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August 25 in recent years

August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1902Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
  • 1903Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
  • 1905Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
  • 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)
  • 1909Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
  • 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
  • 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
  • 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
  • 1911Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
  • 1912Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994)
  • 1913Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
  • 1916Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
  • 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
  • 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
  • 1917Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
  • 1918Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
  • 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
  • 1919William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
  • 1919 – George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
  • 1919 – Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017)
  • 1921Monty Hall, Canadian television personality and game show host (d. 2017)
  • 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
  • 1921 – Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1923Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
  • 1923 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
  • 1924Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
  • 1925Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
  • 1925 – Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic (d. 2018)
  • 1925 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
  • 1927Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
  • 1927 – Des Renford, Australian swimmer (d. 1999)
  • 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
  • 1928 – Karl Korte, American composer and academic (d. 2022)
  • 1928 – Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)
  • 1930Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (d. 2020)
  • 1930 – György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
  • 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
  • 1930 – Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (d. 2022)
  • 1931Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (d. 2020)
  • 1932 – Anatoly Kartashov, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (d. 2005)
  • 1933Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author (d. 2018)
  • 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2023)
  • 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
  • 1934 – Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
  • 1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician (d. 2020)
  • 1935Charles Wright, American poet
  • 1936 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
  • 1937 – Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer (d. 2019)
  • 1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
  • 1938David Canary, American actor (d. 2015)
  • 1938 – Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
  • 1939 – John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
  • 1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
  • 1941 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1941 – Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach (d. 2020)
  • 1941 – Ludwig Müller, German footballer (d. 2021)
  • 1942Nathan Deal, American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
  • 1942 – Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (d. 2017)
  • 1944 – Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
  • 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
  • 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
  • 1944 – Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge
  • 1945 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
  • 1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
  • 1946 – Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
  • 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
  • 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
  • 1947 – Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020)
  • 1948 – Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
  • 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
  • 1949Martin Amis, British novelist (d. 2023)
  • 1949 – Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
  • 1949 – John Savage, American actor and producer
  • 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1950Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1951Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter
  • 1951 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
  • 1952 – Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager
  • 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
  • 1954Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
  • 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
  • 1955 – Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
  • 1956 – Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer
  • 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
  • 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor and director
  • 1957 – Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1958Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Christian LeBlanc, American actor
  • 1959Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
  • 1959 – Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Bernardo Rezende, Brazilian volleyball coach and player
  • 1959 – Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
  • 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
  • 1960 – Ashley Crow, American actress
  • 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager
  • 1961Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1961 – Dave Tippett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – Ally Walker, American actress
  • 1961 – Joanne Whalley, English actress
  • 1962Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author
  • 1962 – Theresa Andrews, American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
  • 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
  • 1962 – Michael Zorc, German footballer
  • 1963 – Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
  • 1963 – Shock G, American rapper and producer (d. 2021)
  • 1963 – Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
  • 1964 – Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
  • 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
  • 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor
  • 1965Cornelius Bennett, American football player
  • 1965 – Tim Cain, American video game designer
  • 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer (d. 1993)
  • 1966Albert Belle, American baseball player
  • 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
  • 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1966 – Terminator X, American hip-hop DJ
  • 1967Tom Hollander, English actor
  • 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
  • 1968 – David Alan Basche, American actor
  • 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
  • 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter
  • 1968 – Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
  • 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1969 – Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
  • 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor and television personality
  • 1969 – Catriona Matthew, Scottish golfer
  • 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1970Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1970 – Debbie Graham, American tennis player
  • 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1970 – Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
  • 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
  • 1971 – Jason Death, Australian rugby league player
  • 1971 – Nathan Page, Australian actor
  • 1972Marvin Harrison, American football player
  • 1973 – Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor
  • 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
  • 1975 – Brad Drew, Australian rugby league player
  • 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach
  • 1976Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach
  • 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  • 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
  • 1977 – Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
  • 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
  • 1978Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
  • 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
  • 1979 – Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (d. 2015)
  • 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
  • 1981Rachel Bilson, American actress
  • 1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
  • 1981 – Camille Pin, French tennis player
  • 1982 – Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer (d. 2011)
  • 1982 – Nick Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – James Rossiter, English race car driver
  • 1984 – Florian Mohr, German footballer
  • 1984 – Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress
  • 1986 – Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
  • 1987 – Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
  • 1987 – Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
  • 1987 – Blake Lively, American model and actress
  • 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Adam Warren, American baseball player
  • 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
  • 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
  • 1988 – Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
  • 1989 – Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
  • 1990 – Max Muncy, American baseball player
  • 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
  • 1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
  • 1994 – Caris LeVert, American basketball player
  • 1998China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
  • 2003 – Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer

Deaths

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Holidays and observances

See also

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