September 25

1644 Olaus Rímer Denmark, 1st to accurately measure speed of light
1657 Imre Th”k”ly Hungary, patriot, opposed Habsburg rule
1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized)
1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot designed & built 1st automobile
1766 Armand-Emmanuel duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21)
1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan US, biologist (Nobel-1933)
1877 Plutarco El¡as Calles Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)
1887 May Sutton Bundy US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904)
1897 William Faulkner Mississippi, author (Sound & the Fury-Nobel 1949)
19– Brett Hadley actor (Young & Restless)
19– Josh Taylor Princeton Ill, actor (Frank-Riker, Michael-Valerie)
19– Michael Madsen Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor)
19– Rob Mingrino Ct, rocker (Rythm Syndicate)
19– Todd Davis NYC, actor (General Hospital)
19– Tommy Norden NYC, actor (Flipper)
1903 Mark Rothko US, painter (Green on Blue)
1905 Red Smith Green Bay Wisc, sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk)
1906 Dimitri Shostakovich St Petersburg Russia, composer (9th-1945)
1907 Robert Bresson France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette)
1918 Phil Rizzuto Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)
1920 Sergey Bondarchuk Belozerka Ukraine, director (War & Peace)
1925 Silvana Pampanini Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner)
1926 Aldo Ray actor (God’s Little Acre, Naked & the Dead, Green Beret)
1926 John Ericson Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West)
1926 Sergei Filatov USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960)
1927 Carl Braun basketball player (NY Knicks)
1927 Sir Colin Rex Davis Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71)
1931 Barbara Walters Boston Mass, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV)
1932 Glenn Herbert Gould Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano)
1934 John S Bull Memphis Tennessee, astronaut
1936 Juliet Prowse Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)
1943 John Locke LA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
1943 Robert Walden NYC, actor (Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors)
1944 Eugenia Zukerman Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence)
1944 Michael Douglas NJ, actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile)
1945 Cathy Burns actress (Last Summer)
1949 Anson Williams LA Calif, actor (Potsie-Happy Days)
1949 Mimi Kennedy Rochester NY, actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof)
1951 Bob McAdoo NBA forward/center (Buffalo Braves, LA Lakers)
1951 Mark Hamill Oakland Calif, actor (Star Wars)
1952 Christopher Reeve actor (Superman)
1955 Steve Severin rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
196- Shell Danielson actress (Laken Lockridge-Santa Barbara)
1961 Heather Locklear LA Calif, actress (Stacy-T.J. Hooker)
1965 Fresh Prince [Will Smith], rapper (Parents Just Don’t Understand)
1967 Lezlie Lund Tolna ND, Miss ND-America (1991)
1968 Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands
1970 Kerri Kendall San Diego Ca, playmate (Sep, 1990)