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Famous People Born in 1925

Born in 1925? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.

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The most famous people born in 192563

1925–2013

Margaret Thatcher

Britain's first female prime minister, who served from 1979 to 1990 and became known as the Iron Lady for her free-market reforms

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Mahathir Mohamad

Malaysian prime minister for 22 years who transformed the economy and returned to power at 92 in 2018

Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi: محاضر بن محمد; Malay:; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, physician and author who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020.

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1925–1965

Malcolm X

African American Muslim minister and Nation of Islam spokesman whose fiery speeches and Autobiography made him a civil rights icon

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.

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1925–1998

Pol Pot

Leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge whose regime of 1975 to 1979 killed an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people

Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

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1925–2023

Giorgio Napolitano

Former communist who became Italy's longest-serving president and the first to be re-elected, serving from 2006 to 2015

Giorgio Napolitano (Italian:; 29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015.

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1925–1961

Patrice Lumumba

Independence leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Congo in 1960 and was murdered the following year

Patrice Émery Lumumba ( pə-TREESS luu-MUUM-bə; born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa; 2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician, independence leader and revolutionary who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960,…

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1925–1970

Yukio Mishima

Japanese novelist of Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion who died by ritual suicide after a failed coup

Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku.

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1925–2008

Paul Newman

Award-winning actor known for films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars".

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Born in 1925, month by month

January
- Yukio Mishima (January 14) · Japanese novelist of Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion who died by ritual suicide after a failed coup
- Gilles Deleuze (January 18) · Influential French philosopher and theorist of the late twentieth century
- Paul Newman (January 26) · Award-winning actor known for films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Douglas Engelbart (January 30) · Inventor and computer pioneer who created the computer mouse
February
- Jack Lemmon (February 8) · Multi-award winning actor known for Some Like It Hot
- Hal Holbrook (February 17) · Actor famous for his long-running stage portrayal of Mark Twain
- George Kennedy (February 18) · Oscar-winning American actor known for Cool Hand Luke
- Robert Altman (February 20) · Film director known for MASH and the mystery film Gosford Park
March
- Leo Esaki (March 12) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who invented the tunnel diode
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky (March 18) · Acclaimed Soviet actor known for his stage and film roles
- Peter Brook (March 21) · Renowned theatre director known for his minimalist productions
- Flannery O'Connor (March 25) · American novelist known for her Southern Gothic short stories
- Pierre Boulez (March 26) · French composer and conductor of avant-garde classical music
April
- Rod Steiger (April 14) · Oscar-winning actor known for In the Heat of the Night
May
- Scott Carpenter (May 1) · NASA astronaut and one of the original Mercury Seven
- Nílton Santos (May 16) · Double World Cup-winning Brazilian defender known as The Encyclopedia
- Malcolm X (May 19) · African American Muslim minister and Nation of Islam spokesman whose fiery speeches and Autobiography made him a civil rights icon
- Pol Pot (May 19) · Leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge whose regime of 1975 to 1979 killed an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people
- Joshua Lederberg (May 23) · Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered that bacteria can exchange genes
- Bülent Ecevit (May 28) · Four-time Prime Minister of Turkey and acclaimed poet
June
- Tony Curtis (June 3) · Academy Award-nominated actor known for Some Like It Hot
- Barbara Bush (June 8) · Former US First Lady and campaigner for family literacy
- William Styron (June 11) · Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sophie's Choice
- Oliver Smithies (June 23) · Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who pioneered gene targeting in mice
- Masanori Tokita (June 24) · Japanese international footballer who played in the 1956 Olympic Games
- Giorgio Napolitano (June 29) · Former communist who became Italy's longest-serving president and the first to be re-elected, serving from 2006 to 2015
July
- Patrice Lumumba (July 2) · Independence leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Congo in 1960 and was murdered the following year
- Bill Haley (July 6) · Rock and roll pioneer who recorded Rock Around the Clock
- Mahathir Mohamad (July 10) · Malaysian prime minister for 22 years who transformed the economy and returned to power at 92 in 2018
- Frantz Fanon (July 20) · Influential psychiatrist and philosopher known for his work on decolonisation
- Jacques Delors (July 20) · French politician who led the European Commission for a decade
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28) · Nobel Prize-winning doctor who discovered the hepatitis B virus
- Mikis Theodorakis (July 29) · Greek composer and politician who wrote the score for Zorba the Greek
August
- Jorge Rafael Videla (August 2) · Argentine military officer and dictator who led a 1976 coup
- Alija Izetbegović (August 8) · First president of the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
September
- Roy J. Glauber (September 1) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who pioneered the field of quantum optics
- Peter Sellers (September 8) · British comic actor known for the Pink Panther film series
- B. B. King (September 16)
- Ananda Mahidol (September 20) · Eighth monarch of Thailand's Chakri dynasty
- Robert Edwards (September 27) · British Nobel Prize winner who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation treatment
October
- Gore Vidal (October 3) · American writer known for his satirical novels and essays
- Margaret Thatcher (October 13) · Britain's first female prime minister, who served from 1979 to 1990 and became known as the Iron Lady for her free-market reforms
- Angela Lansbury (October 16) · Prolific actress known for the mystery series Murder, She Wrote
- Ramiz Alia (October 18) · Last communist leader and first President of Albania
- Celia Cruz (October 21) · Popular Cuban singer known as the Queen of Salsa
- Johnny Carson (October 23) · Long-time host of the American talk show The Tonight Show
- Luciano Berio (October 24) · Italian composer known for his pioneering electronic and experimental music
- Toshio Iwatani (October 24) · Japanese international footballer who played for the national team
- John Pople (October 31) · Nobel-winning chemist who developed computer models for molecular structures
- Lee Grant (October 31) · Academy Award-winning actress who was blacklisted during the Cold War
November
- Richard Burton (November 10) · Welsh stage and screen actor known for his distinctive voice
- Jonathan Winters (November 11) · Comedian and actor famous for his improvisational talent
- Rock Hudson (November 17) · Hollywood leading man known for Giant and Pillow Talk
- Zygmunt Bauman (November 19) · Sociologist known for his theories on modernity and liquidity
- Robert F. Kennedy (November 20) · US Attorney General and senator assassinated during a presidential campaign
- Maya Plisetskaya (November 20) · Russian ballerina and long-time star of the Bolshoi Ballet
- Simon van der Meer (November 24) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped discover W and Z particles
December
- Julie Harris (December 2) · American actress who won five Tony Awards for her stage work
- Albert Bandura (December 4) · Psychologist known for the social learning theory and Bobo doll experiment
- Dick Van Dyke (December 13) · Award-winning actor and comedian known for Mary Poppins
- Carlos Castañeda (December 25) · Author known for books on shamanism and indigenous Mexican culture
- Michel Piccoli (December 27) · French actor with a career spanning seven decades
- Milton Obote (December 28) · Ugandan politician who led the country to independence from Britain

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