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January 25 birthdays

292 notable historical figures were born on January 25, and 191 died on this day. Everyone born on January 25 is a Aquarius.

17% of January 25 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (57) than any other country.

Born on January 25

• Alicia Keys (born 1981. American singer and songwriter (born 1981))
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978. President of Ukraine since 2019)
• Xavi Hernández (born 1980. Spanish footballer and manager (born 1980))
• Virginia Woolf (1882 to 1941. English modernist writer (1882–1941))
• Thomas Aquinas (1225 to 1274. Italian Dominican theologian and philosopher (1225–1274))
• Robert Burns (1759 to 1796. Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796))
• Corazon Aquino (1933 to 2009. President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992)
• Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1996) (born 1996. Spanish footballer)
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874 to 1965. English playwright and author (1874–1965))
• Mia Kirshner (born 1975. Canadian actress (born 1975))
• Charlene, Princess of Monaco (born 1978. Princess of Monaco since 2011)
• Robert Boyle (1627 to 1691. Anglo-Irish scientist (1627–1691))
• Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 to 1813. Italian-French scientist (1736–1813))
• Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927 to 1994. Brazilian composer and musician (1927–1994))
• Dinah Manoff (born 1958. American actress)
• Eduard Shevardnadze (1928 to 2014. Georgian politician and diplomat (1928–2014))
• John Cooper Clarke (born 1949. English poet (born 1949))
• J. Marion Sims (1813 to 1883. American physician and gynecologist (1813–1883))
• Vladimir Vysotsky (1938 to 1980. Soviet entertainer and poet (1938–1980))
• Ewan MacColl (1915 to 1989. British folk singer-songwriter and activist (1915–1989))
• Anne of Brittany (1477 to 1514. Queen of France (1491–1498; 1499–1514) and Duchess of Brittany (1488–1514))
• Christina Ochoa (born 1985. Spanish actress and science communicator (born 1985))
• Andy Harris (born 1957. American politician (born 1957))
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824 to 1873. Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873))
• Angela Thorne (1939 to 2023. English actress (1939–2023))
• Suzanne Innes-Stubb (born 1970. British-Finnish attorney (born 1970))
• Leo IV (750 to 780. Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780)
• Toše Proeski (1981 to 2007. Macedonian singer (1981–2007))
• Peter Watts (author) (born 1958. Canadian science fiction author (born 1958))
• David Grossman (born 1954. Israeli author (born 1954))
• Paul-Henri Spaak (1899 to 1972. Belgian politician (1899–1972))
• Robinho (born 1984. Brazilian footballer (born 1984))
• Jânio Quadros (1917 to 1992. President of Brazil in 1961)
• Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743 to 1819. German philosopher, literary figure, and socialite (1743–1819))
• Noemi (singer) (born 1982. Italian singer-songwriter (born 1982))
• António Ramalho Eanes (born 1935. President of Portugal from 1976 to 1986)
• J. G. Farrell (1935 to 1979. English-born writer of Irish descent (1935–1979))
• Leonid Telyatnikov (1951 to 2004. Ukrainian firefighter at Chernobyl (1951-2004))
• Ange-Félix Patassé (1937 to 2011. Central African politician (1937–2011))
• Elly Akira (born 1986. Japanese pornographic actress)
• Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950. Prime Minister of France from 2012 to 2014)
• Francisco Rubio (astronaut) (born 1975. US astronaut (born 1975))
• Gloria Naylor (1950 to 2016. American novelist (1950–2016))
• Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719 to 1765. Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Schwedt)
• Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (1526 to 1586. 16th Century Duke of Holstein-Gottorp)
• Eusébio (1942 to 2014. Portuguese footballer (1942–2014))
• Aaron Bean (born 1967. American politician (born 1967))
• Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1216 to 1252. Queen of Cilician Armenia from 1219 to 1252)
• Arvid Carlsson (1923 to 2018. Swedish neuroscientist (1923–2018))
• Yitzhak Hofi (1927 to 2014. Israeli general (1927–2014))
• Aino Aalto (1894 to 1949. Finnish architect and designer (1894–1949))
• Paul Adefarasin (born 1963. Nigerian pastor and televangelist (born 1963))
• Samuel T. Cohen (1921 to 2010. American physicist (1921–2010))
• Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922 to 2018. Italian population geneticist (1922–2018))
• Antonio I (1661 to 1731. Prince of Monaco from 1701 to 1731)
• Etta James (1938 to 2012. American blues singer (1938–2012))
• Juventino Rosas (1868 to 1894. Mexican composer and violinist (1868–1894))
• Govert Flinck (1615 to 1660. Dutch painter (1615–1660))
• Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567–1633) (1567 to 1633. Austrian archduchess and nun (1567–1633))
• Vyacheslav Dobrynin (1946 to 2024. Russian composer (1946–2024))

Died on January 25

• Ava Gardner (1922 to 1990. American actress (1922–1990))
• Al Capone (1899 to 1947. American gangster and businessman (1899–1947))
• Jonathan Larson (1960 to 1996. American composer, lyricist and playwright (1960–1996))
• Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941 to 2010. Iraqi military officer and politician (1941–2010))
• Erhard Milch (1892 to 1972. German general (1892–1972))
• Christian II of Denmark (1481 to 1559. King of Denmark and Norway from 1513 to 1523)
• Gregory of Nazianzus (329 to 389. Archbishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381)
• Philip Johnson (1906 to 2005. American architect (1906–2005))
• Diana Turbay (1950 to 1991. Colombian journalist (1950–1991))
• Gaiseric (389 to 477. King of the Vandals and Alans (r. 428–477))
• Adelheid of Hohenlohe- Langenburg (1835 to 1900. Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein from 1869 to 1880)
• Vijaya Raje Scindia (1919 to 2001. Rajmata of Gwalior (1919–2001))
• Gregory IV (795 to 844. Head of the Catholic Church from 827 to 844)
• Tadj al-Saltaneh (1883 to 1936. Qajar princess (1884–1936))
• Bhavatharini (1976 to 2024. Indian playback singer and composer (1976–2024))
• Barry Cryer (1935 to 2022. British writer, comedian and actor (1935–2022))
• Buchi Emecheta (1944 to 2017. Nigerian writer (1944–2017))
• Tuesday Lobsang Rampa (1910 to 1981. English writer (1910–1981))
• Sveinn Björnsson (1881 to 1952. Regent/President of Iceland from 1941 to 1952)
• Ouida (1839 to 1908. English novelist (1839–1908))
• Anacletus II (1091 to 1138. Antipope from 1130 to 1138)
• Emperor Ankan (466 to 536. Emperor of Japan from 531 to 536)
• Athanaric (318 to 381. King of the Thervingi)
• Lee Hae-chan (1952 to 2026. Prime Minister of South Korea from 2004 to 2006)
• Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515 to 1586. German Renaissance artist (1515–1586))
• Emperor Huan of Han (132 to 168. Emperor of Han China from 146 to 168)
• Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875 to 1957. Bavarian general)
• Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (born 1740) (1740 to 1741. Austrian archduchess (1740–1741))
• Ercole I (1431 to 1505. Duke of Ferrara from 1471 to 1505)
• Victor de Broglie (1785 to 1870. French politician (1785–1870))

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