What happened on March 25 ?

1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)

1297 - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1341)

1297 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)

1345 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)

1347 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)

1404 (baptism) - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)

1479 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)

1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)

1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)

1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)

1643 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)

1661 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)

1699 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (d. 1783)

1767 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (d. 1815)

1800 - Heinrich von Dechsen, German geologist and mineralogist (d. 1889)

1863 - Simon Flexner, American pathologist (d. 1946)

1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (d. 1957)

1868 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)

1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (d. 1958)

1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)

1881 - Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (d. 1927)

1884 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (d. 1950)

1886 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)

1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)

1906 - A.J.P. Taylor, British historian (d. 1990)

1908 - Helmut Käutner, German actor and film director (d. 1980)

1908 - David Lean, English film director (d. 1991)

1911 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)

1914 - Norman Borlaug, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1918 - Howard Cosell, American attorney, lecturer, and sports journalist (d. 1995)

1920 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (d. 1987)

1920 - Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner

1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)

1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964)

1926 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)

1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)

1926 - Gene Shalit, American film critic

1928 - Jim Lovell, astronaut

1929 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)

1934 - Gloria Steinem, American author

1935 - Flash Elorde, Filipino boxer

1938 - Hoyt Axton, American musician and actor (d. 1999)

1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995)

1940 - Anita Bryant, American entertainer and activist

1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer

1942 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer

1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor

1946 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress

1946 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)

1946 - Cliff Balsam, English footballer

1947 - Sir Elton John, English singer, songwriter, and pianist

1949 - Nick Lowe, British singer, songwriter, and producer

1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician and politician

1956 - Matthew Garber, British actor (d. 1977)

1960 - Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress

1960 - Steve Norman, British saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)

1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress

1964 - Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress

1964 - Ken Wregget, Canadian hockey player

1964 - Alex Solis, Panamanian Thoroughbred Jockey

1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress

1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian Olympic committee

1966 - Tom Glavine, baseball player

1966 - Anton Rogan, Irish footballer

1966 - Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist

1966 - Tatjana Patitz, German supermodel and actress

1967 - Matthew Barney, American media artist

1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater

1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player

1971 - Cammi Granato, American hockey player

1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress

1976 - Juvenile, American rapper

1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

1976 - Francis Bellew, Irish Gaelic Footballer, Crosmaglen and Armagh

1976 - Gigi Leung, Hong Kong singer and actress

1979 - Natasha Yi, American supermodel

1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver

1982 - Sean Faris, American Actor and Model

1984 - Katharine McPhee, Season Five American Idol contestant

1987 - Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

1989 - Alyson Michalka, American actress