August 25 - Births

Births

• 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)
• 1707 – King Louis I of Spain, (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)
• 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1853)
• 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 (d. 1880)
• 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (d. 1909)
• 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 (d. unknown)
• 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966)
• 1891 – David Shimoni, Russian-born Israeli poet and writer (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Arthur Wood, England cricketer (d. 1973)
• 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)
• 1906 – Jim Smith, England cricketer (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
• 1910 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter
• 1910 – George Cisar (baseball), American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 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 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress
• 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)
• 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player
• 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 – Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician
• 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
• 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
• 1941 – Marshall Brickman, American film writer
• 1942 – Nathan Deal, American politician
• 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
• 1944 – Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
• 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian hockey coach
• 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1946 – Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children's author
• 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player
• 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer
• 1949 – Martin Amis, English novelist
• 1949 – John Savage, American actor
• 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
• 1949 – Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer
• 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
• 1951 – Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
• 1951 – Bill Handel, American radio personality
• 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (The Buggles, Yes, Asia)
• 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1954 – Elvis Costello, English musician
• 1955 – Gerd Müller, German politician
• 1955 – Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician
• 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese football manager
• 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (d. 1986)
• 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer
• 1957 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American film director
• 1958 – Christian LeBlanc, American actor
• 1958 – Sterling Harwood, American academic
• 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American operatic soprano
• 1960 – Ashley Crow, American actress
• 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer
• 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
• 1962 – Māris Bružiks, Latvian triple jumper
• 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish musician (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio)
• 1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer
• 1962 – David Packer, American actor
• 1963 – Christine McGlade, Canadian actress (You Can't Do That on Television)
• 1963 – Shock G, American singer and rapper (Digital Underground)
• 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
• 1964 – Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster
• 1964 – Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer
• 1964 – Dan Parent, American comic book artist and writer
• 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor
• 1964 – Joanne Whalley, British actress
• 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1965 – Cornelius Bennett, American football player
• 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player
• 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
• 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
• 1967 – Tom Hollander, English actor
• 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco)
• 1968 – Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
• 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and racing driver
• 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
• 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer
• 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef and television personality
• 1968 – Spider One, American musician (Powerman 5000)
• 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
• 1969 – John Witt, author, sportswriter, actor and Ballhawk
• 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer
• 1969 – Steve Staley, American voice actor
• 1969 – Rachel Shelley, English actress
• 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player
• 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
• 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model
• 1971 – Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1972 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
• 1973 – Fatih Akin, Turkish/German film director
• 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor
• 1974 – Dave Luza, Dutch comedian
• 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer
• 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
• 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer
• 1976 – Damon Jones, American basketball player
• 1977 – Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress
• 1977 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
• 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
• 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor
• 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
• 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 1980 – Neal Musser, American baseball player
• 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
• 1981 – Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist (d. 2007)
• 1983 – James Rossiter, British racing driver
• 1987 – Whitney Stevens, Panamanian/American pornographic actress
• 1987 – Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
• 1987 – Blake Lively, American actress
• 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
• 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Alexandra Burke, English singer
• 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian/American golfer
• 1988 – Ray Quinn, English singer
• 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
• 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer