Famous Births on 25 Nov

Famous Births on 25 Nov

1454 - Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)
1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
1845 - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1869 - Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1881 - Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1883 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
1896 - Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
1900 - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1947)
1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
1902 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1911 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator (d. 2006)
1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
1920 - Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor
1920 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1923 - Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland
1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
1933 - Kathryn Grant, American actress
1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress
1940 - Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
1941 - Percy Sledge, American musician
1942 - Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
1945 - George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1946 - Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
1947 - John Larroquette, American actor
1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
1951 - Bucky Dent, American baseball player
1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
1952 - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron
1953 - Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1957 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
1959 - Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
1960 - Amy Grant, American singer
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (d. 1999)
1960 - Kasey Smith, American keyboardist
1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Bernie Kosar, American football player
1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1965 - Cris Carter, American football player
1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
1966 - Billy Burke, American actor
1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1968 - Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1968 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
1968 - Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
1969 - Anthony Peeler, American basketball player
1971 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress
1973 - Erick Strickland, American basketball player
1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 - Michael Lehan, National Football League player
1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1980 - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner, Sri Lanka
1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
1981 - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1981 - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1981 - Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
1983 - Joey Chestnut, champion competitive eater
1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (d. 1996)