November 25th – Famous Birthdays!

Nov 25

November 25th – Famous Birthdays!

The Tweens News | English

Happy Birthday To:

* 1454 – Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
* 1501 – Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
* 1562 – Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
* 1609 – Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
* 1638 – Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
* 1703 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
* 1712 – Charles-Michel de l’Épée, French philanthropist and developer of ‘Signed French’ (d. 1789)
* 1714 – Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
* 1778 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
* 1814 – Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
* 1817 – John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
* 1835 – Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
* 1841 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
* 1843 – Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
* 1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
* 1845 – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
* 1846 – Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
* 1858 – Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
* 1862 – Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
* 1868 – Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1937)
* 1869 – Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
* 1870 – Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
* 1874 – Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
* 1876 – Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
* 1880 – John Flynn (minister), Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
* 1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, British children’s author (d. 1960)
* 1881 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
* 1883 – Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (d. 1968)
* 1883 – Percy Marmont, British actor (d.1977)
* 1887 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
* 1890 – Isaac Rosenberg, English and artist (d. 1918)
* 1895 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
* 1895 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
* 1895 – Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
* 1896 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
* 1902 – Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
* 1904 – Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
* 1904 – Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
* 1904 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
* 1907 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver (d. 1938)
* 1909 – P.D. Eastman, American children’s author and screenwriter (d. 1986)
* 1911 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
* 1913 – Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
* 1914 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
* 1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
* 1917 – Luigi Cardinal Poggi, Archivist Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church
* 1920 – Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
* 1920 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
* 1920 – Noel Neill, American actress
* 1922 – Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
* 1922 – Shelagh Fraser, British actress (d. 2000)
* 1923 – Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland
* 1924 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher
* 1926 – Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
* 1926 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
* 1933 – Kathryn Grant, American actress
* 1936 – Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
* 1938 – Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
* 1939 – Martin Feldstein, American economist
* 1940 – Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
* 1940 – Joe Gibbs, American football coach
* 1940 – Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician
* 1941 – Percy Sledge, American musician
* 1942 – Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
* 1944 – Ben Stein, American actor
* 1945 – Gail Collins, American journalist
* 1945 – Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
* 1945 – George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
* 1947 – Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
* 1947 – John Larroquette, American actor
* 1947 – Tracey Walter, American actor
* 1948 – Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
* 1950 – Alexis Wright, Australian author
* 1951 – Bucky Dent, American baseball player
* 1951 – Bill Morrissey, American musician
* 1951 – Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist
* 1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
* 1952 – John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
* 1953 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
* 1953 – Jeffrey Skilling, American former CEO of Enron
* 1955 – Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
* 1956 – Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
* 1957 – Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
* 1959 – Charles Kennedy, British politician
* 1959 – Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
* 1960 – Amy Grant, American singer
* 1960 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (d. 1999)
* 1960 – Kasey Smith, American keyboardist
* 1962 – Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, game director and game producer
* 1963 – Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
* 1963 – Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
* 1963 – Bernie Kosar, American football player
* 1964 – Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
* 1965 – Cris Carter, American football player
* 1965 – Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
* 1966 – Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
* 1966 – Billy Burke, American actor (The Twilight Saga: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse & Breaking Dawn)
* 1967 – Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
* 1967 – Rodney Sheppard, American musician (Sugar Ray)
* 1967 – Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
* 1968 – Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
* 1968 – Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
* 1968 – Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
* 1968 – Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
* 1969 – Anthony Peeler, American basketball player
* 1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress
* 1971 – Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1973 – Erick Strickland, American basketball player
* 1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
* 1976 – Donovan McNabb, American football player
* 1976 – Clint Mathis, American soccer player
* 1977 – Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
* 1977 – Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
* 1978 – Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
* 1979 – Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
* 1979 – Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
* 1980 – John-Michael Liles, American hockey player
* 1980 – Josh Mathews, American professional wrestling personality
* 1980 – Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
* 1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
* 1981 – Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
* 1981 – Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
* 1981 – Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
* 1981 – Mauricio Rua, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* 1983 – Joey Chestnut, American competitive eater
* 1983 – Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
* 1984 – Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
* 1984 – Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
* 1986 – Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
* 1986 – Craig Gardner, English footballer
* 1986 – Amber Hagerman, American girl who inspired the AMBER Alert system (d. 1996)
* 1987 – Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)
* 1988 – Jay Spearing, English footballer
* 1992 – Martin del Rosario, Filipino actor
* 1992 – Ana Bogdan, Romanian Tennis Player