Famous People Born in 1925 (Part 4)

Birthdays 601 - 704 of 704

Doris Roberts (1925-2016)

Nov 4 American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in St Louis, Missouri

Nov 4 Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, born in Stockholm (d. 2018)
Nov 4 Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), born in Dhaka, East Bengal (d. 1976)
Nov 6 Dirk de Vroome, Dutch campaigner and Limbourg activist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1986)
Nov 9 Bill Bruton, American baseball outfielder (NL stolen bases leader 1953-55 Milwaukee Braves), born in Penola, Alabama (d. 1995)
Nov 9 Sir Alistair Horne, British historian and journalist (A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962), born in London (d. 2017)

Nov 10 Welsh Tony and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actor (Cleopatra: Camelot; Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and fifth and sixth husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1964-74, 1975-76), born in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales

Nov 11 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno), born in London (d. 2015)

Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)

Nov 11 American comedian (The Jonathan Winters Show, Mork & Mindy), born in Dayton, Ohio

Nov 11 June Whitfield, English comedian (Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous), born in London, England (d. 2018)
Nov 13 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 15 Howard Baker, (Sen-R-Tenn), presidential chief of staff
Nov 15 Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (Berkshire Symphonies; Les Cloches des Clochards), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1996)
Nov 15 Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
Nov 16 Michel Jouvet, French neuroscientist and medical researcher who discovered the region of the brain that controls rapid eye movement (REM sleep), born in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France (d. 2017)
Nov 17 Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2010)
Nov 17 Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier
Nov 17 Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator

Rock Hudson (1925-1985)

Nov 17 American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), born in Winnetka, Illinois

Nov 18 Alex Macintosh, British BBC presenter and actor (Hell Fight), born in Fulham, London (d. 1997)
Nov 18 William Mayer, American composer (A Death in the Family; Brief Candle; Octagon), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
Nov 18 Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1992)
Nov 19 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-born sociologist (Modernity and the Holocaust), born in Poznań (d. 2017)
Nov 20 June Christy [Shirley Luster], American jazz singer ("Tampico"; "Something Cool"), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1990)
Nov 20 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), and singer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2019)
Nov 20 Maya Plisetskaya, Russian prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 2015)

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)

Nov 20 American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), born in Brookline, Massachusetts

Nov 21 Poncke Princen, Dutch anti-Nazi fighter, colonial soldier and human rights activist, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
Nov 22 Gunther Schuller, American violinist, horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical "third stream" (Visitation), born in Queens, New York (d. 2015)
Nov 23 Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger and musician (M*A*S*H theme), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Nov 24 Alun Owen, North Wales, writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant)
Nov 24 Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist who won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carlo Rubbia, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2011)
Nov 24 William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), born in NYC (d. 2008)
Nov 25 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
Nov 26 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)

Gregorio Álvarez (1925-2016)

Nov 26 Uruguayan dictator and President of Uruguay (1981-85), born in Montevideo, Uruguay [1]

Nov 27 Ernie Wise [Wiseman], English comedian (Morecambe & Wise), born in Bramley, England (d. 1999)
Nov 27 John Maddox, British science writer and editor (Nature), born in Penllergaer, Wales (d. 2009)
Nov 27 Marshall Thompson, American actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari), born in Peoria, Illinois
Nov 27 Michael Tolan, American actor (Nurses, Senator), born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 28 Aurelio de la Vega, Cuban-American composer, born in Havana, Cuba
Nov 28 József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), born in Kispest, Hungary (d. 1978)
Nov 28 Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1986)
Nov 29 Chet Leaming, American stage and screen actor, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1992)
Nov 29 Ernst Happel, Austrian soccer player, 1943-59 (Rapid Wien), and coach, 1962-92 (Feyenoord; Club Brugge; Hamburger SV, and 8 others), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1992)
Dec 1 Harold Strachan, South African writer, anti-apartheid activist, and explosives expert, born in Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 2020)
Dec 1 Jaime Mendoza-Nava, Bolivian-American composer and conductor, born in La Paz, Bolizia (d. 2005)
Dec 1 Jordan Klein, American cameraman and director (Thunderball), born in Miami, Florida
Dec 1 Martin Rodbell, American biochemist (1994 Nobel Prize for medicine or Physiology for discovery of G-proteins), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1998)
Dec 2 Julie Harris, American actress (The Bell Jar: I Am A Camera; East of Eden), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (d. 2013)
Dec 3 Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose; Gone), born in Desloge, Missouri (d. 2011)
Dec 3 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests, top score 92), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2005)
Dec 4 Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist, born in Alberta, Canada
Dec 4 Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)

Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980)

Dec 5 President of Nicaragua (1967-72 and 1974-79), born in León, Nicaragua

Dec 5 Glen "Frosty" Little, American circus clown (Ringling Brothers, 1968-91), and instructor (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, 1980-87), born in Genoa, Nebraska (d. 2010)
Dec 6 Andy Robustelli, American NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2011)
Dec 8 Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, born in Salamanca, Spain (d. 2000)
Dec 8 Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk on the Wild Side), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990)

Dec 8 American vaudeville, stage, and screen singer ("The Candy Man"), dancer, actor (Ocean's 11), and Rat Pack member, born in NYC, New York

Dec 10 Carolyn Ashley Kizer, American writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985), born in Spokane, Washington, (d. 2014)
Dec 10 Jean Byron [Imogene Audette Burkhart], American actress (The Patty Duke Show), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2006)
Dec 11 Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist (Nobel 2000), born in NYC, New York
Dec 12 (Michael) "Dodo" Marmarosa, American big band and bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (Artie Shaw), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Dec 12 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2000)
Dec 12 Cora Lee Johnson, American social activist for rural poor, born in Georgia (d. 2021)
Dec 12 Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (pace bowling all-rounder for India), born in Kolhapur, India (d. 1985)
Dec 12 Ghulam Guard, Indian cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), born in Surat, Gujarat (d. 1978)
Dec 12 Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2017)
Dec 13 Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Doctors' Hospital), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador (d. 2004)

Dick Van Dyke (97 years old)

Dec 13 American Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning actor, singer, and dancer (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Rob Petrie": Bye Bye Birdie; Mary Poppins; The Comic; Diagnosis: Murder), born in West Plains, Missouri

Dec 14 Sam Jones, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1955, 59; no-hitter 1955; Chicago Cubs), born in Stewartsville, Ohio (d. 1971)
Dec 15 (Josie) "Kasey" Rogers, American actress (Strangers On A Train; Bewitched - "Louise Tate"), born in Morehouse, Missouri (d. 2006)
Dec 15 Jack Rothstein, British concert violinist (London Czech Trio), conductor (Viennese Orchestra of London), and session player (The Beatles - "I Am the Walrus"; "Within You Without You"; Paul McCartney - “Here Today”), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2001)
Dec 15 Sam Pollock, Canadian NHL hockey general manager, 9X Stanley Cups (Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)
Dec 17 Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, comedian and singer (Black Rider; Rififi in Amsterdam), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2011)
Dec 18 Peggy Cummins [Augusta Fuller], Welsh-born Irish actress (Gun Crazy, Curse of the Demon), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales (d. 2017)
Dec 19 Robert Sherman, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter, with his brother, Robert (Mary Poppins; The Jungle Book; "You're Sixteen"), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Dec 19 Tankred Dorst, German playwright, born in Oberlind
Dec 20 Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer, born in Buggiano, Italy (d. 2007)
Dec 20 Bob de Moor, Belgian comics creator & artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1992)
Dec 20 Vlastimir Nikolovski, Macedonian composer, born in Prileb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now North Macedonia) (d. 2001)
Dec 22 Lewis Glucksman, American financier, born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 2006)
Dec 22 Thomas Christian David, Austrian flutist, conductor, choral director, and composer, born in Wels, Austria (d. 2006)
Dec 23 Harry Guardino, American actor (Monty Nash; Perry Mason; Hill Street Blues), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
Dec 23 Henry Charles Gordon, American engineer and astronaut (Dynasoar), born in Valparaiso, Indiana (d. 1996)
Dec 24 Claude Frank, German-American concert pianist and pedagogue, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 2014)
Dec 24 Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer, born in Kotla Sultan Singh, India (d. 1980)
Dec 24 Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer ("Road to Jerusalem"; "Don't Say Goodbye, Say I Will See You"), born in Mandatory Palestine (d. 2012)
Dec 25 Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born American author and mystic (Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within), born in Cajamarca (d. 1998)
Dec 25 Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
Dec 25 Ossi Reichert, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women's giant slalom 1956; silver slalom 1952), born in Gunzesried, Germany (d. 2006)
Dec 26 Baron Baker, Jamaician-born British activist, born in Port Antonia
Dec 27 Allan Blank, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
Dec 27 Michel Piccoli, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools), born in Paris, France
Dec 28 Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough
Dec 28 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (Touch of Class, Mozambique), born in Ulm, Germany (d. 2002)
Dec 29 Dina Merrill, American actress (Operation Petticoat; Butterfield 8), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Dec 29 Pete Dye, American golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass, Crooked Stick, Oakwood CC), born in Urbana, Ohio (d. 2020)
Dec 31 Jaap Schröder, Dutch violinist, conductor (Academy of Ancient Music), musicologist, and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam (d. 2020)

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