Famous people born on 25 September

• William FaulknerAmerican writer · 1897–1962
  64 yrs
• Lu XunChinese novelist and essayist · 1881–1936
  55 yrs
• Anatoliy SolovyanenkoUkrainian singer · 1932–1999
  66 yrs
• Dmitri ShostakovichSoviet composer and pianist · 1906–1975
  68 yrs
• Ole RømerDanish astronomer · 1644–1710
  65 yrs
• Thomas Hunt MorganAmerican biologist and professor from Kentucky · 1866–1945
  79 yrs
• Christopher ReeveAmerican actor · 1952–2004
  52 yrs
• Mark RothkoAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent · 1903–1970
  66 yrs
• Sandro PertiniItalian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985 · 1896–1990
  93 yrs
• Jean-Philippe RameauFrench composer and music theorist · 1683–1764
  80 yrs
• Francesco Borromini ↗Italian architect from Ticino and leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture (1599-1667), sculptor, engineer, stonemason and draughtsman · 1599–1667
  67 yrs
• Qianlong Emperor ↗Emperor of the Qing Dynasty · 1711–1799
  87 yrs
• Carlos Ruiz Zafón ↗Spanish writer · 1964–2020
  55 yrs
• Barbara Walters ↗American broadcast journalist · 1929–2022
  93 yrs
• bell hooks ↗American author and activist · 1952–2021
  69 yrs
• Michael Madsen ↗American actor · 1957–2025
  67 yrs
• Robert Bresson ↗French film director · 1901–1999
  98 yrs
• Sergei Bondarchuk ↗Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor · 1920–1994
  74 yrs
• Glenn Gould ↗Canadian composer and pianist · 1932–1982
  50 yrs
• Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia ↗King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797 · 1744–1797
  53 yrs
• Henry Pelham ↗Prime Minister of Great Britain; · 1694–1754
  59 yrs
• Wladimir Köppen ↗German meteorologist · 1846–1940
  93 yrs
• Billy Hughes ↗Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923 · 1862–1952
  90 yrs
• Plutarco Elías Calles ↗47th President of Mexico · 1877–1945
  68 yrs
• Corneliu Zelea Codreanu ↗Romanian fascist politician; leader of the Iron Guard between 1927–1938 · 1899–1938
  39 yrs
• Josef Bican ↗Austrian-Czech footballer · 1913–2001
  88 yrs
• Moussa Traoré ↗Malian former dictator · 1936–2020
  83 yrs
• Syed Abul Ala Maududi ↗South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami · 1903–1979
  75 yrs
• Imre Thököly ↗Ruler of Transylvania · 1657–1705
  47 yrs
• José Figueres Ferrer ↗Costa Rican politician · 1906–1990
  83 yrs
• Rudolf Otto ↗German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist · 1869–1937
  67 yrs
• Pietro Pomponazzi ↗Italian philosopher · 1462–1525
  62 yrs
• Shel Silverstein ↗American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer · 1930–1999
  68 yrs
• Tanzan Ishibashi ↗Prime Minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957 · 1884–1973
  88 yrs
• Abraham Gottlob Werner ↗German geologist · 1749–1817
  67 yrs
• Michele Scarponi ↗Italian road bicycle racer · 1979–2017
  37 yrs
• Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ↗Second son of Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg; brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands · 1968–2013
  44 yrs
• Albrecht Penck ↗German geologist and geographer · 1858–1945
  86 yrs
• Suraphol Sombatcharoen ↗Thai singer · 1930–1968
  37 yrs
• Claude Perrault ↗French architect and doctor of medicine · 1613–1688
  75 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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