October 25
Day of the year
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October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 67 days remain until the end of the year.
| October 25 in recent years |
| 2025 (Saturday) |
| 2024 (Friday) |
| 2023 (Wednesday) |
| 2022 (Tuesday) |
| 2021 (Monday) |
| 2020 (Sunday) |
| 2019 (Friday) |
| 2018 (Thursday) |
| 2017 (Wednesday) |
| 2016 (Tuesday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 285 or 286 â Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
- 473 â Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.
- 1147 â Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
- 1147 â Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon.
- 1415 â Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt.
1601â1900
- 1616 â Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
- 1747 â War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1760 â King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II.[1]
- 1809 â Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign.[2]
- 1812 â War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
- 1822 â Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
- 1854 â The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
- 1861 â The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
- 1868 â The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.[3]
- 1875 â Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bâ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin Johnson Lang as conductor and Hans von Bülow as soloist.[4]
1901âpresent
- 1911 â The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps.[5]
- 1917 â Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
- 1920 â After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
- 1924 â The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
- 1927 â The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
- 1932 â George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party.[6]
- 1940 â Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
- 1944 â World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
- 1944 â World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
- 1944 â World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1945 â Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.
- 1949 â The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
- 1962 â Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
- 1968 â A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.[7]
- 1968 â Soyuz 2 is launched.[8]
- 1971 â The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
- 1973 â Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
- 1980 â Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
- 1983 â The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
- 1989 â The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.[9]
- 1990 â The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.[10]
- 1995 â A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
- 1997 â After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 1999 â A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland.[11]
- 2001 â Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.[12]
- 2009 â The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
- 2010 â Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.[13]
- 2010 â A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.[14]
- 2023 â A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured.[15]
Births
Pre-1600
- 840 â Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (died 879)
- 1102 â William Clito, French son of Sybilla of Conversano (died 1128)
- 1330 â Louis II, Count of Flanders, (died 1384)
- 1453 â Giuliano de' Medici (died 1478)[16]
- 1510 â Renée of France (died 1574)[17]
- 1574 â François de Sourdis, French Catholic prelate (died 1628)
- 1589 â Jan StanisÅaw Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian noble (died 1635)
1601â1900
- 1612 â James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (died 1650)
- 1667 â Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1718)
- 1683 â Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1757)
- 1692 â Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (died 1766)
- 1709 â Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (died 1753)
- 1714 â James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (died 1799)
- 1736 â Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1824)
- 1743 â Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (died 1812)
- 1749 â Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain (died 1802)
- 1754 â Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New Jersey (died 1802)
- 1755 â François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander (died 1820)
- 1757 â Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (died 1831)
- 1759 â Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (died 1828)
- 1759 â William Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1834)
- 1760 â Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (died 1842)
- 1767 â Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (died 1830)
- 1768 â Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1816)
- 1772 â Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (died 1857)
- 1772 â Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (died 1813)
- 1779 â Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain (died 1808)
- 1781 â Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (died 1876)
- 1782 â Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1868)
- 1789 â Carlos MarÃa de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (died 1852)
- 1789 â Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer (died 1875)
- 1790 â Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (died 1878)
- 1792 â Jeanne Jugan, French nun (died 1879)
- 1795 â John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician (died 1870)
- 1800 â Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer, poet, literary reviewer (died 1833)[18]
- 1800 â Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (died 1859)
- 1800 â Jacques Paul Migne, French priest (died 1875)
- 1800 â Julius von Mohl, German orientalist (died 1876)
- 1802 â Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (died 1828)
- 1802 â Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (died 1864)
- 1803 â Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (died 1884)[19]
- 1806 â Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (died 1856)
- 1811 â Ãvariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832)
- 1814 â Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (died 1896)
- 1815 â Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (died 1894)
- 1819 â Christian August Friedrich Garcke, German botanist (died 1904)
- 1821 â Antonio Ciseri, Swiss-Italian painter (died 1891)
- 1825 â Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (died 1899)
- 1825 â Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, German astronomer and geophysicist (died 1884)
- 1827 â Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (died 1907)
- 1832 â Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1909)
- 1838 â Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (died 1875)
- 1838 â James Maybrick, English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" (died 1889)
- 1844 â Philip Wicksteed, English economist (died 1927)
- 1848 â Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (died 1925)
- 1848 â Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (died 1904)
- 1852 â Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian author (died 1912)
- 1853 â Karl August Otto Hoffmann, German botanist (died 1909)
- 1856 â Dragutin GorjanoviÄ-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (died 1936)
- 1858 â Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (died 1922)
- 1864 â John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (died 1920)
- 1864 â Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1956)
- 1864 â Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (died 1933)
- 1866 â Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor (died 1948)
- 1866 â Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno (died 1933)
- 1866 â Georg Schumann, German composer (died 1952)
- 1867 â Józef Dowbor-MuÅnicki, Polish general (died 1937)
- 1868 â Dan Burke, American baseball player (died 1933)
- 1868 â Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (died 1946)
- 1870 â Elsa Reger, German writer (died 1951)[20]
- 1874 â Emma Gramatica, Italian actress (died 1965)
- 1874 â Victor Sonnemans, Belgian water polo player (died 1962)
- 1874 â Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (died 1916)
- 1875 â Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (died 1961)[21]
- 1875 â Arthur Birkett, British cricketer (died 1941)
- 1877 â Adolf Moller, German rower (died 1968)
- 1877 â Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (died 1957)
- 1879 â Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (died 1925)
- 1880 â BohumÃr Å meral, Czech politician (died 1941)
- 1881 â Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
- 1882 â John T. Flynn, American journalist and author (died 1964)
- 1882 â Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1921)
- 1882 â André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1964)
- 1882 â Theodora Agnes Peck, American author and poet (died 1964)[22]
- 1883 â Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician (died 1938)
- 1884 â Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural anthropologist (died 1921)
- 1885 â Sam M. Lewis, American singer and lyricist (died 1959)
- 1885 â Xavier Lesage, French equestrian (died 1968)
- 1886 â Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (died 1972)
- 1886 â Karl Polanyi, Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (died 1964)
- 1887 â Alexander McCulloch, British rower (died 1951)
- 1888 â Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot (died 1957)
- 1888 â Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (died 1943)
- 1888 â Jan PalouÅ¡, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (died 1971)
- 1888 â Léon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder
- 1889 â Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
- 1890 â Floyd Bennett, American aviator (died 1928)
- 1890 â KÅtarÅ Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician (died 1974)
- 1891 â Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (died 1979)
- 1891 â Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (died 1962)
- 1892 â Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (died 1970)
- 1894 â Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor (died 1954)
- 1894 â ÃÅık Veysel ÅatıroÄlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (died 1973)
- 1894 â Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (died 1982)
- 1895 â Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1969)
- 1895 â Vsevolod Merkulov, Russian head of the NKGB (died 1953)
- 1895 â Arthur Schmidt, German officer (died 1987)
- 1896 â Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (died 1964)
- 1897 â Erwin von Lahousen, German Abwehr official (died 1955)
- 1897 â Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher (died 1980)
- 1897 â Luigi Pavese, Italian actor (died 1969)
- 1898 â Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter and producer (died 1979)
- 1899 â Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (died 1973)
- 1900 â Johan Greter, Dutch equestrian (died 1975)
- 1900 â Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (died 1978)[23]
- 1900 â William Stevenson, American track and fielder (died 1985)
1901âpresent
- 1901 â Roy Fox, British dance bandleader (died 1982)[24]
- 1902 â Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author (died 1998)
- 1902 â Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer (died 1956)
- 1902 â Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (died 1933)
- 1903 â Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (died 1983)
- 1904 â Cemal ReÅit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1985)
- 1904 â Denny Shute, American golfer (died 1974)
- 1904 â Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (died 1968)
- 1905 â Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (died 2000)
- 1906 â Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer (died 1989)
- 1908 â Carmen Dillon, English film and production designer (died 2000)
- 1908 â Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (died 1978)
- 1908 â Polly Ann Young, American actress (died 1997)
- 1909 â Whit Bissell, American actor (died 1996)
- 1909 â Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (died 1990)
- 1909 â Edward Flynn, American boxer (died 1976)
- 1909 â Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 1985)
- 1910 â William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer (died 1994)
- 1910 â Johnny Mauro, American race car driver (died 2003)
- 1910 â Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist (died 2016)[25]
- 1912 â Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (died 1997)
- 1912 â Alfred Klingler, German field handballer
- 1912 â Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (died 1996)[25]
- 1912 â Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1975)
- 1913 â Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (died 1991)
- 1913 â Larry Itliong, Filipino-American union organizer (died 1977)[26]
- 1913 â Anton Kochinyan, Soviet-Armenian politician (died 1990)
- 1914 â John Berryman, American poet and scholar (died 1972)
- 1915 â Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 1999)
- 1916 â Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (died 1971)
- 1917 â Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (died 2005)
- 1917 â Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2001)
- 1918 â David Ausubel, American psychologist (died 2008)
- 1919 â Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (died 2001)
- 1919 â Raoul Remy, French cyclist (died 2002)
- 1920 â Megan Taylor, British figure skater (died 1993)
- 1921 â Michael I of Romania (died 2017)
- 1922 â Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (died 2005)
- 1923 â Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate (died 2019)
- 1923 â Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (died 2012)
- 1923 â Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010)
- 1924 â Billy Barty, American actor (died 2000)
- 1924 â Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer (died 2008)
- 1925 â Oralia Dominguez, Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer (died 2013)
- 1925 â Joseph Michel, Belgian politician (died 2016)
- 1926 â Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (died 2011)
- 1926 â Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (died 2020)
- 1926 â Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian-American soprano and actress (died 2012)
- 1927 â Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (died 2017)
- 1927 â Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (died 2016)
- 1927 â Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (died 1987)[27]
- 1927 â Lauretta Masiero, Italian actress and singer (died 2010)
- 1928 â Jeanne Cooper, American actress (died 2013)
- 1928 â Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (died 2021)
- 1928 â Anthony Franciosa, American actor (died 2006)
- 1928 â Adolphe Gesché, Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (died 2003)
- 1928 â Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (died 2016)
- 1928 â Marion Ross, American actress[28]
- 1928 â Yakov Rylsky, Soviet sabre fencer (died 1999)
- 1929 â Michel Knuysen, Belgian rower (died 2013)
- 1929 â Zdravko Milev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1984)
- 1929 â Claude Rouer, French cyclist (died 2021)
- 1929 â Peter Rühmkorf, German writer (died 2008)
- 1930 â Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (died 1996)
- 1930 â Karoly Honfi, Hungarian chess player (died 1996)
- 1931 â Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (died 2011)
- 1931 â Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2018)
- 1932 â Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister (died 2025)[29]
- 1932 â Jerzy PawÅowski, Polish fencer and double agent (died 2005)
- 1932 â Theodor PiÅ¡tÄk, Czech costume designer
- 1933 â René Brodmann, Swiss footballer (died 2000)
- 1933 â Martti Mansikka, Finnish gymnast (died 2024)
- 1934 â Carlos Sherman, BelarusianâSpanish translator, writer, activist (died 2005)
- 1935 â Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
- 1936 â Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (died 2015)
- 1936 â Arnfinn Nesset, Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer
- 1936 â Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and singer
- 1937 â Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist (died 2001)
- 1937 â Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate
- 1937 â Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1938 â Bob Webster, American diver
- 1939 â Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1939 â Sara Dylan, American actress and model
- 1939 â Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete (died 2005)
- 1939 â Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
- 1939 â Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer (died 1972)
- 1939 â Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)
- 1940 â Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (died 2013)
- 1940 â Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach (died 2023)[30]
- 1941 â Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and painter
- 1941 â Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2020)[25]
- 1941 â Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011)[31]
- 1941 â Anne Tyler, American author and critic[25]
- 1941 â Dave Weill, American discus thrower
- 1942 â Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz trumpeter
- 1942 â Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2018)
- 1942 â Franklin Loufrani, French President of the Smiley Company
- 1943 â Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor
- 1943 â Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer
- 1944 â Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013)
- 1944 â Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[28]
- 1944 â James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant[25]
- 1944 â Donald Ford, Scottish footballer
- 1944 â Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host
- 1944 â Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1944 â Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman
- 1945 â Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (died 1994)
- 1945 â Yuriy Meshkov, Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist (died 2019)
- 1945 â Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician
- 1945 â Francisco Sá, Argentine footballer
- 1945 â Phil Volk, American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
- 1945 â David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter
- 1945 â Keaton Yamada, Japanese voice actor
- 1946 â ElÃas Figueroa, Chilean footballer
- 1946 â Peter Lieberson, American composer (died 2011)
- 1947 â Requena Nozal, Spanish artist
- 1947 â Glenn Tipton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[28]
- 1948 â Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach[25]
- 1948 â Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach[25]
- 1948 â Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach
- 1948 â Sigleif Johansen, Norwegian biathlete
- 1949 â Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1949 â Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (died 1996)
- 1949 â Brian Kerwin, American actor[28]
- 1949 â Wilfried Louis, Haitian footballer
- 1950 â Anne Alvaro, French actress
- 1950 â Fernando Arêas Rifan, Brazilian bishop
- 1950 â Roger Davies, English footballer
- 1950 â John Matuszak, American footballer (died 1989)
- 1950 â Francisco Oscar Lamolina, Argentine football referee
- 1950 â Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter
- 1951 â Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 â Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician
- 1952 â Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic
- 1952 â Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (died 2004)
- 1952 â Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author
- 1953 â Daniele Bagnoli, Italian volleyball coach
- 1953 â Jasem Yaqoub, Kuwaiti footballer
- 1954 â Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach[25]
- 1954 â Ed Powers, American founder of Ed Powers Productions
- 1955 â Glynis Barber, South African-English actress
- 1955 â Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator
- 1955 â Gale Anne Hurd, American producer
- 1955 â Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter[28]
- 1955 â Leena Lander, Finnish author
- 1955 â Lito Lapid, Filipino actor
- 1956 â Stephen Leather, British author
- 1957 â Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress[28]
- 1957 â Enrique López Zarza, Mexican footballer
- 1957 â Robbie McIntosh, English guitarist
- 1957 â Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
- 1958 â Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
- 1958 â Kjell Inge Røkke, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist
- 1959 â Ãscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer
- 1959 â Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2013)
- 1960 â Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
- 1961 â John Sivebæk, Danish footballer
- 1961 â Chad Smith, American drummer[28]
- 1962 â David Furnish, Canadian filmmaker
- 1962 â Steve Gainer, American cinematographer and director
- 1962 â Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager
- 1962 â John Stollmeyer, American soccer player
- 1963 â John Levén, Swedish bassist
- 1963 â Michael Lynagh, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1963 â Melinda McGraw, American actress
- 1963 â Tracy Nelson, American actress[28]
- 1963 â José Ortiz, Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1964 â Michael Boatman, American actor[28]
- 1964 â Johan de Kock, Dutch footballer
- 1964 â Nicole, German singer
- 1964 â Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer[28]
- 1965 â 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler
- 1965 â Mathieu Amalric, French actor and director[28]
- 1965 â Valdir Benedito, Brazilian footballer
- 1965 â Claire Colebrook, Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic
- 1965 â Dominique Herr, Swiss footballer
- 1965 â Derrick Rostagno, American tennis player
- 1965 â Rainer Strecker, German actor
- 1965 â Karl Malin, Austrian politician[32]
- 1966 â Zana Briski, British photographer and filmmaker
- 1966 â Lionel Charbonnier, French footballer
- 1966 â Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 â Perry Saturn, American wrestler
- 1967 â Martin Marinov, Australian canoeist
- 1967 â TaiyÅ Matsumoto, Japanese manga artist
- 1967 â Gary Sundgren, Swedish footballer
- 1968 â Doris Fitschen, German footballer
- 1968 â Christopher McQuarrie, American filmmaker[33]
- 1968 â Speech, American rapper[28]
- 1969 â Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian and television host[28]
- 1969 â Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player and coach
- 1969 â Slavko Cicak, Swedish chess Grandmaster
- 1969 â Nika Futterman, American voice actress, comedian and singer
- 1969 â Ibragim Gasanbekov, Azerbaijani footballer
- 1969 â Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer
- 1969 â Alex Webster, American bass player
- 1970 â J. A. Adande, American journalist and academic
- 1970 â Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
- 1970 â Adam Goldberg, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[28]
- 1970 â Damir MrÅ¡iÄ, Bosnian basketball player
- 1970 â Adam Pascal, American actor and singer[28]
- 1970 â Rafa, Spanish footballer
- 1970 â Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[28]
- 1970 â Daniel Scheinhardt, German footballer
- 1970 â Chely Wright, American singer-songwriter and actress[28]
- 1971 â Simon Charlton, English footballer and manager
- 1971 â Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1971 â Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 â Leslie Grossman, American actress[28]
- 1971 â Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
- 1971 â Pedro MartÃnez, Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1971 â Midori, Japanese-American violinist and educator[28]
- 1971 â Craig Robinson, American actor and singer[28]
- 1971 â Elif Åafak, French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic
- 1972 â Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer
- 1972 â Rodolfo Falcón, Cuban swimmer
- 1972 â Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress
- 1972 â Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 â Persia White, American actress, singer, and musician
- 1973 â Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee
- 1973 â Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (died 2005)
- 1973 â Michael Weston, American actor
- 1974 â Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player
- 1974 â Yoo Yong-sung, South Korean badminton player
- 1975 â Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975 â Ryan Clement, American football player
- 1975 â AgustÃn Julio, Colombian footballer
- 1975 â Zadie Smith, English author and academic
- 1975 â Antony Starr, New Zealand actor[25]
- 1976 â Deon Burton, Jamaican footballer
- 1976 â Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1976 â Akihisa Ikeda, Japanese manga artist
- 1976 â Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer
- 1976 â Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach
- 1976 â Anton Sikharulidze, Russian pair skater
- 1977 â The Alchemist, American rapper, DJ, and producer
- 1977 â Rodolfo Bodipo, Equatoguinean retired footballer
- 1977 â MiticÄ Pricop, Romanian sprint canoer
- 1977 â Birgit Prinz, German footballer and psychologist
- 1977 â Rakan Rushaidat, Croatian actor
- 1977 â Kateryna Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1977 â Mihai Tararache, Romanian footballer
- 1977 â Yeho, Israeli singer and actor
- 1978 â Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
- 1978 â Zachary Knighton, American actor
- 1978 â Bobby Madden, Scottish football referee
- 1978 â Robert Mambo Mumba, Kenyan footballer
- 1978 â Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish sprinter
- 1978 â An Yong-hak, North Korean footballer
- 1979 â Bat for Lashes, English singer
- 1979 â Rob Hulse, English footballer
- 1979 â Mariana Klaveno, American actress
- 1979 â João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (died 2015)
- 1979 â Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model
- 1980 â Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor[28]
- 1980 â Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer
- 1981 â Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1981 â Josh Henderson, American actor and singer[28]
- 1981 â Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1982 â Victoria Francés, Spanish illustrator
- 1982 â Devin Green, American basketball player
- 1982 â Guido Grünheid, German basketball player
- 1982 â Camilla Jensen, Danish curler
- 1982 â Michael Sweetney, American basketball player
- 1982 â Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer
- 1983 â Hotaru Akane, Japanese actress and activist (died 2016)
- 1983 â Stanislav Bohush, Ukrainian footballer
- 1983 â Daniele Mannini, Italian footballer
- 1983 â Princess YÅko of Mikasa
- 1983 â Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
- 1984 â Nicolas Besch, French ice hockey player
- 1984 â Ticia Gara, Hungarian chess player
- 1984 â Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer
- 1984 â Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress[28]
- 1984 â Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer
- 1984 â Karolina Å prem, Croatian tennis player
- 1985 â Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress[28]
- 1985 â Ãscar Granados, Costa Rican footballer[34]
- 1985 â Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer[35]
- 1985 â Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer[36][37]
- 1986 â Tweety Carter, American basketball player
- 1986 â Roger Espinoza, Honduran footballer
- 1986 â Eddie Gaven, American soccer player
- 1986 â Kristian Sarkies, Australian footballer
- 1986 â Ekaterina Shumilova, Russian biathlete
- 1987 â Bill Amis, American basketball player
- 1987 â Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
- 1987 â Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
- 1988 â Robson Conceição, Brazilian boxer
- 1988 â Lewis McGugan, English professional footballer
- 1988 â Chandler Parsons, American basketball player
- 1988 â Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer
- 1988 â Karim Yoda, French footballer
- 1989 â Filip GrgiÄ, Croatian taekwondo practitioner
- 1989 â Sten Grytebust, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 â David Hala, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 â Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer
- 1989 â Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress[25]
- 1990 â Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist
- 1990 â Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner
- 1990 â Asha Philip, British athlete
- 1990 â Milena RaÅ¡iÄ, Serbian volleyball player
- 1990 â Dzina Sazanavets, Belarusian weightlifter
- 1991 â Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer
- 1991 â Isabella Shinikova, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1992 â Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka
- 1992 â Davide Formolo, Italian cyclist
- 1992 â Sergey Ridzik, Russian freestyle skier
- 1993 â Isaiah Austin, American basketball player
- 1993 â Iván Garcia, Mexican diver
- 1993 â William Howard, French basketball player[38]
- 1993 â Rachel Matthews, American actress[28]
- 1994 â Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier
- 1994 â Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer
- 1994 â Matteo Lodo, Italian rower
- 1994 â Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter
- 1994 â Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster
- 1995 â Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
- 1995 â Jock Landale, Australian basketball player[39]
- 1995 â Patrick McCaw, American basketball player
- 1996 â PJ Dozier, American basketball player[40]
- 1997 â Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer
- 1998 â Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player[41]
- 1998 â Lee Know, South Korean singer[42]
- 1999 â Romeo Langford, American basketball player[43]
- 2000 â Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer[44]
- 2000 â Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
- 2001 â Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 625 â Pope Boniface V[45]
- 912 â Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (born 859)
- 1047 â Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (born 1024)
- 1053 â Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu
- 1154 â Stephen, King of England[46]
- 1180 â John of Salisbury, French bishop (born c. 1120)
- 1200 â Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (born 1120)
- 1230 â Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1180)
- 1292 â Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England
- 1349 â James III of Majorca (born 1315)
- 1359 â Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293)
- 1400 â Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343)[47]
- 1415 â Charles I of Albret
- 1415 â Philip II, Count of Nevers (born 1389)
- 1415 â Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (born 1371)
- 1415 â Jean I, Duke of Alençon (born 1385)
- 1415 â Anthony, Duke of Brabant (born 1384)
- 1415 â Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (born 1394)
- 1415 â Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (born 1373)
- 1415 â Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (born c. 1380)
- 1478 â Catherine of Bosnia (born 1425)
- 1492 â Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (born 1455)
- 1495 â John II of Portugal (born 1455)
- 1514 â William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (born 1431)
- 1557 â William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (born 1505)
1601â1900
- 1647 â Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)
- 1651 â Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (born 1551)
- 1683 â William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1623)
- 1733 â Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1667)
- 1757 â Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (born 1672)
- 1760 â George II of Great Britain (born 1683)
- 1806 â Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (born 1750)
- 1826 â Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (born 1745)
- 1833 â Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (born 1789)
- 1852 â John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (born 1793)
- 1889 â Ãmile Augier, French playwright (born 1820)
- 1895 â Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (born 1819)
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (born 1870)
- 1910 â Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (born 1878)
- 1916 â William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (born 1849)
- 1919 â William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (born 1849)
- 1920 â Alexander of Greece (born 1893)
- 1920 â Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (born 1879)[48]
- 1920 â Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died on hunger strike during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (born 1895)[49]
- 1921 â Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (born 1853)
- 1924 â Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (born 1876)
- 1938 â Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892)
- 1940 â Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (born 1854)
- 1941 â Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (born 1914)
- 1945 â Robert Ley, German politician (born 1890)
- 1949 â Mary Acworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (born 1867)
- 1953 â Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1867)
- 1954 â Purshottam Narayan Gadgil, Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (born 1874)[50]
- 1955 â Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (born 1943)
- 1956 â Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (born 1889)[51][52]
- 1957 â Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (born 1902)
- 1957 â Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1878)
- 1960 â Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (born 1884)
- 1963 â Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (born 1898)
- 1967 â Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (born 1886)[53]
- 1969 â Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (born 1893)
- 1970 â Ãlo Sooster, Estonian painter (born 1924)
- 1971 â Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (born 1911)
- 1972 â Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (born 1918)
- 1973 â Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (born 1932)
- 1973 â Cleo Moore, American actress (born 1928)
- 1973 â Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (born 1891)
- 1975 â Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1937)
- 1976 â Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (born 1903)
- 1977 â Félix Gouin, French politician (born 1884)
- 1979 â Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (born 1898)
- 1980 â Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (born 1912)
- 1980 â VÃctor GalÃndez, Argentine boxer (born 1948)
- 1980 â Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921)
- 1982 â Bill Eckersley, English footballer (born 1925)
- 1982 â Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (born 1901)
- 1985 â Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 1986 â Forrest Tucker, American actor (born 1919)
- 1989 â Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (born 1912)
- 1990 â Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (born 1929)
- 1991 â Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (born 1931)
- 1992 â Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)
- 1992 â Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (born 1916)
- 1993 â Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1958)
- 1993 â Vincent Price, American actor (born 1911)
- 1994 â Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965)
- 1994 â Mildred Natwick, American actress (born 1905)
- 1995 â Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (born 1920)
- 1995 â Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (born 1918)
- 1999 â Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923)[54]
- 1999 â Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957)
- 2000 â Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (born 1909)
- 2002 â Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930)
- 2002 â René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (born 1923)
- 2002 â Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (born 1944)
- 2003 â Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920)
- 2003 â Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (born 1925)
- 2004 â John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939)
- 2010 â Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957)
- 2010 â Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951)
- 2010 â Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922)
- 2012 â Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907)
- 2012 â Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)
- 2012 â John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938)
- 2012 â Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944)
- 2013 â Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934)
- 2013 â Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (born 1924)
- 2013 â Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (born 1930)
- 2013 â Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)
- 2013 â Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930)
- 2013 â Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
- 2013 â Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (born 1942)
- 2014 â Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)[55]
- 2014 â Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)
- 2015 â David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956)
- 2015 â Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944)
- 2015 â Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)
- 2015 â Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955)
- 2016 â Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944)
- 2016 â Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922)
- 2018 â Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)[56]
- 2019 â Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937)
- 2024 â Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940)[57]
- 2024 â Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949)[58]
- 2025 â Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951)[59]
- 2025 â Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946)[60]
Holidays and observances
- Armed Forces Day (Romania)
- Christian feast day:
- Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo)
- Pope Boniface I
- Canna
- Blessed Carlo Gnocchi
- Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)
- Crispin and Crispinian
- Fructus
- Gaudentius of Brescia
- Goeznovius
- Minias of Florence
- Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches)
- Tabitha (Dorcas)
- Tegulus
- Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy
- The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales)
- The Hallowing of Nestorius
- October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country)
- Republic Day (Kazakhstan)[61]
- Retrocession Day and the memorial day for the Battle of Guningtou (
Taiwan)[62] - Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)
- Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)
