What happened on April 25 ?

32 - Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)

1214 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)

1228 - Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)

1284 - King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

1287 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)

1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)

1545 - Yi Sun Shin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)

1599 - Oliver Cromwell, English statesman (d. 1658)

1608 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (d. 1660)

1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)

1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)

1710 - James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1776)

1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)

1767 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)

1770 - Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)

1849 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925)

1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)

1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

1902 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)

1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1987)

1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997)

1908 - Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)

1909 - William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985)

1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d. 1948)

1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)

1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d. 1995)

1921 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d. 2006)

1923 - Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)

1925 - Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d. 1986)

1925 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d. 2003)

1927 - Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist

1930 - Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer

1932 - William Roache, British television actor (Coronation Street)

1932 - Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player

1933 - Jerry Leiber, American composer

1934 - Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer

1940 - Al Pacino, American actor

1945 - Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA)

1945 - Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

1946 - Talia Shire, American actress

1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician

1947 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer

1949 - Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer

1950 - Steve Ferrone, British drummer

1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist

1952 - Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet Union Ice Hockey Goalie from 1972-1984

1958 - Fish (b/ Derek Dick), Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-Marillion)

1960 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer

1964 - Hank Azaria, American actor

1964 - Andy Bell, British singer and songwriter (band Erasure)

1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director

1965 - Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction)

1969 - Joe Buck, baseball and American football broadcaster

1969 - Gina Torres, American actress

1969 - Darren Woodson, American football player

1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress

1970 - Jason Lee, American actor

1973 - Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin)

1976 - Tim Duncan, West Indian basketball player

1976 - Rainer Schuettler, German tennis player

1977 - Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer

1978 - Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model

1983 - DeAngelo Williams, American football player.

1988 - Sara Paxton, American actress

1989 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama

1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress