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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edie Adams
Actor
16-Apr-1925 15-Oct-2008 Lover Come Back
Joseph P. Addabbo
Politician
17-Mar-1925 10-Apr-1986 Congressman from New York, 1961-86
Arthur L. Alarcon
Judge
14-Aug-1925   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-92
Lola Albright
Actor
20-Jul-1925   Lord Love a Duck
Brian Aldiss
Author
18-Aug-1925   Supertoys Last All Summer Long
Shana Alexander
Journalist
6-Oct-1925 23-Jun-2005 Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder
Dorothy Alison
Actor
4-Apr-1925 17-Jan-1992 See No Evil
Dede Allen
Editor
3-Dec-1925 17-Apr-2010 Prominent Hollywood film editor
Lew Allen, Jr.
Military
30-Sep-1925 4-Jan-2010 Director of the NSA, 1973-77
Maryon Allen
Politician
30-Nov-1925   US Senator from Alabama, 1978
Robert Altman
Film Director
20-Feb-1925 20-Nov-2006 M*A*S*H
Moshe Arens
Politician
27-Dec-1925   Likud Minister
Robert Arthur
Actor
18-Jun-1925 1-Oct-2008 Ace in the Hole
Laura Ashley
Fashion Designer
7-Sep-1925 17-Sep-1985 Welsh designer
Thea Astley
Novelist
25-Aug-1925 17-Aug-2004 Girl with a Monkey
Howard Baker
Government
15-Nov-1925   Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
Russell Baker
Author
14-Aug-1925   Growing Up
Albert Bandura
Psychologist
4-Dec-1925   Bobo doll experiments
George Barris
Artist
1925   Designed the 1966 Batmobile
Barbara Bates
Actor
6-Aug-1925 18-Mar-1969 Phoebe in All About Eve
Nina Bawden
Novelist
19-Jan-1925 22-Aug-2012 Carrie's War
John Bayley
Novelist
25-Mar-1925   Widower's House
Matthew "Stymie" Beard
Actor
1-Jan-1925 8-Jan-1981 Stymie in Our Gang
Julian Beck
Actor
31-May-1925 14-Sep-1985 Rev. Kane in Poltergeist II
Chuck Bednarik
Football
1-May-1925   Eagles Linebacker, Hall of Famer
Tony Benn
Politician
3-Apr-1925   Radical left Labour MP
Warren Bennis
Educator
8-Mar-1925   Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge
Cathy Berberian
Singer
4-Jul-1925 6-Mar-1983 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Pierre Bérégovoy
Head of State
23-Dec-1925 1-May-1993 Prime Minister of France, 1992-93
Alan Bergman
Songwriter
11-Sep-1925   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Luciano Berio
Composer
24-Oct-1925 27-May-2003 Italian Avant-garde composer
Yogi Berra
Baseball
12-May-1925   New York Yankee malapropist
Georges Berthoin
Politician
17-May-1925   Trilateral Commission Euro Chair, 1973-92
Whitney Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1925 28-Sep-2002 Mrs. B on Hazel
Allan Blakeney
Politician
7-Sep-1925 16-Apr-2011 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82
Erich Bloch
Business
9-Jan-1925   Director of NSF, 1984-90
Baruch S. Blumberg
Scientist
28-Jul-1925 5-Apr-2011 Hepatitis B vaccine
Pierre Boulez
Composer
26-Mar-1925   Modern composer and conductor
Michel Bouquet
Actor
6-Nov-1925   Totò the Hero
Peter Brook
Theater Director
21-Mar-1925   Lord of the Flies
Geraldine Brooks
Actor
29-Oct-1925 19-Jun-1977 The Reckless Moment
Keith L. Brown
Diplomat
18-Jun-1925   US Ambassador to Denmark, 1989-92
Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor
2-May-1925 11-Apr-2007 Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Felice Bryant
Songwriter
7-Aug-1925 22-Apr-2003 Wake Up, Little Susie
Art Buchwald
Columnist
20-Oct-1925 17-Jan-2007 Syndicated columnist and humorist
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Dale Bumpers
Politician
12-Aug-1925   Governor, Senator from Arkansas
Geoffrey Burbidge
Astronomer
24-Sep-1925 26-Jan-2010 Quasi-steady state cosmology
Richard Burton
Actor
10-Nov-1925 5-Aug-1984 Nineteen Eighty Four
Barbara Bush
First Lady
8-Jun-1925   Wife of US President George H.W. Bush
Charlie Byrd
Jazz Musician
16-Sep-1925 30-Nov-1999 Brought the Bossa Nova to America
Patricia M. Byrne
Diplomat
1-Jun-1925 23-Nov-2007 US Ambassador to Burma, 1979-83
Corinne Calvet
Actor
30-Apr-1925 23-Jun-2001 Sailor Beware
W. H. Canaway
Novelist
12-Jun-1925 22-May-1988 Sammy Going South
Ernesto Cardenal
Poet
20-Jan-1925   Liberation theologist, important Nicaraguan poet
Philip Carey
Actor
15-Jul-1925 6-Feb-2009 One Life to Live
Lou Carnesecca
Basketball
5-Jan-1925   Longtime coach, St. John's University
Scott Carpenter
Astronaut
1-May-1925   Mercury astronaut
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
Carlos Castaneda
Author
25-Dec-1925 27-Apr-1998 The Teachings of Don Juan
Warren Christopher
Government
27-Oct-1925 18-Mar-2011 US Secretary of State, 1993-97
June Christy
Singer
20-Nov-1925 21-Jun-1990 Something Cool
George Cole
Actor
22-Apr-1925   Arthur Daley on Minder
George Washington Collins
Politician
5-Mar-1925 8-Dec-1972 Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72
Forrest Compton
Actor
15-Sep-1925   Col. Edward Gray on Gomer Pyle, USMC
John Compton
Head of State
29-Apr-1925 7-Sep-2007 Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia
George Connor
Football
21-Jan-1925 31-Mar-2003 Chicago Bears tackle, Hall of Famer
Mike Connors
Actor
15-Aug-1925   Mannix
Michael Conrad
Actor
16-Oct-1925 22-Nov-1983 Sgt. Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues
Robert Cormier
Author
17-Jan-1925 2-Nov-2000 I am the Cheese
Valentina Cortese
Actor
1-Jan-1925   La Nuit Américaine
Jeanne Crain
Actor
25-May-1925 14-Dec-2003 20th Century Fox studio actress
Seymour Cray
Inventor
28-Sep-1925 5-Oct-1996 Inventor of Cray supercomputers
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Lester Crown
Business
7-Jun-1925   CEO of Henry Crown & Co.
Peggy Cummins
Actor
18-Dec-1925   Deadly Is the Female
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
Kim Dae-Jung
Head of State
3-Dec-1925 18-Aug-2009 South Korean President, 1998-2003
Richard Dalitz
Physicist
28-Feb-1925 13-Jan-2006 Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots
Denise Darcel
Actor
8-Sep-1925 23-Dec-2011 Vera Cruz
Sam Dash
Government
27-Feb-1925 29-May-2004 Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee
Gail Davis
Actor
5-Oct-1925 15-Mar-1997 Annie Oakley
Marvin Davis
Business
31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
Nathaniel Davis
Diplomat
12-Apr-1925 16-May-2011 US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Singer
8-Dec-1925 16-May-1990 Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Bud Day
Activist
24-Feb-1925   Former POW
Gloria DeHaven
Actor
23-Jul-1925   Summer Holiday
Georges Delerue
Composer
12-Mar-1925 20-Mar-1992 French film composer
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
Jacques Delors
Politician
20-Jul-1925   EU Commission President, 1985-94
Helen DeVos
Activist
c. 1925   Wife of Amway founder
Little Jimmie Dickens
Country Musician
19-Dec-1925   May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
William L. Dickinson
Politician
5-Jun-1925 31-Mar-2008 Congressman from Alabama, 1965-93
Robert Docking
Politician
9-Oct-1925 8-Oct-1983 Governor of Kansas, 1967-75
Art Donovan
Football
5-Jun-1925   Baltimore Colts defensive tackle
Lewis W. Douglas, Jr.
Business
c. 1925   Christiana Oil Corporation
Mike Douglas
Talk Show Host
11-Aug-1925 11-Aug-2006 The Mike Douglas Show
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Actor
23-Sep-1925 2-Dec-2007 Violent Summer
José Napoleón Duarte
Head of State
23-Nov-1925 23-Feb-1990 President of El Salvador, 1984-89
Dominick Dunne
Novelist
29-Oct-1925 26-Aug-2009 High society novelist, true crime writer
Gerald Durrell
Naturalist
7-Jan-1925 30-Jan-1995 My Family and Other Animals
Richard J. Durrell
Publisher
c. 1925 7-Mar-2008 First publisher, People magazine
Bulent Ecevit
Government
28-May-1925 5-Nov-2006 Four-time Prime Minister of Turkey
J. Howard Edmondson
Politician
27-Sep-1925 17-Nov-1971 Governor of Oklahoma, 1959-63
Robert G. Edwards
Scientist
27-Sep-1925   In vitro fertilization
John Ehrlichman
Government
20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Anthony Eisley
Actor
19-Jan-1925 20-Jan-2003 Tracy Steele on Hawaiian Eye
Ruth Ellis
Criminal
9-Oct-1925 13-Jul-1955 Last woman hanged in England
Doug Engelbart
Computer Programmer
30-Jan-1925   Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Richard Erdman
Actor
1-Jun-1925   Leonard on Community
Leo Esaki
Physicist
12-Mar-1925   Electron tunneling
Daniel J. Evans
Politician
16-Oct-1925   Governor of Washington, 1965-77
John V. Evans
Politician
18-Jan-1925   Governor of Idaho, 1977-87
Medgar Evers
Activist
2-Jul-1925 12-Jun-1963 Civil rights activist murdered in 1963
Frantz Fanon
Psychiatrist
20-Jul-1925 6-Dec-1961 Black Skin, White Masks
Al Feldstein
Editor
24-Oct-1925   Editor of MAD, 1956-84
John Fiedler
Actor
3-Feb-1925 25-Jun-2005 Voice of Piglet
Robert H. Finch
Government
9-Oct-1925 10-Oct-1995 HEW Secretary, 1969-70
Joan Finney
Politician
12-Feb-1925 28-Jul-2001 Governor of Kansas, 1991-95
Eric Fleming
Actor
4-Jul-1925 28-Sep-1966 Gil Favor on Rawhide
William Clay Ford, Sr.
Business
14-Mar-1925   Ford exec and owner of the Detroit Lions
Richard K. Fox
Diplomat
22-Oct-1925   US Ambassador to Trinidad, 1977-79
Eddie Gaedel
Baseball
8-Jun-1925 18-Jun-1961 Dwarf MLB player
William H. Gates, Sr.
Philanthropist
30-Nov-1925   Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Frank D. Gilroy
Playwright
13-Oct-1925   The Subject Was Roses
Roy J. Glauber
Physicist
1-Sep-1925   Quantum optics
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Actor
24-May-1925 6-Feb-2006 Rio Bravo
Edward Gorey
Author
22-Feb-1925 15-Apr-2000 Amphigorey
Bruce J. Graham
Architect
1-Dec-1925 6-Mar-2010 Architect of the Sears Tower
Farley Granger
Actor
1-Jul-1925 27-Mar-2011 Strangers on a Train
Maurice R. Greenberg
Business
4-May-1925   CEO of American International Group, 1967-2005
Paul Greengard
Scientist
11-Dec-1925   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Roman S. Gribbs
Politician
29-Dec-1925   Mayor of Detroit, 1970-74
Merv Griffin
Talk Show Host
6-Jul-1925 12-Aug-2007 The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy
Harry Guardino
Actor
23-Dec-1925 17-Jul-1995 Houseboat
John Guillermin
Film Director
11-Nov-1925   The Bridge at Remagen
Harvey Haddix
Baseball
18-Sep-1925 8-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher
Bill Haley
Musician
6-Jul-1925 9-Feb-1981 Rock Around the Clock
Arthur G. Hansen
Educator
28-Feb-1925 5-Jul-2010 President of Purdue University, 1971-82
Robert Hardy
Actor
29-Oct-1925   All Creatures Great and Small
Rudolph Hargrave
Judge
15-Feb-1925   Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Larry Harmon
Performance Artist
2-Jan-1925 3-Jul-2008 Bozo the Clown
Julie Harris
Actor
2-Dec-1925   East of Eden
Harry Harrison
Novelist
12-Mar-1925 15-Aug-2012 Stainless Steel Rat series
Bob Hastings
Actor
18-Apr-1925   Lt. Carpenter on McHale's Navy
Charles Haughey
Head of State
16-Sep-1925 13-Jun-2006 Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland
John Hawkes
Novelist
17-Aug-1925 15-May-1998 The Blood Oranges
Harold J. Haynes
Business
29-Sep-1925 8-Jul-2009 CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81
Ray L. Heffner
Educator
7-May-1925   President of Brown University, 1966-69
Nat Hentoff
Critic
10-Jun-1925   The Jazz Life
Tony Hillerman
Novelist
27-May-1925 26-Oct-2008 Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation
Peter B. Hirsch
Scientist
16-Jan-1925   Electron microscopy in metallurgy
Hal Holbrook
Actor
17-Feb-1925   Mark Twain Tonight
Benjamin Hooks
Activist
31-Jan-1925 15-Apr-2010 NAACP Director, 1977-92
Rock Hudson
Actor
17-Nov-1925 2-Oct-1985 Ice Station Zebra
Shirley Hufstedler
Judge
24-Aug-1925   US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Russell Hunter
Actor
18-Feb-1925 25-Feb-2004 Scottish actor
Ferlin Husky
Singer
3-Dec-1925 17-Mar-2011 On the Wings of a Dove
Virginia Huston
Actor
24-Apr-1925 28-Feb-1981 Tarzan's Peril
Eugene Istomin
Pianist
26-Nov-1925 10-Oct-2003 American piano prodigy
Robert Jastrow
Astronomer
7-Sep-1925 8-Feb-2008 Red Giants and White Dwarfs
Donald Justice
Poet
12-Aug-1925 6-Aug-2004 The Summer Anniversaries
Justin Kaplan
Author
5-Sep-1925   Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain
Bob Kaufman
Poet
18-Apr-1925 12-Jan-1986 Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
George Kennedy
Actor
18-Feb-1925   Airport, Naked Gun
Robert F. Kennedy
Politician
20-Nov-1925 6-Jun-1968 Slain Presidential candidate
Teeder Kennedy
Hockey
12-Dec-1925 14-Aug-2009 Toronto Maple Leafs, Hall of Famer
Edgar Ray Killen
Criminal
17-Jan-1925   Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders
B. B. King
Musician
16-Sep-1925   King of the Blues
Edward J. King
Politician
11-May-1925 18-Sep-2006 Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83
Carolyn Kizer
Poet
10-Dec-1925   Yin: New Poems
Hildegard Knef
Actor
28-Dec-1925 1-Feb-2002 The Murderers Are Among Us
Kenneth Koch
Poet
27-Feb-1925 6-Jul-2002 On the Great Atlantic Rainway
Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.
Business
10-Jul-1925   KKR, Kohlberg & Company
G. P. Koirala
Head of State
20-Feb-1925 20-Mar-2010 Four-Time Prime Minister of Nepal
Maxine Kumin
Poet
6-Jun-1925   Up Country
Paul Kurtz
Philosopher
21-Dec-1925   The pope of unbelievers
Bob Lanier
Politician
10-Mar-1925   Mayor of Houston, 1992-98
Angela Lansbury
Actor
16-Oct-1925   Murder She Wrote
Frank Latimore
Actor
28-Sep-1925 29-Nov-1998 Shock
Ervil LeBaron
Criminal
22-Feb-1925 16-Aug-1981 Murderous cult leader
Joshua Lederberg
Biologist
23-May-1925 2-Feb-2008 Genetic properties of bacteria
Jack Lemmon
Actor
8-Feb-1925 27-Jun-2001 The Odd Couple
Elmore Leonard
Novelist
11-Oct-1925   Crime novelist, including Swag
Joan Leslie
Actor
26-Jan-1925   Yankee Doodle Dandy
Theodore Levitt
Economist
1-Mar-1925 28-Jun-2006 Marketing Myopia
Marv Levy
Football
3-Aug-1925   NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach
Ted Lindsay
Hockey
29-Jul-1925   Legendary hockey player
June Lockhart
Actor
25-Jun-1925   Mom on Lassie, Lost in Space
John J. Louis, Jr.
Business
10-Jun-1925 15-Feb-1995 US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Henry Luce III
Publisher
28-Apr-1925 7-Sep-2005 Former Time magazine publisher
Johnny Lujack
Football
4-Jan-1925   Winner, 1947 Heisman Trophy
Thomas A. Luken
Politician
9-Jul-1925   Congressman from Ohio, 1977-91
Patrice Lumumba
Head of State
2-Jul-1925 17-Jan-1961 First Prime Minister of Congo
Katherine MacGregor
Actor
12-Jan-1925   Little House on the Prairie
Malcolm X
Activist
19-May-1925 21-Feb-1965 Nation of Islam
Dorothy Malone
Actor
30-Jan-1925   Written on the Wind
Slater Martin
Basketball
22-Oct-1925   NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Thomas K. Matthews II
Business
c. 1925   Financial consultant
Gene Mauch
Baseball
18-Nov-1925 8-Aug-2005 MLB Manager
Alec McCowen
Actor
26-May-1925   English Shakespearean actor
K. Gunn McKay
Politician
23-Feb-1925 6-Oct-2000 Congressman from Utah, 1971-81
Clem McSpadden
Politician
9-Nov-1925 7-Jul-2008 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1973-75
Norris McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 19-Apr-2004 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Ross McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 27-Nov-1975 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Dina Merrill
Actor
9-Dec-1925   EF Hutton heiress and actress
G. William Miller
Government
9-Mar-1925 17-Mar-2006 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81
Keith H. Miller
Politician
1-Mar-1925   Governor of Alaska, 1969-70
Walter Dale Miller
Politician
5-Oct-1925   Governor of South Dakota, 1993-95
Yukio Mishima
Author
14-Jan-1925 25-Nov-1970 The Sea of Fertility
Joan Mitchell
Painter
12-Feb-1925 30-Oct-1992 Abstract Expressionist
Yvonne Mitchell
Actor
7-Jul-1925 24-Mar-1979 The Queen of Spades
Art Modell
Football
23-Jun-1925   Owner: Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens
Wes Montgomery
Jazz Musician
6-Mar-1925 15-Jun-1968 Superb jazz guitarist
Dickie Moore
Actor
12-Sep-1925   The Little Rascals
Robin Moore
Author
31-Oct-1925 21-Feb-2008 The Green Berets
Robert B. Morgan
Politician
5-Oct-1925   US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81
Howard Morton
Actor
15-May-1925 11-May-1997 Officer Simpson on Gimme a Break!
Robert Mulligan
Film Director
23-Aug-1925 20-Dec-2008 To Kill a Mockingbird
Thomas S. Murphy
Business
31-May-1925   CEO of Capital Cities/ABC, 1966-90
Giorgio Napolitano
Head of State
29-Jun-1925   President of Italy
Francine I. Neff
Government
6-Dec-1925 9-Feb-2010 US Treasurer, 1974-77
John Neville
Actor
2-May-1925 19-Nov-2011 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Paul Newman
Actor
26-Jan-1925 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Hugh O'Brian
Actor
19-Apr-1925   The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Donald O'Connor
Actor
28-Aug-1925 27-Sep-2003 Singin' in the Rain
Flannery O'Connor
Author
25-Mar-1925 3-Aug-1964 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Ken Olsen
Business
20-Feb-1925 6-Feb-2011 Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Felice Orlandi
Actor
18-Sep-1925 21-May-2003 Italian-American character actor
Patricia Owens
Actor
17-Jan-1925 31-Aug-2000 The Fly
Jerry Paris
Actor
25-Jul-1925 31-Mar-1986 Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Fess Parker
Actor
16-Aug-1925 18-Mar-2010 Daniel Boone
Merton J. Peck
Economist
17-Dec-1925   Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69
Sam Peckinpah
Film Director
21-Feb-1925 28-Dec-1984 Breakthrough director of ultraviolent film
Art Pepper
Jazz Musician
1-Sep-1925 15-Jun-1982 Alto saxophonist
Oscar Peterson
Jazz Musician
15-Aug-1925 24-Dec-2007 Maharajah of the keyboard
Maurice Pialat
Film Director
21-Aug-1925 11-Jan-2003 À nos amours
Michel Piccoli
Actor
27-Dec-1925   La Belle Noiseuse
Robert Pierpoint
Journalist
16-May-1925 22-Oct-2011 CBS White House Correspondent
Richard Poirier
Critic
9-Sep-1925 15-Aug-2009 Raritan, A Quarterly Review
Sam Pollock
Hockey
25-Dec-1925 15-Aug-2007 GM of Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78
John A. Pople
Chemist
31-Oct-1925 15-Mar-2004 Quantum mechanics of molecules
Jean Porter
Actor
8-Dec-1925   Till the End of Time
Wesley W. Posvar
Educator
14-Sep-1925 27-Jul-2001 Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91
Pol Pot
Head of State
19-May-1925 15-Apr-1998 Leader of the Khmer Rouge
Maureen Potter
Actor
1925 7-Apr-2004 Beloved Irish actress and comic
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Novelist
20-Feb-1925 30-Apr-2006 The Fugitive
Joe Pyne
TV Personality
22-Dec-1925 23-Mar-1970 Father of attack TV
Robert Quarry
Actor
3-Nov-1925 20-Feb-2009 Count Yorga, Vampire
Jack Ramsay
Basketball
21-Feb-1925   Longtime NBA Coach
Joyce Randolph
Actor
21-Oct-1925   Trixie on The Honeymooners
Robert Rauschenberg
Sculptor
22-Oct-1925 13-May-2008 American modern sculptor and painter
Jimmy Reed
Singer
6-Sep-1925 29-Aug-1976 Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man
Ogden R. Reid
Politician
24-Jun-1925   Congressman from New York, 1963-75
Bert Remsen
Actor
25-Feb-1925 22-Apr-1999 American character actor
Marty Robbins
Country Musician
26-Sep-1925 8-Dec-1982 El Paso
Andy Robustelli
Football
6-Dec-1925 31-May-2011 Hall of Fame Defensive End
Martin Rodbell
Scientist
1-Dec-1925 7-Dec-1998 G-protein cell signal transmission
Kasey Rogers
Actor
15-Dec-1925 6-Jul-2006 Louise Tate on Bewitched
Vere Rothermere
Publisher
27-Apr-1925 1-Sep-1998 Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98
Carl Rowan
Columnist
11-Aug-1925 23-Sep-2000 Chicago Sun-Times columnist
Vesta Roy
Politician
26-Mar-1925 8-Feb-2002 Governor of New Hampshire, 1982-83
Leo Ryan
Politician
5-May-1925 18-Nov-1978 Congressman assassinated in Guyana
Pierre Salinger
Journalist
14-Jun-1925 16-Oct-2004 Former ABC News Correspondent
Carl Sanders
Politician
15-May-1925   Governor of Georgia, 1963-67
Joseph Sargent
Film Director
25-Jul-1925   The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Gus Savage
Politician
30-Oct-1925   Congressman from Illinois, 1981-93
Fred Schaus
Basketball
30-Jun-1925 10-Feb-2010 Lakers Head Coach, 1960-67
Alan E. Schwartz
Attorney
21-Dec-1925   Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Ted Schwinden
Politician
31-Aug-1925   Governor of Montana, 1981-89
Jimmy Scott
Singer
17-Jul-1925   Jazz soprano vocalist
Brent Scowcroft
Government
19-Mar-1925   National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB
Peter Sellers
Actor
8-Sep-1925 24-Jul-1980 Inspector Clouseau
Frank Shakespeare
Diplomat
9-Apr-1925   US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89
Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter
19-Dec-1925 5-Mar-2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Fred Shero
Hockey
23-Oct-1925 24-Nov-1990 Flyers and Rangers Head Coach
Alexander Shulgin
Chemist
17-Jun-1925   Rediscovered MDMA
Morton Shulman
Politician
25-Apr-1925 18-Aug-2000 Ontario MPP, iconoclast
James P. Simmons
Business
c. 1925   James P. Simmons & Associates
John Simon
Critic
12-May-1925   Reviewer for New York magazine
Zoot Sims
Jazz Musician
29-Oct-1925 23-Mar-1985 Tenor and soprano saxophonist
Richard X. Slattery
Actor
26-Jun-1925 27-Jan-1997 Capt. Buckner on C.P.O. Sharkey
Jack Smight
Film Director
9-Mar-1925 1-Sep-2003 Midway
Jimmy Smith
Jazz Musician
8-Dec-1925 8-Feb-2005 Master of the Hammond B3 organ
Roger Smith
Business
12-Jul-1925 29-Nov-2007 CEO of General Motors, 1980-90
Oliver Smithies
Scientist
23-Jun-1925   Knock-out mice
Anastasio Somoza
Head of State
5-Dec-1925 17-Sep-1980 Dictator of Nicaragua
Ronald Spiers
Diplomat
9-Jul-1925   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1981-83
Kim Stanley
Actor
11-Feb-1925 20-Aug-2001 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Maureen Stapleton
Actor
21-Jun-1925 13-Mar-2006 Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman
Rod Steiger
Actor
14-Apr-1925 9-Jul-2002 In The Heat of the Night
Louis B. Stokes
Politician
23-Feb-1925   Congressman from Ohio, 1969-99
John Stonehouse
Politician
28-Jul-1925 14-Apr-1988 British MP, faked his own death
Theodore H. Strauss
Business
5-Feb-1925   Sr. Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Elaine Stritch
Actor
2-Feb-1925   Two's Company
William Styron
Novelist
11-Jun-1925 31-Oct-2006 The Confessions of Nat Turner
John B. Swainson
Politician
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