Famous Personalities Born In November - 25
Monday, 20 October 2025
1454 Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) was born on November - 25.
1501 Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570) was born on November - 25.
1507 On November - 25 birth of joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1562 On this day in history birth of lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)
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 this day in history.
1697 On this day in history birth of gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1703 Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on November - 25.
1712 Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.
1714 On November - 25 birth of yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1721 Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies) was born on November - 25.
1734 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1737 Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer was born on this day in history.
1741 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer was born on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer
1753 On this day in history birth of otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer
1778 On November - 25 birth of mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night) was born on this day in history.
1814 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878) was born on November - 25.
1817 On November - 25 birth of john Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1823 On this day in history birth of joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1825 On November - 25 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 Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer was born on this day in history.
1835 On November - 25 birth of andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist
1839 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer was born on November - 25.
1840 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On November - 25 birth of carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers
1846 Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911) was born on November - 25.
1852 On November - 25 birth of johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria