Famous Birthdays for March 25th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1252 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
• 1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
• 1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
• 1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice, the first Bohemian archbishop (d. 1364)
• 1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)
• 1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
• 1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
• 1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (d. 1455)
• 1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)
• 1479 – Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
• 1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
• 1510 – Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581)
• 1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
• 1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
• 1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
• 1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (d. 1616)
• 1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1611 – Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
• 1636 – Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
• 1643 – Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
• 1661 – Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
• 1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer (d. 1783)
• 1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
• 1745 – John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
• 1767 – Joachim Murat, French general (d. 1815)
• 1782 – Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)
• 1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
• 1808 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
• 1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)
• 1840 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
• 1863 – Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
• 1868 – Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1871 – Louis Perrée, French fencer (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
• 1873 – Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
• 1874 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)^[15]
• 1876 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
• 1877 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
• 1878 – František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
• 1879 – Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
• 1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
• 1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (d. 1936)
• 1881 – Mary Webb, English author and poet (d. 1927)
• 1893 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Jimmy Seed, English international footballer and manager (d. 1966)^[16]
• 1897 – Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
• 1899 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (d. 1944)
• 1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994)
• 1906 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (d. 1990)
• 1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)^[17]
• 1910 – Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
• 1912 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Tassos, Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (d. 1985) ^[18]
• 1915 – Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (d. 1998)
• 1916 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
• 1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)^[19]
• 1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
• 1923 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019)
• 1925 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (d. 2009)^[20]
• 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
• 1927 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)^[21]
• 1928 – Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer (d. 2018)
• 1930 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
• 1930 – Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host
• 1932 – Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
• 1932 – Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1934 – Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman
• 1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center^[22]
• 1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
• 1936 – Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
• 1938 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
• 1938 – Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
• 1939 – D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
• 1941 – Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
• 1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter
• 1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television host
• 1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
• 1945 – Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
• 1946 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer
• 1946 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
• 1946 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)
• 1947 – Richard Cork, English historian and critic
• 1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1948 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
• 1948 – Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1949 – Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)
• 1949 – Sue Klebold, American activist
• 1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
• 1950 – Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist
• 1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1952 – Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1952 – Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
• 1953 – Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer ^[23]
• 1953 – Robert Fox, English producer and manager
• 1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1953 – Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
• 1955 – Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
• 1955 – Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1957 – Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist
• 1957 – Kanellos Kanellopoulos, Greek cyclist ^[24]
• 1957 – Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic
• 1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
• 1957 – Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer
• 1958 – Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1958 – Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer
• 1958 – Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician
• 1958 – María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
• 1958 – John Ensign, American physician and politician
• 1958 – Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach
• 1958 – Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
• 1960 – Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1960 – Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
• 1960 – Brenda Strong, American actress
• 1961 – Mark Brooks, American golfer
• 1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress
• 1962 – David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1963 – Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect
• 1963 – Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
• 1964 – René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Norm Duke, American bowler
• 1965 – Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
• 1966 – Tom Glavine, American baseball player
• 1966 – Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer
• 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1966 – Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
• 1967 – Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer
• 1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor
• 1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician
• 1969 – George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer
• 1969 – Dale Davis, American basketball player
• 1969 – Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
• 1969 – Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 – Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach
• 1971 – Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel^[25]
• 1972 – Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver
• 1972 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
• 1973 – Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 – Bob Sura, American basketball player
• 1974 – Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
• 1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1975 – Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
• 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter
• 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator
• 1977 – Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
• 1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
• 1980 – Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
• 1982 – Danica Patrick, American race car driver^[26]
• 1982 – Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
• 1982 – Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author^[27]
• 1983 – Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper
• 1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
• 1986 – Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
• 1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player
• 1986 – Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
• 1986 – Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
• 1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
• 1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• 1988 – Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter^[28]
• 1988 – Ryan Lewis, American music producer^[29]
• 1988 – Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper
• 1988 – Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
• 1989 – Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer
• 1990 – Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer
• 1990 – Alexander Esswein, German footballer^[30]
• 1991 – Scott Malone, English footballer^[31]
• 1992 – Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer^[32]
• 1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player^[33]
• 1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer^[34]
• 1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier^[35]