History Births on March 25

Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994)

#Jean_Sablon

Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer (d. 2018)

#Cecil_Taylor

Louis Perrée, French fencer (d. 1924)

#Louis_Perrée

Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)

#Flannery_O'Connor

S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)

#S._M._Pandit

Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

#Rudy_Minarcin

Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (d. 1616)

#Giacomo_Castelvetro

Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Michael_Stanley

Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Lee_Mazzilli

Norm Duke, American bowler

#Norm_Duke

Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Jim_Lovell

Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (d. 1954)

#Siegfried_Handloser

Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter

#Ronnie_McDowell

John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)

#John_II,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

#Anders_Fridén

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)

#Francesco_I_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)

#José_de_Espronceda

Kim Woodburn, English television host

#Kim_Woodburn

László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)

#László_Papp

Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player

#Liam_Messam

Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer

#Gennaro_Delvecchio

Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)

#Carlo_Mauri

Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá

#Antanas_Mockus

Machiko Ky?, Japanese actress (d. 2019)

#Machiko_Ky?

Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)

#Jean-Antoine_Houdon

Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)

#Riz_Ortolani

Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper

#Stefka_Kostadinova

Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player

#Marco_Belinelli

Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

#Johnny_Burnette

Brenda Strong, American actress

#Brenda_Strong

Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer

#Mehmet_Ekici

Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (d. 1680)

#Louis_Moréri

Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (d. 1725)

#Paul_de_Rapin

Vesna Pusi?, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia

#Vesna_Pusi?

Giniel de Villiers, South African race car driver

#Giniel_de_Villiers

Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach

#Stacy_Dragila

Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)

#Nancy_Kelly

Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (d. 2010)

#Daniel_Bensaïd

Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)

#Bonnie_Guitar

Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)

#Andronikos_II_Palaiologos

Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (d. 1946)

#Simon_Flexner

John Ensign, American physician and politician

#John_Ensign

Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer

#Victor_Obinna

Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)

#Clinton_L._Merriam

Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)

#Henric_Piccardt

Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper

#Mitchell_Watt

John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)

#John_Barry_(naval_officer)

David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)

#David_Lean

Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer

#Matthew_Barney

Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (d. 1936)

#Patrick_Henry_Bruce

František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)

#František_Janda-Suk

Marcia Cross, American actress

#Marcia_Cross

Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Katharine_McPhee

Joachim Murat, French general (d. 1815)

#Joachim_Murat

Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (d. 1958)

#Rudolf_Rocker

Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter

#Richard_O'Brien

Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach

#Ray_Tanner

Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)

#Andronikos_III_Palaiologos

Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Aly_Michalka

Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic

#Susie_Bright

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter

#Muriel_Hurtis-Houairi

Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer

#Sarah_Jessica_Parker

Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

#Carmen_Rasmusen

Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)

#Conradin

Bonnie Bedelia, American actress

#Bonnie_Bedelia

Kyle Lowry, American basketball player

#Kyle_Lowry

Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)

#Howard_Cosell

Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer

#Lark_Voorhies

Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer-songwriter (d. 1783)

#Johann_Adolph_Hasse

Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)

#Wim_van_Est

Daniel Boulud, French chef and author

#Daniel_Boulud

Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)

#Ed_Begley

Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

#Norman_Borlaug

Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)

#Arturo_Toscanini

Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)

#Simone_Signoret

Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center

#Gloria_Steinem

Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)

#Béla_Bartók

Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player

#Jacob_Gagan

Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter

#Daniel_Buren

Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)

#Jean_Vilar

Scott Sinclair, English footballer

#Scott_Sinclair

Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic

#Gene_Shalit

Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor

#Doug_Stanhope

Tom Glavine, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Tom_Glavine

Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)

#Blanche_of_Lancaster

Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)

#Jean_de_Brébeuf

Danica Patrick, American race car driver

#Danica_Patrick

Arnošt of Pardubice, Polish archbishop (d. 1364)

#Arnošt_of_Pardubice

Ryan Lewis, American DJ, musician, record producer, and hip hop recording artist

#Ryan_Lewis

Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)

#Eileen_Ford

Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)

#Evliya_Çelebi

Selim S?rr? Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)

#Selim_S?rr?_Tarcan

Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

#Nobunari_Oda

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (d. 1944)

#Albrecht_Mertz_von_Quirnheim

Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier

#Michaela_Dorfmeister

Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)

#Myles_Keogh

Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)

#Ernst_Heinrich_Karl_von_Dechen

Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Melanie_Blatt

Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)

#Gutzon_Borglum

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)

#Marie_d'Albret,_Countess_of_Rethel

Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)

#Bill_Lockwood_(cricketer)

D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer

#D._C._Fontana

René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach

#René_Meulensteen

Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author

#Jenny_Slate

Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)

#Catherine_of_Siena

Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)

#Usha_Mehta

Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)

#Vasili_III_of_Russia

Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)

#Benzion_Netanyahu

Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

#Justine_Dufour-Lapointe

Irving Baxter, American jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)

#Irving_Baxter

Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)

#Christopher_Clavius

Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (d. 2008)

#Carl_Kaufmann

Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)

#Caroline_Bonaparte

Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)

#Wes_Santee

Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)

#Horatio_Nelson_Jackson

Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research

#Gudmund_Hernes

Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581)

#Guillaume_Postel

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)

#Hoyt_Axton

Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

#Steve_Norman

Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)

#Aretha_Franklin

Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

#Wladimir_Klitschko

Giuliano de' Medici (d. 1478)

#Giuliano_de'_Medici

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)

#Eustochia_Smeralda_Calafato

Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)

#Kishori_Sinha

Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director

#Paul_Michael_Glaser

Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer

#Álvaro_Saborío

Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach

#Avery_Johnson

Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player

#Serge_Betsen

Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (d. 1971)

#Johannes_Villemson

Mary Webb, English author and poet (d. 1927)

#Mary_Webb

Alexander Esswein, German footballer

#Alexander_Esswein

Sam Johnstone, English footballer

#Sam_Johnstone

Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure

#Åsa_Torstensson

Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

#Elton_John

Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)

#Jeff_Healey

Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach

#Sheryl_Swoopes

Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player

#Mickey_Paea

Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach

#Haroon_Rasheed

Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress

#Erika_Heynatz

Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)

#Frankie_Carle

Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)

#Pete_Johnson

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)

#John_Beaufort,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset

Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)

#Leila_Diniz

Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper

#Mickaël_Hanany

Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health

#Stephen_Dorrell

Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player

Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player

Megan Gibson, American softball player

Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater

Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter

Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower

Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator

Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Lars Figura, German sprinter

Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player

Bob Sura, American basketball player

Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)

Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer

Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player

Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

Dale Davis, American basketball player

George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer

Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician

Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer

Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer

Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player

Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer

Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect

Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer

David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician

Mark Brooks, American golfer

Peter O'Brien, Australian actor

María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter

Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician

Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer

Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer

Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler

Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic

Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist

Thom Loverro, American journalist and author

Robert Fox, English producer and manager

Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)

David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist

Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)

Sue Klebold, American activist

Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)

Richard Cork, English historian and critic

Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)

Stephen Hunter, American author and critic

Cliff Balsom, English footballer

Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)

Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian race car driver

Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza

Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)

Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman

Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)

Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)

Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host

David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)

Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (d. 2008)

Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)

P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)

Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)

Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)

Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)

Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)

Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)

Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (d. 1998)

Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)

Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)

Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)

A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (d. 1990)

Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)

Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998)

François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)

Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)

Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)

Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (d. 1455)