Famous Personalities Born In January - 25
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1037 Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.
1477 On January - 25 birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII
1509 Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)
1615 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on January - 25.
1626 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on January - 25.
1627 On this day in history birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
1634 On January - 25 birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
1640 On January - 25 birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
1688 Juraj JánoÅ¡Ãk, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713) was born on this day in history.
1708 On January - 25 birth of pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter
1736 On January - 25 birth of joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician
1739 On this day in history birth of charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
1741 Benedict Arnold, general/traitor (US revolution) was born on this day in history.
1750 Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer was born on January - 25.
1759 On January - 25 birth of robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne)
1766 Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I was born on this day in history.
1770 Francis Burdett, British politician was born on January - 25.
1777 On January - 25 birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)
1794 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.
1796 William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist was born on this day in history.
1806 Daniel Maclise, Irish painter was born on January - 25.
1814 Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899 was born on January - 25.
1826 Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP was born on January - 25.
1834 On this day in history birth of pablo Hernandez Salces, composer
1839 Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born on January - 25.
1841 On this day in history birth of john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
1844 Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born on this day in history.
1851 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history birth of jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
1858 On January - 25 birth of giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
1858 Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954) was born on January - 25.
1860 On January - 25 birth of charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
1864 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.