Skip to content
Curated category

1925 births

  • Richard PoirierRichard Poirier entered the world on Gloucester, Massachusetts, the 9th of September 1925. His academic journey began at Amherst College before he moved to…
  • Ahmad HuseinAhmad Husein entered the world on the 1st of April 1925 inside a military hospital in Padang. His father Abdoel Kahar owned a pharmacy and raised eleven…
  • Arthur E. BrysonArthur Earl Bryson Jr. entered the U.S. Navy V-12 program at Iowa State College in 1943. He studied aeronautical engineering while serving as a cadet during…
  • Johnny CarsonJohn William Carson entered the world on the 23rd of October 1925, in Corning, Iowa. He grew up moving between small towns like Avoca and Clarinda before…
  • Margaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Roberts was born on the 13th of October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Her father Alfred Roberts owned a tobacconist and grocery shop that…
  • Malcolm XMalcolm Little was born on the 19th of May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the fourth child of Earl and Louise Little. His father served as a Baptist lay…
  • Frantz FanonFrantz Omar Fanon was born on the 20th of July 1925 in Fort-de-France, Martinique. This island belonged to the French colonial empire at that time.
  • Patrice LumumbaOn the 2nd of July 1925, Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa was born in Onalua within the Katakokombe region of Kasai province. He belonged to the Tetela ethnic group and…
  • Joseph Francis SheaJoseph Francis Shea was born on the 5th of September, 1925, in the Bronx borough of New York City. He grew up as the eldest son in a working-class Irish…
  • Kihachirō KawamotoKihachirō Kawamoto was born in 1925. From his earliest years, he felt a deep pull toward the art of making dolls and puppets.
  • Rayner UnwinIn 1936, a ten-year-old boy named Rayner Unwin sat at his father's desk in Hampstead, London. He held a manuscript titled The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • Yukio MishimaOn the 14th of January 1925, Kimitake Hiraoka entered the world in Nagazumi-cho, Yotsuya-ku of Tokyo City. His early years were defined by a rented house…