Born in 1925

June Whitfield English Actress November 11
Merv Griffin American Entertainer July 6
Oscar Peterson Canadian Musician August 15
Pam Gems English Playwright August 1
Paul Kurtz American Philosopher December 21
Paul Newman American Actor January 26
Peter Berger American Theologian February 11
Peter Brook British Producer March 21
Peter Sellers Actor September 8
Pierre Boulez French Composer March 26
Pierre Salinger American Public Servant June 14
Pol Pot Criminal May 19
Richard Burton Welsh Actor November 10
Robert Altman American Director February 20
Robert Cormier American Author July 17
Mel Torme American Musician December 13
Medgar Evers American Activist July 2
Justin Kaplan American Writer September 5
Kenneth Koch American Poet February 27
Kim Dae Jung South Korean Leader December 3
Laura Ashley British Designer September 7
Lee Van Cleef American Actor January 9
Lenny Bruce American Comedian October 13
Louis Stokes American Politician February 23
Luciano Berio Italian Composer October 24
Malcolm X American Activist May 19
Malcom X American Clergyman May 19
Margaret Thatcher English Leader October 13
Marty Robbins American Musician September 26
Marv Levy American Coach August 3
Marvin Davis American Businessman August 28
Robert Kennedy American Politician November 20
Robert Rauschenberg American Artist October 22
Ted Lindsay Canadian Athlete July 29
Theodore Hall American Criminal October 20
Tony Benn English Politician April 3
Tony Curtis American Actor June 3
Tony Hillerman American Author May 27
Virginia Johnson American Psychologist February 11
Warren Bennis American Writer March 8
Warren Christopher American Statesman October 27
Warren G. Bennis Psychologist
Wes Montgomery American Musician March 6
William F. Buckley, Jr. American Journalist November 24
William Glasser American Psychologist
William Styron American Novelist June 11
Yogi Berra American Athlete May 12
Stanley Shapiro American Writer July 16
Simon van der Meer Dutch Physicist November 24
Robert Venturi American Architect June 25
Robin Skelton British Writer October 12
Rock Hudson American Actor November 17
Rod Steiger American Actor April 14
Roy Haynes American Musician March 13
Russell Baker American Journalist August 14
Russell Hoban American Novelist February 4
Ruth First South African Activist May 4
Sam Dash American Lawyer February 27
Sam Peckinpah American Director February 21
Sammy Davis, Jr. American Entertainer December 8
Samuel Dash American Lawyer February 27
Shana Alexander American Journalist October 6
Shirley Hufstedler American Public Servant August 24
Yukio Mishima Japanese Author January 14
June Lockhart American Actress June 25
Albert Bandura Canadian Psychologist December 4
Daniel J. Evans American Politician November 11
David Edward Jenkins English Clergyman January 26
Dick Van Dyke American Actor December 13
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau German Musician May 28
Donald Justice American Poet August 12
Donald O'Connor Musician August 28
Dorothy Malone American Actress January 30
Douglas Engelbart American Inventor January 30
Edward Gorey American Author February 22
Ernest Gellner French Philosopher December 9
Ernie Wise English Comedian November 27
Flannery O'Connor American Author March 25
Frantz Fanon French Psychologist July 20
Fred Shero Canadian Athlete October 23
Charlie Byrd American Musician September 16
Charles Haughey Irish Politician September 16
Alija Izetbegovic Bosniak Activist August 8
Andre Boucourechliev French Composer July 28
Angela Lansbury American Actress October 16
Art Buchwald American Journalist October 20
Art Modell American Businessman June 23
B. B. King American Musician September 16
Barbara Bush American First Lady June 8
Bill Dixon American Musician October 5
Bill Haley American Musician July 6
Brent Scowcroft American Public Servant March 19
Brian Aldiss English Writer August 18
Bulent Ecevit Politician May 28
Carl T. Rowan American Journalist August 11
Carlos Castenada Peruvian Writer December 25
Gene Mauch American Athlete November 18
George Cole British Actor April 22
Jacques Verges French Lawyer March 5
James E. Burke American Businessman February 28
James H. Boren American Public Servant
Jean Tinguely Swiss Sculptor May 22
Jimmy Reed American Musician September 6
Joan Leslie American Actress January 26
John C. Hawkes American Novelist August 17
John DeLorean American Businessman January 6
John Pople English Scientist October 31
John Schlesinger British Director February 16
John Simon Critic May 12
Johnny Carson American Comedian October 23
Jonathan Winters American Comedian November 11
Joshua Lederberg American Scientist May 23
Jacques Delors French Economist June 20
Jack Lemon American Actor February 8
George Kennedy American Actor February 18
Gerald Durrell English Writer January 7
Gilles Deleuze French Philosopher January 18
Gore Vidal American Novelist October 3
Grant Tinker American Musician January 11
Gunther Schuller American Composer November 22
Gwen Verdon American Dancer January 13
Hal Holbrook American Actor February 17
Harry Harrison American Author March 12
Hildegard Knef German Actress December 28
Howard Baker American Statesman November 15
Howard H. Baker, Jr. American Politician November 15
Ian Hamilton Finlay Scottish Poet October 28
Jack Lemmon American Actor February 8
Julie Harris American Actress December 2