Famous Personalities Born In January - 25
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1037 Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.
1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII was born on this day in history.
1509 On this day in history birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
1540 On January - 25 birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)
1615 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on this day in history.
1626 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on this day in history.
1627 On this day in history birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
1634 On this day in history birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
1640 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.
1688 On January - 25 birth of juraj JánoÅ¡Ãk, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713)
1708 On this day in history birth of pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter
1736 Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician was born on this day in history.
1739 Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of francis Burdett, British politician
1777 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)
1796 On this day in history birth of william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist
1806 On this day in history birth of daniel Maclise, Irish painter
1814 Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1826 On January - 25 birth of rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP
1834 On January - 25 birth of pablo Hernandez Salces, composer
1839 On January - 25 birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet was born on this day in history.
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 January - 25 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 this day in history.
1860 Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) was born on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history birth of julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)