Friday, September 24, 2010

Famous Births on 25 Sep

Famous Births on 25 Sep

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 - Jack Hyles, Baptist pastor (d. 2001)
1926 - Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
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 - Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1977-1981)
1932 - Terry Medwin, Welsh retired footballer
1932 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
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 - Jerry Penrod, American bass player
1946 - Bryan MacLean, American musician and songwriter (Love) (d. 1998)
1946 - Felicity Kendal, British actress
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 - Juande Ramos, Spanish Football Manager
1954 - Sylvester Croom, American college football coach
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 - Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist
1958 - Michael Madsen, American actor
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 - Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
1964 - Gary Ayles, British racing driver
1964 - Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive
1964 - Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actress (seiyū)
1964 - Anita Barone, American actress
1965 - Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
1967 - Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau
1968 - John Worsfold, Australian rules football coach
1968 - Will Smith, American actor and rapper
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 - Bridget Marquardt, American model
1973 - Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1973 - Bridgette Wilson, American actress
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 - Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player
1977 - Mike Krahulik, Illustrator
1977 - Clea DuVall, American actress
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 - Van Hansis, American actor
1981 - Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician
1981 - Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
1981 - Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
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

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