Famous Births on 25 Aug

Famous Births on 25 Aug

1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)
1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
1741 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)
1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796 - James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
1803 - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1867 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951)
1868 - Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter
1882 - Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966)
1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
1900 - Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
1903 - Arpad Elo, American chess writer (d. 1992)
1905 - Faustina Kowalska, Polish mystic (d. 1938)
1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
1909 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp), Vietnamese general and statesman
1912 - Erich Honecker, East German politician (d. 1994)
1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1913 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
1915 - Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
1916 - Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator (d. 2000)
1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 - Van Johnson, American actor
1917 - Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)
1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
1919 - George Wallace, American politician (d. 1998)
1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host
1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)
1921 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1925 - Thea Astley, Australian writer, (d. 2004)
1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1930 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor
1930 - Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
1930 - Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
1931 - Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (d. 2007)
1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host
1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
1933 - Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician
1934 - Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician
1934 - Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
1935 - Charles Wright, American poet
1938 - David Canary, American actor
1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author
1939 - John Badham, American film director
1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
1944 - Jacques Demers, Canadian hockey coach
1944 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor
1946 - Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
1946 - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and Children's Author
1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player
1949 - Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer
1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
1949 - John Savage, American actor
1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist
1950 - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1951 - Bill Handel, American radio personality
1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)
1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1956 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver
1958 - Christian LeBlanc, American actor
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director
1960 - Ashley Crow, American actress
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
1961 - Joanne Whalley, British actress
1962 - David Packer, American actor
1962 - Vivian Campbell, Irish musician (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio)
1964 - Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer
1964 - Vassilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster
1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor
1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1994)
1966 - Robert Maschio, American Actor ("The Todd" in Scrubs)
1966 - Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
1966 - Albert Belle, American Major League Baseball player
1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco)
1968 - Spider One, American musician (Powerman 5000)
1968 - Rachael Ray, American chef and television personality
1968 - Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer
1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
1968 - Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and racing driver
1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
1970 - Robert Horry, American basketball player
1971 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1971 - Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer
1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
1973 - Fatih Akin, Turkish-German film director
1973 - Olavi Mikkonen, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Amon Amarth)
1974 - Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Dave Luza, Dutch comedian
1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor
1975 - Jeremy Horn, American MMA Fighter
1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1977 - Sophie Cadieux, Quebec actress
1977 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
1977 - Jonathan Togo, American actor
1978 - Kel Mitchell, American actor
1979 - Marlon Harewood, English footballer
1980 - Neal Musser, American baseball player
1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
1981 - Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist (d. 2007)
1983 - James Righton, Musician (Klaxons)
1983 - James Rossiter, British racing driver
1983 - Janet Chow, Miss Hong Kong 2006 Runner-Up
1987 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
1987 - James Wesolowski, Australian soccer player
1987 - Justin Upton, American baseball player
1987 - Blake Lively, American actress
1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1988 - Angela Park, Brazilian golfer
1988 - Raymond Quinn, English singer
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
1994 - Josh Flitter, American actor
1997 - Holly Gibbs, English child actor
1998 - China Anne McClain, American actress