and the IRIFF (1994–1997).[222]
- Aribert Munzner, 95, German-American abstract painter.[223]
- Kalabhavan Navas, 51, Indian actor (Hitler Brothers, Junior Mandrake, Mattupetti Machan) and comedian.[224]
- José Paes, 79, Brazilian-born Ecuadorian footballer (Portuguesa, Barcelona, Ecuador national team).[225]
- David Roach, 59, American singer (Junkyard), cancer.[226]
- Glòria Rognoni, 81, Spanish actress, playwright and theatre director.[227]
- Jeannie Seely, 85, American singer ("Don't Touch Me", "I'll Love You More (Than You Need)", "Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You"), intestinal infection.[228]
- Yuri Yeryomin, 81, Russian theatre director.[229]
- Zhou Heng, 95, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[230]
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