History Births on January 25

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1707)

#William_Cavendish,_1st_Duke_of_Devonshire

Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)

#Maurice_Roy

Dave Walker, English singer and guitarist

#Dave_Walker

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (d. 1819)

#Friedrich_Heinrich_Jacobi

Gloria Naylor, American novelist (d. 2016)

#Gloria_Naylor

Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)

#Govert_Flinck

Witold Lutos?awski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994)

#Witold_Lutos?awski

Stephen Chbosky, American author, screenwriter, and director

#Stephen_Chbosky

Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1941)

#Virginia_Woolf

Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991)

#Mildred_Dunnock

Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1873)

#Michael_Madhusudan_Dutt

Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (d. 780)

#Leo_IV_the_Khazar

Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2014)

#Gordy_Soltau

Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972)

#Paul-Henri_Spaak

Patrick Willis, American football player

#Patrick_Willis

Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1994)

#Antônio_Carlos_Jobim

Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player

#Derrick_Turnbow

Paul Nurse, English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Paul_Nurse

Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (d. 1815)

#Paolo_Mascagni

Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author

#Renate_Dorrestein

Robinho, Brazilian footballer

#Robinho

Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer

#Ángel_Nieto

Carl Eller, American football player and sportscaster

#Carl_Eller

Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (d. 2010)

#Edwin_Newman

Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish technologist and politician, Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs

#Eskil_Erlandsson

William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (d. 1905)

#William_McDougall_(politician)

Jean Taittinger, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 2012)

#Jean_Taittinger

Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1537)

#Paul_Hofhaimer

Mikimoto K?kichi, Japanese businessman (d. 1954)

#Mikimoto_K?kichi

Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (d. 1813)

#Johann_Gottfried_Vierling

Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist

#Denis_Menchov

Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 2001)

#Hsieh_Tung-min

Xavi, Spanish footballer

#Xavi

Benny Golson, American saxophonist and composer

#Benny_Golson

Emily Haines, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Emily_Haines

Hwang Jung-eum, South Korean actress

#Hwang_Jung-eum

Anne of Brittany (probable; d. 1514)

#Anne_of_Brittany

Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1813)

#Joseph-Louis_Lagrange

Peter Tatchell, Australian-English journalist and activist

#Peter_Tatchell

António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician, 16th President of Portugal

#António_Ramalho_Eanes

Stefan Kießling, German footballer

#Stefan_Kießling

Robert Faurisson, English-French author and academic (d. 2018)

#Robert_Faurisson

Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2016)

#Conrad_Burns

Fara Williams, English footballer

#Fara_Williams

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, English admiral (d. 1920)

#John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher

István Fekete, Hungarian author (d. 1970)

#István_Fekete

José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (d. 1891)

#José_María_Iglesias

Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1980)

#Vladimir_Vysotsky

Chet Culver, American educator and politician, 41st Governor of Iowa

#Chet_Culver

William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist (d. 1852)

#William_MacGillivray

Molly Holzschlag, American computer scientist and author

#Molly_Holzschlag

Robert Boyle, Irish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1691)

#Robert_Boyle

Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum (d. 1915)

#Charles_Reed_Bishop

Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver

#Luca_Badoer

Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)

#Cor_van_der_Hart

David Ginola, French footballer

#David_Ginola

Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician, Singaporean Ministry of National Development

#Vivian_Balakrishnan

Eric Orie, Dutch footballer and manager

#Eric_Orie

Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)

#Giorgos_Zampetas

Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)

#Ilya_Prigogine

Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player

#Tatiana_Golovin

Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player and manager

#Chris_Chelios

John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic

#John_Cooper_Clarke

Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)

#Jânio_Quadros

Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)

#Eusébio

Francis Jeffers, English footballer

#Francis_Jeffers

Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, German writer, diplomat and lawyer (d. 1683)

#Daniel_Casper_von_Lohenstein

Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)

#Juventino_Rosas

Elizabeth Allen, American actress and singer (d. 2006)

#Elizabeth_Allen_(actress)

Dean Jones, American actor and singer (d. 2015)

#Dean_Jones_(actor)

Pop Ivy, American football player and coach (d. 2003)

#Pop_Ivy

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1586)

#Adolf,_Duke_of_Holstein-Gottorp

Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator

#Leiji_Matsumoto

Tanya Savicheva, Russian child diarist (d. 1944)

#Tanya_Savicheva

Brent Celek, American football player

#Brent_Celek

Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)

#Diana_Hyland

Geoff Johns, American author, screenwriter, and producer

#Geoff_Johns

Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician

#Tostão

Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1823)

#Charles_François_Dumouriez

Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Ricardo_Bochini

Chris O'Grady, English footballer

#Chris_O'Grady

Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 1688)

#Gaspar_Fagel

Ana Ortiz, American actress

#Ana_Ortiz

Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player

#Maria_Kirilenko

Lou Groza, American football player and coach (d. 2000)

#Lou_Groza

Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)

#Julije_Kempf

Jenifer Lewis, American actress and singer

#Jenifer_Lewis

Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Arvid_Carlsson

Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (d. 1954)

#Wilhelm_Furtwängler

Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

#Alicia_Keys

Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)

#Florence_Mills

Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician, 61st Mayor of São Paulo

#Fernando_Haddad

Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher (d. 1901)

#Anna_Gardner

Margery Sharp, English author and educator (d. 1991)

#Margery_Sharp

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (d. 2014)

#Eduard_Shevardnadze

J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician (d. 1883)

#J._Marion_Sims

Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 1998)

#Shotaro_Ishinomori

Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress

#Mia_Kirshner

François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)

#François-Vincent_Raspail

Etta James, American singer (d. 2012)

#Etta_James

Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936)

#Charles_Curtis

Andrew Harris, American politician

#Andy_Harris_(politician)

Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (d. 2009)

#Corazon_Aquino

Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress

#Leigh_Taylor-Young

Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach

#Esa_Tikkanen

Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

#Tobe_Hooper

Nigel Melker, Dutch racing driver

#Nigel_Melker

Y?jir? Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator (d. 1986)

#Y?jir?_Ishizaka

Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)

#Giovanni_Morone

Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1796)

#Robert_Burns

Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor (2PM)

Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer

Ryota Ozawa, Japanese actor

Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver

Ahmet Dursun, Turkish footballer

Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer

Mário Haberfeld, Brazilian race car driver

Stephanie Bellars, American wrestler and manager

Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer

Robert Budreau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

Shinji Takehara, Japanese boxer

Philip Coppens, Belgian journalist and author (d. 2012)

Milt Stegall, American football player and sportscaster

Chris Mills, American basketball player

Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)

Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Nelson Asaytono, Filipino basketball player

Yiannos Ioannou, Cypriot footballer and manager

Stephen Pate, Australian cyclist

Billy Andrade, American golfer

Franco Pancheri, Italian footballer and manager

Dinah Manoff, American actress

Andy Cox, English guitarist

Kay Cottee, Australian sailor

Timothy White, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2002)

Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)

Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator

Ros Kelly, Australian educator and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

Doc Bundy, American race car driver and technician

Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2015)

Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, President of the Central African Republic (d. 2011)

Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)

Jérôme Choquette, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2017)

Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (d. 2003)

Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach (d. 2014)

Sally Starr, American actress and television host (d. 2013)

Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (d. 1998)

Raymond Baxter, English television host and pilot (d. 2006)

Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist and academic (d. 2010)

Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, actor and producer (d. 1989)

William Strickland, American conductor and organist (d. 1991)

Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003)

Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 2010)

Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1984)

Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1976)

Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot (d. 1982)

Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology (d. 1975)

Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)

Kitahara Hakush?, Japanese poet and author (d. 1942)

Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975)

W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1965)

William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (d. 1857)

Nicolaes Visscher I, Dutch engraver and cartographer (d. 1679)

Katharina of Hanau, German countess regent (d. 1460)