Famous Birthdays on April 25

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• 1211 Frederick II [the Warlike], Duke of Austria and Styria (1230-1246), born in Wiender Neustadt (d. 1246)
• 1214 Louis IX (Saint Louis), King of France (1226-70), born in Poissy, France (d. 1270)
• 1228 Conrad IV, King of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily, born in Andria, Sicily (d. 1254)

• 1287 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England, born in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England (d. 1330)
• 1502 Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1574)
• 1567 Aurelio Signoretti, Italian composer, born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1635)

• 1608 Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII, born in Palace of Fontainebleau, France (d. 1660)
• 1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk, Dutch general, born in Gouda, Netherlands (d. 1690)
• 1614 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1691)
• 1621 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist, born in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland (d. 1679)
• 1666 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, born in Bindersleben, Germany (d. 1727)
• 1677 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly), born in Lyon, France (d. 1746)
• 1690 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer, born in Passau, Germany (d. 1770)
• 1694 Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect, born in London (d. 1753)
• 1710 James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer, born in Banffshire, Scotland (d. 1776)
• 1723 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1797)
• 1725 Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, born in Caversham, Reading, England (d. 1786)
• 1730 Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, born in Lanciano, Italy (d. 1818)
• 1767 Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, born in Bar-le-Duc, France (d. 1847)
• 1769 Marc Isambard Brunel, French-born English engineer (Thames Tunnel), born in Hacqueville, France (d. 1849)
• 1770 Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian statesman, born in Nærøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (d. 1850)
• 1776 Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1857)
• 1792 John Keble, Anglican priest and founder (Oxford Movement), born in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1886)
• 1818 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, Polish guitarist and composer, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine (d. 1883)
• 1824 Gustave Boulanger, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1888)
• 1825 Charles Dowd, American principal who was the 1st to propose standardized time zones (for America's railways), born in Madison, Connecticut (d. 1904)
• 1837 William Charles Levey, Irish conductor and composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1894)
• 1840 James Dearing, U.S. Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1865)
• 1841 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1908)
• 1842 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer and poet (Il santo, Leila), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1911)
• 1843 Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse, born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1878)
• 1849 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1925)
• 1851 Leopoldo Alas, Spanish novelist (La Regenta), born in Zamora, Spain (d. 1901)
• 1854 Charles Sumner Tainter, American inventor of sound-recording instruments (graphophone, dictaphone), born in Watertown, Massachusetts (d. 1940) [1]
• 1861 Marco Enrico Bossi, Italian concert organist, composer and teacher, born in Salò, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1925)

• 1867 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician and physiologist, born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1941)
• 1868 John Bevins Moisant, American pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat, killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him, born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1910)
• 1869 Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, born in Mödling, Austria (d. 1927)
• 1872 C. B. Fry, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, 2 x 100s; Sussex, Hampshire), born in Croydon, England (d. 1956)
• 1873 Walter de la Mare, British poet and author (The Listeners, Memoirs of a Midget), born in Charlton, Kent (d. 1956)

• 1876 Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), born in Ciudad Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1945)
• 1878 Theodore Samuel Holland, British composer and pedagogue, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1947)
• 1881 Hans Windisch, German New Testament scholar, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1935)

• 1884 Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss auto racer and car designer (co-founder Chevrolet Motor Car Company), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (d. 1946)
• 1884 John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, American Baseball HOF shortstop (career batting average: .349 NgLs) and manager (Lincoln Giants, Bacharach Giants), born in Palatka, Florida (d. 1964)
• 1889 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 3 x 100s, 52 wickets, 24 catches), born in Lismore, Australia (d. 1944)
• 1895 Stanley Rous, British soccer official (6th President FIFA 1961-74), born in Mutford, England (d. 1986)
• 1896 Fred Haney, American MLB baseball player, 1922-29 (Detroit Tigers and 3 other teams), manager, 1939-41 and 1953-59 (Milwaukee Braves and 2 other teams), and executive, 1961-68 (Los Angeles Angels), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 1977)
• 1897 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch architect, and stained glass designer, born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 1937)
• 1897 Haro Levoni Step'anian, Armenian composer, born in Ganja, Azerbaijan (d. 1966)
• 1897 Mary [Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary], Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, born in York Cottage, Sandringham (d. 1965)
• 1897 Paula Trueman, American actress (Dirty Dancing), born in New York City (d. 1994)
• 1900 Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, British politician and diplomat, born in Firbeck Hall, England (d. 1996)
• 1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss-American theoretical physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
• 1901 Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, born in Hamburg, GermanyGerman Empire (d. 1975)
• 1902 Fred Price, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 1969)
• 1902 Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist, one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program, born in Forst, Germany (d. 1964)
• 1903 Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (theory of probability), born in Tambov, Russia (d. 1987)
• 1903 Camilla Horn, German actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol), born in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (d. 1996)
• 1903 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, born in Stavanger, Norway (d. 1984)
• 1905 George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, born in Wairoa, New Zealand (d. 1986)
• 1905 Walter Hassan, British automotive engineer, born in London (d. 1996)
• 1906 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), born in Vårdö, Finland (d. 1976)
• 1906 William J. Brennan, Jr, American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
• 1906 Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
• 1907 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, Russian composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)

• 1909 Jaroslav Doubrava, Czech composer, born in Chrudim, Czech Republic (d. 1960)
• 1912 Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1958)
• 1913 Earl Bostic, American jazz alto saxophonist (Flamingo, Temptation), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1965)
• 1913 Russ Conway, Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye), born in Brandon, Manitoba (d. 2009)
• 1914 Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), born in Paris (d. 1996)
• 1914 Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), born in Michelena, Venezuela (d. 2001)
• 1914 Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (Raintree County), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1948)
• 1915 Aksel Quintus Bosz, Surinamese lawyer, born in Pasuruan, Java, Indonesia (d. 1993)
• 1915 William Goyen, American writer, born in Trinity, Texas (d. 1983)
• 1916 Jerry Barber, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1961), born in Woodson, Illinois (d. 1994)
• 1916 Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)

• 1917 Red Flaherty, American baseball umpire (World Series 1955, 58, 65, 70; MLB All Star games 1956, 61, 69), born in Maynard, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
• 1918 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1941-56), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2006)
• 1918 Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer, born in Paris (d. 1995)
• 1919 Heinz Wunderlich, German organist and composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2012)
• 1920 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), born in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France (d. 1994)
• 1921 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet (Pastures of Silence), and playwright, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
• 1921 Karel Appel, Dutch painter (Vragende Children), born in Amsterdam (d. 2006)
• 1923 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer ("Born Under A Bad Sign"; "That's What The Blues Is About"), born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 1992)
• 1923 Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), born in Tällberg, Sweden (d. 2012)
• 1923 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer and 13th Astronomer Royal (1982-90)
• 1923 Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2006)
• 1924 Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2019)
• 1924 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), born in Palermo, Italy (d. 2005)
• 1925 Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
• 1926 Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (Social Democratic Party of Austria), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2008)
• 1926 Paul Walter Fürst, Austrian musician and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2013)

• 1927 Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist, sold the most books in Spanish (400 million), born in El Franco, Spain (d. 2009)
• 1927 Ernst Widmer, Swiss-Brazilian composer, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1990)
• 1929 Dotty Mack, American TV personality known as the "Queen of Pantomime" (The Paul Dixon Show; The Dotty Mack Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2019)
• 1929 José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza), born in Orense, Spain (d. 2000)
• 1929 Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper (Olympic gold, 1952), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2019)
• 1930 Paul Mazursky, American writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson), born in Brooklyn, New York, (d. 2014)
• 1930 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests; Hampshire CCC, Barbados), born in Saint Thomas, Barbados (d. 1992)
• 1931 David Shepherd, British painter (paintings of steam locomotives), born in Hendon, London (d. 2017)
• 1931 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), born in Moscow (d. 1980)
• 1932 (Meadow) "Meadowlark" Lemon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters, 1955-80, 1990, and 3 other teams), and clergyman, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2015)
• 1932 Frene Ginwala, South African politician and ANC activist (1st post-apartheid Speaker of the National Assembly), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2023) [1]
• 1932 Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower (Olympic gold 1968), born in Chişinău, Romania (d. 1998)
• 1932 William Roache, British actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street), born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
• 1933 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber & Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
• 1934 Denny "Scott" Miller, American actor (Wagon Train), born in Bloomington Ind, (d. 2014)
• 1934 Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer, born in Newry, Ireland
• 1935 April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021)
• 1935 James Peebles, Canadian American astrophysicist (Ostriker–Peebles criterion), 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1936 Leonel Sánchez, Chilean soccer striker (85 caps; Club Universidad de Chile 413 games, 167 goals), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2022)
• 1937 Bo Brundin, Swedish actor (The Rhinemann Exchange; A Baltic Tragedy), born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 2022)
• 1938 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
• 1938 Ton Schulten, Dutch painter (landscapes using bright blocks of colour), born in Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Netherlands
• 1939 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (d. 2005)
• 1939 Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian soccer defender (66 caps; Internazionale 358 games) and manager (Como, Genoa), born in Ruda, Italy (d. 2021)
• 1939 Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate, born in Ames, Iowa

• 1940 Frank Foster, English rugby league lock (1 Test GB; Workington Town, Hull Kingston Rovers, Bradford Northern) and coach (Barrow, Whitehaven), born in Maryport, England (d. 2019)
• 1940 O. B. McClinton, American country singer ("Keep Your Arms Around Me"), born in Senatobia, Mississippi (d. 1987)
• 1941 Bertrand Tavernier, French actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie), born in Lyon, France
• 1941 Lawrence J. Smith, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1983-93), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1941 Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England
• 1942 John Martin Dalby, Scottish composer, born in Aberdeen, Scotland
• 1942 Jon Kyl, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona (1987-95), born in Oakland, Nebraska
• 1943 Tony Christie [Fitzgerald], British pop singer (I Did What I Did For Maria), born in Conisbrough, England
• 1944 Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Norwegian classical pianist and musical pedagogue, born in Østre Toten, Norway
• 1944 Len Goodman, British ballroom dancing champion and television personality (Strictly Come Dancing, 2004-16; Dancing with the Stars, 2005-22), born in London, England (d. 2023)

• 1945 Jean Purdy, British embryologist and nurse (pioneer in developing IVF), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1985)
• 1945 Michael Kogel, German musician, born in Berlin, Germany
• 1945 Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary"; "Fortunate Son"), born in Oakland, California
• 1946 Digby Fairweather, British jazz trumpeter, born in Rochford, Essex, England
• 1946 Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman (Allied Irish Banks) and politician (Fine Gael), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2018)
• 1946 Talia Shire [Coppola], American actress (Adrienne-Rocky), born in Lake Success, New York
• 1946 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
• 1947 Bill Fontana, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1947 Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City), born in Buffalo, New York

• 1948 Mike Selvey, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; Middlesex), born in Chiswick, England
• 1948 Yu Shyi-kun, Premier of the Republic of China (2002-05), born in Dongshan, Yilan County, China
• 1949 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• 1949 James Fenton, English poet and journalist, born in Lincoln, England
• 1949 Michael Brown, American musician and songwriter (Don't Walk Away Renee), born in New York City (d. 2015)
• 1949 Vicente Pernía, Argentine soccer right back (7 caps; Estudiantes de La Plata, Boca Juniors), born in Tandil, Argentina
• 1949 Watermelon Slim [William Homans], American blues musician (The Wheel Man), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1950 Steve Ferrone, British session and touring funk, rock, and R&B drummer (Average White Band, 1974-83; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1994 to 2017), born in Brighton, England
• 1951 Ian McCartney, British MP for Makerfield (1987-10), born in Lennoxtown, Scotland
• 1952 Cory Daye, American dance music vocalist, born in The Bronx, New York

• 1952 Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist, born in Oslo, Norway
• 1952 Vladislav Tretiak, Russian hockey player (Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Dmitrovsky District, Russia
• 1953 Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut v WI), born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia
• 1953 Ron Clements, American animation director (Moana), born in Sioux City, Iowa
• 1953 Zeriiya Zekkariyas [Linda Womack (née Cooke)], American soul songwriter and singer (Womack & Womack -"Teardrops"), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1954 Rob Crosby, American country singer ("She's a Natural"), born in Sumter, South Carolina
• 1955 Américo Gallego, Argentine soccer midfielder (73 caps; Newell's Old Boys, River Plate) and manager (River Plate, Independiente, Newell's Old Boys), born in Morteros, Argentina
• 1955 Buster Mottram, English tennis player, born in Kingston upon Thames
• 1955 John Nunn, English chess grandmaster, born in London
• 1955 Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor (The Glass Agency), born in Kabudrahang, Hamadan Province, Iran
• 1956 Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• 1957 Eric Bristow MBE ['The Crafty Cockney'], English darts player (BDO World Champion 1980-81, 84-86), born in Hackney, England (d. 2018)

• 1958 Fish [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion - "Sugar Mice"), born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• 1959 Billy Rankin, Scottish rock guitarist, born in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• 1959 Dominique Blanc, French actress (Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train), born in Lyon, France
• 1960 Bruce Redman, Australian film producer (Seed), born in Melbourne, Australia
• 1961 Agneta Andersson, Swedish sprint canoer (Olympic gold K-1 500 1984, K-2 500 1984, 96; World C'ship gold K-2 500 1993), born in Karlskoga, Sweden (d. 2023)
• 1961 Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American author (2016: Obama's America), born in Mumbai, India
• 1961 Truls Mørk, Norwegian concert cellist, born in Bergen, Norway

• 1963 Marcos Ferrufino, Bolivian soccer defender (9 caps; Bolívar 252 games) and manager (San José, Real Potosí), born in Oruro, Bolivia (d. 2021)
• 1964 Andy Bell, English singer (Erasure - "Aftermath (Here We Go)"; "Oh L'Amour"), born in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England

• 1964 Jamie Siddons, Australian cricketer (Victorian & SA batsman ODI for Aust 1988), born in Robinvale, Victoria, Australia
• 1964 Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director (Tears of the Black Tiger), born in Bangkok, Thailand
• 1965 Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1965 Mark Bryant, American NBA forward and center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets), born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
• 1966 Darren Holmes, American baseball pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in Asheville, North Carolina
• 1966 Isabelle Pasco, French actress (Ave Maria) and model (Elle, Vogue), born in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
• 1967 Angel Martino, American 50m/100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold/2 br-92, 96), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• 1969 Darren Woodson, American NFL safety (5 x Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1992, 93, 95; Dallas Cowboys), born in Phoenix, Arizona
• 1969 Gavin Bruk-Jackson, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
• 1969 Gina Torres, American actress (Firefly, Suits), born in New York City
• 1969 Joe Buck, American sports broadcaster, born in St. Petersburg, Florida
• 1969 Jon Olsen, American 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley (Olymp-gold-1992, 96), born in New Britain, Connecticut
• 1969 Nir Shental, Israeli Men's 470 sailor (Olympic 15th-1996), born in Jaffa, Israel

• 1969 Sanjeeva Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994-97), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 1970 Corwin Brown, American NFL safety, 1993-2000 (NY Jets, NE Patriots), and college and professional coach, born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1970 Jason Lee, American comic actor (My Name Is Earl; Kevin Smith films; Alvin an the Chipmunks), and skateboard maker, born in Santa Ana, California

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