Who are famous people born on August 25?

Famous people born on August 25 include Ivan the Terrible (1530), Hans Krebs (1900), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Erich Honecker (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918).

What star sign is someone born on August 25?

Someone born on August 25 is a Virgo.

What is the birthstone for August 25?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 25?

In the US, August 25 is the No. 103 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,655 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 25

Famous people born on August 25, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♍ Star sign
Virgo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 103 of 366

Born on August 25

Ivan the Terrible
born 1530 · Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584
Hans Krebs
born 1900 · German-British biochemist (1900-1981)
Võ Nguyên Giáp
born 1911 · Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)
Erich Honecker
born 1912 · former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
Leonard Bernstein
born 1918 · American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Sean Connery
born 1930 · Scottish actor (1930–2020)
Tim Burton
born 1958 · American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
Claudia Schiffer
born 1970 · German model
Blake Lively
born 1987 · American actress (born 1987)
Liu Yifei
born 1987 · Chinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)
Amy Macdonald
born 1987 · Scottish singer-songwriter
Martin Amis
born 1949 · British novelist (1949–2023)
Elvis Costello
born 1954 · English singer-songwriter (born 1954)
Frederick Forsyth
born 1938 · English novelist (1938–2025)
Fatih Akin
born 1973 · German filmmaker (born 1973)
Maxim Kontsevich
born 1964 · Russian-born French mathematician and Fields Medallist
Aras Bulut İynemli
born 1990 · Turkish actor (born 1990)
Iñaki Godoy
born 2003 · Mexican actor
Ivan Koloff
born 1942 · Canadian professional wrestler (1942–2017)
Salif Keita
born 1949 · Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa".
Maurizio Malvestiti
born 1953 · Italian Catholic bishop
Paulo Autuori
born 1956 · Brazilian association football manager
Takeshi Okada
born 1956 · Japanese association football player and manager
Jonas Gahr Støre
born 1960 · Prime Minister of Norway since 2021
Taslima Nasrin
born 1962 · author, secular humanist, and feminist
Miro Cerar
born 1963 · Slovenian lawyer and politician
Mireya Luis
born 1967 · Female volleyball player from Cuba
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Hao Haidong
born 1970 · Chinese footballer and activist
Ivan Jurić
born 1975 · Croatian football player and manager
Alexander Skarsgård
born 1976 · Swedish actor (born 1976)
Ramil Safarov
born 1977 · Azerbaijani army officer and convicted murderer
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Elvedin Džinić
born 1985 · Slovenian footballer
Sayed Mohammed Jaffer
born 1985 · Bahraini footballer
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Igor Burzanović
born 1985 · Montenegrin association football player
Rona Nishliu
born 1986 · Kosovo-Albanian singer
Luka Šulić
born 1987 · Croatian-Slovenian cellist
Moussa Maâzou
born 1988 · Nigerien footballer
Salif Sané
born 1990 · Senegalese and French footballer (born 1990)
Miguel Trauco
born 1992 · Peruvian association football player
Ricardo Rodriguez
born 1992 · Swiss association football player (born 1992)

August 25 in history

2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
2006Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
1991Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
1985Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
1961President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
1945Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
1941World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.
1933Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine.
1912The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
1835The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
1758Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
1543António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
766Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham
Christian feast day: Aredius
Christian feast day: Genesius of Arles
Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome
Christian feast day: Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
Christian feast day: Gregory of Utrecht
Christian feast day: Joseph Calasanz
Christian feast day: Louis IX of France
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Baba
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Sasada

August 25 in every year

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Questions about August 25 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 25?: Famous people born on August 25 include Ivan the Terrible (1530), Hans Krebs (1900), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Erich Honecker (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918).
What star sign is someone born on August 25?: Someone born on August 25 is a Virgo.
What is the birthstone for August 25?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 25?: In the US, August 25 is the No. 103 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,655 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).