Anniversaries 25 June

Birth

Shah Alam II3

16th Mughal Emperor 1728–1806

Antoni Gaudí2

Catalan architect 1852–1926

Robert Erskine Childers30

Irish nationalist and author 1870–1922

Arthur Chapman (poet)10

American poet and newspaper columnist 1873–1935

Дороти Бернард1

actress 1890–1955

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma1

British statesman and naval officer 1900–1979

Moses Hadas1

American classical philologist 1900–1966

George Orwell473

English author and journalist 1903–1950

Willard van Orman Quine25

American philosopher and logician 1908–2000

Barry Perowne1

British crime writer 1908–1985

Gordon Latto (doctor)2

1911–1998

Sid Tepper2

American songwriter 1918–2015

Sidney Lumet1

American director, producer and screenwriter 1924–2011

Robert Venturi12

American architect 1925–2018

Ingeborg Bachmann2

Austrian poet and author 1926–1973

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov1

Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist 1928–2017

Eric Carle3

American children's illustrator and writer 1929

V. P. Singh27

Indian politician 1931–2008

Peter Blake15

British artist 1932

Charles Sheffield41

British scientist, American science fiction writer 1935–2002

Howard Bloom39

American publicist and author 1943

Carly Simon5

American singer-songwriter, musician and author 1943

Roméo Dallaire7

Canadian politician 1946

Terry M. Moe3

American political scientist 1949

Dan Barker1

American atheist activist 1949

Miguel Sousa Tavares2

Portuguese writer 1952

Robert N. Proctor14

American historian 1954

Sonia Sotomayor12

U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1954

Mike Hawker2

American politician 1956

Anthony Bourdain57

Chef and food writer 1956–2018

John Kass2

American journalist 1956

Didier Sornette27

French scientist 1957

Ricky Gervais29

English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writ… 1961

George Michael6

English singer-songwriter, musician, producer 1963–2016

Yann Martel108

Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963

Mark O'Connell (bishop)1

1964

Storm Large1

actor, singer 1969

Ariel Gore2

American writer 1970

Jonah Lehrer6

American science writer 1981

Waleed Al-Husseini11

Palestinian essayist and writer 1989

Robbie Coburn2

Australian writer 1994

Valter Bitencourt Júnior7

Brazilian poet and writer 1994

Mckenna Grace4

American child actress 2006

Death

John Marston6

English writer 1576–1634

Robert Leighton4

17th century Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the Un… 1611–1684

E. T. A. Hoffmann1

German Romantic author 1776–1822

Thomas Eakins19

American painter 1844–1916

Wilhelm Stekel17

Austrian physician and psychologist 1868–1940

Miriam A. Ferguson1

American politician 1875–1961

Ernest King49

United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations 1878–1956

Warren E. Burger9

Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 1907–1995

Johnny Mercer12

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional 1909–1976

Jacques-Yves Cousteau21

French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker,… 1910–1997

Michel Foucault128

French philosopher 1926–1984

Lester Grinspoon1

American physician 1928–2020

David Goldblatt4

South African photographer 1930–2018

Nigel Calder7

British science writer 1931–2014

Michael Jackson110

American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958–2009

Salwa Bugaighis5

Libyan activist 1963–2014