History Births on April 25

Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host

#Daniel_MacPherson

Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia

#Paul_Madden_(diplomat)

Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)

#Sammy_Drechsel

Joe Buck, American sportscaster

#Joe_Buck

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1330)

#Roger_Mortimer,_1st_Earl_of_March

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776)

#James_Ferguson_(Scottish_astronomer)

Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

#Björn_Ulvaeus

Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist

#Alejandro_Valverde

Louis IX of France (d. 1270)

#Louis_IX_of_France

Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)

#Conrad_IV_of_Germany

Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

#Wolfgang_Pauli

James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

#James_Sheppard

Johann Smith, American soccer player

#Johann_Smith

Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor (d. 1940)

#Charles_Sumner_Tainter

Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer

#Jason_Lee_(actor)

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician

#Vladimir_Zhirinovsky

Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)

#Princess_Mary,_Duchess_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh

Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer

#Parviz_Parastui

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

#Connie_Marrero

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)

#Edward_Grey,_1st_Viscount_Grey_of_Fallodon

Anthony Venables, English economist, author, and academic

#Anthony_Venables

Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Paul_Mazursky

Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver

#Giedo_van_der_Garde

Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach

#Américo_Gallego

Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998)

#Lia_Manoliu

Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019)

#Nikolai_Kardashev

Georg Major, German theologian and academic (d. 1574)

#Georg_Major

John McFall, English sprinter

#John_McFall_(athlete)

Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator

#Albert_Uderzo

Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)

#Karel_Appel

Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (d. 2006)

#Melissa_Hayden_(dancer)

Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (d. 1976)

#Fred_McLeod

Al Pacino, American actor and director

#Al_Pacino

Peter Hintze, German politician (d. 2016)

#Peter_Hintze

Taylor Walker, Australian footballer

#Taylor_Walker_(footballer)

Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)

#Gertrude_Fröhlich-Sandner

Barbara Rittner, German tennis player

#Barbara_Rittner

Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

#Marie-Michèle_Gagnon

Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)

#Gladwyn_Jebb

Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower

#Yvette_Williams

Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Matthew_West

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (d. 1786)

#Augustus_Keppel,_1st_Viscount_Keppel

Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011)

#Finn_Helgesen

Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator (d. 1927)

#Luise_Adolpha_Le_Beau

Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic

#Stephen_Nickell

Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

#Ron_Clements

Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician

#Róisín_Shortall

Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850)

#Georg_Sverdrup

Femke Halsema, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician

#Femke_Halsema

Albert King, African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)

#Albert_King

Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

#Alex_Shibutani

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)

#Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom

Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach

#Rainer_Schüttler

Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer

#Hank_Azaria

David Shepherd, English painter and author

#David_Shepherd_(artist)

Paul Baloff, American singer (d. 2002)

#Paul_Baloff

Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer (d. 2018)

#Reinier_Kreijermaat

Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager

#Tarcisio_Burgnich

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance

#Dominique_Strauss-Kahn

Anja Pärson, Swedish skier

#Anja_Pärson

Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958)

#Jacob_Nicol

Ingemar Johansson, Swedish race walker (d. 2009)

#Ingemar_Johansson_(racewalker)

Alex Bowman, American race car driver

#Alex_Bowman

Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bertrand_Tavernier

Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster

#Randy_Cross

Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver

#Felipe_Massa

Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player

#Breyton_Paulse

Nicolas Oudinot, French general (d. 1847)

#Nicolas_Oudinot

Darren Holmes, American baseball player and coach

#Darren_Holmes_(baseball)

Ben Johnston, Scottish drummer and songwriter

#Ben_Johnston_(Scottish_musician)

James Johnston, Scottish bass player and songwriter

#James_Johnston_(Scottish_musician)

Edward II of England (d. 1327)

#Edward_II_of_England

Fish, Scottish singer-songwriter

#Fish_(singer)

Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer

#Razak_Boukari

Tim Duncan, American basketball player

#Tim_Duncan

Lewis Baker, English footballer

#Lewis_Baker_(footballer)

Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director

#Daniel_Kash

Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade

#Ian_McCartney

Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter

#Dominique_Blanc

George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)

#George_Nepia

Tony Christie, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Tony_Christie

Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer

#Ton_Schulten

Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager

#Foeke_Booy

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

#Guglielmo_Marconi

Peter Schulz, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (d. 2013)

#Peter_Schulz

Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)

#Edward_R._Murrow

Stu Cook, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Stu_Cook

Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China

#Yu_Shyi-kun

Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)

#Fred_Haney

Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer

#Marguerite_Moreau

Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

#Jay_Park

Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer

#Renée_Zellweger

David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager

#David_Moyes

Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer

#Ketil_Bjørnstad

Misha Glenny, British journalist

#Misha_Glenny

William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)

#William_J._Brennan_Jr.

Andy Bell, English singer-songwriter (Erasure)

#Andy_Bell_(singer)

Matt Walker, English swimmer

#Matt_Walker_(swimmer)

Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland

#Peter_Sutherland

Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese baseball player

#Kazuhito_Tadano

Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach

#Jacque_Jones

Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (d. 2013)

#Patricia_Castell

Steve Ferrone, English drummer

#Steve_Ferrone

Thomas Strunz, German footballer

#Thomas_Strunz

Monty Panesar, English cricketer

#Monty_Panesar

Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901)

#Leopoldo_Alas

Robert Peston, English journalist

#Robert_Peston

Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Paul_Wassif

DeAngelo Williams, American football player

#DeAngelo_Williams

Mary Miles Minter, American actress (d. 1984)

#Mary_Miles_Minter

Julius Ertlthaler, Austrian footballer

#Julius_Ertlthaler

Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)

#Paulo_Vanzolini

Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

#Gwen_Jorgensen

Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician

#Jon_Kyl

Len Goodman, English dancer

#Len_Goodman

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)

#Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington

Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer and manager

#Peter_McParland

Robert Andino, American baseball player

#Robert_Andino

Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player

#Johnathan_Thurston

John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)

#John_Moisant

Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)

#Henck_Arron

Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1658)

#Oliver_Cromwell

Sara Baras, Spanish dancer

#Sara_Baras

C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956)

#C._B._Fry

Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach

#Vladislav_Tretiak

Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author

#Dinesh_D'Souza

Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1925)

#Felix_Klein

Mack Horton, Australian swimmer

#Mack_Horton

Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987)

#Andrey_Kolmogorov

Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver

#Vicente_Pernía

Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor

#Jeffrey_DeMunn

Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexei_Emelin

Talia Shire, American actress

#Talia_Shire

Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter

#Martin_Koolhoven

Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)

#Johan_Cruyff

Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)

#Franco_Mannino

Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter

#Eric_Avery

Brian Barton, American baseball player

#Brian_Barton

Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver

#Jean-Éric_Vergne

Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (d. 1797)

#Giovanni_Marco_Rutini

Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach

#Jacques_Santini

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)

#Mary,_Princess_Royal_and_Countess_of_Harewood

Corín Tellado, Spanish author (d. 2009)

#Corín_Tellado

Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (d. 2015)

#Meadowlark_Lemon

Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)

#Ella_Fitzgerald

Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic

#Francis_Graham-Smith

Daniel Norris, American baseball player

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the highest-ranking spiritual leaders in Tibet

Claudia Rath, German heptathlete

Thin Seng Hon, Cambodian Paralympic athlete

Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenyan runner

Marco Russo, Italian footballer

Dwone Hicks, American football player

Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer

Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer

Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter

Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer

Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer

Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper

Brad Clontz, American baseball player

Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster

Vitaliy Kyrylenko, Ukrainian long jumper

Angel Martino, American swimmer

Erik Pappas, American baseball player and coach

Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)

Mark Bryant, American basketball player and coach

Bernd Müller, German footballer and manager

Dave Martin, English footballer

Joy Covey, American businesswoman (d. 2013)

Miran Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper

Bruce Redman, Australian director, producer, and critic

Tony Phillips, American baseball player (d. 2016)

Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager

Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar

Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks

Melvin Burgess, English author

Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer

Valentyna Kozyr, Ukrainian high jumper

Donnell Deeny, Northern Irish lawyer and judge

James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic

Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster

Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author

Bruce Ponder, English geneticist and cancer researcher

Mike Kogel, German singer-songwriter

Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat

Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic

Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat

Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012)

Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (d. 1960)

Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (d. 1992)

Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)

Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)

Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)

Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)

Louis O'Neil, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2018)

Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman

Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006)

Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)

Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005)

Jean Lucas, French racing driver (d. 2003)

Jerry Barber, American golfer (d. 1994)

Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (d. 1978)

Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (d. 1948)

Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (d. 1944)

Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965)

Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976)

William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)

Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)

Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (d. 1980)

Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936)

William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)

Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)

Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962)

Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956)

Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (d. 1926)

Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (d. 1727)

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (d. 1679)

Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597)