On This Day — February 25
4270 noted people were born and 2039 died on February 25 in our archive, including Chuan He, Feodor Levinson-Lessing and A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr..
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 25
Chuan He
b. 1972
Feodor Levinson-Lessing
1861 – 1939
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
1928 – 1998
Akif Alizadeh
b. 1934
Albert Ganzenmüller
1905 – 1996
Alois von Brinz
1820 – 1887
Amanda Keller
b. 1962
Andres Ammas
1962 – 2018
André Joyal
b. 1943
Arthur Sinodinos
b. 1957
Arthur Ware
1861 – 1927
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
b. 1940
Boris Ebzeyev
1950 – 2026
Brian Gill, Lord Gill
b. 1942
Carl Christian Hall
1812 – 1888
Daniel Loss
b. 1958
Francisco Rubio Llorente
1930 – 2016
G. M. B. Dobson
1889 – 1976
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
1682 – 1771
H. Schachter
1933 – 2024
Harvey McGregor
1926 – 2015
Helen May
b. 1947
Henry William Watson
1827 – 1903
Hélène Courtois
b. 1971
Ida Noddack
1896 – 1978
Imrich Karvaš
1903 – 1981
Javier Barros Sierra
1915 – 1971
John Foster Dulles
1888 – 1959
José María Aznar
b. 1953
Jozef Kostrzewski
1885 – 1969
Kenjirō Shōda
1902 – 1977
Maciej Hunia
b. 1961
Manfred M. Fischer
b. 1947
Michel Friedman
b. 1956
Mikhail Lyubich
b. 1959
Paul Biran
b. 1969
Philip Habib
1920 – 1992
Pierre Margot
b. 1950
Randall D. Kamien
b. 1966
Robion Kirby
b. 1938
Tony Lloyd
1950 – 2024
Téa Leoni
b. 1966
Zenon Kosiniak-Kamysz
b. 1958
Ádám Anderle
1943 – 2016
Aaron Bell
b. 1980
Afrânio de Melo Franco
1870 – 1943
Alexei Rykov
1881 – 1938
Alois Hundhammer
1900 – 1974
Alvin Hollingsworth
1928 – 2000
Amin Maalouf
b. 1949
An Zhisheng
b. 1941
Andor Nagy
b. 1963
Andrew McNaughton
1887 – 1966
Andrey Alexandrovich Verbitsky
1941 – 2020
Anthony Burgess
1917 – 1993
Antonio De Martino
1815 – 1904
António Damásio
b. 1944
Benedetto Croce
1866 – 1952
Blanca Renée Arrillaga
1917 – 2011
Boediono
b. 1943
Boris Ivanyuzhenkov
b. 1966
Brian Burston
b. 1948
Byrganym Aitimova
b. 1953
Camille Thériault
b. 1955
Cardon V. Burnham
1927 – 2005
Carl Gustaf von Brinkman
1764 – 1847
Carmen Yulín Cruz
b. 1963
Claude Pujade-Renaud
1932 – 2024
Daisy Cocco De Filippis
b. 1949
Dale Last
b. 1964
David E. Jeremiah
1934 – 2013
David Puttnam
b. 1941
Dennis O'Neill
b. 1948
Diane Baker
b. 1938
Diego de Benavides
1607 – 1666
Douglas Jung
1924 – 2002
Douglas R. Oberhelman
b. 1953
Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley
1795 – 1835
Enrico Ferri
1856 – 1929
Enrico La Loggia
b. 1947
Eva Melmuková
1932 – 2022
Faron Moller
b. 1962
Fernando Rospigliosi
b. 1947
Fran Logan
b. 1956
Francisco Orts Llorca
1905 – 1993
Frederick John Melville
1882 – 1940
Frederik s'Jacob
1822 – 1901
Friedrich von Kleinwächter
1838 – 1927
Gabi Ashkenazi
b. 1954
Gabriel Osorio Vargas
b. 1984
Gabriela Bravo Sanestanislao
b. 1963
George Douglas Pepper
1903 – 1962
George Reid
1845 – 1918
George Washington Cullum
1809 – 1892
German von Bohn
1812 – 1899
Gilean McVean
b. 1973
Giovanni Morelli
1816 – 1891
Giuseppe Betori
b. 1947
Gérard Bessette
1920 – 2005
Gülsün Bilgehan
b. 1957
Hans Apel
1932 – 2011
Harold North Fowler
1859 – 1955
Heinrich Ernst Ferdinand Guericke
1803 – 1878
Hennadiy Fomenko
1943 – 2017
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
1540 – 1614
Horst Ueberhorst
1925 – 2010
Hossein Baharvand
b. 1972
Jacob Benzelius
1683 – 1747
Jacqueline Fraysse
b. 1947
Jacques Gruber
1870 – 1936
Jameela Jamil
b. 1986
Jaromír Dolanský
1895 – 1973
Jean Todt
b. 1946
Jerome F. O'Malley
1932 – 1985
Jerry Reinsdorf
b. 1936
Jim Backus
1913 – 1989
John Bird Sumner
1780 – 1862
John Chiene
1843 – 1923
John Graves Simcoe
1752 – 1806
John Watson
1847 – 1939
Jonas Castrén
1850 – 1922
Jonathan Freedland
b. 1967
Jonathan P. Stoye
b. 1952
José de San Martín
1778 – 1850
José de Yanguas, 11th Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo
1890 – 1974
Julián Carrón
b. 1950
Kailas Nath Wanchoo
b. 1903
Karl Friedrich Adolf Konrad Bartsch
1832 – 1888
Karl H. Pribram
1919 – 2015
Karl Lamprecht
1856 – 1915
Kash Patel
b. 1980
Kasman Singodimedjo
1904 – 1982
Klaus Ring
b. 1934
Laralyn McWilliams
1965 – 2024
Les Bury
1913 – 1986
Les Kurbas
1887 – 1937
Lorenzo Acquarone
1931 – 2020
Lorrie Cranor
b. 1971
Louis Ganderax
1855 – 1940
Luiz Henrique da Silveira
1940 – 2015
Marcel J. F. Stive
b. 1952
Margaret Lock
b. 1936
Margaret Maruani
1954 – 2022
Martin Zobel
b. 1957
Mary Chase
1907 – 1981
Mary Papazian
b. 1959
Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda
1926 – 2003
Matsukata Masayoshi
1835 – 1924
Michael Wigston
b. 1968
Millicent Fenwick
1910 – 1992
Mitsuko Ishii
b. 1954
Molly Bobak
1920 – 2014
Moritz Schröter
1851 – 1925
Nathan Glazer
1923 – 2019
Nicholas C. Petris
1923 – 2013
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling
1671 – 1729
Nikolay Shipil'
b. 1955
Nova Peris
b. 1971
Néstor Kirchner
1950 – 2010
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
b. 1974
Oleksiy Vatchenko
1914 – 1984
Olena Styazhkina
b. 1968
Osbert Salvin
1835 – 1898
Otto Liebmann
1840 – 1912
Patrick Michel
b. 1970
Patrick Whitehouse
1922 – 1993
Paweł Piskorski
b. 1968
Peter Llewelyn Davies
1897 – 1960
Phoebus Levene
1869 – 1940
Pierre Baldi
b. 1957
Prokofy Romanenko
1897 – 1949
Qian Duansheng
1900 – 1990
Rashida Jones
b. 1976
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
1714 – 1792
Ric Flair
b. 1949
Ricardo Anaya
b. 1979
Richard E. McArdle
1899 – 1983
Richard G. Stern
1928 – 2013
Robert Bond
1857 – 1927
Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington
1857 – 1918
Rudolf Steiner
1861 – 1925
Ryuji Matsumura
1938 – 2025
Ryōzō Hiranuma
1879 – 1959
S. Rajaratnam
1915 – 2006
Sean Astin
b. 1971
Sir Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet
1888 – 1966
Staniforth Smith
1869 – 1934
Tapan Deka
b. 1963
Tex Winter
1922 – 2018
Tony deBrum
1945 – 2017
Valentina Sharykina
1940 – 2025
Vasco Neto
1916 – 2010
Vladimir Ustinov
b. 1953
Vladislav Davankov
b. 1984
Vyacheslav Molotov
1890 – 1986
Walter Johann Christian Adelbert Eduard Herwig
1838 – 1912
Wendy Beckett
1930 – 2018
Wilhelm II of Württemberg
1848 – 1921
William James Ashley
1860 – 1927
Władysław Machejek
1920 – 1991
… and 4,070 more
Died on February 25
Chao Yuen Ren
1892 – 1982
Peter Benenson
1921 – 2005
Aaron Cohen
1931 – 2010
Albert Mathiez
1874 – 1932
André Chantemesse
1851 – 1919
Antonio Vallejo-Nájera
1889 – 1960
Artyom Alikhanian
1908 – 1978
Boris Ioganson
1893 – 1973
C. Everett Koop
1916 – 2013
Charles Edwin Bessey
1845 – 1915
Clarence Crafoord
1899 – 1984
Friedrich Paschen
1865 – 1947
George Minot
1885 – 1950
Henry Beeching
1859 – 1919
Herbert Langfeld
1879 – 1958
Hugo Steinhaus
1887 – 1972
Javier Arias Stella
1924 – 2020
John Collier Jr.
1913 – 1992
Klaudzi Duzh-Dusheuski
1891 – 1959
Krista Aru
1958 – 2025
Kurt Mahler
1903 – 1988
Mihai Șora
1916 – 2023
Ossian Aschan
1860 – 1939
Richard S. Varga
1928 – 2022
SM Razaullah Ansari
1932 – 2023
Stanley Cobb
1887 – 1968
Tennessee Williams
1911 – 1983
Theodor Svedberg
1884 – 1971
Vasily Danilewsky
1852 – 1939
William Alfred Wearing
1816 – 1875
İhsan Doğramacı
1915 – 2010
Abdul Majid Arfaei
1939 – 2026
Abu Rushd
1919 – 2010
Agnès Ullmann
1927 – 2019
Albion Rajkumar Banerjee
1871 – 1950
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1583 – 1634
Alfredo Baldomir
1884 – 1948
Angna Enters
1897 – 1989
Anna Maria Crescimbeni
1772 – 1863
Archibald Mogwe
1921 – 2021
Arthur Robertson Cushny
1866 – 1926
Atef Sedki
1930 – 2005
Auguste Perret
1874 – 1954
Bagrat Shinkuba
1917 – 2004
Benjamin Pine
1809 – 1891
Bernard Brochand
1938 – 2025
Camille Huysmans
1871 – 1968
Cecil L'Estrange Malone
1890 – 1965
Charles Du Cane
1825 – 1889
Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
1833 – 1909
David T. Kearns
1930 – 2011
Dmitry Yazov
1924 – 2020
Donald Hayworth
1898 – 1982
Donald Merrifield
1928 – 2010
Elmer Drew Merrill
1876 – 1956
Eugenie Clark
1922 – 2015
Frank Popoff
1935 – 2024
Fritz von Uhde
1848 – 1911
George Cranfield Berkeley
1753 – 1818
Glenn Postolski
1966 – 2024
Glenn Theodore Seaborg
1912 – 1999
Gunichi Mikawa
1888 – 1981
Gyula Hevesi
1890 – 1970
Hans Staudinger
1889 – 1980
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz
1905 – 1982
Harry D. Felt
1902 – 1992
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
1815 – 1895
Hosni Mubarak
1928 – 2020
Huron Herbert Smith
1883 – 1933
Ioan Rășcanu
1878 – 1952
Ivar Gewert
1891 – 1971
Jaap Kruithof
1929 – 2009
James Gayley
1855 – 1920
Jean Baptiste Abbeloos
1836 – 1906
John F. Benton
1931 – 1988
John Herron
1932 – 2019
John Mallard
1927 – 2021
Johnson Symington
1851 – 1924
Joseph Beech
1867 – 1954
Joseph Duffey
1932 – 2021
Josif Pančić
1814 – 1888
Juan Esteban Montero
1879 – 1948
Jules Andrade
1857 – 1933
Kazimierz Romaniuk
1927 – 2025
Klaus Keil
1934 – 2022
Lee Phillip Bell
1928 – 2020
Li Boguang
1968 – 2018
Lidia Erokhina
1955 – 2026
Luis Valls Taberner
1926 – 2006
Lynn Compton
1921 – 2012
Manuel García Pelayo
1909 – 1991
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
1844 – 1920
Margaret Meagher
1911 – 1999
Mariano Jesús Cuenco
1888 – 1964
Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux
1904 – 1964
Mario Bunge
1919 – 2020
Martin E. Marty
1928 – 2025
Marvin J. Ashton
1915 – 1994
Masaaki Morishita
1913 – 1997
Maurice Andrés
1933 – 2012
Mokichi Saitō
1882 – 1953
Muriel Marland-Militello
1943 – 2021
Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack
1939 – 2024
Paulo Nogueira Neto
1922 – 2019
Ramiro Prialé
1904 – 1988
Ray O'Connor
1926 – 2013
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
1565 – 1601
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor
1878 – 1950
Robert Hunter
1823 – 1897
Roberto Orci
1973 – 2025
Roland Leroy
1926 – 2019
Rudolf Hausner
1914 – 1995
Satya Nandan
1936 – 2020
Sergio Balanzino
1934 – 2018
Sidney Montagu
Suze Rotolo
1943 – 2011
Terence O'Brien
1830 – 1903
Thomas Montagu Steele
1820 – 1890
Thomas Pownall
1722 – 1805
Tu Tsung-ming
1893 – 1986
Victor Babiuc
1938 – 2023
Vladimir Beșleagă
1931 – 2025
William Anderson
1921 – 2007
William O'Brien
1852 – 1928
Winthrop W. Aldrich
1885 – 1974
Yaroslav Dashkevych
1926 – 2010
Yvonne Knibiehler
1922 – 2025
Zdeněk Herman
1934 – 2021
Abraham Buschke
1868 – 1943
Abraham Calovius
1612 – 1686
Agostino Chiodo
1791 – 1861
Ahmad Shukeiri
1908 – 1980
Albert Gregorius
1774 – 1853
Alex Noerdin
1950 – 2026
Alexander Savinov
1881 – 1942
Alfeo Brum
1889 – 1972
Alfred Hamersley
1848 – 1929
Aluru Venkata Rao
1880 – 1964
Amos R. Webber
1852 – 1948
Anders Martin-Löf
1940 – 2026
Andrei Sinyavsky
1925 – 1997
Andrew Conway Ivy
1893 – 1978
André Lebeau
1932 – 2013
Anton Arensky
1861 – 1906
Antonio Vico
1847 – 1929
Archibald Grimké
1849 – 1930
Arthur G. Fisk
1868 – 1938
Arthur Hall
1896 – 1978
Asher Robbins
1761 – 1845
Augustin-Magloire Blanchet
1797 – 1887
Augusto Matte Pérez
1843 – 1913
Bahjat Suleiman
1949 – 2021
Benjamin Pâquet
1832 – 1900
Bharathakesari Sree Mannathu Padmanabhan
1878 – 1970
Bhavarlal Jain
1937 – 2016
Bill Paxton
1955 – 2017
Carl Jacob Hammarsköld
1833 – 1884
Carlo Sacconi
1808 – 1889
Charles Conway Hartigan
1882 – 1944
Charles L. McNary
1874 – 1944
Charles O'Hara
1740 – 1802
Charles Robert Sanger
1860 – 1912
Chauncey Allen Goodrich
1790 – 1860
Chokwe Lumumba
1947 – 2014
Christian Schad
1894 – 1982
Christopher Hyde-Smith
1935 – 2024
Clive L. DuVal II
1912 – 2002
Corinna Miazga
1983 – 2023
Daniel Heinsius
1580 – 1655
Daniel James, Jr.
1920 – 1978
David B. Henderson
1840 – 1906
David L. Cole
1902 – 1978
Denis Collins
1956 – 2021
Dorothy P. Rice
1922 – 2017
Edmund H. Pendleton
1788 – 1862
Edward A. Hannegan
1807 – 1859
Edward Cooper
1824 – 1905
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley
1802 – 1862
Erico Spinadel
1929 – 2020
Ernest Côté
1913 – 2015
Estanislao de Grandes
1947 – 2022
Estella Leopold
1927 – 2024
Eugène Rimmel
1821 – 1887
Federico Baraibar y Zumárraga
1851 – 1918
Flaxman Charles John Spurrell
1842 – 1915
Frank Sander
1927 – 2018
František Chvalkovský
1885 – 1945
François Dupeyron
1950 – 2016
Frederick I of Prussia
1657 – 1713
Friedrich Spielhagen
1829 – 1911
Friedrich Thiersch
1784 – 1860
Félix Varela
1788 – 1853
George Bertram Cockburn
1872 – 1931
George E. Page
1873 – 1959
George H. Weems
1891 – 1957
Gerald Francis Clifford
1889 – 1952
Gerhard Louis De Geer
1854 – 1935
Gheorghe Gaston Marin
1918 – 2010
Gilberto Vieira
1911 – 2000
Gordon Pinsent
1930 – 2023
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