Historical Births Today: 25 September

Births

• 1358 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)


• 1525 - Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)


• 1599 - Francesco Borromini, Italian architect (d. 1667)


• 1644 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)


• 1683 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764)


• 1694 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)


• 1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)


• 1725 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)


• 1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (d. 1789)


• 1764 - Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793)


• 1766 - Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (d. 1822)


• 1773 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (d. 1856)


• 1780 - Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801)


• 1782 - Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824)


• 1796 - Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875)


• 1798 - Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874)


• 1825 - William Pitt Ballinger, Texas lawyer and statesman (d. 1888)


• 1839 - Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (d. 1904)


• 1862 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)


• 1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)


• 1867 - Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1938)


• 1879 - Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and labor leader, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (d. 1963)


• 1881 - Lu Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1936)


• 1889 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)


• 1896 - Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic (d. 1990)


• 1897 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)


• 1898 - Robert Brackman American artist (d. 1980)


• 1901 - Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999)


• 1903 - Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (d. 1970)


• 1906 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)


• 1911 - Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)


• 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist (d. 1953)


• 1916 - Jessica Anderson, Australian author


• 1917 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)


• 1917 - Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006)


• 1920 - Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1994)


• 1921 - Sir Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)


• 1922 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (d. 1992)


• 1925 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (d. 2007)


• 1925 - Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress


• 1926 - Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)


• 1926 - Jack Hyles, Baptist pastor (d. 2001)


• 1927 - Sir Colin Davis, English conductor


• 1929 - Ronnie Barker, British comedian and actor (d. 2005)


• 1929 - Barbara Walters, American broadcaster


• 1930 - Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999)


• 1931 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005)


• 1932 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)


• 1932 - Terry Medwin, Welsh retired footballer


• 1932 - Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1977-1981)


• 1933 - Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster


• 1933 - Brian Murphy, British actor


• 1934 - Jean Sorel, French actor


• 1936 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (d. 1996)


• 1938 - Jonathan Motzfeldt, first Prime Minister of Greenland


• 1939 - Feroz Khan, Indian actor


• 1943 - Robert Gates, American Secretary of Defense


• 1943 - John Locke, American musician (d. 2006)


• 1944 - Michael Douglas, American actor and producer


• 1944 - Doris Matsui, American politician


• 1945 - Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1946 - Felicity Kendal, British actress


• 1946 - Bryan MacLean, American musician and songwriter (Love) (d. 1998)


• 1946 - Jerry Penrod, American bass player


• 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, American model


• 1951 - Mark Hamill, American actor


• 1952 - Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)


• 1952 - Gloria Jean Watkins, American scholar


• 1952 - Anson Williams, American actor and director


• 1953 - Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon)


• 1954 - Sylvester Croom, American college football coach


• 1954 - Juande Ramos, Spanish Football Manager


• 1955 - Steven Severin, British musician (Siouxsie & the Banshees)


• 1955 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer


• 1955 - Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)


• 1956 - Jamie Hyneman, American visual effects technician


• 1957 - Ian Reddington, English actor


• 1958 - Michael Madsen, American actor


• 1958 - Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist


• 1960 - Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer


• 1960 - Sonia Benezra, Canadian television host


• 1961 - Heather Locklear, American actress and model


• 1962 - Aida Turturro, American actress


• 1963 - Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist; wife of Pierce Brosnan


• 1963 - Tate Donovan, American actor


• 1964 - Anita Barone, American actress


• 1964 - Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actress (seiyū)


• 1964 - Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive


• 1964 - Gary Ayles, British racing driver


• 1964 - Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer


• 1965 - Scottie Pippen, American basketball player


• 1967 - Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1968 - Will Smith, American actor and rapper


• 1968 - John Worsfold, Australian rules football coach


• 1968 - Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau


• 1969 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress


• 1969 - Hal Sparks, American actor


• 1969 - Heather Stewart-Whyte, British supermodel


• 1970 - Dean Ween, American musician (Ween)


• 1971 - John Lynch, American football player


• 1973 - Bridgette Wilson, American actress


• 1973 - Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer


• 1973 - Bridget Marquardt, American model


• 1974 - Daniel Kessler, American musician (Interpol)


• 1975 - Declan Donnelly, English television presenter (Ant and Dec)


• 1975 - Matt Hasselbeck, American football player


• 1975 - Daniel Hyde, British actor


• 1976 - Chauncey Billups, American basketball player


• 1977 - Clea DuVall, American actress


• 1977 - Mike Krahulik, Illustrator


• 1977 - Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player


• 1978 - Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer


• 1978 - Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer


• 1978 - Jodie Kidd, English model


• 1978 - Joel Pineiro, Puerto Rican baseball player


• 1980 - T.I., American rapper


• 1981 - Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player


• 1981 - Jason Bergmann, American baseball player


• 1981 - Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician


• 1981 - Van Hansis, American actor


• 1982 - Hyun Bin, South Korean actor


• 1983 - Terrance Pennington, National Football League guard


• 1984 - Matt Carle, American ice hockey player


• 1985 - Calvin Johnson, American football player


• 1990 - Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater


• 1994 - Jansen Panettiere, American actor