On This Day — April 25
4083 noted people were born and 1918 died on April 25 in our archive, including Felix Klein, Adolf Miethe and Akira Tonomura.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 25
Felix Klein
1849 – 1925
Adolf Miethe
1862 – 1927
Akira Tonomura
1942 – 2012
Andrei Yatskin
b. 1969
Andrzej Seweryn
b. 1946
Da'i Bachtiar
b. 1951
David Eagleman
b. 1971
Dinesh D'Souza
b. 1961
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
b. 1949
Edmond Malinvaud
1923 – 2015
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
1861 – 1939
Femke Halsema
b. 1966
Francis Graham-Smith
1923 – 2025
Félix d'Hérelle
1873 – 1949
Georg Sverdrup
1770 – 1850
Giovanni Caselli
1815 – 1891
Giuseppe Giacinto Moris
1796 – 1869
Gladwyn Jebb
1900 – 1996
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 – 1937
Gustave Boulanger
1824 – 1888
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
1929 – 2013
Huib Drion
1917 – 2004
Jim Peebles
b. 1935
John S. Waugh
1929 – 2014
Judith S. Eisen
b. 1951
Julio Rodríguez Martínez
1928 – 1979
Leopoldo Alas
1852 – 1901
Luis Guillermo Solís
b. 1958
Manuel Clavero Arévalo
1926 – 2021
Marcin Wilczek
b. 1967
Mark Crislip
b. 1957
Mark Miodownik
b. 1969
Michael Llewellyn-Smith
b. 1939
Nicu Popescu
b. 1981
Nikolai Kardashev
1932 – 2019
Oleksandr Bakumov
b. 1989
Paul Madden
b. 1959
Pavel Aleksandrov
1896 – 1982
Peter Davis
b. 1947
Peter Skalicky
1941 – 2025
Peter Sutherland
1946 – 2018
Philippe Taquet
1940 – 2025
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840 – 1893
Robert Skidelsky
1939 – 2026
Sergey Lisovskiy
b. 1960
Strobe Talbott
b. 1946
Takeaki Matsumoto
1959 – 2026
Tim Davie
b. 1967
Viatcheslav Troubnikov
1944 – 2022
Warren Bebbington
b. 1952
William J. Brennan
1906 – 1997
William Roache
b. 1932
Wolfgang Pauli
1900 – 1958
Adam Neumann
b. 1979
Adriana Lisboa
b. 1970
Alain Savary
1918 – 1988
Alan Feduccia
b. 1943
Alexander Grushko
b. 1955
Alice Tangerini
b. 1949
Andrew Schapiro
b. 1963
Andrey Kolmogorov
1903 – 1987
Andrey Varlamov
b. 1954
Andy Fillmore
b. 1966
Anka Feldhusen
b. 1966
Anthony Venables
b. 1953
Antonio Fais
1841 – 1925
Aryo Djojohadikusumo
b. 1983
Audacia Ray
b. 1980
Bertrand Tavernier
1941 – 2021
Björn Ulvaeus
b. 1945
Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot
1777 – 1849
Charles Ellicott
1819 – 1905
Charles Le Roux
1814 – 1895
Charles von Hügel
1795 – 1870
Claes Adolph Fleming
1771 – 1831
Daniil Lider
1917 – 2002
David Hollinger
b. 1941
David Shepherd
1931 – 2017
Dennis Gillings
b. 1944
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
1862 – 1933
Edward H. Brooks
1893 – 1978
Edward R. Murrow
1908 – 1965
Eitan Bernath
b. 2002
Electus D. Litchfield
1872 – 1952
Esther Orozco
b. 1945
Fariba Adelkhah
b. 1959
Frank De Winne
b. 1961
Fred Li
b. 1955
Friedrich Preller the Elder
1804 – 1878
Geoffrey Brown
1894 – 1955
Georg Major
1502 – 1574
George van den Bergh
1890 – 1966
Georges Cottier
1922 – 2016
Georgii Khetagurov
1903 – 1975
Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner
1926 – 2008
Gertrude Tuckwell
1861 – 1951
Giacomo Boni
1859 – 1925
Giuliano Vassalli
1915 – 2009
Grant Munro
1923 – 2017
Haider Al-Abadi
b. 1952
Hanna Gucwińska
1932 – 2023
Henry Lyman Saÿen
1875 – 1918
Henry de Pène
1830 – 1888
Heribert Rech
b. 1950
Hjalmar Lundbohm
1855 – 1926
Ian McCartney
b. 1951
Jacob Nicol
1876 – 1958
James Miller
1776 – 1851
James Plimsoll
1917 – 1987
Jan Dusík
b. 1975
Janet Treasure
b. 1952
Janusz Smulko
b. 1964
Jean-Jacques Cassiman
1943 – 2022
Jed Buchwald
b. 1949
Jeremy Gray
b. 1947
Jess Wilson
b. 1990
Jim Simons
1938 – 2024
Joachim Pfeiffer
b. 1967
Jochen Borchert
b. 1940
Joe Buck
b. 1969
Joel Pollak
b. 1977
John Davies
1938 – 2015
John Frank Stevens
1853 – 1943
John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale
1655 – 1700
John White
1937 – 2023
Jon Kyl
b. 1942
Joseph Hirsch
1910 – 1981
José Ángel Valente
1929 – 2000
Juha Sipilä
b. 1961
Kees Verhoeven
b. 1976
Kenji Yamaoka
b. 1943
Leonid Yatsenko
b. 1954
Lies Cosijn
1931 – 2016
Lisa Franchetti
b. 1964
Mabel Bianco
b. 1941
Manal al-Sharif
b. 1979
Marc Picard
b. 1955
Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1914 – 2001
Margherita Guidacci
1921 – 1992
Marilyn B. Young
1937 – 2017
Mark J. Poznansky
b. 1946
Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet
1801 – 1880
Maurice Gwyer
1878 – 1952
Meadowlark Lemon
1932 – 2015
Michele Pellegrino
1903 – 1986
Morton Shulman
1925 – 2000
Myriam Yardeni
1932 – 2015
Məlahət Həsənova
b. 1958
Nasir Abbas Nayyar
b. 1965
Patrick D. Wall (scientist)
1925 – 2001
Paul Judge
1949 – 2017
Paulo Vanzolini
1924 – 2013
Peter Hintze
1950 – 2016
Princess Muna Al-Hussein
b. 1941
Rachel Schneerson
b. 1932
Rafael Yuste
b. 1963
Robert Peugeot
b. 1950
Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
b. 1942
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
b. 1957
Ron Clements
b. 1953
Ross A. Collins
1880 – 1968
Ruben Kihuen
b. 1980
Rudolf Dittrich
1861 – 1919
Régis Lacote
b. 1972
Shuntarō Itō
1930 – 2023
Srikumar Banerjee
1946 – 2021
Staffan Scheja
b. 1950
Stanley Rous
1895 – 1986
Stephen Hanessian
b. 1935
Stephen Nickell
b. 1944
Susana Amador
b. 1967
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
b. 1962
Timothy S. Healy
1923 – 1992
Vasile Atanasiu
1886 – 1964
Virgil Popescu
b. 1968
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
1946 – 2022
Vladislav Tretiak
b. 1952
Walter Mixa
b. 1941
Werner Jarowinsky
1927 – 1990
William Pereira
1909 – 1985
Yasuko Komiyama
b. 1965
Yuriy Pivovarov
b. 1950
Yury Yakovlev
1928 – 2013
Zhou Qiang
b. 1960
Zsuzsa Ferge
1931 – 2024
Abdalla Uba Adamu
b. 1956
Abdülmecid I
1823 – 1861
Adam Silver
b. 1962
Adriaan Pit
1860 – 1944
Adrian Fulle
b. 1972
Adrian Goldsmith
1921 – 1961
Adrian Sanders
b. 1959
Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun
b. 1949
Aili Vint
b. 1941
Al Pacino
b. 1940
Al Salvi
b. 1960
Albert Douglas
1852 – 1935
Albert Elton
b. 1967
Alberto A. Villavert
1903 – 1984
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi
b. 1968
… and 3,883 more
Died on April 25
Anders Celsius
1701 – 1744
Lucien Le Cam
1924 – 2000
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 – 1840
Adebayo Adedeji
1930 – 2018
Aleksandr Livshits
1946 – 2013
Alevtina Shmeleva
1928 – 2022
Alexis Herman
1947 – 2025
Andrzej Olechowski
1947 – 2026
Basilius Amerbach
1533 – 1591
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
1918 – 2015
Harry Belafonte
1927 – 2023
Hertha Wambacher
1903 – 1950
Ivan M. Havel
1938 – 2021
Jan Bernard Szlaga
1940 – 2012
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner
1834 – 1882
Moses Hallett
1834 – 1913
Piotr Słonimski
1922 – 2009
Tanzan Ishibashi
1884 – 1973
Ursula Lehr
1930 – 2022
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
1853 – 1940
William McCrea
1904 – 1999
Alfred Grünberger
1875 – 1935
Alla Larionova
1931 – 2000
Andreas Rett
1924 – 2024
Aslaug Blytt
1899 – 1966
Athanasios Papoulis
1921 – 2002
Barbara Blida
1949 – 2007
Benjamin Vautier
1829 – 1898
Bertrand Flornoy
1910 – 1980
C. H. Herford
1853 – 1931
Cesare Luporini
1909 – 1993
Edward Chester Plow
1904 – 1988
Edward Larkin
1880 – 1915
Elmira Süleymanova
1937 – 2024
Emil Godlewski
1875 – 1944
Emilio Rabasa
1856 – 1930
Emma J. Cole
1845 – 1910
Erich Hilgenfeldt
1897 – 1945
Evry Schatzman
1920 – 2010
Francis Dana
1743 – 1811
Frank Johnson
1855 – 1921
František Sláma
1850 – 1917
Frederick W. Seward
1830 – 1915
George C. Tiao
1933 – 2026
George Herriman
1880 – 1944
George Rowland Hill
1855 – 1928
George William Chad
1784 – 1849
Ginger Rogers
1911 – 1995
Gonzalo Rojas
1917 – 2011
Har Swarup
1922 – 1981
Heidi Sørensen
1970 – 2026
Hermann Wislicenus
1825 – 1899
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
1927 – 2004
Horst Sachs
1927 – 2016
Izatullo Khayoyev
1936 – 2015
J. Roy Rowland
1926 – 2022
Jaap Renaud
1911 – 2007
Jane Jacobs
1916 – 2006
Janet (Jessy) Thomson Philip
1876 – 1959
Jean Ybarnégaray
1883 – 1956
Johannes Conrad
1839 – 1915
John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll
1777 – 1847
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute
1881 – 1947
John J. Uicker, Jr.
1938 – 2023
John Konrads
1942 – 2021
Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz
1787 – 1850
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan
1940 – 2025
Lamberto V. Avellana
1915 – 1991
Lidia Istrati
1941 – 1997
Louis-Olivier Taillon
1840 – 1923
Mabel Shaw
1888 – 1973
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
1914 – 1999
Nakajima Kumakichi
1873 – 1960
Nikolay Veduta
1913 – 1998
Octave Gréard
1828 – 1904
Oliver Bulleid
1882 – 1970
Parkash Singh Badal
1927 – 2023
Paul van Vliet
1935 – 2023
Per Olov Enquist
1934 – 2020
Percy Joske
1895 – 1981
Peter H. Raven
1936 – 2026
Philippe Mestre
1927 – 2017
R. Carlyle Buley
1893 – 1968
Sem Sæland
1874 – 1940
Stepan Kutorga
1805 – 1861
Szymon Marcin Kossakowski
1741 – 1794
Themistocles Gluck
1853 – 1942
Tom Lewis
1922 – 2016
Uku Masing
1909 – 1985
Vasily Anisimoff
1878 – 1938
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
1858 – 1943
Yekaterina Savinova
1926 – 1970
Zenta Mauriņa
1897 – 1978
Zinaida Ershova
1903 – 1995
Étienne Moreau-Nélaton
1859 – 1927
Achille Daroux
1880 – 1953
Ago-Endrik Kerge
1939 – 2021
Alan Abel
1928 – 2020
Alan Ball Jr.
1945 – 2007
Albert Ernest Laurie
1866 – 1937
Aleksander Świętochowski
1849 – 1938
Aleksandr Shiryaev
1867 – 1941
Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
1824 – 1905
Alexander Grant MacKay
1860 – 1920
Alexander Knox
1907 – 1995
Alexander Krein
1883 – 1951
Alexander Tikhmenev
1879 – 1959
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
1914 – 2004
Amanullah Khan
1892 – 1960
Ambrose O'Brien
1885 – 1968
Amédée Méreaux
1802 – 1874
Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro
1620 – 1679
Anita Louise
1915 – 1970
Antoine Durafour
1876 – 1932
Antônio de Castro Mayer
1904 – 1991
Art Fleming
1924 – 1995
Arthur Cocks
1862 – 1943
Arthur George Villiers Peel
1869 – 1956
August Kopff
1882 – 1960
Avraham Tiar
1924 – 2011
Bea Arthur
1922 – 2009
Benedict XII
1280 – 1342
Bernard Vonnegut
1914 – 1997
Borges de Medeiros
1863 – 1961
Boris Andreyev
1915 – 1982
Brian Adam
1948 – 2013
Carol Reed
1906 – 1976
Carroll Glenn
1918 – 1983
Charles Claude Jacquinot
1772 – 1848
Charles Henry Simonton
1829 – 1904
Charles Powers
1853 – 1939
Charles Williams-Wynn
1822 – 1896
Charles-Éléonore Dufriche-Desgenettes
1778 – 1860
Chester C. Gorski
1906 – 1975
Chia-Shun Yih
1918 – 1997
Christopher Frimann Omsen
1761 – 1829
Clifford D. Simak
1904 – 1988
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr.
1899 – 1990
Coe I. Crawford
1858 – 1944
Coles Bashford
1816 – 1878
Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy
1879 – 1950
Constantin-François Chassebœuf
1757 – 1820
Crowfoot
1830 – 1890
Curtiss LaQ. Day
1895 – 1972
Céleste Albaret
1891 – 1984
Danny Tuijnman
1915 – 1992
David Merrick
1911 – 2000
David Teniers the Younger
1610 – 1690
DeWitt Hyde
1909 – 1986
Devanand Konwar
1934 – 2020
Dexter Gordon
1923 – 1990
Don Wilson
1900 – 1982
Donald Mackinnon
1859 – 1932
Donald Seldin
1920 – 2018
Donald W. Bennett
1927 – 2025
Dorothy Nickerson
1900 – 1985
Dorothy Provine
1935 – 2010
E. John Ellis
1840 – 1889
Eben Swift
1854 – 1938
Edward W. Carter
1911 – 1996
Edwin L. Norris
1865 – 1924
Elizabeth Florette Fisher
1873 – 1941
Ellen Savage
1912 – 1985
Enrico Enríquez
1701 – 1756
Eugène Guérin
1849 – 1929
Ferenc András
1942 – 2024
Fouad Chehab
1902 – 1973
Frank Jack Fletcher
1885 – 1973
Frank Merriam
1865 – 1955
Frank P. Woods
1868 – 1944
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
1877 – 1933
François Léotard
1942 – 2023
Frederick E. Woodbridge
1818 – 1888
Frederick Rentschler
1887 – 1956
Friedrich Kambartel
1935 – 2022
Gavriil Antonovich Katakazi
1794 – 1867
George Sanders
1906 – 1972
George Stephănescu
1843 – 1925
Georges Burdeau
1905 – 1988
Georges Humann
1780 – 1842
Gilbert L. Laws
1838 – 1907
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
1831 – 1891
Gregorio de Valencia
1549 – 1603
Guido Norman Lieber
1837 – 1923
Gustav Tornier
1858 – 1938
Géza Fejérváry
1833 – 1914
Hannes Adomeit
1942 – 2022
Hans Dresig
1937 – 2018
Hans Kundrat
1845 – 1893
Hans Pfundtner
1881 – 1945
Hans-Reinhard Koch
1929 – 2018
Harold Rushworth
1880 – 1950
Hassan Hathout
1924 – 2009
Helen Alice Kinnear
1894 – 1970
Henry Bingham Baring
1804 – 1869
Henry Hammond
1605 – 1660
Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton
1743 – 1821
Herman Dahle
1855 – 1920
Hermann Zingerle
1870 – 1935
Hjalmar Krag
1867 – 1954
… and 1,718 more