October 25 – Famous Birthdays
Katy Perry (POP SINGER) 1984
Ciara (R&B SINGER) 1985
Adam Goldberg (MOVIE ACTOR) 1970
October 25 – Famous Birthdays
1759 Baron Grenville (Whig) British PM (1806-07)
1800 Thomas Babington Macaulay England, poet/historian (Ivry, Naaseby)
1825 Johann Strauss (the younger) composer (Waltz King)
1838 Georges Bizet France, composer (Carmen)
1843 Gleb Uspensky Russia, author (Power of the Soil)
1869 John Heisman pioneering football coach/trophy namesake
1877 Henry Norris Russell astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
1881 Pablo Picasso Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)
1884 Eduardo Barrios Chile, novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy)
1888 Richard E Byrd Virginia, admiral/polar explorer (1926)
19– Asher Brauner Chicago, actor (Officer Donovan-B.A.D. Cats)
19– John Leven rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
19– Laura Malone actress (Another World)
19– Marc L Taylor Houston Tx, actor (Conrad-House Calls)
19– Matthias Jabs rock guitarist (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
19– Paul Regina Brooklyn NY, actor (Joe-Joe & Valerie)
19– Shelley Smith Princeton NJ, actress (Scruples, Associates)
1902 Henry Steele Commager Pitts Pa, historian (Atlas of the Civil War)
1909 Philleo Nash US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67)
1909 Whit Bissel NYC, actor (Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel)
1912 Jack Kent Cooke NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
1912 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley] Tenn, (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw)
1914 John Berryman American poet (Friends & Associates)
1914 John Reed King Atlantic City NJ, TV host (Why?, Let’s See)
1923 Bobby Thomson HR hitter (The Giants win the pennant)
1924 Billy Barty Millsboro Pa, 3’9″ actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
1925 Yakov Rylskly USSR, sabre team (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1926 Biff McGuire New Haven Ct, actor (Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter)
1926 Galina Vishnevskaya Russia, soprano (Madama Butterfly)
1927 Barbara Cook Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man)
1927 Franklin “Bud” Held javelin world champ (1949, 51, 53-55)
1928 Jeanne Cooper Minneapolis, actress (Kay-Young & Restless)
1928 Marion Ross Albert Lea Mn, actress (Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge)
1928 Anthony Franciosa NYC, actor (Long Hot Summer, Name of Game, Death Wish 3)
1931 Annie Girardot Paris France, actress (Gypsy, Jacko & Lise)
1935 Russell “Rusty” L Schweickart Neptune NJ, astronaut (Apollo 9)
1940 Bob Knight college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
1941 Anne Tyler American writer (Accidental Tourist)
1941 Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman)
1944 Kathy “Taffy” Danoff Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
1948 Dave Cowens NBA forward (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1949 Brian Kerwin Chicago Ill, actor (Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo)
1950 John Matuszak Milwaukee Wisc, NFLer (Raiders)/actor (Hollywood Beat)
1951 Ransom Wilson Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist (Soliste NY)
1958 Kornelia Ender German DR, 100m/200m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1976)
1960 Scott Anthony Haneline Indianapolis, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1960 Tom Eplin actor (Jake-Another World)
1963 Tracy Nelson Calif, actress (Glitter, Square Pegs, Father Dowling)
1965 Nick Thorpe rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance)
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1968 Lisa Trusel Cal, actress (Lizette-Father Murphy, Days of our Lives)
1969 Samantha Bee Canadian/American comedian – began hosting TBS’s news/satire “Full Frontal” in 2016
