Famous Personalities Born In November - 25
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
1454 Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.
1501 On November - 25 birth of yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1507 On this day in history birth of joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1562 Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia) was born on November - 25.
1577 Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629) was born on November - 25.
1638 Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on November - 25.
1697 On November - 25 birth of gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1703 On this day in history birth of jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789) was born on November - 25.
1714 Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
1721 On November - 25 birth of willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies)
1734 On November - 25 birth of johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1737 On this day in history birth of christian Friedrich Penzel, composer
1741 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer was born on November - 25.
1752 On November - 25 birth of johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer
1753 On this day in history birth of otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer
1778 On this day in history birth of mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1787 On this day in history birth of franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night)
1814 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878) was born on November - 25.
1817 John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911) was born on November - 25.
1823 Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on November - 25.
1825 On this day in history birth of edward Augustus Wild, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1828 Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptist Colyns, composer
1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist was born on November - 25.
1839 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer was born on November - 25.
1840 On November - 25 birth of hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)
1841 On this day in history birth of ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919) was born on November - 25.
1844 On November - 25 birth of karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor)
1845 José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900) was born on November - 25.
1846 Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers was born on this day in history.
1846 On November - 25 birth of carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1852 Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria was born on this day in history.