August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 357 – Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
- 450 – Pulcheria becomes empress of the Byzantine Empire after her brother Theodosius II is killed during an hunting accident. She marries the Illyrian (or Thracian) senator Marcian who is crowned as emperor.
- 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
- 1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
- 1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
- 1580 – Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
- 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- 1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
- 1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
- 1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage.
- 1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
- 1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
- 1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
- 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
- 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- 1898 – 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
- 1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
- 1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
- 1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.
- 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
- 1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
- 1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
- 1942 – World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
- 1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
- 1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
- 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
- 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
- 1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power.
- 1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
- 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
- 1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
- 1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
- 1991 – The Airbus A340 aircraft makes its first flight.
- 1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
- 1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence
- 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
- 1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
- 2003 – The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
- 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian Tsar (d. 1584)
- 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
- 1620 – István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet (d. 1704)
- 1624 – François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)
- 1662 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and academic (d. 1724)
- 1707 – Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
- 1719 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
- 1724 – George Stubbs, English painter (d. 1806)
- 1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)
- 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
- 1758 – Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
- 1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French military leader and politician (d. 1794)
- 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel English navy admiral (d. 1853)
- 1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
- 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
- 1802 – Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
- 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander (d. 1880)
- 1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founder of the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
- 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and pianist (d. 1909)
- 1836 – Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and medical researcher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
- 1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
- 1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
- 1867 – James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951)
- 1868 – Nikolaos Levidis, Greek target shooter
- 1869 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
- 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)
- 1891 – David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and writer (d. 1956)
- 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962)
- 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
- 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer (d. 1972)
- 1903 – Arpad Elo, American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
- 1905 – Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic, and saint (d. 1938)
- 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)
- 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
- 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1910 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter (d. 2012)
- 1911 – Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general and politician
- 1912 – Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994)
- 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Walt Kelly, American animator and cartoonist (d. 1973)
- 1915 – Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
- 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese pilot (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Lou van Burg, Dutch singer and game show host (d. 1986)
- 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1990)
- 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
- 1919 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
- 1919 – George Wallace, American politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
- 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian actor, producer, and game show host
- 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
- 1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1923 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian judge (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian author (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
- 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player
- 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 – Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
- 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer
- 1930 – György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
- 1931 – Hal Fishman, American journalist (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Peter Gilmore, German-English actor (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and television host
- 1933 – Patrick F. McManus, American columnist and author
- 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report)
- 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
- 1933 – István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Lise Bacon, Canadian politician
- 1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino television host and politician
- 1935 – Charles Wright, American poet
- 1936 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
- 1938 – David Canary, American actor
- 1938 – Frederick Forsyth, English author
- 1939 – John Badham, American director
- 1940 – José van Dam, Belgian opera singer
- 1941 – Marshall Brickman, American screenwriter
- 1942 – Nathan Deal, American politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
- 1942 – Howard Jacobson, English author and journalist
- 1944 – Conrad Black, Canadian publisher, historian, and author
- 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey coach and politician
- 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
- 1945 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
- 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
- 1946 – Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
- 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player
- 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American comic book writer and artist
- 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
- 1948 – Ledward Kaapana, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and vocalist
- 1949 – Martin Amis, English novelist
- 1949 – Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker
- 1949 – Fariborz Lachini, Iranian-Canadian composer
- 1949 – John Savage, American actor
- 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actor, (Kiss and Wicked Lester)
- 1950 – Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, head of the deposed House of Gruzinsky
- 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
- 1951 – Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight)
- 1951 – Bill Handel, American lawyer and radio host
- 1952 – Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician
- 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Buggles, Yes, and Asia)
- 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1954 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1955 – Gerd Müller, German politician
- 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
- 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
- 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer
- 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor, writer and director
- 1957 – Frank Serratore, American ice hockey coach
- 1958 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1958 – Sterling Harwood, American lawyer, author, and academic
- 1958 – Christian LeBlanc, American actor
- 1959 – Steve Levy, American politician
- 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano
- 1960 – Ashley Crow, American actress
- 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer
- 1960 – Akbar Abdi, Iranina actor and comedian
- 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1962 – Māris Bružiks, Latvian triple jumper
- 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio, Thin Lizzy, and Sweet Savage)
- 1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer
- 1962 – David Packer, American actor
- 1962 – Michael Zorc, German footballer
- 1963 – Shock G, American rapper (Digital Underground)
- 1963 – Christine McGlade, Canadian actress and producer
- 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
- 1964 – Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess player
- 1964 – Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
- 1964 – Dan Parent, American illustrator and writer
- 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor and director
- 1964 – Joanne Whalley, English actress
- 1965 – Cornelius Bennett, American football player
- 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
- 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player
- 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
- 1966 – Tracy-Ann Oberman, British actress
- 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion)
- 1967 – Tom Hollander, English actor
- 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wilco, Loose Fur, and Uncle Tupelo)
- 1968 – Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and race car driver
- 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle & Sebastian)
- 1968 – Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000)
- 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
- 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets)
- 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
- 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer
- 1969 – Rachel Shelley, English actress
- 1969 – Steve Staley, American voice actor
- 1969 – John Witt, American baseball player, author, and actor
- 1970 – Doug Glanville, American baseball player
- 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player
- 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
- 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
- 1971 – Mike Lockwood, American wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1972 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
- 1972 – Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1973 – Fatih Akın, German director
- 1974 – Dave Luza, Dutch comedian
- 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor
- 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
- 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer
- 1976 – Jensen Atwood, American actor
- 1976 – Damon Jones, American basketball player
- 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer
- 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- 1977 – Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress
- 1977 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
- 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani convicted murderer
- 1977 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
- 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor
- 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
- 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
- 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
- 1980 – Neal Musser, American baseball player
- 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
- 1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
- 1981 – Clare Oliver, Australian activist (d. 2007)
- 1981 – Camille Pin, French tennis player
- 1983 – James Rossiter, English race car driver
- 1984 – Florian Mohr, German footballer
- 1985 – Hendra Setiawan, Indonesian badminton player
- 1986 – Rona Nishliu, Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- 1987 – Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
- 1987 – Luka Šulić, Croatian - Slovenian cellist
- 1987 – Blake Lively, American actress
- 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1987 – Logan Morrison, American baseball player
- 1987 – Whitney Stevens, Panamanian-American porn actress
- 1987 – Luka Šulić, Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos)
- 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
- 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
- 1987 – Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
- 1988 – Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
- 1988 – Ray Quinn, English singer, actor, and dancer
- 1989 – Keegan Joyce, Australian actor
- 1989 – Amber Le Bon, English model
- 1989 – Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
- 1991 – Quinn Buniel, American actor
- 1992 – Angelica Mandy, English actress
- 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Aa!, and Buono!)
- 1992 – Alex Roots, English singer
- 1994 – Josh Flitter, American actor
- 1997 – Holly Gibbs, English actor
- 1998 – Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer and actor
- 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer (McClain Sisters)
- 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman military commander, author, and philosopher (b. 23)
- 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
- 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
- 1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1162)
- 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
- 1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe, English educator and saint (b. 1218)
- 1330 – James Douglas, Lord of Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
- 1482 – Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
- 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
- 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English writer (b. 1572)
- 1650 – Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. 1613)
- 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral (b. 1635)
- 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
- 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician (b. 1656)
- 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
- 1774 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
- 1776 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
- 1792 – Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
- 1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
- 1819 – James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1822 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1738)
- 1867 – Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
- 1886 – Zinovios Valvis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
- 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
- 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
- 1904 – William Hall, Canadian sailor (b. 1827)
- 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
- 1925 – Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
- 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
- 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
- 1938 – Johannes van Dijk, Dutch rower (b. 1868)
- 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
- 1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
- 1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
- 1945 – John Birch, American military officer and missionary (b. 1918)
- 1950 – Earl Caddock, American wrestler (b. 1888)
- 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American biologist (b. 1894)
- 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player (b. 1879)
- 1967 – Stanley Bruce, Australian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
- 1967 – Paul Muni, Austrian-American actor (b. 1895)
- 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American soldier, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
- 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (b. 1910)
- 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
- 1971 – Ted Lewis, American singer and bandleader (b. 1890)
- 1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician (b. 1875)
- 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, author, and politician (b. 1883)
- 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1911)
- 1980 – Gower Champion, American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919)
- 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor (b. 1915)
- 1984 – Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
- 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
- 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899)
- 1985 – Samantha Smith, American actress and activist (b. 1972)
- 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
- 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player (b. 1951)
- 1997 – Camilla Spira, German actress (b. 1906)
- 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher) (b. 1956)
- 2000 – Carl Barks, American illustrator and writer (b. 1901)
- 2000 – Frederick C. Bock, American pilot (b. 1918)
- 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, producer, and composer (The Wrecking Crew and Crazy Horse) (b. 1937)
- 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1979)
- 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
- 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver (b. 1924)
- 2002 – Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
- 2005 – Ed White, Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
- 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American attorney and scholar (b. 1915)
- 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
- 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
- 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first person to walk on the moon (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, Portuguese bishop (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, Croatian archeologist (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican businessman (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Angkarn Kalayanapong, Thai poet and artist (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Eduardo Koaik, Brazilian bishop (b. 1926)
- 2012 – V. K. Lakshmanan, Indian politician (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (b. 1972)
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