What happened on August 25 ?

1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)

1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)

1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)

1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)

1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)

1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)

1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)

1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)

1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)

1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)

1796 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876)

1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)

1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)

1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)

1841 - Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917)

1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)

1850 - Charles Richet, French scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1935)

1882 - Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966)

1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)

1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican (d. 1975)

1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981)

1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)

1903 - Árpád ÿl?, Hungarian physicist (d. 1992)

1909 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)

1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)

1912 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994)

1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)

1916 - Van Johnson, American actor

1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003)

1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor

1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)

1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)

1919 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)

1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host

1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)

1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)

1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor

1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host

1931 - Hal Fishman, American news anchor

1933 - Wayne Shorter, American musician

1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor

1935 - Charles Wright, American poet

1938 - David Canary, American actor

1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author

1939 - John Badham, American film director

1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone

1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor

1946 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player

1947 - Anne Archer, American actress

1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist

1949 - John Savage, American actor

1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist

1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)

1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)

1952 - Peter Wolf, American singer and composer

1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician

1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor

1962 - David Packer, American actor

1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician

1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor

1965 - Mia Zapata, American punk singer (The Gits)

1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American alt-country singer (Wilco)

1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer

1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)

1968 - Rachael Ray, American cook and television host

1968 - Spider One, American singer and musician (Powerman 5000)

1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor

1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model

1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player

1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor

1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor

1978 - Franck Queudrue, French footballer

1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress

1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress

1987 - James Wesolowski, Australain footballer