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September 25 birthdays

340 notable historical figures were born on September 25, and 185 died on this day. Everyone born on September 25 is a Libra.

16% of September 25 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (96) than any other country.

Born on September 25

• Michael Douglas (born 1944. American actor (born 1944))
• Will Smith (born 1968. American actor and rapper (born 1968))
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969. Welsh actress (born 1969))
• Donald Glover (born 1983. American actor and musician (born 1983))
• T.I. (born 1980. American rapper (born 1980))
• David Benioff (born 1970. American writer and producer (born 1970))
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 to 1975. Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975))
• Qianlong (1711 to 1799. Emperor of China from 1735 to 1796)
• Sarah Bernhardt (1844 to 1923. French stage actress (1844–1923))
• Bell hooks (1952 to 2021. American author and activist (1952–2021))
• Angie Bowie (born 1949. American actress and journalist)
• Frederick William II (1744 to 1797. King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797)
• Ronnie Barker (1929 to 2005. English actor, comedian and writer (1929–2005))
• Abul A'la Maududi (1903 to 1979. South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979))
• Fletcher Christian (1764 to 1793. English sailor (1764–1793))
• Irakli Kobakhidze (born 1978. Prime Minister of Georgia since 2024)
• Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899 to 1938. Romanian fascist politician (1899–1938))
• Plutarco Elías Calles (1877 to 1945. President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; de facto leader until 1934)
• Empress Myeongseong (1851 to 1895. Korean empress (1851–1895))
• Mary of Modena (1658 to 1718. Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688)
• Billy Hughes (1862 to 1952. Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923)
• William Faulkner (1897 to 1962. American writer and novelist (1897–1962))
• Nikola I (1841 to 1921. Last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 to 1764. French composer and music theorist (1683–1764))
• Sandro Pertini (1896 to 1990. President of Italy from 1978 to 1985)
• Christopher Reeve (1952 to 2004. American actor and activist (1952–2004))
• Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866 to 1945. American biologist (1866–1945))
• Gregory Meeks (born 1953. American politician (born 1953))
• Henry Pelham (1694 to 1754. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754)
• Lucía Topolansky (born 1944. Uruguayan politician (born 1944))
• Eric Williams (1911 to 1981. Leader of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to 1981)
• Garlin Gilchrist (born 1982. American politician (born 1982))
• Francesco Borromini (1599 to 1667. Italian Baroque architect (1599–1667))
• Ole Rømer (1644 to 1710. Danish astronomer (1644–1710))
• Ales Bialiatski (born 1962. Belarusian pro-democracy activist (born 1962))
• Leon Brittan (1939 to 2015. British politician (1939–2015))
• Mark Hamill (born 1951. American actor (born 1951))
• Stafford Beer (1926 to 2002. British management consultant and cyberneticist)
• Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949. Spanish filmmaker (born 1949))
• Kany García (born 1981. Puerto Rican singer and songwriter (born 1982))
• Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358 to 1408. Military ruler of Japan from 1368 to 1394)
• Wladimir Köppen (1846 to 1940. Russian–German meteorologist (1846–1940))
• Rudolf Otto (1869 to 1937. German theologian, philosopher and comparative religionist (1869–1937))
• Francis Josias (1697 to 1764. Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld)
• François Bernier (1620 to 1688. French doctor political philosopher, physician and traveler (1620 – 1688))
• Aram Saroyan (born 1943. American poet (born 1943))
• Tanzan Ishibashi (1884 to 1973. Prime Minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957)
• Myechyslaw Hryb (born 1938. Head of State of Belarus in 1994)
• Alfred Vail (1807 to 1859. 19th-century American machinist and inventor)
• Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938 to 2010. Prime Minister of Greenland (1979–1991; 1997–2002))
• Colin Davis (1927 to 2013. English conductor)
• Emperor Heizei (773 to 824. Emperor of Japan from 806 to 809)
• Yevgeny Miller (1867 to 1939. Russian general (1867–1939))
• Maya Sansa (born 1975. Italian actress)
• Barbara Walters (1929 to 2022. American journalist (1929–2022))
• Felicia Hemans (1793 to 1835. English poet (1793-1835))
• Hideyuki Kikuchi (born 1949. Japanese novelist)
• Ranbir Kapoor (born 1982. Indian actor (born 1982))
• George Salmon (1819 to 1904. Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian (1819–1904))
• William Le Baron Jenney (1832 to 1907. American architect and engineer)

Died on September 25

• Assata Shakur (1947 to 2025. American political activist (1947–2025))
• Harald Hardrada (1015 to 1066. King of Norway from 1046 to 1066)
• Arnold Palmer (1929 to 2016. American professional golfer (1929–2016))
• Edward Said (1935 to 2003. Palestinian-American academic (1935–2003))
• Pope Clement VII (1478 to 1534. Head of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534)
• Leopold III of Belgium (1901 to 1983. King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951)
• Philip IV the Handsome (1478 to 1506. Ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1506) and King of Castile (1506))
• Tostig Godwinson (1026 to 1066. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon earl)
• Wangarĩ Maathai (1940 to 2011. Kenyan environmental activist (1940–2011))
• José Fernández (1992 to 2016. Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016))
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 to 1999. American author (1930–1999))
• Walter Pidgeon (1897 to 1984. Canadian-American actor (1897–1984))
• Michael III (840 to 867. Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867)
• Emperor Go-Yōzei (1571 to 1617. Emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611)
• Paul Ehrenfest (1880 to 1933. Austrian theoretical physicist (1880–1933))
• al-Amin (787 to 813. 6th Abbasid caliph (r. 809–813))
• Stanisław Sosabowski (1892 to 1967. Polish general)
• Abba Kovner (1918 to 1987. Lithuanian-Israeli poet, writer, and partisan leader (1918–1987))
• César Manrique (1919 to 1992. Spanish painter)
• Francisco Suárez (1548 to 1617. Spanish priest, philosopher and theologian)
• Agnes von Kurowsky (1892 to 1984. American nurse, muse for Ernest Hemingway (1892–1984))
• Alejandra Pizarnik (1936 to 1972. Argentine poet (1936–1972))
• Cornell Woolrich (1903 to 1968. American novelist (1903–1968))
• Franco Modigliani (1918 to 2003. Italian-American economist and Nobel Laureate (1918–2003))
• Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728 to 1777. Swiss polymath (1728–1777))
• Yazid III (701 to 744. Umayyad caliph in 744)
• Mary Sidney (1561 to 1621. English poet, playwright and patron (1561–1621))
• Jacques MacDonald (1765 to 1840. French military leader (1765–1840))
• R. S. Thomas (1913 to 2000. Welsh poet and Anglican priest (1913–2000))
• Julius Fučík (composer) (1872 to 1916. Czech military bandmaster and composer)

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