Notable Birthdays on September 25th
September 25th Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1358 |
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408) |
1525 |
Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584) |
1593 |
Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller |
1599 |
Francesco Borromini, Italian architect (d. 1667) |
1612 |
Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian |
1613 |
Claude Perrault, Paris, French Architect and Physician (east facade of the Louvre) |
1644 |
Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710) |
1683 |
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized) |
1711 |
Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799) |
1714 |
Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer |
1725 |
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile |
1725 |
Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India) |
1729 |
Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist |
1738 |
Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (d. 1789) |
1741 |
Vaclav Pichl, composer |
1744 |
Frederick Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97) |
1752 |
Carl Stenborg, composer |
1764 |
Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793) |
1766 |
Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21) |
1773 |
Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (d. 1856) |
1780 |
Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801) |
1782 |
Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824) |
1785 |
George Frederic Pinto, composer |
1793 |
Felicia Dorothea Hermans, poet |
1796 |
Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875) |
1798 |
Henri Scheffer, painter |
1798 |
JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist |
1805 |
Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar/founder (Pella colony in Iowa) |
1807 |
Alfred Vail, Morristown New Jersey, American Inventor, early telegraph pioneer, and financial backer to Samuel Morse |
1822 |
Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brig Gen (Union vol) |
1823 |
Thomas John Wood, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 |
1829 |
William Michael Rossetti, civil servant |
1830 |
Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor |
1832 |
William Le Baron Jenney, US, architect/"father of skyscraper" |
1839 |
Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya) |
1839 |
[Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, writer/feminist |
1843 |
Melville Reuben Bissell, Hartwick New York, American inventor (carpet sweeper) |
1843 |
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Mattoon Illinois, American Geologist and educator |
1846 |
Wladimir Köppen [Vladimir Köppen], St. Petersburg, Russia, German Meteorologist and Climatologist who mapped and classified the climatic regions of the world (Köppen climate classification system) |
1852 |
Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18) |
1852 |
Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Nietzsche Philosophy) |
1862 |
Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques) |
1862 |
Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952) |
1866 |
Thomas Hunt Morgan, US, biologist (Nobel-1933) |
1867 |
Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1938) |
1872 |
Charles Blake Cochran, impresario |
1877 |
Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) |
1879 |
Luis da Costa, composer |
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) |
1884 |
Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, Dutch educationalist |
1886 |
Jesus Guridi, composer |
1886 |
John Howard Lawson, scriptwriter/playwright |
1887 |
May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904) |
1889 |
George Douglas Howard Cole, socialist/novelist |
1889 |
C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930) |
1896 |
Elsa Triolet, writer |
1896 |
Roberto Gerhard, composer |
1896 |
Sandro Pertini, president Italy |
1897 |
Teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse) |
1897 |
William Faulkner, New Albany Mississippi, author (Sound & Fury-Nobel 1949), (d. 1962) |
1898 |
Robert Brackman American artist (d. 1980) |
1901 |
Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999) |
1902 |
Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche) |
1902 |
Jeno Takacs, composer |
1903 |
John Everett Allen, US businessman |
1903 |
Mark Rothko, [Marcus Rothkovich], US, painter (Green on Blue) |
1904 |
Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, New Rochelle, New York, American oceanographer |
1905 |
Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem) |
1905 |
Red Smith, Green Bay Wisc, sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk) |
1906 |
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS] |
1906 |
Jaroslav Jezek, composer |
1906 |
Madeleine Bourdouxhe, writer |
1906 |
Phyllis Pearsall, East Dulwich, London, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company) |
1907 |
Jan Felderhof, composer |
1907 |
Robert Bresson, France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette) |
1908 |
Eugen Suchon, composer |
1909 |
Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) |
1911 |
Lionel Henry Nowak, composer |
1911 |
Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981) |
1913 |
David Hunt, British diplomat/quiz winner |
1914 |
Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist |
1915 |
Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist (d. 1953) |
1916 |
Tolia Nikiprowetzsy, composer |
1917 |
Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
1918 |
Phil Rizzuto, Brooklyn New York, American sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) |
1920 |
Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director (War & Peace) |
1921 |
Remy C, de Kerckhove, Flemish poet |
1921 |
Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/chairman (IMF) |
1922 |
John Farr, British MP |
1922 |
Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (d. 1992) |
1924 |
Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK) |
1925 |
Silvana Pampanini, Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner) |
1925 |
William Edgar Mitchell, physicist |
1925 |
Paul MacCready, engineer/inventor (1st man-powered aircraft) |
1926 |
Aldo Ray, Pen Argyl PA, actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret) |
1926 |
John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West) |
1926 |
Sergei Filatov, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1926 |
Jack Hyles, Baptist pastor (d. 2001) |
1927 |
Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks) |
1927 |
Sir Colin Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71) |
1928 |
Hendrika G "Tine" de Vries, actress (Seaman's Wife) |
1929 |
John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956) |
1929 |
Ronnie Barker, British comedian (the Two Ronnies) |
1929 |
Barbara Walters, American broadcaster |
1929 |
Kevin White, Boston, Massachusetts, American politicians (Mayor of Boston, 1968-1984), (d. 2012) |
1930 |
H Heckmann, writer |
1930 |
Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999) |
1931 |
Barbara Walters, Boston Mass, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV) |
1931 |
Patrick WIlliam Walker, British astrologer |
1931 |
Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005) |
1932 |
Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster |
1932 |
Daphne Swallow, commandant/director (WRNS) |
1932 |
Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano) |
1932 |
Terry Medwin, Welsh retired footballer |
1933 |
Adolfo Suarez, premier of Spain (1976-81), (d. 2014) |
1933 |
Erik Darling, Baltimore MD, rocker (Rooftop Singers) |
1933 |
Ian Tyson, rocker |
1933 |
Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster |
1934 |
John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut |
1934 |
Struther Arnott, professor (St Andrew University) |
1934 |
Jean Sorel, French actor |
1936 |
Edward Jones, UK military rep to NATO |
1936 |
Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear) |
1936 |
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman |
1937 |
Michael Gibbs, jazz composer |
1937 |
Thomas Kessler, composer |
1939 |
David Mann, (Rep-D-Ohio) |
1939 |
Joseph "Jesse" Russell, US singer (Slip Sliding Away) |
1939 |
Leon Britain, British politician, vice president (Commission of European Communities) |
1939 |
Feroz Khan, Indian actor |
1940 |
Timothy Severin, author/explorer |
1941 |
Vivian Stern, director (Nacros) |
1942 |
John Taylor, jazz pianist |
1942 |
Michael Stephen, MP |
1942 |
Peter Petherick, cricketer (NZ slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut) |
1943 |
Gary Alexander, TN, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association) |
1943 |
John Locke, LA Clif, rock keyboardist (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) |
1943 |
Robert Walden, NYC, actor (Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors) |
1943 |
Robert Gates, American Secretary of Defense |
1944 |
Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence) |
1944 |
Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler (WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets) |
1944 |
Michael Douglas, NJ, actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile) |
1944 |
Doris Matsui, American politician |
1945 |
Kathleen Brown, state treasurer (D-California, 1991- ) |
1945 |
Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist (Average White Band) |
1945 |
Reynold Henry Weidenaar, composer |
1946 |
Bishan Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79) |
1946 |
Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress (Shakespeare Wallah) |
1946 |
Gilmer Bryan Morgan, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1977 BC Open) |
1947 |
Cheryl Tiegs, Minnesota, model (Sports Illustrated) |
1947 |
John Fiddler, England, rock vocalist/guitarist (British Lions) |
1949 |
Anson Williams, Los Angeles California, actor (Potsie-Happy Days) |
1949 |
Inshan Ali, cricketer (big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77) |
1949 |
Jerry F Costello, (Rep-D-Illinois) |
1949 |
Mimi Kennedy, Rochester NY, actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof) |
1951 |
Bob McAdoo, NBA forward/center (Buffalo Braves, LA Lakers) |
1951 |
Burleigh Drummond, rocker (Ambrosia) |
1951 |
Mark Hamill, Oakland California, actor (Luke Skywalker-Star Wars) |
1951 |
Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter (Kika, Matador) |
1952 |
Christopher Reeve, NYC, actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time) |
1952 |
Tommy Norden, NYC, actor (Flipper) |
1952 |
Gloria Jean Watkins, American scholar |
1953 |
Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon) |
1954 |
Sylvester Croom, American college football coach |
1954 |
Juande Ramos, Spanish Football Manager |
1955 |
Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari, Italian R&B-singer (Senza una Donna) |
1955 |
Steven Severin, British pop bassist (Siouxsie & Banshees-Wild Thing) |
1955 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer |
1955 |
Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985) |
1956 |
Jamie Hyneman, American visual effects technician |
1957 |
Rupert Haselden, journalist/Screenwriter |
1957 |
Ian Reddington, English actor |
1958 |
Michael Madsen, Chicago, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk) |
1958 |
Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist |
1959 |
Andy Waller, cricketer (big-hitting Zimbabwe batsman-1992 World Cup) |
1960 |
John Hills, horse trainer |
1960 |
Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer |
1960 |
Sonia Benezra, Canadian television host |
1961 |
Heather Locklear, LA Ca, actress (Stacy-T J Hooker, Sammy Jo-Dynasty) |
1961 |
Tim Zoehrer, cricketer (Aussie keeper, & occasional WA leggie) |
1962 |
Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87) |
1963 |
Keely Shaye Smith, correspondent (Unsolved Mysteries) |
1964 |
Bryan Tooley, Eugene Ore, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) |
1964 |
Anita Barone, American actress |
1964 |
Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive |
1964 |
Gary Ayles, British racing driver |
1964 |
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer |
1965 |
Scottie Pippen, Hamburg, Arkansas, American NBA forward (Bulls, Oly-2 gold-92, 96) |
1966 |
Elizabeth "Liz" Tchou, Medford NJ, field hockey defender (Olympics-96) |
1966 |
Todd Philcox, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs) |
1967 |
Lezlie Lund, Tolna ND, Miss ND-America (1991) |
1967 |
Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player |
1968 |
Will Smith [The Fresh Prince], actor/rapper (Men in Black, Independence Day, Fresh Prince) |
1968 |
Johan Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands |
1968 |
Reggie Jefferson, Tallahassee FL, 1st baseman (Cin, Cleve, Sea, Bos) |
1968 |
John Worsfold, Australian rules football coach |
1969 |
Catherine Zeta Jones, Swansea Wales, actress (Christopher Columbus) |
1969 |
David Weathers, Lawrencburg TN, pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Yankees) |
1969 |
Hansie Cronje, cricket captain (solid South African batsman) |
1969 |
Michae Wright, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons) |
1969 |
Hal Sparks, American actor |
1970 |
Curtis Buckley, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs) |
1970 |
Damon Pieri, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers) |
1970 |
Doug Pelfrey, NFL kicker (Cin Bengals) |
1970 |
Kerri Kendall, San Diego Ca, playmate (Sep, 1990) |
1970 |
Shannon Jones, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores) |
1970 |
Dean Ween, American musician (Ween) |
1971 |
John Lynch, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs) |
1971 |
Tony Harrison, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1971 |
Brian Dunkleman, American actor |
1972 |
Kevin Mason, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1972 |
Nikole Viola, Miss USA-Louisiana (1997) |
1973 |
Melonie McGarrah, Rogers Arkansas, Miss America-Arkansas (1997) |
1973 |
Tijani Babangida, soccer player (Roda JC) |
1973 |
Bridgette Wilson, Gold Beach, Oregon, American actress (Mortal Kombat, Billy Madison) |
1973 |
Bridget Marquardt, American model |
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, NBA guard (Boston Celtics) |
1977 |
Clea DuVall, American actress |
1977 |
Mike Krahulik, Illustrator |
1977 |
Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player |
1978 |
Laura Nicholls, Kitchener Ontario, 50m swimmer (Olympics-96) |
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 |
Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player |
1981 |
Jason Bergmann, American baseball player |
1981 |
Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician |
1981 |
Van Hansis, American actor |
1982 |
Hyun Bin, South Korean actor |
1983 |
Terrance Pennington, National Football League guard |
1984 |
Matt Carle, American ice hockey player |
1990 |
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater |
1994 |
Jansen Panettiere, American actor |
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