Death anniversary

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Died on May 25, AD 986

1040

Years ago

1041st anniversary next

The 1041st anniversary falls on May 25, 2027, in 213 days.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (full name: Abū’l-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar ibn Sahl al-Ṣūfī al-Rāzī —Arabic: أَبُو الحُسَين عَبدُ اَلرَّحمَن بن عُمَر بن سَهل اَلصُّوفِي اَلرَّازِي; Persian: ابوالحسن عبدالرحمن صوفی رازی — 7 December 903 – 25 May 986) was a Persian astronomer.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Explore

Share this anniversary

Related people4

1803–1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

PhilosophyDied aged 78

View profile

Photo: User:Scewing derivative work: 2009 · Public domain

1600–1681

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (UK:, US:; Spanish:; 17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 81

View profile

Photo: Unknown engraver. Cropped by User:Andrew Dalby · Public domain

1865–1943

Pieter Zeeman

Pieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

ScienceDied aged 78

View profile

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

b. 1939

Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. Widely considered one of Britain’s greatest actors, he is noted for his versatile roles on stage and screen, in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

FilmAge 87

View profile

Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0