Famous Personalities Born In January - 25
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
1037 On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]
1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII was born on January - 25.
1509 On January - 25 birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
1540 Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on January - 25.
1615 On this day in history birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)
1626 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on this day in history.
1627 On January - 25 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 Juraj JánoÅ¡Ãk, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713) was born on this day in history.
1708 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of benedict Arnold, general/traitor (US revolution)
1750 Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer was born on January - 25.
1759 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) was born on this day in history.
1766 Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I was born on this day in history.
1770 Francis Burdett, British politician was born on January - 25.
1777 On January - 25 birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)
1794 On January - 25 birth of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)
1796 William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist was born on January - 25.
1806 On January - 25 birth of daniel Maclise, Irish painter
1814 On January - 25 birth of francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899
1826 On this day in history birth of rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP
1834 On this day in history 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 January - 25.
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 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born on January - 25.
1858 On this day in history 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 January - 25.
1864 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934) was born on January - 25.