Birthdays in History on June 25

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)

Catalan-Spanish architect (Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló), born in Reus, Catalonia, Spain

1858 Georges Courteline [Moineau], French playwright, born in Tours, France (d. 1929)
1863 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1935)
1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist and chemist (Nobel 1920), born in Briesen, West Prussia (d. 1941)
1884 Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art dealer and publisher, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1979)
1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII), born in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (d. 1950)
1889 Margriet Baers, Flemish philosopher and social worker, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1922)
1890 Hans Marchwitza, German writer and communist, born in Scharley, Upper Silesia (d. 1965)
1894 Hermann Oberth, German physicist (founded modern astronautics), born in Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
1898 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American painter and poet, born in Albany, New York (d. 1963)

Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979)

British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), born in Windsor, England

1902 Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1953)

George Orwell (1903-1950)

British author (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four), born in Motihari, British India

1904 Jan van Axel [Johannes P. Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)
1907 J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1973)
1908 Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2000)
1911 William H. Stein, American biochemist (Nobel 1972), born in New York (d. 1980)
1912 Virginia Lacy Jones, American librarian and presidential advisor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1984)
1912 William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (1970-74), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1916 Philip Toynbee, British journalist and writer (Savage Days, Barricade), born in Oxford, England (d. 1981)
1923 Dorothy Gilman, American mystery writer, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 2012)
1923 Nicholas Mosley, British novelist, biographer and son of Oswald Mosley, born in London (d. 2017)
1923 Sam Francis, American painter (Basel Mural), born in San Mateo, California (d. 1994)
1923 Tony Parker, British oral historian, born in Stockport, Cheshire (d. 1996)
1925 Robert Venturi, American architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (Gott von Manhattan), born in Klagenfurt, Austria (d. 1973)
1928 Alexei Abrikosov, Russian-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 2003), born in Moscow (d. 2017)
1928 Peyo [Pierre Culliford], Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs; Johan et Pirlouit), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1992)

Eric Carle (1929-2021)

American illustrator, collage artist, and writer of children's books (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), born in Syracuse, New York

1930 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, British Reform rabbi, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
1931 V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), born in Allahabad, British India (d. 2008)
1933 Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, born in Matosinhos, Portugal

James Meredith (89 years old)

1933 American civil rights activist (1st African-American at the University of Mississippi), born in Kosciusko, Mississippi

1933 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter), born in Biella, Italy
1935 Larry Kramer, American playwright and AIDS activist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2020)
1935 Wynand Breytenbach, South African soldier and politician, Deputy Minister of Defense (1986-94), born in Orange Free State, South Africa (d. 2002)
1936 B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (1998-99) who liberalized Indonesia's press and political party laws, born in Parepare, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies (d. 2019)
1936 Paul Nowee, Dutch writer of children's and youth books. (Eagle's Eye), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1937 Marabel Morgan, American author (The Total Woman), born in Crestline, Ohio
1940 A. J. Quinnell [Philip Nicholson], English writer (Man on Fire), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (d. 2005)
1942 Michel Tremblay, Canadian novelist and playwright (Les Belles-Sœurs), born in Montreal, Quebec
1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell, one of FBI's most wanted, born in Ottawa, Ontario
1943 Bill Moggridge [William], British designer (1st laptop computer), born in London, England (d. 2012)
1943 Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, Dutch sculptor, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1946 Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator and humanitarian, born in Denekamp, Netherlands
1950 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), born in Safonovo, Russia (d. 1980)
1954 Sonia Sotomayor, American judge (1st woman of color on the US Supreme Court 2009-), born in The Bronx, New York
1956 Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, South African artist, born in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
1956 Boris Trajkovski, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia, born in Monospitovo, Strumica, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (d. 2004)
1961 Timur Bekmambetov, Russian Kazakh director (Night Watch), born in Guryev, Soviet Union
1963 Yann Martel, Spanish-Canadian author (Life of Pi), born in Salamanca, Spain
1964 Greg Raymer, American professional poker player, born in Minot, North Dakota
1966 Paula Kahumbu, Kenyan-born wildlife activist (Hands Off Our Elephants campaign), born in Nairobi, Kenya
1966 Richard Matt, American murderer who escaped prison, born in Tonawanda, New York (d. 2015)
1968 Oleg Taktarov, Russian martial artist, born in Arzamas-16, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR
1970 Ariel Gore, American journalist and author, born in Carmel, California
1971 Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1987 Sasha Velour [Alexander Steinberg], American drag artist (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Berkeley, California