January 25
January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of the year (341 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 389 - Gregory Nazianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 – Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
- 844 – Pope Gregory IV
- 1067 – Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)
- 1366 – Henry Suso, German mystic
- 1431 – Charles I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
- 1494 – King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- 1559 - King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)
- 1573 - Hirohate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)
- 1578 - Mihrimah Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1522)
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 – Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1670 – Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1726)
- 1733 – Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London
- 1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
- 1744 - Domenico Sarro, Italian composer (b. 1679)
- 1751 – Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
- 1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian cartographer and explorer (b. 1778)
- 1857 - Andrew Stevenson, American politician (b. 1784)
- 1870 - Victor de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
- 1881 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
1901 – 2000
- 1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
- 1908 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
- 1908 – Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
- 1925 – Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1947 – Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1949 - Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (b. 1861)
- 1952 - Sveinn Björnsson, 1st President of Iceland (b. 1881)
- 1954 - Manabendra Nath Roy, Indian political activist (b. 1887)
- 1957 - Thomas January, American soccer player (b. 1886)
- 1958 - Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish politician (b. 1866)
- 1960 - Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1969 – Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
- 1975 - Charlotte Whitton, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
- 1981 – Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
- 1982 – Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
- 1985 - Ilias Iliou, Greek politician (b. 1904)
- 1990 – Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1994 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)
- 1996 – Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
- 1996 - Billy Bailey, American convicted murderer, last person to be hanged to-date in the US (b. 1947)
- 1999 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
From 2001
- 2004 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2005 – Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2005 – William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
- 2005 – Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
- 2005 – Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2009 - Mamadou Dia, 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1910)
- 2009 - Kim Manners, American movie director and producer (b. 1951)
- 2010 - Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi politician and military commander (b. 1941)
- 2012 - Veronica Carstens, former First Lady of Germany (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (b. 1951)
- 2014 - Dave Strack, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- 2015 - Demis Roussos, Greek singer (b. 1946)
- 2015 - Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player (b. 1936)
- 2015 - Zulkifli Abdhir, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1966)
- 2016 - Kalpana, Indian actress (b. 1965)
- 2016 - Concepcion Picciotto, Spanish-American peace activist (b. 1936)
- 2016 - Paul Terasaki, American scientist and philanthropist (b. 1929)
- 2017 - Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian novelist (b. 1944)
- 2017 - Robert Garcia, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Kevin Geer, American actor (b. 1954)
- 2017 - John Hurt, British actor (b. 1940)
- 2017 - Katja of Sweden, Swedish fashion designer (b. 1920)
- 2017 - Harry Mathews, American author (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Jack Mendelsohn, American cartoonist and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (b. 1936)
- 2017 - Nigel Rodley, British human rights activist (b. 1941)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1904 - Sleepy John Estes, American blues musician and singer (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Maurice Roy, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Harold Watkinson, British politician (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Huang Hua, Chinese politician (d. 2010)
- 1913 - Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (d. 1994)
- 1915 - Ewan MacColl, British folk singer-songwriter and playwright (d. 1989)
- 1916 - Hans Coppi, German Resistance activist (d. 1942)
- 1917 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born Belgian scientist (d. 2003)
- 1917 – Janio Quadros, President of Brazil (d. 1992)
- 1922 - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Italian population geneticist
- 1923 – Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist
- 1923 - Rusty Driver, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer (d. 1994)
- 1927 - Gregg Palmer, American actor (d. 2015)
- 1928 – Eduard Shevardnadze, former President of Georgia (d. 2014)
- 1929 - Benny Golson, American jazz musician
- 1929 - Robert Faurisson, French academic and Holocaust denier
- 1929 - Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Thai cardinal
- 1931 - Dean Jones, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
- 1933 – Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
- 1934 - Mimi Kok, Dutch actress (d. 2014)
- 1935 - Conrad Burns, American politician (d. 2016)
- 1935 - Antonio Ramalho Eanes, former President of Portugal
- 1936 - Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1937 - Judith Ann Mayotte, American humanitarian and writer
- 1937 – Ange-Félix Patassé, former President of the Central African Republic (d. 2011)
- 1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese writer (d. 1998)
- 1938 – Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese manga artist
- 1938 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian actor, poet and singer (d. 1980)
- 1938 – Etta James, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1941 - Buddy Baker, American racing driver
- 1942 – Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Dagmar Berghoff, German television journalist
- 1943 - Roy Black, German Schlager singer (d. 1991)
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)
- 1945 - Dave Walker, English singer and guitarist
- 1945 - Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
- 1947 - Angel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1947 - Tostao, Brazilian footballer
- 1949 - John Cooper Clarke, English poet
- 1949 – Paul Nurse, English biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1950 - Jean-Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister of France
- 1950 - Gloria Naylor, American novelist
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Steve Prefontaine, American athlete (d. 1975)
- 1952 – Peter Tatchell, British activist
- 1952 – Sara Mandiano, French singer-songwriter
- 1953 – The Honky Tonk Man, American professional wrestler
- 1954 – Ricardo Bochini, Argentine footballer
- 1954 – Kay Cottee, Australian sailor
- 1955 – Terry Chimes, British musician (The Clash)
- 1955 – Iwatami Toru, Japanese video game developer
- 1957 – Andrew P. Harris, American politician
- 1957 – Luis Garavito, Colombian serial killer
- 1958 – Franco Pancheri, Italian footballer
- 1958 – Kavita Krishnamurthy, Indian singer
- 1958 – Jürgen Hingsen, German athlete
- 1962 – Bruno Martini, French footballer
- 1963 – Fernando Haddad, 61st Mayor of São Paulo, Brazil
- 1966 – Chet Culver, American politician, former Governor of Iowa
- 1967 – David Ginola, French footballer
- 1967 – Mark Bamford, American writer and director
- 1967 – Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 – Ana Ortiz, American actress
- 1973 – Chris Guy, American wrestler
- 1974 – Robert Budreau, Canadian director, screenwriter and producer
- 1975 – Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
- 1975 – Tim Montgomery, American athlete
- 1975 – Dat Phan, Vietnamese comedian
From 1976
- 1977 - Lidia Chojecka, Polish athlete
- 1978 – Jason Roberts, English footballer
- 1978 - Charlene, Princess of Monaco
- 1979 - Christine Lakin, American actress
- 1980 – Xavi, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Alicia Keys, American singer
- 1981 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian-Balkan singer (d. 2007)
- 1982 - Noemi, Italian singer
- 1983 - Josh Powell, American basketball player
- 1984 – Stefan Kießling, German footballer
- 1984 – Robinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 - Fara Williams, English footballer
- 1985 - Michael Trevino, American actor
- 1986 - Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1987 – Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
- 1988 - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
- 1992 – Jordan Stephens, English hip hop musician (Rizzle Kicks)
- 1996 - Calum Hood, Australian singer, 5 Seconds of Summer.