From Wikipedia: search criteria: February 25
Births
1398 - Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
1643 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
1663 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
1682 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)
1692 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
1707 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793)
1714 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
1714 - Hyde Parker, British admiral (d. 1782)
1725 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
1778 - José de San MartÃn, Argentine general and liberator of South America
1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
1842 - Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
1845 - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
1855 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
1860 - Sir William Ashley, economic historian (d. 1927)
1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
1888 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1959)
1889 - Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator (d. 1982)
1890 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
1895 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984)
1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001)
1910 - Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor and politician (d. 1992)
1913 - Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989)
1913 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
1916 - Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
1918 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
1918 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
1921 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
1925 - Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000)
1928 - Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer
1929 - Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983)
1932 - Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996)
1934 - Tony Lema, American pro golfer (d. 1966)
1935 - Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host
1937 - Tom Courtenay, British actor
1937 - Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist
1937 - Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I
1938 - Diane Baker, American actress
1938 - Herb Elliott, Australian runner
1940 - Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster
1940 - Ron Santo, baseball player
1940 - Danny Cater, baseball player
1942 - Karen Grassle, American actress
1942 - Carl Eller, former American football player
1943 - Wilson Piazza, Brazilian footballer
1943 - George Harrison, British musician (the Beatles) (d. 2001)
1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
1947 - Lee Evans, American athlete
1947 - Doug Yule, American bass guitarist, (The Velvet Underground)
1948 - Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
1949 - Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
1950 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
1950 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
1951 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
1951 - James Brown, American sportscaster
1951 - César Cedeño, baseball player
1952 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
1953 - José MarÃa Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
1953 - Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
1954 - John Doe, American musician
1958 - Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
1959 - Mike Peters, Welsh musician (The Alarm)
1960 - Tony Grimaud, Maltese-born singer and songwriter
1960 - Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1961 - Todd Blackledge, American football player
1962 - Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
1963 - Nancy O'Dell, American reporter and television personality
1964 - Lee Evans, British comedian
1964 - Don Majkowski, American football player
1965 - Carrot Top, American Comedian
1966 - Alexis Denisof, American actor
1966 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
1966 - Téa Leoni, American actress
1968 - Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
1969 - Paul Trimboli, Australian footballer
1971 - Sean Astin, American actor
1971 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey
1971 - Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
1973 - Anson Mount, American actor
1976 - Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, musician
1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
1977 - Kim Hee-sun, South Korean actress
1977 - Josh Wolff, American footballer
1981 - Jamie Lynn, American model
1981 - Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
1981 - Misty Giles, American beauty queen and Survivor contestant
1982 - Chris Baird, Irish footballer
1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
1985 - Joakim Noah, American basketball player
1985 - Moorea Wolfe, Canadian fitness model
1986 - Justin Berfield, American actor
1992 - Diego Blanton, Runner
1986 - James and Oliver Phelps, British actors
1998 - Brendon Baerg, American actor
[edit] Deaths
1246 - Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1522 - William Lilye, English classical scholar
1536 - Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
1553 - Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
1558 - Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566)
1634 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (b. 1583)
1643 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
1655 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
1682 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
1713 - King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
1715 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
1723 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (b. 1632)
1756 - Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
1798 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
1805 - Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
1831 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752)
1850 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
1852 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
1860 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
1899 - Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816)
1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
1934 - John McGraw, baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
1945 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
1950 - George Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885)
1953 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
1957 - George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
1964 - Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
1970 - Mark Rothko, American painter
1971 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1975 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (b. 1920)
1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
1987 - James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
1994 - Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass killer (b. 1956)
1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
1996 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940)
1999 - Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
2003 - Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
2003 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Peter Benenson, British founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
2006 - Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
2006 - Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
[edit] Holidays and observances
Kuwait's national day.
People Power Day, special holiday in the Philippines.
[edit] Liturgical feasts
Saint Cesar
Saint Klaudian
Blessed Romeo
Saint Walburgis
Saint Adeltrude
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