Births on 25 August
2000s
Evann Girault
2004
French-Nigerien sabre fencer (born 2004)
Rebeka Jančová
2003
Slovak alpine skier (born 2003)
Nicki Nicole
2000
Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter (born 2000)
1900s
China Anne McClain
1998
American actress and singer (born 1998)
Ong Seong-wu
1995
South Korean singer and actor (born 1995)
Dowoon
1995
South Korean musician (born 1995)
Edmunds Augstkalns
1994
Latvian ice hockey player
Caris LeVert
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Miyabi Natsuyaki
1992
Japanese singer (born 1992)
Ricardo Rodriguez (footballer)
1992
Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Max Muncy
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Hiram Mier
1989
Mexican footballer (born 1989)
Jaakko Ohtonen
1989
Finnish actor (born 1989)
Angela Park
1988
Brazilian-American professional golfer (born 1988)
Giga Chikadze
1988
Georgian mixed martial artist (born 1988)
Stacey Farber
1987
Canadian actress (born 1987)
Velimir Jovanović
1987
Serbian footballer
Blake Lively
1987
American actress (born 1987)
Amy Macdonald
1987
Scottish singer-songwriter
Justin Upton
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Adam Warren (baseball)
1987
American baseball pitcher (born 1987)
James Wesolowski
1987
Australian soccer player
Rodney Ferguson
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Florian Mohr
1984
German footballer
Anya Monzikova
1984
Russian-American model, actress (b. 1984)
James Rossiter
1983
British racing driver (born 1983)
Jung Jung-suk
1982
South Korean footballer (1982–2011)
Nick Schultz (ice hockey)
1982
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Rachel Bilson
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Jan-Berry Burger
1981
Namibian cricketer (born 1981)
Camille Pin
1981
French tennis player
Marlon Harewood
1979
English former professional footballer
Philipp Mißfelder
1979
German politician (1979–2015)
Deanna Nolan
1979
American-Russian basketball player (born 1979)
Kel Mitchell
1978
American actor and comedian (born 1978)
Robert Mohr (rugby union)
1978
Germany international rugby union player
Masumi Asano
1977
Japanese voice actress
Andy McDonald (ice hockey)
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Jonathan Togo
1977
American actor
Damon Jones
1976
American basketball player and coach (born 1976)
Javed Qadeer
1976
Pakistani cricketer (born 1976)
Alexander Skarsgård
1976
Swedish actor (born 1976)
Brad Drew
1975
Australian rugby league footballer
Petria Thomas
1975
Australian swimmer (born 1975)
Eric Millegan
1974
American actor
Pablo Ozuna
1974
Dominican baseball player (born 1974)
Fatih Akin
1973
German-Turkish filmmaker (born 1973)
Marvin Harrison
1972
American football player (born 1972)
Jason Death
1971
Australian rugby league footballer
Nathan Page
1971
Australian actor (born 1971)
Doug Glanville
1970
American baseball player and analyst (born 1970)
Debbie Graham
1970
American tennis player (born 1970)
Robert Horry
1970
American basketball player (born 1970)
Adrian Lam
1970
Papua New Guinea rugby league coach and former international footballer
Sille Lundquist
1970
Danish fashion model and author (1970–2018)
Jo Dee Messina
1970
American country singer (born 1970)
Claudia Schiffer
1970
German model (born 1970)
Olga Konkova
1969
Norwegian–Russian jazz pianist (born 1969)
Cameron Mathison
1969
Canadian-American actor (born 1969)
Catriona Matthew
1969
Scottish professional golfer
Vivek Razdan
1969
Indian cricketer (born 1969)
David Alan Basche
1968
American actor (born 1968)
Stuart Murdoch (musician)
1968
British musician
Spider One
1968
American singer, director (born 1968)
Rachael Ray
1968
American television host (born 1968)
Takeshi Ueda
1968
Japanese musician
Tom Hollander
1967
British actor (born 1967)
Jeff Tweedy
1967
American musician (born 1967)
Albert Belle
1966
American baseball player (born 1966)
Robert Maschio
1966
American actor
Derek Sherinian
1966
American keyboardist (born 1966)
Terminator X
1966
American DJ (born 1966)
Cornelius Bennett
1965
American football player (born 1965)
Tim Cain
1965
American video game developer
Sanjeev Sharma
1965
Indian cricketer (born 1965)
Mia Zapata
1965
American singer (1965–1993)
Azmin Ali
1964
Malaysian politician
Maxim Kontsevich
1964
Russian and French mathematician (born 1964)
Blair Underwood
1964
American actor (born 1964)
Miro Cerar
1963
Slovenian lawyer and politician
Shock G
1963
American rapper (1963–2021)
Tiina Intelmann
1963
Estonian diplomat (born 1963)
Taslima Nasrin
1962
Bangladeshi poet, columnist, novelist (born 1962)
Theresa Andrews
1962
American swimmer (born 1962)
Vivian Campbell
1962
Irish guitarist (born 1962)
Michael Zorc
1962
German football player/general manager
Billy Ray Cyrus
1961
American country singer and actor (born 1961)
Dave Tippett
1961
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ally Walker
1961
American actress
Joanne Whalley
1961
British actress (born 1961)
Ashley Crow
1960
American actress
David Mabuza
1960
Deputy President of South Africa from 2018 to 2023
Georg Zellhofer
1960
Austrian footballer and manager
Ian Falconer
1959
American author and illustrator (1959–2023)
Steve Levy (politician)
1959
American politician (born 1959)
Bernardo Rezende
1959
Brazilian volleyball coach and former player
Lane Smith (illustrator)
1959
American illustrator and writer (born 1959)
Ruth Ann Swenson
1959
American soprano (born 1959)
Tim Burton
1958
American filmmaker (born 1958)
Christian LeBlanc
1958
American actor (born 1958)
Sikander Bakht (cricketer)
1957
Pakistani cricketer (born 1957)
Simon McBurney
1957
British actor (born 1957)
Frank Serratore
1957
American ice hockey coach (born 1957)
Matt Aitken
1956
Musical artist
Takeshi Okada
1956
Japanese footballer and manager
Henri Toivonen
1956
Finnish rally driver (1956–1986)
John McGeoch
1955
Scotttish musician (1955–2004)
Gerd Müller (politician)
1955
German politician (born 1955)
Elvis Costello
1954
English singer-songwriter (born 1954)
Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness
1954
Scottish politician (1954–2026)
Kurban Berdyev
1952
Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)
Geoff Downes
1952
English keyboardist (born 1952)
Duleep Mendis
1952
Former Sri Lankan cricketer
Rob Halford
1951
English heavy metal singer (born 1951)
Bill Handel
1951
American attorney and radio personality (born 1951)
Willy DeVille
1950
American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)
Charles Fambrough
1950
American jazz bassist, composer and producer
Martin Amis
1949
English novelist (1949–2023)
Rijkman Groenink
1949
Dutch banker (born 1949)
John Savage (actor)
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Gene Simmons
1949
Israeli-American musician (born 1949)
Ledward Kaapana
1948
American musician (b. 1948)
Nicholas A. Peppas
1948
Greek chemical and biomedical engineer (b. 1948)
Michael Kaluta
1947
American comics artist (born 1947)
Keith Tippett
1947
British jazz pianist and composer (1947–2020)
Rollie Fingers
1946
American baseball player (born 1946)
Charles Ghigna
1946
American poet and author (born 1946)
Charlie Sanders
1946
American football player (1946–2015)
Daniel Hulet
1945
Belgian cartoonist
Hannah Louise Shearer
1945
American television writer
Conrad Black
1944
Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944)
Jacques Demers
1944
Canadian politician
Anthony Heald
1944
American actor
Andrew Longmore
1944
British judge
Nathan Deal
1942
American politician (born 1942)
Pat Ingoldsby
1942
Irish poet and television presenter (1942–2025)
Ivan Koloff
1942
Canadian professional wrestler (1942–2017)
Mario Corso
1941
Italian footballer and coach (1941–2020)
Ludwig Müller (footballer)
1941
German footballer (1941–2021)
Wilhelm von Homburg
1940
German boxer and actor (1940–2004)
John Badham
1939
American film and television director (born 1939)
Marshall Brickman
1939
American screenwriter and director (1939–2024)
David Canary
1938
American actor (1938–2015)
Frederick Forsyth
1938
English novelist (1938–2025)
Jimmy Hannan
1937
Australian television presenter (1934–2019)
Virginia Euwer Wolff
1937
American children's book author
Giridharilal Kedia
1936
Indian social entrepreneur
Charles Wright (poet)
1935
American writer; University of Virginia professor
Lise Bacon
1934
Canadian politician (1934–2025)
Eddie Ilarde
1934
Filipino politician, radio, and television host (1934–2020)
Patrick F. McManus
1933
American humor writer (1933–2018)
Wayne Shorter
1933
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
Tom Skerritt
1933
American actor (born 1933)
Anatoly Kartashov (cosmonaut)
1932
Soviet astronaut (1932–2005)
Regis Philbin
1931
American television personality (1931–2020)
Sean Connery
1930
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
György Enyedi (geographer)
1930
Hungarian economist and geographer (1930–2012)
Graham Jarvis
1930
Canadian actor (1930–2003)
Crispin Tickell
1930
British diplomat and environmentalist (1930–2022)
Kayo Dottley
1928
American football player (1928–2018)
Darrell Johnson
1928
American baseball player, coach, manager, and scout (1928–2004)
Karl Korte
1928
American classical composer (1928–2022)
Herbert Kroemer
1928
German–American solid-state physicist (1928–2024)
Althea Gibson
1927
American tennis player (1927–2003)
Des Renford
1927
Australian swimmer
Thea Astley
1925
Australian novelist and short story writer (1925 – 2004)
Hilmar Hoffmann
1925
German director, cultural politician and academic lecturer
Stepas Butautas
1925
Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
1924
Hungarian tennis player (1924–2006)
Álvaro Mutis
1923
Colombian poet, novelist and essayist
Allyre Sirois
1923
Saskatchewan Queen's Bench judge (1923–2012)
Monty Hall
1921
Canadian-American game show host (1921–2017)
Bryce Mackasey
1921
Canadian politician
Brian Moore (novelist)
1921
Novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland
William P. Foster
1919
American bandmaster, composer, and author (1919–2010)
George Wallace
1919
American politician and lawyer (1919–1998)
Jaap Rijks
1919
Dutch equestrian
Leonard Bernstein
1918
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Richard Greene
1918
English film and TV actor (1918–1985)
Mel Ferrer
1917
American actor, director and producer (1917–2008)
Van Johnson
1916
American actor (1916–2008)
Frederick Chapman Robbins
1916
American Nobel Prize recipient
Saburō Sakai
1916
Imperial Japanese Navy WWII fighter pilot (1916–2000)
Don DeFore
1913
American actor (1913–1993)
Walt Kelly
1913
American animator and cartoonist (1913–1973)
Erich Honecker
1912
Leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989 (1912–1994)
Võ Nguyên Giáp
1911
Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)
George Cisar (baseball)
1910
American baseball player (1910-2010)
Dorothea Tanning
1910
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet (1910–2012)
Ruby Keeler
1909
Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer (1909–1993)
Michael Rennie
1909
British actor (1909–1971)
Jim Smith (cricketer, born 1906)
1906
English cricketer
Faustina Kowalska
1905
Nun and saint from Poland
Arpad Elo
1903
American-Hungarian physicist (1903–1992)
Stefan Wolpe
1902
German-American composer (1902–1972)
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie
1900
Hans Krebs (biochemist)
1900
British biochemist (1900–1981)
1800s
Paul Herman Buck
1899
American historian (1899–1978)
Helmut Hasse
1898
German mathematician (1898–1979)
Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898)
1898
English cricketer
H. Trendley Dean
1893
American dentist (1893–1962)
David Shimoni
1891
Israeli poet, writer, and translator
Alexander Mair
1889
Australian politician
Seán T. O'Kelly
1882
President of Ireland from 1945 to 1959
Ted Birnie
1878
English footballer (1878–1935)
Joshua Lionel Cowen
1877
American inventor (1877–1965)
Agnes Mowinckel
1875
Norwegian actress (1875–1963)
Tom Kiely
1869
Irish athlete
James W. Gerard
1867
American politician
Charles Richet
1850
French physiologist, Nobel laureate and spiritualist (1850–1935)
Ludwig II of Bavaria
1845
King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886
Emil Theodor Kocher
1841
Swiss physician and Nobel laureate (1841–1917)
George C. Magoun
1840
Bret Harte
1836
American fiction writer and poet (1836–1902)
Carlo Acton
1829
Italian composer and concert pianist
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
1817
French Roman Catholic saint (1817–1898)
Nikolay Zinin
1812
Russian chemist (1812–1880)
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias
1803
Brazilian army officer and politician
Nikolaus Lenau
1802
Austrian poet (1802–1850)
Before 1800
James Lick
1796
American businessman and piano builder (1796–1876)
John Neal
1793
American writer and activist (1793–1876)
Ludwig I of Bavaria
1786
King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848
Thomas Bladen Capel
1776
Royal Navy officer (1776–1853)
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1767
French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
Franz Teyber
1758
Austrian Kapellmeister, organist and composer
Johann Gottfried Herder
1744
German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt
1741
Unorthodox German Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, and polemicist
George Stubbs
1724
British painter (1724–1806)
Louis I of Spain
1707
King of Spain in 1724
John Leverett the Younger
1662
Anglo-American lawyer and president of Harvard College
François de la Chaise
1624
Confessor of King Louis XIV of France (1624–1709)
Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
1605
Philippe van Lansberge
1561
Flemish Minister, astronomer and Mathematician
Lady Katherine Grey
1540
English noblewoman (1540–1568)
Ivan the Terrible
1530
Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584
Ippolito II d'Este
1509
Italian cardinal and statesman (1509–1572)
Innocenzo Cybo
1491
Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque
1467
Spanish nobleman