Anniversaries 25 February

Birth

Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld1

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis 1591–1635

Quirinus Kuhlmann4

German poet and mystic 1651–1689

Thomas Adam3

clergyman, religious writer 1701–1784

Carlo Goldoni9

Italian playwright and librettist 1707–1794

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney2

American politician 1746–1825

José de San Martín18

Argentine general and independence leader 1778–1850

Taras Shevchenko1

Ukrainian poet and painter 1814–1861

Pierre-Auguste Renoir44

French painter and sculptor 1841–1919

Karl May1

German writer 1842–1912

Samuel Fielden1

American anarchist 1847–1922

Samuel Fielden2

American anarchist 1847–1922

Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé3

French diplomat, orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist,… 1848–1910

James Kenneth Stephen6

English poet, tutor to Prince Albert Victor 1859–1892

Rudolf Steiner20

Austrian esotericist 1861–1925

Benedetto Croce3

Italian writer, philosopher, politician 1866–1952

John Foster Dulles3

United States Secretary of State 1888–1959

Vyacheslav Molotov18

Soviet politician and diplomat 1890–1986

Meher Baba113

Indian mystic 1894–1969

Oscar Cullmann7

French theologian 1902–1999

Howard Zahniser3

American environmentalist 1906–1964

Mary Chase1

American writer 1907–1981

John Arlott2

English sports commentator and writer 1914–1991

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam12

Early life 1915–2006

Anthony Burgess297

English writer 1917–1993

Peg Bracken8

American writer 1918–2007

Balraj Madhok2

Indian politician 1920–2016

Wendy Beckett6

British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the… 1930–2018

Tony Campolo1

American sociologist 1935

Bob Schieffer1

Journalist, Anchor for CBS News 1937

Maryanne Amacher2

Composer and installation artist 1938–2009

John Leonard42

American critic, writer, and commentator 1939–2008

Frank Chin4

American writer 1940

David Puttnam1

British film producer 1941

Cynthia Voigt2

American writer of young adult books 1942

George Harrison61

British musician, former member of the Beatles 1943–2001

António Damásio3

neuroscientist and professor at the University of Southern … 1944

Campbell Black1

Scottish author 1944–2013

John P. Kotter26

author of The heart of Change 1947

Jack Handey9

American comedian 1949

Amin Maalouf6

Francophone Lebanese writer based in France 1949

Bhakti Tirtha Swami73

American Hindu writer 1950–2005

Neil Jordan3

Irish filmmaker and fiction writer 1950

José María Aznar2

Spanish President from 1996 to 2004 1953

John Doe5

American singer, songwriter, actor, poet, guitarist and bas… 1954

Mona Charen8

political writer 1957

John Lanchester4

British writer 1962

Lee Evans10

English stand-up comedian and actor 1964

Dominic Raab3

British politician (born 1974) 1974

Chelsea Handler35

American comedian, actress, author and talk show host 1975

Park Ji-sung1

South Korean footballer 1981

Bert McCracken27

American musician 1982

Lulu Wang6

Asian-American filmmaker 1983

Dhanush1

Indian actor, singer, born 1983 1983

Joakim Noah3

American–French basketball player 1985

Death

Jacob Hutter1

Tyrolean Anabaptist leader and founder of the Hutterites 1500–1536

Pu Songling2

Chinese writer 1640–1715

Eliza Haywood1

British actor and writer 1693–1756

Thomas Moore108

Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779–1852

Jang Bahadur Rana3

Nepalese prime minister and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski 1817–1877

John Tenniel5

British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoo… 1820–1914

Fritz von Uhde4

German artist 1848–1911

Henry Charles Beeching3

English clergyman, author and poet 1859–1919

Alfred Horsley Hinton64

British photographer 1863–1908

John McGraw1

American baseball player, manager 1873–1934

Elijah Muhammad3

American religious leader 1897–1975

Mark Rothko36

American painter 1903–1970

Tennessee Williams139

American playwright 1911–1983

Glenn T. Seaborg4

American scientist 1912–1999

Robert Hayden5

American writer and academic 1913–1980

Marvin J. Ashton5

Apostle of the LDS Church 1915–1994

Уильям "Билл" Воган2

1915–1977

C. Everett Koop2

American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator 1916–2013

Henry M. Morris3

American young earth creationist and Christian apologist 1918–2006

Philip José Farmer52

American science fiction writer 1918–2009

Daniel James Jr.3

United States general 1920–1978

Peter Benenson3

English human rights activist 1921–2005

Lynn Compton9

Easy Company soldier turned noted jurist 1921–2012

Dmitry Yazov3

Soviet minister of defence 1924–2020

A.R. Ammons17

American poet 1926–2001

George M. Fredrickson2

American professor and historian 1934–2008

Cynthia Heimel1

American writer 1947–2018