Who Was Born Today – November 25 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on November 25 | ||
1844 | Carl Benz, pioneer of early motor cars. | |
1896 | Virgil Thompson, American composer (Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All). | |
1910 | Alwin Nikolais, choreographer. | |
1913 | Lewis Thomas, physician and author (The Lives of a Cell). | |
1914 | Joe DiMaggio, Hall of Fame baseball star who led the New York Yankees to ten World Series. | |
1939 | Shelagh Delaney, playwright (A Taste of Honey). | |
1942 | Bob Lind, singer, songwriter who was an important influence in the 1960s folk rock movement in the US and UK (“Elusive Butterfly”). | |
1945 | Gail Collins, journalist; first woman to serve as editorial page editor of The New York Times. | |
1953 | Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron Corp.; convicted of multiple felony charges in 2006, relating to Enron’s financial collapse. | |
1960 | John F. Kennedy Jr., elder son of US Pres. John F. Kennedy (assassinated three days before JFK Jr.’s third birthday); co-founded George magazine in 1995; died in plane crash, July 16, 1999. | |
1971 | Christina Applegate, actress (Married . . . with Children, Samantha Who? TV series). | |
1981 | Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of US Pres. George W. Bush; she and her sororal twin sister were the first twin children of a US president; presently (2013) a special correspondent to NBC’s Today Show and a contributor to NBC Nightly News. | |
1986 | Amber Hagerman, whose kidnapping and murder in Jan. 1996 led to the development of the AMBER Alert system to notify surrounding communities when a child is reported missing or abducted. |
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