People who died in 2025
70 people remembered here.
Jane Goodall1934 – 2025 · Primatologist and conservationistWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
264 candles · 12 tributes
Frank Gehry1929 – 2025 · ArchitectPritzker-winning architect who reshaped cities with Bilbao, Disney Hall, and fearless form.
252 candles · 11 tributes
Giorgio Armani1934 – 2025 · Fashion designerMaster of soft power dressing who made Italian elegance feel modern, calm, and human.
245 candles · 12 tributes
José Mujica1935 – 2025 · PoliticianLived simply so others might live freely.
245 candles · 11 tributes
David Baltimore1938 – 2025 · Molecular biologistNobel virologist who proved RNA can make DNA and remade biology.
234 candles · 12 tributes
Michelle Trachtenberg1985 – 2025 · American actressDawn forever; Georgina forever; still taller in our hearts.
217 candles · 16 tributes
Mario Vargas Llosa1936 – 2025 · NovelistNobel Boom novelist who mapped power, liberty, and Peru for the world.
208 candles · 18 tributes
David Lynch1946 – 2025 · Film directorEagle Scout. Missoula, Montana. Keep your eye on the donut.
182 candles · 17 tributes
Roberta Flack1937 – 2025 · SingerSoft-storm virtuoso who made Killing Me Softly and First Time Ever into forever.
169 candles · 13 tributes
Connie Francis1937 – 2025 · SingerFirst woman to top the Hot 100; Who's Sorry Now to Pretty Little Baby; voice, resilience, 200 million records.
126 candles · 23 tributes
Tony Harrison1937 – 2025 · PoetPublic poet of Leeds: verse for page, stage and screen.
98 candles · 8 tributes
Jilly Cooper1937 – 2025 · AuthorQueen of the British bonkbuster; wit, horses, dogs, and joyous mischief.
95 candles · 7 tributes
David Johansen1950 – 2025 · SingerProto-punk Doll who kept reinventing New York, from glam chaos to Hot Hot Hot.
91 candles · 7 tributes
Mark Volman1947 – 2025 · MusicianHappy Together harmonies, Flo & Eddie mischief, and teaching the next roomful of musicians.
83 candles · 8 tributes
Angie Stone1961 – 2025 · Singer-songwriterHip-hop pioneer and neo-soul voice forever.
82 candles · 7 tributes
Sally Kirkland1941 – 2025 · ActressOscar-nominated force of nature who turned grit, glamour and Anna into lasting indie legend.
68 candles · 9 tributes
Flaco Jiménez1939 – 2025 · AccordionistSan Antonio's accordion king who carried conjunto to the world
68 candles · 4 tributes
Christoph von Dohnányi1929 – 2025 · ConductorPrecision, conscience, and the Cleveland sound.
64 candles · 5 tributes
Jules Feiffer1929 – 2025 · CartoonistPulitzer and Oscar satirist who drew America's neuroses for decades.
57 candles · 5 tributes
Sandra Peña2011 – 2025 · StudentA Seville teenager whose death forced Spain to confront school bullying.
43 candles · 7 tributes- LLinda Sykes† 2025
Linda Sykes died on 24 December 2025; the inquest into her death continues.
10 candles · 1 tributes 
Udo Kier1944 – 2025 · Actor and voice actorCult icon of more than 200 films, from Warhol's Dracula to Lars von Trier, who made every villain unforgettable.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Ace Frehley1951 – 2025 · GuitaristThe Spaceman. Founding lead guitarist of Kiss, a self-taught Bronx kid whose smoking Les Paul inspired a generation to play.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Kimberly Hébert Gregory1972 – 2025 · Actress (theatreVice Principals' Dr. Belinda Brown; stage and screen artist who founded Black Rebirth Collective for Black women in theatre.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Loni Anderson1945 – 2025 · American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)WKRP's Jennifer Marlowe who made the glamorous receptionist the smartest person in the room
10 candles · 1 tributes
Jenisa Marie Garland† 2025Beloved wife of 29 years and mother of three, remembered for her privacy and her love.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Robert A. M. Stern1939 – 2025 · American architectArchitect, Yale dean and historian who shaped RAMSA and New York's skyline.
9 candles · 1 tributes- SStefanie Pieper† 2025
Austrian beauty influencer and makeup artist from Graz, remembered by the community she built online.
9 candles · 1 tributes 
Roman Maksymyuk1974 – 2025 · Footballer (midfielder)Cup-final scorer, Ukraine international and volunteer soldier who went to the front at the call of his heart.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Jimmy Cliff1944 – 2025 · SingerReggae pioneer who carried Jamaica's sound to the world.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Greg Josephson† 2025Co-founder of Universal Store, devoted husband and father, remembered for warmth and generosity.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Anne Madden le Brocquy1932 – 2025 · PainterIrish painter who found the bones of the Burren and turned grief into light.
7 candles · 1 tributes
John Searle1932 – 2025 · PhilosopherPhilosopher who showed that syntax is not semantics, and that minds are biological.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Terence Stamp1938 – 2025 · Actor and authorBilly Budd, General Zod, Bernadette. The East End boy whose stillness the camera loved for six decades.
7 candles · 1 tributes- RRyan J. Piezonka1993 – 2025 · Transit worker
A gentle soul who loved flying and helping others.
7 candles · 1 tributes 
Brigitte Bardot1934 – 2025 · ActressFrench screen icon who left stardom to fight for animals, and made Saint-Tropez and the bikini part of world culture.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Jacqueline 'Mimi' Torres-Garcia† 2025An 11-year-old girl failed by the adults who were supposed to protect her.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Nooran Rezayi† 2025 · High-school studentA Longueuil teenager whose death at 15 forced Quebec to keep asking for answers.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Jahari Stegall† 2025A Cleveland teenager whose life was cut short by gun violence at 17.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Adan Manzano1997 – 2025 · Sports anchor and reporter (Telemundo Kansas CityA rising star who brought the Chiefs and Kansas City sports to Spanish-speaking fans.
6 candles · 1 tributes