131 deaths on this day in history.
| Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 December 1916 | Solko van den Bergh |  NED |
SHO | 1900 |
| 25 December 1920 | Mihály Bély |  HUN |
GAR | 1912 |
| 25 December 1920 | Georges Grus |  FRA |
AUT | 1900 |
| 25 December 1926 | Frank Bizzoni |  ITA |
CTR | 1904 |
| 25 December 1927 | Ernst Huber |  AUT |
FEN | 1924 |
| 25 December 1928 | Miles Burke |  USA |
BOX | 1904 |
| 25 December 1934 | Hugo Gorge | AUT |
ATT | 1932 |
| 25 December 1936 | Josiah Bowden |  GBR |
FEN | 1900 |
| 25 December 1936 | Ole Østervold |  NOR |
SAL | 1920 |
| 25 December 1939 | Fredrik Forsberg |  SWE |
SAL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1940 | Stanisław Świętochowski |  POL |
ATH | 1924 |
| 25 December 1941 | John Lander | GBR |
ROW | 1928 |
| 25 December 1942 | George Ratsey | GBR |
SAL | 1908 |
| 25 December 1942 | Leon Shore | USA |
FEN | 1924 |
| 25 December 1944 | Jacinto Ciria Cruz |  PHI |
BKB | 1936 |
| 25 December 1945 | Rabod Wilhelm von Kröcher |  GER |
EJP | 1912 |
| 25 December 1945 | Franz Kröwerath | GER |
ROW | 1900 |
| 25 December 1946 | Henri Rang |  ROU |
EJP/EVE | 1936 |
| 25 December 1947 | Charles Gondouin | FRA |
ATH/RGB/TOW | 1900 |
| 25 December 1948 | Karl Abrahamsson | SWE |
IHO | 1928 |
| 25 December 1950 | Ragnar Wickström |  FIN |
FBL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1951 | Filip Ericsson | SWE |
SAL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1952 | Harry Prinzler | USA |
GAR | 1904 |
| 25 December 1953 | Casimir Reuterskiöld | SWE |
SHO | 1920 |
| 25 December 1955 | Vaughn Flannery | USA |
PNT | 1932 |
| 25 December 1955 | Emil Oberle | GER |
FBL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1955 | Hughlette Wheeler | USA |
SKL | 1932 |
| 25 December 1957 | Yngvar Fredriksen | NOR |
GAR | 1906 |
| 25 December 1957 | Kees van der Zalm | NED |
FBL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1959 | Zoltán Blum | HUN |
FBL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1961 | Makhmud Umarov |  RUS URS |
SHO | 1956—1960 |
| 25 December 1962 | Axel Tufvesson |  DEN |
FBL | 1912 |
| 25 December 1963 | André Tison | FRA |
ATH | 1906—1920 |
| 25 December 1965 | Paolo Vietti Violi | ITA |
ATT | 1928 |
| 25 December 1966 | John Rini | USA |
BOX | 1924 |
| 25 December 1967 | Leonard Martin | GBR |
SAL | 1936 |
| 25 December 1968 | Haakon Bryhn | NOR |
SAL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1968 | Josef Müllner | AUT |
SKL | 1936 |
| 25 December 1969 | Jean Ces | FRA |
BOX | 1924—1928 |
| 25 December 1969 | Louis Veuve |  SUI |
WRE | 1924 |
| 25 December 1970 | Ludovico Bidoglio |  ARG |
FBL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1972 | Otto Jensen | DEN |
CRD | 1912 |
| 25 December 1973 | Koos Boerdam | NED |
FBL | 1920 |
| 25 December 1973 | Clifford Hall | GBR |
PNT | 1948 |
| 25 December 1973 | Masaichi Kobayashi |  JPN |
ATT | 1932 |
| 25 December 1974 | Åke Grönhagen | SWE |
FEN/MPN | 1912—1924 |
| 25 December 1974 | Harry Kernoff |  IRL |
PNT | 1928 |
| 25 December 1975 | Jean Morin | FRA |
BOB | 1948 |
| 25 December 1976 | Antonio Bruna | ITA |
FBL | 1920—1924 |
| 25 December 1977 | Harald Strøm | NOR |
SSK | 1924 |
| 25 December 1978 | Raymond Braine |  BEL |
FBL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1978 | Colin Campbell |  CAN |
1969—1978 | |
| 25 December 1978 | Willets Outerbridge | USA |
SAL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1978 | Ginzo Yamada | JPN |
CCS | 1936 |
| 25 December 1979 | Maurice Rieder | SUI |
ROW | 1928 |
| 25 December 1980 | Marcel Langillier | FRA |
FBL | 1928 |
| 25 December 1983 | Hal Brown | USA |
ATH | 1920 |
| 25 December 1983 | Fred Hoos | CAN |
HOC | 1976 |
| 25 December 1983 | Folke Jansson | SWE |
IHO | 1952—1956 |
| 25 December 1984 | Bengt Linders | SWE |
SWM | 1924 |
| 25 December 1985 | Daniel Daney | FRA |
BOX | 1924 |
| 25 December 1986 | Édouard Barbazan | FRA |
ATH | 1924 |
| 25 December 1987 | Harry Holm | DEN |
GAR | 1920—1952 |
| 25 December 1988 | Cornelis Eecen | NED |
ROW | 1924 |
| 25 December 1989 | Nicolae Ceaușescu | ROU |
1985 | |
| 25 December 1989 | Wally Ris | USA |
SWM | 1948 |
| 25 December 1990 | Nicolaas Tates | NED |
CSP | 1936 |
| 25 December 1993 | Ignaty Novikov | RUSURS |
1975—1981 | |
| 25 December 1993 | Marian Suski | POL |
FEN | 1932—1936 |
| 25 December 1994 | Achille Pintonello | ITA |
ATT | 1936 |
| 25 December 1995 | Akira Kono | JPN |
GAR | 1956 |
| 25 December 1995 | Víctor Peralta | ARG |
BOX | 1928 |
| 25 December 1996 | Enrique Marmentini |  CHI |
BKB | 1948 |
| 25 December 1997 | Julio Alba | ARG |
CTR | 1948 |
| 25 December 1997 | Eugene Walsh | IRL |
BOX | 1948 |
| 25 December 1999 | Rafael Barretto | PHI |
BKB | 1956 |
| 25 December 1999 | Arne Ileby | NOR |
FBL | 1936 |
| 25 December 1999 | Miep Klamer | NED |
KBL | 1928 |
| 25 December 2000 | Truus Baumeister | NED |
SWM | 1928 |
| 25 December 2002 | Theo Merkel |  FRG |
BTH | 1968—1972 |
| 25 December 2004 | Ian Syster |  RSA |
ATH | 2004 |
| 25 December 2004 | Lev Vaynshteyn | RUSURS |
SHO | 1952 |
| 25 December 2004 | Howie Williams | USA |
BKB | 1952 |
| 25 December 2005 | Fred Rössner | AUT |
ALP/CCS | 1936—1956 |
| 25 December 2006 | John Webb | RSA |
ROW | 1952 |
| 25 December 2008 | Juan de Armas |  URU |
CTR | 1948—1952 |
| 25 December 2008 | Jerzy Krawczyk | POL |
BOX | 1952 |
| 25 December 2008 | Sidney Rand | GBR |
ROW | 1956—1960 |
| 25 December 2010 | Bud Greenspan | USA |
1985 | |
| 25 December 2010 | Irina Zuykova | RUS EUN |
EDR | 1992 |
| 25 December 2011 | Habib Galhia |  TUN |
BOX | 1964—1968 |
| 25 December 2011 | George Robb | GBR |
FBL | 1952 |
| 25 December 2012 | Othmar Schneider | AUT |
ALP | 1952—1956 |
| 25 December 2012 | Lynn Watters | CAN |
SAL | 1960—1964 |
| 25 December 2012 | Jože Zidar |  SLO YUG |
SJP | 1956 |
| 25 December 2013 | Cliff Salmond | CAN |
ATH | 1948 |
| 25 December 2013 | Wilbur Thompson | USA |
ATH | 1948 |
| 25 December 2014 | Sven-Eric Broberg | SWE |
BDY | 1952 |
| 25 December 2015 | Duarte Espírito Santo |  POR |
ALP | 1952 |
| 25 December 2016 | Konstantin Georgiev |  BUL |
BKB | 1952 |
| 25 December 2016 | Georgi Panov | BUL |
BKB | 1952—1960 |
| 25 December 2017 | Gunnar Östberg | SWE |
CCS | 1952 |
| 25 December 2017 | Willie Toweel | RSA |
BOX | 1952 |
| 25 December 2017 | Samim Uygun |  TUR |
FBL | 1960 |
| 25 December 2018 | Bill Baillie |  NZL |
ATH | 1964 |
| 25 December 2018 | Noel Derrick |  AUS |
IHO | 1960 |
| 25 December 2018 | Tommy Hayden | IRL |
WLF | 1960 |
| 25 December 2018 | Chester Nelsen, Jr. | USA |
CRD | 1948 |
| 25 December 2019 | Giacomo Bazzan | ITA |
CTR | 1972 |
| 25 December 2019 | Eugenio Martínez |  CUB |
WPO | 1972—1996 |
| 25 December 2019 | Georg Utz | GERFRG |
WRE | 1960 |
| 25 December 2020 | Bill Bentsen | USA |
SAL | 1964—1972 |
| 25 December 2020 | Ivan Bogdan | URS UKR |
WRE | 1960 |
| 25 December 2020 | Dan Hodge | USA |
WRE | 1952—1956 |
| 25 December 2020 | K. C. Jones | USA |
BKB | 1956 |
| 25 December 2020 | Lillian Larssen | NOR |
GAR | 1968 |
| 25 December 2020 | Shakir Mahmoud |  IRQ |
WLF | 1964 |
| 25 December 2020 | Ed Meddings | GBR |
BOB | 1948 |
| 25 December 2021 | Issaka Daboré |  NIG |
BOX | 1964—1972 |
| 25 December 2021 | Colin Philp, Jr. |  FIJ |
SAL | 1988 |
| 25 December 2021 | Ralph Warburton | USA |
IHO | 1948 |
| 25 December 2022 | Frans Apers | BEL |
FEN | 1984 |
| 25 December 2022 | Loekie Roeg-Rogge | NED |
HOC | 1980—1984 |
| 25 December 2022 | Arthur Sturgess | AUS |
HOC | 1968—1972 |
| 25 December 2022 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL |
ATH | 1968—1972 |
| 25 December 2023 | Alain Laurier | FRA |
FBL | 1968 |
| 25 December 2024 | Jeffrey Checkes | USA |
FEN | 1968 |
| 25 December 2024 | Eric Hänni | SUI |
JUD | 1964 |
| 25 December 2024 | Carlos Pedroso | CUB |
FEN | 2000 |
| 25 December 2025 | Claudio Mortari |  BRA |
BKB | 1980 |
| 25 December 2025 | Miroslav Zeman |  CZE TCH |
WRE | 1968—1972 |
