Birthdays of Personalities on April 25
1946 : ... Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite
1915 : A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
1971 : Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1964 : Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
1925 : Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist
1842 : Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)
1918 : Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56)
1959 : Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker
1945 : Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
1825 : Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
1941 : Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1914 : Claude Mauriac, writer
1952 : Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist
1934 : David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner
1931 : David Shepherd, painter
1946 : Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
1913 : Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
1862 : Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
1284 : Edward II, King of England (1307-27)
1908 : Edward R Murrow, Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person)
1883 : Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)
1957 : Eric Bristow, "Crafty Cockney", Engld, dart thrower (5 World Masters)
1849 : Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)
1958 : Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
1958 : Flab, rocker
1923 : Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
1912 : Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis
1874 : Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)
1677 : Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
1824 : Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter
1881 : Hans Windisch, German new testament expert
1933 : Helen Paling, British circuit judge
1614 : Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas
1900 : Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat
1905 : Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant
1951 : Ian McCartney, MP
1964 : Jackie Campbell, LA Cal, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-5th-1993)
1840 : James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1710 : James Ferguson, astronomer
1608 : Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general
1867 : Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
1921 : Jean Mogin, Belgian poet
1933 : Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller)
1947 : Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
1944 : John Bryant, editor (Europeans)
1792 : John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
1942 : Jon Kyl, (Rep-R-Arizona)
1929 : Jos‚ Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza)
1921 : Karel Appel, painter (Vragende Children)
1228 : Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)
1941 : Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
1951 : Linda Stone, pharmacist
1900 : Lord Gladwyn, MP (Liberal)
1214 : Louis IX, King of France (1226-70)
1914 : Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
1940 : Marian Norrie
1769 : Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
1920 : Marre, reformer of the bar
1923 : Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl)
1949 : Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1945 : Michael Kogel, rocker
xxxx : Nestor Torres, Cuba, jazz flutist (Arsenic)
1599 : Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)
1841 : Pauline Lucca, soprano
1972 : Percell Gaskins, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1946 : Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks)
1939 : Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer
1946 : Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp)
1975 : Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1906 : Sally Salminen, writer
1895 : Stanley Rous, British soccer official
1950 : Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
1945 : Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
1937 : Thomas Faber, publisher
1974 : Twan Russell, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1897 : VAA Mary, English princess
1939 : Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat
1946 : Vladimir Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian nationalist/anti-semite
1905 : Walter Hassan, engineer
1915 : William Goyen, writer
1906 : William J Brennan Jr, NJ, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) [or 8/25]
1900 : Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945)
1929 : Yvette Corlett, athlete
1929 : Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)