September 25 - Births

Births

• 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)
• 1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)
• 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (d. 1667)
• 1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)
• 1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (d. 1711)
• 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764)
• 1694 – Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
• 1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
• 1725 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (d. 1804)
• 1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (d. 1789)
• 1741 – Wenzel Pichl, Czech composer, violinist, director, and writer (d. 1805)
• 1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
• 1758 – Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)
• 1764 – Fletcher Christian, English navy officer (d. 1793)
• 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1822)
• 1771 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general (d. 1829)
• 1773 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (d. 1856)
• 1780 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801)
• 1782 – Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824)
• 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874)
• 1816 – Georg August Rudolph, German politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893)
• 1825 – William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (d. 1888)
• 1825 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (d. 1879)
• 1839 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (d. 1904)
• 1862 – Léon Boëllmann, French composer (d. 1897)
• 1862 – Billy Hughes, Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
• 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
• 1867 – Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Hermann Barrelet, French rower
• 1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino politician and author (d. 1963)
• 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese author (d. 1936)
• 1888 – Hanna Ralph, German actress (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (d. 1930)
• 1893 – Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Sandro Pertini, Italian politician, 7th President of Italy (d. 1990)
• 1897 – William Faulkner, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Robert Brackman Ukrainian-American painter (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Robert Bresson, French director (d. 1999)
• 1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter (d. 1970)
• 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Jacqueline Audry, French director (d. 1977)
• 1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
• 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian philosopher and activist (d. 1968)
• 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director, screenwriter, and actor. (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian politician, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Robert Laxalt, American author (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Sam Rivers, American musician, composer, and bandleader (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress
• 1926 – Jack Hyles, American pastor (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Colin Davis, English conductor
• 1929 – Ronnie Barker, English comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Delia Scala, Italian actress (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, broadcaster, and author
• 1930 – Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti
• 1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Bryan John Birch, English mathematician
• 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer
• 1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and sportscaster
• 1933 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (The Tarriers) (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Brian Murphy, English actor
• 1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Ian & Sylvia and Great Speckled Bird)
• 1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor
• 1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali
• 1938 – Ron Hill, English runner
• 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
• 1939 – David S. Mann, American politician
• 1942 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976)
• 1942 – Robert Miano, American actor
• 1943 – Robert Gates, American civil servant and academic, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
• 1943 – John Locke, American keyboard player (Spirit and Nazareth) (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet
• 1943 – Josh Taylor, American actor
• 1943 – Robert Walden, American actor
• 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
• 1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician
• 1944 – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer
• 1945 – Kathleen Brown, American politician
• 1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1946 – Felicity Kendal, English actress
• 1946 – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love) (d. 1998)
• 1946 – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
• 1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros)
• 1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek diplomat and politician (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer and coach
• 1947 – Firmine Richard, French actress
• 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
• 1947 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter (The Valentinos)
• 1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress
• 1948 – Kathi McDonald, American singer (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1949 – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
• 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor
• 1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player
• 1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish actor
• 1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler
• 1952 – Bell Hooks, American author and activist
• 1952 – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
• 1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor
• 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Anson Williams, American actor and director
• 1953 – Richard Harvey, English musician and composer (Gryphon)
• 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football coach
• 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
• 1955 – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Amyr Klink, Brazilian explorer
• 1955 – Luanne Rice, American author
• 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer
• 1955 – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Glove)
• 1956 – W. Daniel Hillis, American scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
• 1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American television host, founded M5 Industries
• 1956 – Winfried Stradt, German footballer
• 1956 – Kim Thompson, American publisher
• 1957 – Michael Madsen, American actor
• 1957 – Ian Reddington, English actor
• 1958 – Randy Kerber, American composer
• 1959 – Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer
• 1960 – Sonia Benezra, Canadian actress
• 1960 – Eduardo Yáñez, Mexican actor
• 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress and model
• 1962 – Shreela Ghosh, Indian actress
• 1962 – Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian journalist (d. 2010)
• 1962 – Beth Toussaint, American actress
• 1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress
• 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
• 1963 – Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish actor
• 1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist
• 1964 – Gary Ayles, English race car driver
• 1964 – Anita Barone, American actress
• 1964 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
• 1964 – Lily Mariye, American actress
• 1964 – Chris Impellitteri, American guitarist and songwriter (Impellitteri and Animetal USA)
• 1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress (DoCo)
• 1964 – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
• 1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
• 1965 – Matt Battaglia, American actor
• 1965 – Herminia Bouza, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1965 – Gordon Currie, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1965 – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
• 1965 – Anne Roumanoff, French actress
• 1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
• 1965 – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
• 1966 – Jason Flemyng, English actor
• 1966 – Todd Philcox, American football player
• 1967 – Melissa De Sousa, American actress
• 1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Ashwin Sood, Canadian drummer
• 1968 – Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
• 1968 – John A. List, American economist
• 1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
• 1968 – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1969 – Bill Simmons, American columnist and author
• 1969 – Hal Sparks, American actor and singer
• 1969 – Heather Stewart-Whyte, English model
• 1969 – Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Guns N' Roses)
• 1969 – Tony Womack, American baseball player
• 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
• 1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player
• 1970 – Kerri Kendall, American model and actress
• 1970 – Aja Kong, Japanese wrestler
• 1970 – Misa Shimizu, Japanese actress
• 1970 – Dean Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ween)
• 1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player
• 1971 – Brian Dunkleman, American actor
• 1971 – John Lynch, American football player
• 1971 – Jessie Wallace, English actress
• 1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 – Bridget Marquardt, American model and actress
• 1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress and singer, Miss Teen USA 1990
• 1974 – Igor Bogdanović, Serbian footballer
• 1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
• 1974 – Richie Edwards, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stone Gods, The Darkness, and Onion Trump)
• 1974 – John Granville, American diplomat (d. 2008)
• 1974 – Tye Harvey, American pole vaulter
• 1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer
• 1974 – Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist (Interpol)
• 1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
• 1974 – Bente Elin Lilleøkseth, Norwegian politician
• 1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Eric Moss, American football player
• 1974 – Víctor Pacheco, Colombian footballer
• 1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
• 1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
• 1975 – Declan Donnelly, English actor and singer
• 1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
• 1975 – Daniel Hyde, English actor
• 1975 – Dat Nguyen, American football player
• 1975 – Maya Sansa, Italian actress
• 1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Stiffed)
• 1976 – Charlotte Ayanna, American actress
• 1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
• 1976 – Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Chiara Siracusa, Maltese singer
• 1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress
• 1977 – Kiyoshi Ijichi, Japanese drummer (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
• 1977 – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
• 1977 – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Joel David Moore, American actor
• 1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1978 – Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer (TrueBliss)
• 1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
• 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
• 1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model
• 1978 – Joel Pineiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1978 – Rossif Sutherland, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Kyle Bennett, American bicycle motocross racer (d. 2012)
• 1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist
• 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
• 1979 – Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
• 1980 – T.I., American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Elio Germano, Italian actor
• 1980 – Chris Owen, American actor
• 1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
• 1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
• 1981 – Sarah Jayne Dunn, English actress
• 1981 – Gemma Garrett, Irish model, Miss Great Britain 2007
• 1981 – Van Hansis, American actor
• 1981 – Lee Norris, American actor
• 1981 – Angelo Palombo, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Shane Tutmarc, American singer-songwriter and producer (Dolour)
• 1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor and singer
• 1982 – Kany García, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Son Dam-bi, South Korean singer and actress
• 1983 – Donald Glover, American actor and rapper
• 1983 – Terrance Pennington, American football player
• 1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Esther Baxter, American model and actress
• 1984 – Robbie Jones, American actor
• 1984 – Rashad McCants, American basketball player
• 1984 – Matías Silvestre, Argentine footballer
• 1984 – Annabelle Wallis, English actress
• 1985 – Marvin Matip, German footballer
• 1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
• 1986 – Nicole Fugere, American actress and model
• 1986 – Greg Mighall, English drummer (The Rascals and The Little Flames)
• 1986 – Marten Strauch, German rugby player
• 1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
• 1988 – Joe Prospero, English actor
• 1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
• 1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
• 1990 – Zac Fox, English actor
• 1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress
• 1991 – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
• 1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
• 1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
• 1993 – Megan Corletto, American actress
• 1994 – Jansen Panettiere, American actor