Famous Births on 25 Apr

Famous Births on 25 Apr

1214 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
1228 - Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)
1284 - King Edward II of England (d. 1327)
1287 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)
1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)
1599 - Oliver Cromwell, English statesman (d. 1658)
1608 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (d. 1660)
1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)
1710 - James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1776)
1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
1767 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)
1770 - Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)
1775 - Charlotte of Spain, Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (d. 1830)
1776 - Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape designer (d. 1903)
1843 - Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)
1849 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925)
1851 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist (d. 1901)
1868 - John Bevins Moisant, pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat, killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him. (D. 1910)
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)
1897 - Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)
1898 - Fred Haney, baseball player (d. 1977)
1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1987)
1905 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)
1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997)
1908 - Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)
1909 - William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985)
1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d. 1948)
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d. 1995)
1918 - Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (d. 2006)
1921 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d. 2006)
1923 - Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)
1925 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d. 2003)
1925 - Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d. 1986)
1926 - Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
1927 - Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist
1929 - Yvette Williams First New Zealander to go to Olympics
1930 - Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer
1931 - Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
1932 - William Roache, British television actor (Coronation Street)
1932 - Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player
1933 - Jerry Leiber, American composer
1934 - Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
1935 - April Ashley, English model
1938 - Ton Schulten, Dutch artist
1939 - Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1940 - Al Pacino, American actor
1941 - Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter and actor
1941 - Princess Muna al-Hussein, of Jordan
1942 - Jon Kyl, American politician
1945 - Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA)
1945 - Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1946 - Talia Shire, American actress
1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician
1947 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
1947 - Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
1948 - Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier of Taiwan
1949 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician
1949 - Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer
1949 - James Fenton, British poet
1950 - Steve Ferrone, British drummer
1951 - Ian McCartney, British Member of Parliament
1952 - Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet ice hockey player
1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
1955 - Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
1955 - Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
1956 - Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress
1958 - Fish, Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-Marillion)
1959 - Dominique Blanc, French actress
1960 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
1961 - Dinesh D'Souza, American author
1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
1964 - Andy Bell, British singer and songwriter (band Erasure)
1964 - Hank Azaria, American actor
1965 - Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear)
1965 - Simon Fowler, English musician (Ocean Colour Scene)
1966 - James Stacy Barbour, American actor and singer
1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress
1969 - Darren Woodson, American football player
1969 - Gina Torres, American actress
1969 - Joe Buck, American sports broadcaster
1970 - Jason Lee, American actor
1970 - Tionne Watkins, American singer
1971 - Tomoko Kawakami, (Voice Actress), Japanese Seiyuu
1972 - Sara Baras, Spanish ballerina
1973 - Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin)
1975 - Chris Lilley, Australian actor, comedian, and writer
1975 - Jacque Jones, American baseball player
1975 - Emily Bergl, English-American actress
1976 - Tim Duncan, American basketball player
1976 - Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
1976 - Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician
1977 - Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer
1977 - Matthew West, American Christian singer
1977 - Marguerite Moreau, American actress
1977 - Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer
1978 - Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model
1980 - Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
1980 - Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
1980 - Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese basaball player
1981 - Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
1981 - John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter
1981 - Felipe Massa, Brazilian Formula One driver
1981 - Dwone Hicks, National Football League runningback
1982 - Monty Panesar, English cricketer
1982 - Brian Barton, American baseball player
1983 - DeAngelo Williams, National Football League runningback
1983 - J.P. Howell, American baseball player
1984 - Robert Andino, Baseball player
1984 - Andre' Woodson, American football quarterback
1985 - Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver
1987 - Johann Smith, American soccer player
1988 - Sara Paxton, American actress
1988 - James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama
1989 - Robbie Tarrant, Australian football player
1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
32 - Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)