November 25 - Births

Births

1454 – Queen Catherine Cornaro of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 – Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1562 – Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
1577 – Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (d. 1629)
1609 – Queen Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669)
1638 – Queen Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1666 – Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (d. c. 1740)
1697 – Duchess Maria Karolina Sobieska of Bouillon (d. 1740)
1703 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (d. 1789)
1714 – Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1752 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, writer and music critic (d. 1814)
1778 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1814 – Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1815 – William Sawyer, Canadian politician (d. 1904)
1817 – John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1835 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1841 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 – Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist; father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
1845 – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 – Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1858 – Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 – Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1862 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish athlete (d. 1958)
1868 – Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1937)
1869 – Ben Lindsey, American jurist and social reform advocate (d. 1934)
1870 – Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1872 – Robert Maysack, American gymnast (d. 1960)
1874 – Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 – Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
1880 – John Flynn, Australian evangelist (d. 1951)
1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1881 – Jacob Fichman, Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist (d. 1958)
1881 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
1883 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1883 – Percy Marmont, British actor (d.1977)
1883 – Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
1887 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 – Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1891 – Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1895 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
1895 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895 – Ludvík Svoboda, Czech statesman (d. 1979)
1896 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
1900 – Rudolf Höß, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1947)
1901 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1948)
1902 – Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
1904 – Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
1904 – Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1907 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1909 – P.D. Eastman, American children's author and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1911 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 – Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (d. 2006)
1917 – Luigi Poggi, Italian archivist for the Vatican (d. 2010)
1919 – Norman Tokar, American director, Leave it to Beaver, Walt Disney live action films (d. 1979)
1920 – King Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1920 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
1920 – Noel Neill, American actress
1922 – Shelagh Fraser, British actress (d. 2000)
1922 – Gloria Lasso, French-born Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1923 – Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician
1924 – Paul Desmond, American jazz musician (d. 1977)
1924 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher
1926 – Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
1926 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
1926 – Ranganath Misra, Indian jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012)
1927 – John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (d. 2008)
1929 – Judy Crichton, American TV news and documentary producer (d. 2007)
1931 – Nat Adderley, American jazz musician (d. 2000)
1932 – Takayo Fischer, American actress
1933 – Kathryn Grant, American actress
1936 – Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 – Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
1939 – Martin Feldstein, American economist
1939 – Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
1940 – Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 – Joe Gibbs, American football coach and NASCAR race team owner
1940 – Jan Jongbloed, Dutch football goalkeeper
1940 – Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician
1941 – Rein Jan Hoekstra, Dutch politician and Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers
1941 – Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter
1941 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani author and spiritual leader
1941 – Percy Sledge, American musician
1941 – Gerald Seymour, English author
1942 – Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
1942 – Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer
1943 – Jerry Portnoy American harmonica blues musician
1944 – Maarten 't Hart, Dutch biologist and writer
1944 – Ben Stein, American actor, writer, lawyer, and political and economic commentator
1945 – Gail Collins, American journalist
1945 – Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
1945 – George D. Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1946 – Marc Brown, American children's author
1946 – Mike Doyle, British footballer (d. 2011)
1947 – Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
1947 – John Larroquette, American actor
1947 – Tracey Walter, American actor
1948 – Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1948 – Lars Eighner, American author
1949 – Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian Test cricketer and commentator
1950 – Alexis Wright, Australian author
1951 – Bucky Dent, American baseball player
1951 – Bill Morrissey, American musician (d. 2001)
1951 – Johnny Rep, Dutch football player
1951 – Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
1952 – Yannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer (d. 2004)
1952 – John Lynch, American politician and the 80th Governor of New Hampshire
1953 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
1953 – Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman
1955 – Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer
1955 – Connie Palmen, Dutch writer
1955 – Bruno Tonioli, Italian-born British dancer
1956 – Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1957 – Bob Ehrlich, American politician, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland, and the 60th Governor of Maryland
1959 – Charles Kennedy, British politician
1959 – Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
1960 – Amy Grant, American singer
1960 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher; son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy (d. 1999)
1962 – Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer
1963 – Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
1963 – Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1963 – Bernie Kosar, American football player
1963 – Chip Kelly, American football coach
1964 – Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1964 – Bert van Vlaanderen, Dutch long-distance runner
1965 – Cris Carter, American football player
1965 – Dougray Scott, Scottish actor
1966 – Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
1966 – Billy Burke, American actor
1967 – Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1967 – Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
1967 – Rodney Sheppard, American musician (Sugar Ray)
1967 – Gregg Turkington, American comedian and musician
1968 – Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
1968 – Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
1968 – Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
1968 – Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress
1971 – Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972 – Mark Morton, American musician
1973 – Octavio Dotel, Domincan baseball player
1973 – Steven de Jongh, Dutch road bicycle racer
1973 – Erick Strickland, American basketball player
1973 – Eddie Steeples, American actor
1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
1975 – Abdelkader Benali, Dutch writer and journalist
1976 – Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1976 – Donovan McNabb, American football player
1976 – Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
1977 – Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 – Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 – Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 – Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1979 – Michael Lehan, American football player
1980 – Valerie Azlynn, American actress
1980 – John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player
1980 – Josh Mathews, American professional wrestling personality
1980 – Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
1980 – Murray SawChuck, Canadian-American magician, comedian, and actor
1980 – Nick Swisher, American baseball player
1980 – Steffen Thier, German rugby player
1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
1981 – Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 – Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 – Lee Bum-Ho, South Korean baseball player
1981 – Chevon Troutman, American European Basketball Player
1981 – Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1981 – Mauricio Rua, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1983 – Joey Chestnut, American competitive eater
1983 – Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer-songwriter
1984 – Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
1984 – Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
1985 – Remona Fransen, Dutch athlete
1985 – Dan Carpenter, American football player
1986 – Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
1986 – Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim (d. 1996)
1986 – Craig Gardner, English footballer
1987 – Roderick Anthony Burton II (a.k.a. Dolla), American rapper (d. 2009)
1988 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
1988 – Jay Spearing, English footballer
1989 – Tom Dice, Belgian singer and songwriter
1990 – Rye Rye, American rapper, dancer and actress
1991 – Jamie Grace, American singer-songwriter and actress
1991 – Luca Tremolada, Italian footballer
1991 – Kevin Woo, Korean-American singer, member of (U-KISS)
1992 – Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
1992 – Martin del Rosario, Filipino actor
1992 – Zack Shada, American actor